[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30276-30277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10040]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Census Household Panel

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on February 6, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Census Household Panel.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): Not yet determined.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, New Information Collection 
Request.
    Number of Respondents: 75,000 initial screened sample/15,000 panel 
members.
    Average Hours per Response: 4 hours per year (5 minutes for 
screening; 20 minutes for monthly collection).
    Burden Hours: 66,250.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Household Panel will recruit a 
probability-based nationwide nationally representative survey panel to 
test the methods to collect data on a variety of topics of interest, 
and for conducting experimentation on alternative question wording and 
methodological approaches. The goal of the Census Household Panel is to 
ensure availability of frequent data collection for nationwide 
estimates on a variety of topics and a variety of subgroups of the 
population, meeting standards for transparent quality reporting of the 
Federal Statistical Agencies and the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB).
    The initial goal for the size of the Panel is 15,000 panelists and 
households selected for the Panel will come from the Census Bureau's 
gold standard Master Address File. This ensures the Panel is rooted in 
this rigorously developed and maintained frame and available for 
linkage to administrative records securely maintained and curated by 
the Census Bureau. Initial invitations to enroll in the Panel will be 
sent by mail and questionnaires will be mainly internet self-response. 
The Panel will maintain representativeness by allowing respondents who 
do not use the internet to respond via in-bound computer-assisted 
telephone interviewing (CATI). All panelists will receive an incentive 
for each complete questionnaire. Periodic replenishment samples will 
maintain representativeness and

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panelists will be replaced after a period of three years.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 8(b), 141, 
182 and 193.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0607-1013.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-10040 Filed 5-10-23; 8:45 am]
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