[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 57977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18232]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Consumer Price Index Commodities and Services 
Survey

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public 
comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before September 25, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to 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.
    Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure 
of the average change over time in the prices paid by consumers for a 
market basket of consumer goods and services. Each month, BLS data 
collectors called economic assistants, visit or call thousands of 
retail stores, service establishments, rental units, and doctors' 
offices, all over the United States to obtain information on the prices 
of the thousands of items used to track and measure price changes in 
the CPI. The collection of price data from retail establishments is 
essential for the timely and accurate calculation of the commodities 
and services component of the CPI. The CPI is then widely used as a 
measure of inflation, indicator of the effectiveness of government 
economic policy, deflator for other economic series, and as a means of 
adjusting dollar values. For additional substantive information about 
this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on 
April 3, 2023 (88 FRN 19678).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    Agency: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: Consumer Price Index Commodities and Services 
Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0039.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 46,305.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 323,281.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 113,840 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

Nicole Bouchet,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-18232 Filed 8-23-23; 8:45 am]
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