[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 213 (Monday, November 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76167-76168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24429]


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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 Topical 2 and Topical 3 Operations

    On June 29, 2023, the Department of Commerce received clearance 
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to conduct the Census Household Panel 
recruitment and first topical operation (OMB No. 0607-1025, Exp. 6/20/
26). The Census Household Panel is designed to ensure availability of 
frequent data collection for nationwide estimates on a variety of 
topics for a variety of subgroups of the population.
    Content for both Topical 2 and Topical 3 will consist of a modified 
version of the Household Pulse Survey questionnaire. Topics covered 
include employment, telework, access to infant formula, health and 
disability, children's mental health treatment, social connection/
isolation, childcare arrangements, educational enrollment, inflation 
and spending, food security, experience of national disasters, housing, 
COVID testing and symptoms, COVID vaccination uptake, and long COVID. 
Data will be collected in December and January to study methodological 
implications of having a repeated measure design. These data will also 
be studied in conjunction with the January fielding of the Household 
Pulse Survey. 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, Department of Commerce.
    Title: Census Household Panel Topical 2 and Topical 3 Operations.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-1025.
    Form Number(s): To be determined.
    Type of Request: Request for a Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 12,225 panel members.
    Average Hours per Response: 4 hours per year (20 minutes for 
monthly collection).
    Burden Hours: 43,956.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Household Panel is a probability-based 
nationwide nationally representative survey panel designed to test the 
methods to collect data on a variety of

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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).
    Panelists and households selected for the Panel were recruited 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. Invitations to complete the monthly 
surveys will be sent via email and SMS messages 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 computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). All 
panelists will receive an incentive for each complete questionnaire. 
Periodic replenishment samples will maintain representativeness and 
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 0607-1025.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-24429 Filed 11-3-23; 8:45 am]
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