[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57126-57127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15347]


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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 10, Topical 11, and Topical 12 
Operations

    On May 14, 2024, 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 seventh, eighth, and 
ninth Census Household Panel topical operations (OMB No. 0607-1025, 
Exp. 6/30/26). 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. This 
notice serves to inform of the Department's intent to request clearance 
from OMB to conduct topical operations 10, 11, and 12.
    The Topical 10 (August) survey will include a roster experiment, 
and content from the Household Pulse Survey (HPS) to run in parallel 
with the HPS Phase 4.2. The September survey (Topical 11) will include 
a test of the Survey of Income and Program Participation's (SIPP) labor 
force, assets, and homeownership items. For the October topical 
questionnaire (Topical 12), Household Pulse Survey content will be 
repeated using longitudinal design without the roster experiment. 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 Topical 10, Topical 11, and Topical 
12 Operations.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-1025.
    Form Number(s): Not yet determined.
    Type of Request: Request for a Revision of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 10,354 panel members.
    Average Hours per Response: 4 hours per year (20 minutes for 
monthly collection).
    Burden Hours: 41,375.
    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 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 
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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. 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 141, 182 
and 193.
    This information collection request may be viewed at https://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 https://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.

Mary Reuling Lenaiyasa,
Paperwork Reduction Act Program Manager, Policy Coordination Office, 
U.S. Census Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2024-15347 Filed 7-11-24; 8:45 am]
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