[Federal Register: June 10, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 111)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Current Population Survey (CPS) Basic Demographic Items.
    Form Number(s): CPS-263, CPS-263(SP), CPS-263A, CPS-264, CPS-
264(SP), CPS-264A, CPS-266, BC-1428, BC-1428(SP), BC-1433, BC-1433(SP), 
CPS-692, CPS-504.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0049.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 18,012 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 57,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1.58 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests continued Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) clearance for the collection of basic 
demographic information in the Current Population Survey (CPS).
    The CPS has been the source of official government statistics on 
employment and unemployment for over 50 years. The Bureau of Labor 
Statistics (BLS) and the Census Bureau jointly sponsor the basic 
monthly survey, and the Census Bureau prepares and conducts all the 
field work. The Census Bureau provides the BLS with data tapes and 
tables. The BLS seasonally adjusts, analyzes, and publishes the results 
for the labor force data in conjunction with the demographic 
characteristics. In accordance with the OMB's request, the Census 
Bureau and the BLS divide the clearance request in order to reflect the 
joint sponsorship and funding of the CPS program.
    The demographic information provides a unique set of data on 
selected characteristics for the civilian noninstitutional population. 
Some of the demographic information we collect is age, marital status, 
gender, Armed Forces status, education, race, origin, and family 
income. We use these data in conjunction with other data, particularly 
the monthly labor force data, as well as periodic supplement data. We 
use these data also independently for internal analytic research and 
for evaluation of other surveys. In addition, we need these data to 
correctly control estimates of other characteristics to the proper 
proportions of age, gender, race, and origin.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 
Clearance Officer, (202)482-3129, Department of Commerce, room 6608, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 
Internet at mclayton@doc.gov).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.


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    Dated: June 4, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-14429 Filed 6-7-02; 8:45 am]

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