[Federal Register: November 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 219)]
[Notices]
[Page 64040-64041]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit 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: 2008 Coverage Followup Telephone Operation.
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden Hours: 11,000.
Number of Respondents: 66,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests authorization from
the Office of Management and Budget to conduct the 2008 Coverage
Followup (CFU) Telephone Operation. The 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal is
the final step in the decennial cycle of research and testing leading
up to the implementation of the 2010 Census. The 2008 Census Dress
Rehearsal will provide an opportunity to see how well the Census Bureau
integrates the various operations and procedures planned for the 2010
Census under as close to census-like conditions as possible.
In order to meet our constitutional and legislative mandates, we
must implement a re-engineered 2010 Census that is cost-effective,
improves coverage, and reduces operational risk. Achieving these
strategic goals requires an iterative series of tests to provide an
opportunity to evaluate new or improved question wording, methodology,
technology, and questionnaire design.
The Census Bureau previously completed three related studies
designed to evaluate the efficacy of modified procedures for improving
coverage (how well the Census Bureau counts people and housing units in
the census) of the population and housing: (1) The 2004 Census Test
Coverage Research Followup (OMB Approval Number 0607-0910); (2) the
2005 National Census Test Coverage Followup (OMB Approval Number 0607-
0916); and (3) the 2006 Census Test Coverage Followup (OMB Approval
Number 0607-0923.)
In support of the Census Bureau's goals, the 2008 Coverage Followup
(CFU) Telephone Operation will serve to clarify initial enumeration
responses in an effort to improve within household coverage by
identifying erroneous enumerations and omissions. Historically, the
decennial census has been affected by undercounts that affect certain
demographic groups (e.g. babies and minorities), and people in certain
living situations, such as renters who move often and people whose
residence is complicated or ambiguous.
Coverage interviews in the decennial censuses traditionally involve
a second interview with the respondent to determine if changes should
be made to their household roster as reported on their initial census
return. The questions in the CFU interview attempt to determine if
people were missed, and/or counted incorrectly. Corrections to the
roster are made, if necessary, based on the 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal
residence rules.
The CFU Telephone Operation, which will be conducted May 1, 2008
through July 25, 2008, will be administered through computer assisted
telephone interviews (CATI). Approximately 66,000 households will be
included in the 2008 CFU telephone universe.
This operation will be conducted in the two 2008 Census Dress
Rehearsal sites: San Joaquin County, California and South Central North
Carolina, including Fayetteville and nine surrounding counties
(Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond
and Scotland).
The CFU interview includes probing questions about:
--Types of missing people,
--Where college students live,
--Where children in custody arrangements spend most of their time,
--Where those who vacation spend most of their time,
--If anyone else in the household stays anywhere else any part of the
time, and
--If anyone stayed in a facility where groups of people stay.
When anyone is identified as potentially counted or omitted in
error, we then ask questions to establish the appropriate census
residence of that person according to the residence rules in effect for
the 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal.
Census will contact respondents using telephone numbers provided by
respondents on the initial census questionnaire. These interviews will
be conducted at a commercial call center through CATI. The CATI script
will be in English only. However, the interviewers will have a job aid
which will have the instrument translated into Spanish. Because we are
not conducting field interviews during Dress Rehearsal, when a
telephone interview is unsuccessful, the case will be classified as a
non-interview.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Sections 141 and 193.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245)
or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
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Dated: November 7, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-22229 Filed 11-13-07; 8:45 am]
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