[Federal Register: May 20, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 96)]
[Notices]
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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: 2010 Coverage Followup Telephone Operation.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0946.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of an expired
collection.
Burden Hours: 1,335,000.
Number of Respondents: 8,010,000.
Average Hours per Response: Ten minutes.
Needs and Uses: The 2010 Coverage Followup (CFU) telephone
operation will serve to clarify initial enumeration responses in an
effort to improve within-household counts. 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 residences
are complicated or ambiguous. In Census 2000, we learned that the
census was affected by a much higher rate of erroneous enumeration
(overcount) than had been anticipated. Erroneous enumerations were more
likely to occur for certain demographic groups and in certain living
situations (e.g. college students and nursing home residents).
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 incorrectly counted. When a person is
identified as potentially counted or omitted in error, the Census
Bureau will then ask questions to establish the appropriate census
residence of that person according to our residence rule in effect for
the 2010 Census (the 2010 residence rule will be available pending
approval).
The 2010 CFU telephone operation will be conducted using computer-
assisted telephone interviews (CATI) in commercial call centers
throughout the country from April 26, 2010 through August 13, 2010.
Approximately 8,010,000 households will be selected for CFU, based on
established criteria.
The Census Bureau will contact respondents using telephone numbers
provided by respondents on the initial census questionnaire. The CATI
instrument will be in both English and Spanish (interviewers will have
job aids for the additional four languages--Chinese, Vietnamese,
Korean, and Russian). The Census Bureau will not conduct field
interviews during this operation, so when telephone interviews are
unsuccessful, the case will be classified as a non-interview.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 141.
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 7845, 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).
Dated: May 14, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-11649 Filed 5-19-09; 8:45 am]
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