98-220. Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 469]
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[FR Doc No: 98-220]


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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: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: United States Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal Large Household 
Follow-up.
    Form Number(s): DX-1(HF), -2(HF), 19A(L), -19B(L), -19C(L), and 
Spanish translations.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 3,629 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 23,500.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Short form--6 minutes; Long form--25 
minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau has made the development of user-
friendly forms a key strategy to reduce respondent burden. The Census 
2000 Dress Rehearsal questionnaire (a five-person questionnaire with a 
continuation roster to list up to seven additional individuals) is 
shorter than a comparable seven-person detailed version. This strategy 
is expected to lessen the public perception that responding to the 
census is an arduous task. The objective of the Census 2000 Dress 
Rehearsal Large Household Follow-up is to acquire detailed 
characteristic data for households with more than five members.
    We will mail a customized questionnaire package to those specific 
households which listed six or more individuals on the original dress 
rehearsal census questionnaire. The customized mailing package will 
consist of the following items: (1) An outgoing envelope addressed to 
either the respondent name reported on the original returned 
questionnaire or the Person 1 name; (2) A letter listing the names of 
all persons on the original questionnaire for whom detailed 
characteristics were provided and the names of all persons listed on 
the roster. The letter will request the respondent provide detailed 
characteristics for the additional individuals listed on the roster; 
(3) A continuation questionnaire(s) designed for Person 6 through 
Person 12; and (4) a Business Reply Mail return envelope for the 
respondent to return the continuation questionnaire.
    Only one follow-up mailing will be conducted for each identified 
large household. No personal visit or telephone follow-up is planned.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 141 and 193.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
[phone], Department of Commerce, room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 30, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-220 Filed 1-5-98; 8:45 am]
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