94-26446. Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    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: 1995 Panel Dress Rehearsal for the Survey of Income and 
Program Participation (SIPP) Redesign.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 15,230 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 15,230.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The proposed 1995 Dress Rehearsal is part of a 
program of evaluation and development emerging from a comprehensive 
reassessment of SIPP. The SIPP redesign is an evolving process that has 
multiple developmental and testing stages. The initial stage involved 
developing an automated survey instrument that incorporated numerous 
content and forms design changes. The next stage involved small-scale 
pretests to make sure the components of the automated instrument and 
case management system interact as planned. These pretests were 
approved under OMB number 0607-0779. The third stage involved content 
tests to evaluate changes made to the pretest instrument based largely 
on cognitive research and reactions to the pretest instrument. These 
content tests were approved under OMB number 0607-0783. The fourth 
stage, the subject of this request, is a national sample dress 
rehearsal scheduled for February 1995, during which the SIPP will be 
managed in a fully automated production environment. Full 
implementation is scheduled for February 1996. These developmental 
stages are interspersed by an ongoing series of smaller, specifically-
focused content, instrument, and systems tests.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Twice in 1995.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 
482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 
10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 20, 1994.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-26446 Filed 10-24-94; 8:45 am]
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