96-2690. Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2690]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget; 
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: 1996 Race & Ethnic Targeted Test.
    Form Number(s): DL-1A, DL-1B, DL-1C, DL-1D, DL-1E, DL-1F, DL-1G, 
DL-1H and Spanish versions.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 33,893 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 118,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 12\1/2\ minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test and its 
associated content reinterview are the principal vehicles for 
evaluating fundamental changes to the race and ethnic questions for the 
upcoming 2000 Census of Population and Housing. This test is also 
crucial for the review of Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and by the Federal Interagency 
Committee for the Review of Racial and Ethnic Standards. The test 
encompasses eight different self-enumeration questionnaires mailed to 
eight panels of respondents nationwide. Each of the versions is 
designed to assess one or more changes to the race and ethnic questions 
proposed by OMB, the Census Bureau Advisory Committees, and other data 
users and through evaluation of 1990 census data. Spanish versions will 
also be mailed in areas with high concentration of Spanish-speaking 
households. A content reinterview will be conducted with a subsample of 
respondents to assess the accuracy and reliability of the race and 
ethnic information collected.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Margaret L. Woody, [phone], Department of 
Commerce, Room 5310, 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 Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 2, 1996.
Margaret L. Woody,
Office of Management and Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-2690 Filed 2-7-96; 8:45 am]
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