95-15903. Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 125 (Thursday, June 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 33790]
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[FR Doc No: 95-15903]



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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 Census of Agriculture Test.
    Form Number(s): 95-A01(X), 95-A02(X), 95-A03(X), 95-A04(X).
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 8,880 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 8,200.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour and 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau will conduct a 5-year census of 
agriculture in 1997. The agricultural census is the primary source of 
state and county benchmark data for the agricultural sector of the 
economy. This 1995 Test will evaluate factors affecting response 
including format and design of the instrument, new content items, 
changes to question wording, respondent burden, attitudes affecting 
response, selected procedural changes, and changes respondents might 
make during the testing program. The most significant items to be 
tested are the redesign of the form in a ``user-friendly'' format, a 
wording reduction to the land ownership questions, and the order of 
sections. Four forms having varying content and format will be tested. 
The forms will be mailed to a national sample of farms. A sub-sample of 
those farms will be selected for a probing telephone revinterview.
    Affected Public: Farms.
    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 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: June 22, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-15903 Filed 6-28-95; 8:45 am]
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