[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 132 (Friday, July 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37317-37318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18335]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
Annual Survey of Government Employment
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
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proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before September 8,
1998.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room
5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Alan Stevens, U.S. Bureau of the Census,
Governments Division, Washington, DC 20233-6800, (301) 457-1550.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Annual Survey of Government Employment collects data on the
employment, payrolls, and hours worked by part-time employees of state
and local governments for one pay period in March. Data are collected
from all agencies, departments, and institutions of the fifty state
governments and from a sample of all local governments (counties,
cities, townships, school districts, and special districts).
This is a mail canvass survey with an initial mailing and one
follow-up mailing. Telephone follow-up is used to contact non-
respondents and, as necessary, to correct apparent errors and
incomplete responses. These forms and procedures are similar to those
used in the previous annual survey conducted in March 1998.
Results from this survey are used directly in a variety of Federal
programs: By the Bureau of Economic Analysis to develop the public
sector components of the National Income and Product Accounts and to
develop personal income statistics; by the Department of Housing and
Urban Development for the allocation of operating subsidies to local
housing authorities; and by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to bench
mark the government component in their monthly employment and earnings
statistics program. Other users include state and local government
executives and legislators, policy makers, economists, researchers, and
the general public.
II. Method of Collection
Data collection is primarily accomplished through the use of mail
canvass questionnaires that are tailored to the type of government,
agency or institution being surveyed. Mail canvass replies are screened
for completeness, electronically recorded for processing, and
electronically edited. Special data reporting arrangements exist with
many state governments and some local governments to facilitate data
reporting in ways that help minimize reporting burden (e.g. central
reporting of data for all agencies and institutions of individual state
governments, electronic reporting of data by some state and local
governments, central reporting of school systems data by a number of
state education agencies, etc.).
III. Data
OMB Number: 0607-0452.
Form Number: E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4, E-6, E-7, E-9.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,244.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1.06.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 21,437.
Estimated Total Cost: The estimated cost to respondents for the
employment survey is $326,277. The budgeted cost to the Federal
government for all phases of this survey is $1.1 million.
Legal Authority: This survey is authorized by Title 13, United
States Code, Section 161.
Respondents' Obligation: This is a voluntary survey.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: July 6, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-18335 Filed 7-9-98; 8:45 a.m.]
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