99-17571. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 1999)]
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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: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Applicant Background Questionnaire.
    Form Number(s): BC-1431.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0494.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 133,333 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 3,200,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2.5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Applicant Background Questionnaire is completed 
on a voluntary basis by applicants for temporary (Schedule A) positions 
with the Census Bureau at the time of application and testing. 
Temporary positions normally last 8-12 weeks, and applicants must meet 
the minimum qualifications of a written test. The BC-1431 is used to 
collect minority and handicapped information in order for the Census 
Bureau to evaluate its Schedule A recruitment program and to strengthen 
affirmative action recruitment. This information is useful in 
determining whether we have a representative sample of the community 
from which we are hiring and allows us to adjust recruiting efforts 
quickly and to employ local applicants for indigenous hiring. 
Background information provided by applicants will not be used in 
applicant screening or selection and will not be available to the 
selecting official. An applicant's decision to complete or not complete 
this form will not affect his or her opportunity to be selected for a 
position with the Census Bureau.
    The expected number of applicants for temporary Census Bureau jobs 
is increasing significantly because of our efforts to hire over 800,000 
enumerators for Census 2000. In this request, we seek an addition to 
annual reporting burden to cover this increase.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Pub. L. 92-261; Equal Employment Opportunity Act 
of 1972, Section 717.-- Pub. L. 94-311; Joint Resolution relating to 
the publication of economic and social statistics for Americans of 
Spanish origin or descent.--43 FR 38297, Section 4; Information on 
Impact.--`` 5 U.S.C. 7201; Anti-discrimination Policy; Minority 
Recruitment Program.
    OMB Desk Officer: Linda Hutton, [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 5033, 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 Linda Hutton, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 6, 1999.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-17571 Filed 7-9-99; 8:45 am]
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