**FY 2006 CHANGES IN BURDEN**

**[FY 2006 Burden Reductions from Changing Forms]{.underline}**

**Agency:** Department of Commerce**\
OMB Control Number:** 0610-0105

**Title:** Adjustment Assistance Proposals: Sections 315.6 and 315.16 of
Economic Development Administration (EDA) Interim Final Rule regarding
EDA\'sTrade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Program (TAA Program)

**Purpose of the Collection:** The Purpose of this collection is to meet
the requirements for submission of an appropriate adjustment proposal
for technical assistance in the TAA program**.**

**How Reduction Achieved:** To better account for the full range of
information collections pertaining to EDA\'s Trade AdjustmentAssistance
for Firms Program (TAA Program), this formwas discontinued and
consolidated into an existing OMBControl Number 0610-0091.

**Change in Burden:** -21,600 hours

**Agency:** Department of Commerce**\
OMB Control Number:** 607-0912

**Title:** Survey of Industrial Research & Development

**Purpose of the Collection:** This survey measures the amount and
indicates the direction of R&D expenditures by U.S. industry. Government
agencies, corporations, academic researchers, trade associations,
research organizations, and others use the survey statistics to analyze
and forecast technological growth, investigate productivity
determinants, formulate tax policy, and compare individual company
performance with industry averages.

**How Reduction Achieved:** The Census Bureau asked respondents in this
survey how long it takes to fill out the forms. Based on the results of
that inquiry, Census is reducing the estimated time it takes to complete
the form RD-1 from 18.5 hours to 8 hours.

**Change in Burden:** -31,500 hours

**Agency** Department of Commerce**\
OMB Control Number:** 0610-0091

> **Title:** Petition by a firm for certification of Eligibility to
> apply for Trade Adjustment assistance Form ED 840P of EDA's Trade
> Adjustment Assistance for Firms program (TAA program)
>
> **Purpose of the Collection:** Data collection helps to demonstrate
> that increased imports are an important cause of manufacturing or
> producing firms 1) decline in sales or production and 2) separation or
> threatened separation of a significant portion of its workers.
>
> **Why Increase Occurred:** To better account for the full range of
> information collections pertaining to EDA's TAA program, this form
> ED-840P absorbed the burdon hors from the EDA discontinued form under
> OMB Control Number 0610-0105, Adjustment Assistance Proposals Sections
> 315.6 and 315.16 of EDA's Interim Final rule.
>
> **Change in Burden:** +21,601 hours

**Agency:** **Department of Commerce\
OMB Control Number:** 0607-0919

**Title:** 2006 Census Test

**Purpose of the collection:** Test of forms and procedures for the 2010
Census.

**Why Increase Occurred:** Collection to be submitted as new.

**Purpose of the Collection:**

**Change in Burden:** 37,808 hours

**Agency:** **Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0607-0924

**Title:** 2007 Economic Census, Classification Report NC-99023

**Purpose of the collection:** To collect classifying information from
select businesses prior to mailing the 2007 Economic Census.

**Why Increase Occurred:** Collection to be submitted as new.

**Change in Burden:** 33,333 hours

**[FY 2006 Burden Increases from Statutory Requirements]{.underline}**

# Agency: Department of Commerce OMB Control Number: 0651-0016

**Title:** Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees

**Purpose of the Collection:** To maintain utility patents, to petition
the USPTO to accept delayed or refused payments, and to designate an
address to be used for fee-related correspondence.

**Why Increase Occurred:** A revision of the maintenance fee schedule
associated with keeping utility patents in force at 3 ½, 7 ½, and 11 ½
years. Statute Title and Public Law: The Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2005 (P.L. 108-447).

**Change in Burden:** \$59,449,000 in annual costs

**[FY 2006 Burden Increases from Miscellaneous Actions]{.underline}**

**Agency**: **Department of Commerce**\
**OMB Control Number**: 0651-0031

**Title:** Patent Processing (Updating)

**Purpose of the Collection:** Permits the submission of additional
information during the pendency of a patent application or the period of
enforceability of a patent so that the USPTO can continue processing the
patent or application.

**Why Increase Occurred:** Requirements for claims and information
disclosure statements from proposed rulemakings were added and a new
form was introduced.

**Change in Burden:** 468,600 hours

**Agency:** **Department of Commerce**\
**OMB Control Number:** 0651-0043

**Title:** Patent and Trademark Financial Transactions

**Purpose of the Collection:** Allows customers to pay patent and
trademark fees by credit card, to manage a USPTO deposit account, to
establish a profile for electronic funds transfers (EFT), and to request
refunds.

**Why Increase Occurred:** New electronic filing initiatives increased
electronic payment options and new information was collected to support
deposit accounts, EFT payments, and refund requests.

**Change in Burden:** 25,912 hours

**FY 2007 CHANGES IN BURDEN**

### FY 2007 Burden Reductions from Cutting Redundancy

**Agency:** Department of Commerce

**OMB Control Number:** 0607-0444

**Title:** Company Organization Survey (COS)

**Purpose of the Collection:** The Census Bureau conducts the annual COS
in order to maintain and update a centralized, multipurpose Business
Register (BR). In particular, the COS supplies critical information on
the organizational structure, operating characteristics, and employment
and payroll of multi-location enterprises.

**How Reduction Achieved:** The Census Bureau will conduct the 2007 COS
in conjunction with the 2007 Economic Census and will coordinate these
collections so as to minimize response burden. The decrease in response
burden is the result of obtaining most multi-location establishment data
as part of the Economic Census.

**Change in Burden:** -111,834 hours

### FY 2007 Burden Reductions from Changing Forms

**Agency:** Department of Commerce

**OMB Control Number:** 0607-0905

**Title:** Survey of Income and Program Participation 2004 Panel

**Purpose of the Collection:** This survey provides improved statistics
for the executive and legislative branches on income distribution and
data previously available on eligibility for and participation in
government programs. Changes in status and participation will be
measured over time. These data support policy and program planning.

**How Reduction Achieved:** Due to budget constraints, Census is
limiting the sample for the 2004 Wave 10, 11, and 12 interviews to
21,292 households per wave, and is not including any topical modules
(supplemental questions).

**Change in Burden:** -80,426 hours

### FY 2007 Burden Increases from Statutory Requirements

**Agency:** Department of Commerce

**OMB Control Number:** 0660-New

**Title:** Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program -- Information
Collection from Consumers

**Purpose of the Collection:** To determine eligibility for the coupon
program, to coordinate activities, and to prevent fraud, waste, and
abuse in the administration of the coupon program.

**Why Increase Occurred:** This is a new collection that is necessary to
implement the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of
2005 (P.L. 109-171).

**Change in Burden:** 5,250,000 hours

Agency: **Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0651-0021

**Title:** Patent Cooperation Treaty

**Purpose of the Collection:** To process, search, and examine
international patent applications under the provisions of the Patent
Cooperation Treaty, which allows applicants to file one standardized
application to seek protection for an invention in over 100 designated
countries.

**Why Increase Occurred:** A revision of the fee structure for
international applications entering the national stage to provide for
separate national, search, and examination fees, as provided for under
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (P.L. 108-447).

**Change in Burden:** \$41,549,248 in annual costs

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0651-0032

**Title:** Initial Patent Applications

**Purpose of the Collection:** Allows applicants to submit initial
filing and other applications to the USPTO to obtain patents.

**Why Increase Occurred:** An increase in the number of filings due to a
reduced filing fee for small entities filing utility applications
electronically, and a new fee for applications in which the
specification and drawings exceed 100 sheets of paper, as provided for
by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (P.L. 108-447).

**Change in Burden:** \$24,307,575 in annual costs

**Agency:** Department of Commerce

**OMB Control Number:** 0651-0033

**Title:** Post Allowance and Refiling

**Purpose of the Collection:** Permits applicants to pay the issue fee
to receive their patent and avoid abandonment of the application, to
request *ex parte* and *inter partes* reexaminations, to correct errors
in a patent, and to request reissue patents.

**Why Increase Occurred:** The fee structure was revised for reissue
applications to provide for separate national, search, and examination
fees, and patent issue fees were adjusted to reflect fluctuations in the
Consumer Price Index (CPI), as provided for by the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2005 (P.L. 108-447).

**Change in Burden:** \$15,676,455 in annual costs

### FY 2007 Burden Increases from Miscellaneous Actions

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0651-0012

**Title:** Admittance to Practice and Roster of Registered Patent
Attorneys and Agents Admitted to Practice Before the United States
Patent and Trademark Office

**Purpose of the Collection:** Applicants use this collection to apply
for the examination for registration and to demonstrate their
eligibility to be a registered attorney or agent before the USPTO.

**Why Increase Occurred:** New requirements and forms for the
registration of practitioners.

**Change in Burden:** 62,234 hours

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0651-0031

**Title:** Patent Processing (Updating)

**Purpose of the Collection:** Permits the submission of additional
information during the pendency of a patent application or the period of
enforceability of a patent so that the USPTO can continue processing the
patent or application.

**Why Increase Occurred:** Additional costs related to new requirements
and increased fees for existing requirements based on fluctuations in
the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

**Change in Burden:** \$14,122,315 in annual costs

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0651-0032

**Title:** Initial Patent Application

**Purpose of the Collection:** Allows applicants to submit initial
filing and other applications to the USPTO to obtain patents.

**Why Increase Occurred:** Introduction of electronic filing for design
applications and additional costs associated with the electronic filing
option.

**Change in Burden:** 66,220 hours and \$8,630,555 in annual costs

### FY 2007 Burden Reductions from Miscellaneous Actions

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number**: 0607-0924

**Title:** 2007 Economic Census General Classification Report

**Purpose of the Collection:** The results will be used to update the
classification codes in the Business Register.

**How Reduction Achieved:** Due to budget constraints, Census will mail
this information collection to fewer respondents than originally
projected.

**Change in Burden:** -23,333 hours

### FY 2007 Burden Increases from Miscellaneous Actions

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0607-0932

**Title:** 2007 Economic Census, Commodity Flow Survey (CFS)

**Purpose of the Collection:** The 2007 CFS provides a crucial, unique
set of transportation statistics. Results will show the origin,
destination, mode of transportation, value, weight, ton-miles, and
average miles per shipment of commodities. These data are needed by
transportation decision makers at the Federal and local levels to
analyze, maintain, and improve the transportation infrastructure.

**Why Increase Occurred:** The collection was submitted as new during FY
2007.

**Change in Burden:** 800,000 hours

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0607-0422

**Title:** Service Annual Survey

**Purpose of the Collection:** The survey produces estimates of revenue
and expenses, and, for selected industries, products, inventories, and
revenue from exported services. These data are needed for national
income accounting, productivity, and price measurement. The program
addresses the highest priority needs of multiple Federal agencies and
private users.

**Why Increase Occurred:** The Census Bureau has increased the sample
size and expanded expense detail items.

**Change in Burden:** 37,420 hours

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0607-0175

**Title:** Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization

**Purpose of the Collection:** This survey collects data on plant
capacity from a sample of manufacturing and publishing establishments in
the United States. The data are used by the Federal Reserve Board to
measure inflationary pressure, capital changes, and capacity growth.
Data are also used by the Defense Logistics Agency to assess demands on
plant capacity in case of a national emergency.

**Why Increase Occurred:** Census modified the survey to include a
quarterly collection.

**Change in Burden:** 36,000 hours

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0607-NEW

**Title:** American Community Survey 2007 Methods Panel

**Purpose of the Collection:** The methods panel is a test of proposed
new content and cost containment strategies in the American Community
Survey.

**Why Increase Occurred:** The collection was submitted as new during FY
2007.

**Change in Burden:** 46,000 hours

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0607-0810

**Title:** American Community Survey

**Purpose of the Collection:** The American Community Survey collects
accurate and timely socioeconomic and housing information historically
collected during the decennial census.

**Why Increase Occurred:** Census has re-estimated the sample size based
on U.S. population growth.

**Change in Burden:** 77,090 hours

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0607-NEW

**Title:** 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal

**Purpose of the Collection:** This is a final test of the forms and
procedures to be used in conducting the 2010 Decennial Census.

**Why Increase Occurred:** This collection will be submitted as new
during FY 2007

**Change in Burden:** 33,800 hours

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0607-0151

**Title:** Boundary and Annexation Survey

**Purpose of the Collection:** This survey is used to collect and
maintain information about the boundaries, names, and governmental
status of counties and equivalent entities, minor civil divisions
(MCDs), municipalities, Federally recognized American Indian (AI)
reservations, and off-reservation trust lands, and Alaska Native
Regional Corporations, and to provide accurate identification of these
geographic areas for the decennial and economic censuses, other
statistical programs of the Census Bureau, and legislative programs of
the Federal Government.

**Why Increase Occurred:** The increase in burden reflects the Census
Bureau's varying requirements to collect this information throughout the
decade for its censuses, household surveys, and partnerships.

**Change in Burden:** 117,500 hours

**Agency:** **Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0607-0452

**Title:** Government Employment Forms

**Purpose of the Collection:** This program provides government
employment and wage data for state and local governments. The data are
used to monitor the government sector of the economy and to formulate,
develop, and review public policy. Federal agencies, state and local
governments and the private sector use these data.

**Why Increase Occurred:** The forms contained in this information
collection are used to conduct both the annual government employment
survey and once every five years to collect information from the
universe of state and local governments. The increase in burden reflects
the broader collection of the five-year census including state and local
governments.

**Change in Burden:** 68,396 hours

**Agency: Department of Commerce**

**OMB Control Number:** 0607-0585

**Title:** Government Finance Forms

**Purpose of the Collection:** This program provides government finance
data for state and local governments. The Census Bureau provides these
data to the Federal Reserve Board for constructing the Nation\'s Flow of
Funds Accounts, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis for their National
Income and Product Accounts. The data is also used to monitor the
government sector of the economy, and to formulate, develop, and review
public policy. Federal agencies, state and local governments, and the
private sector all use these data.

**Why Increase Occurred:** The forms contained in this information
collection are used to conduct both the annual government finance survey
and once every five years to collect information from the universe of
state and local governments. The increase in burden reflects the broader
collection of the five-year census including state and local
governments.

**Change in Burden:** 97,869 hours