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1The 60-day notice included the following 

estimate of the aggregate burden hours for this 

generic clearance Federal-wide: 

Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 

25,000. 

Average number of Respondents per Activity: 

200. 

Annual responses: 5,000,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once per request. 

Average minutes per response: 30. 

Burden hours: 2,500,000. 

Request (Generic ICR): ‘‘Generic 

Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery’’ to OMB for approval under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

April 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov) or 

Nicholas Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, 

FAX number (202) 395–7285, or via the 

Internet at Nicholas_F._Fraser@omb.

eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Gwellnar Banks, Department 

of Commerce, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, (202) 482–3781 or 

via the Internet at gbanks@doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

Abstract: The information collection 

activity will garner qualitative customer 

and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance will provide useful 

information, but it will not yield data 

that can be generalized to the overall 

population. This type of generic 

clearance for qualitative information 

will not be used for quantitative 

information collections that are 

designed to yield reliably actionable 

results, such as monitoring trends over 

time or documenting program 

performance. Such data uses require 

more rigorous designs that address: The 

target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

The Agency received no comments in 

response to the 60-day notice published 

in the Federal Register of December 22, 

2010 (75 FR 80542). 

Below we provide Department of 

Commerce projected average estimates 

for the next three years: 1

Current Actions: New collection of 

information. 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 400. 

Respondents: 153,140. 

Annual responses: 153,140, 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average minutes per response: 30. 

Burden hours: 28,840. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Dated: March 10, 2011. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

U.S. Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; 2012 Economic 

Census Covering the Manufacturing 

Sector 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

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: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before May 16, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Julius Smith, Jr., U.S. 

Census Bureau, Manufacturing and 

Construction Division, Room 7K055, 

4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233, telephone (301) 763–7662, (or 

via the Internet at 

julius.smith.jr@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau is the preeminent 

collector and provider of timely, 

relevant and quality data about the 

people and economy of the United 

States. Economic data are the Census 

Bureau’s primary program commitment 

during non-decennial census years. The 

economic census, conducted under 

authority of Title 13 United States Code, 

is the primary source of facts about the 

structure and functioning of the 

Nation’s economy and features unique 

industry and geographic detail. 

Economic census statistics serve as part 

of the framework for the national 

accounts and provide essential 

information for government, business 

and the general public. The 2012 

Economic Census covering the 

Manufacturing Sector will measure the 

economic activity for more than 291,000 

manufacturing establishments. 


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The information collected from 

companies in the manufacturing sector 

of the economic census will produce 

basic statistics by industry for number 

of establishments, payroll, employment, 

value of shipments, value added, capital 

expenditures, depreciation, materials 

consumed, selected purchased services, 

electric energy used and inventories 

held. 

Primary strategies for reducing burden 

in Census Bureau economic data 

collections are to increase electronic 

reporting through broader use of 

computerized self-administered census 

questionnaires, electronic data 

interchange, and other electronic data 

collection methods. 

II. Method of Collection 

Establishments included in this 

collection will be selected from a frame 

given by the Census Bureau’s Business 

Register. To be eligible for selection, an 

establishment will be required to satisfy 

the following conditions: (i) It must be 

classified in the manufacturing sector; 

(ii) it must be an active operating 

establishment of a multi-establishment 

company, or it must be an operating 

single-establishment company with 

payroll; and (iii) it must be located in 

one of the 50 states or the District of 

Columbia. Most establishments will be 

included in the mail portion of the 

collection. Forms tailored for the 

particular kind of business will be 

mailed to the establishment to be filled 

out and returned. Establishments not 

meeting certain cutoffs for payroll will 

be included in the non-mail portion of 

the collection. We will use 

administrative data in lieu of collecting 

data directly from these establishments. 

Mail selection procedures will 

distinguish several groups of 

establishments. Establishment selection 

to a particular group is based on a 

number of factors. The more important 

considerations are the size of the 

company and whether it is included in 

the intercensal Annual Survey of 

Manufacturers (ASM) sample panel. The 

ASM panel is representative of both 

large and small establishments from the 

mail component of the manufacturing 

census. The ASM sample panel includes 

approximately 51,000 establishments. 

The various groups of establishments 

that will constitute the 2012 Economic 

Census are outlined below. 

A. Establishments of MultiEstablishment Companies 

Selection procedures will assign 

eligible establishments of multiestablishment companies to the mail 

components of the universe. 

We estimate that the census mail 

canvass for 2012 will include the 

following: 

1. ASM sample establishments: 

33,000. 

2. Non-ASM: 25,000. 

B. Single-Establishment Companies 

Engaged in Manufacturing Activity With 

Payroll 

As an initial step in the selection 

process, we will analyze the potential 

universe for manufacturing. This 

analysis will produce a set of industryspecific payroll cutoffs that we will use 

to distinguish large versus smallestablishment companies within each 

industry. This payroll size distinction 

will affect selection as follows: 

1. Large Single-Establishment 

Companies 

Single-establishment companies 

having annualized payroll (from Federal 

administrative records) that equals or 

exceeds the cutoff for their industry will 

be assigned to the mail component of 

the universe. 

We estimate that the census mail 

canvass for 2012 will include the 

following: 

a. ASM sample establishments: 

18,000. 

b. Non-ASM: 58,000. 

2. Small Single-Establishment 

Companies 

In selected industries, small singleestablishment companies that satisfy a 

particular criteria (administrative record 

payroll cutoff) will receive a 

manufacturing short form, which will 

collect a reduced amount of basic 

statistics and other essential information 

that is not available from administrative 

records. 

We estimate that the census mail 

canvass for 2012 will include 

approximately 34,000 companies in this 

category. This category does not contain 

ASM establishments. 

3. All remaining single-establishment 

companies with payroll will be 

represented in the census by data 

estimated from Federal administrative 

records. Generally, we do not include 

these small employers in the census 

mail canvass. 

We estimate that this category for 

2012 will include approximately 

123,000 manufacturing companies. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0938. 

Form Number: The forms used to 

collect information from businesses in 

this sector of the economic census are 

tailored to specific business practices 

and are too numerous to list separately 

in this notice. You can obtain 

information on the proposed content at 

this Web site: http://www.census.gov/ 

mcd/clearance. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit, not-for-profit institutions, and 

small business or organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

ASM ............................................. 51,000 

Non-ASM (Long Form) ................ 83,000 

Non-ASM (Short Form) ............... 34,000 

Total ...................................... 168,000 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Hours 

ASM ............................................. 6.2 

Non-ASM (Long Form) ................ 4.0 

Non-ASM (Short Form) ............... 2.5 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 733,200. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$23,770,344. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Sections 131 and 224. 

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 through 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: March 10, 2011. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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