Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 61 / Wednesday, March 30, 2011 / Notices 17619 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit 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: 2008 Panel of the Survey of 

Income & Program Participation, Wave 

10 Topical Modules. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0944. 

Form Number(s): SIPP–281005(L) 

Director’s Letter; SIPP/CAPI Automated 

Instrument; SIPP28003 Reminder Card. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 143,303. 

Number of Respondents: 94,500. 

Average Hours per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census 

Bureau requests authorization from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to conduct the Wave 10 

interview for the 2008 Panel of the 

Survey of Income and Program 

Participation (SIPP). The core SIPP and 

reinterview instruments were cleared 

under Authorization No. 0607–0944. 

The SIPP represents a source of 

information for a wide variety of topics 

and allows information for separate 

topics to be integrated to form a single 

and unified database so that the 

interaction between tax, transfer, and 

other government and private policies 

can be examined. Government domestic 

policy formulators depend heavily upon 

the SIPP information concerning the 

distribution of income received directly 

as money or indirectly as in-kind 

benefits and the effect of tax and 

transfer programs on this distribution. 

They also need improved and expanded 

data on the income and general 

economic and financial situation of the 

U.S. population. The SIPP has provided 

these kinds of data on a continuing basis 

since 1983, permitting levels of 

economic well-being and changes in 

these levels to be measured over time. 

The survey is molded around a 

central ‘‘core’’ of labor force and income 

questions that remain fixed throughout 

the life of a panel. The core is 

supplemented with questions designed 

to answer specific needs, such as 

estimating eligibility for government 

programs, examining pension and 

health care coverage, and analyzing 

individual net worth. These 

supplemental questions are included 

with the core and are referred to as 

‘‘topical modules.’’ 

The topical modules for the 2008 

Panel Wave 10 are as follows: Assets 

and Liabilities; Real Estate, Dependent 

Care, and Vehicles; Child Well-Being; 

Medical Expenses and Utilization of 

Health Care (Adults and Children); 

6 Asset Sections (Interest Earning 

Accounts, Rental Properties, Mortgages, 

Stocks and Mutual Funds, Value of 

Business, and Other Financial Assets); 

and Work-Related Expenses and Child 

Support Paid; (Attachment A). These 

topical modules were previously 

conducted in the SIPP 2004 Panel Wave 

3 instrument, and the SIPP 2008 Panel 

Wave 4 and Wave 7 (except for Child 

Well-Being) instruments. Wave 10 

interviews will be conducted from 

September 1, 2011 through December 

31, 2011. 

The SIPP is designed as a continuing 

series of national panels of interviewed 

households that are introduced every 

few years, with each panel having 

durations of approximately 3 to 6 years. 

The 2008 Panel is scheduled for 

approximately 6 years and includes 

seventeen waves which began 

September 1, 2008. All household 

members 15 years old or over are 

interviewed using regular proxyrespondent rules. They are interviewed 

a total of thirteen times (thirteen waves), 

at 4-month intervals, making the SIPP a 

longitudinal survey. Sample people (all 

household members present at the time 

of the first interview) who move within 

the country and reasonably close to a 

SIPP primary sampling unit (PSU) will 

be followed and interviewed at their 

new address. Individuals 15 years old or 

over who enter the household after 

Wave 1 will be interviewed; however, if 

these people move, they are not 

followed unless they happen to move 

along with a Wave 1 sample individual. 

The OMB has established an 

Interagency Advisory Committee to 

provide guidance for the content and 

procedures for the SIPP. Interagency 

subcommittees were set up to 

recommend specific areas of inquiries 

for supplemental questions. 

The Census Bureau developed the 

2008 Panel Wave 9 topical modules 

through consultation with the SIPP 

OMB Interagency Subcommittee. The 

questions for the topical modules 

address major policy and program 

concerns as stated by this subcommittee 

and the SIPP Interagency Advisory 

Committee. 

Data provided by the SIPP are being 

used by economic policymakers, the 

Congress, state and local governments, 

and federal agencies that administer 

social welfare or transfer payment 

programs, such as the Department of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Department of Agriculture. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Every 4 months. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

Section 182. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: March, 24, 2011. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit 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: Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS). 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0179. 

Form Number(s): HVS–600, BC– 

1428RV, CPS–263(L). 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 4,626. 

Number of Respondents: 7,500. 

Average Hours per Response: 3 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The purpose of this 

request for review is to obtain clearance 

for the collection of demographic 

information in the Housing Vacancy 

Survey (HVS) beginning in August 2011. 

The current clearance expires July 31, 

2011. The HVS has been conducted 

since 1956 and serves a broad array of 

data users as described below. 

The U.S. Census Bureau collects the 

HVS data for a sample of vacant housing 

units identified in the monthly Current 

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