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DATES: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 

and Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 

12:00 p.m. (ET). 

Public Web Conference Link (video 

and audio): Link: https://tinyurl.com/ 

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Phone Only: Dial 1–800–360–9505; 

Access code: 199 344 3090. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mallory Trachtenberg at 

mtrachtenberg@usccr.gov or by phone at 

(202) 809–9618. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is available to the public 

through the web link above. If joining 

only via phone, callers can expect to 

incur charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. 

Individuals who are deaf, deafblind and 

hard of hearing. Individuals may also 

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8339 and providing the Service with 

conference details found through 

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at least 7 days prior to the meeting. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

make comments during the open period 

at the end of the meeting. Members of 

the public may also submit written 

comments; the comments must be 

received in the Regional Programs Unit 

within 30 days following the meeting. 

Written comments may be emailed to 

Mallory Trachtenberg at 

mtrachtenberg@usccr.gov. Persons who 

desire additional information may 

contact the Regional Programs Unit at 

(202) 809–9618. Records and documents 

discussed during the meeting will be 

available for public viewing as they 

become available at 

www.facadatabase.gov. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov, 

or to contact the Regional Programs Unit 

at the above phone number or email 

address. 

Agenda 

Wednesday, February 10, 2021 and 

March 10, 2021 From 12:00–1:00 p.m. 

(ET) 

I. Welcome and Roll Call 

II. Announcements and Updates 

III. Approval of Minutes 

IV. Draft Report Discussion 

V. Potential Topic Discussion, as time 

allows 

VI. Public Comment 

VII. Next Steps 

VIII. Adjournment 

Dated: January 13, 2021. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01151 Filed 1–19–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

U.S. Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Current Population Survey 

(CPS) Basic Demographic Items 

AGENCY: Census Bureau, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment on the proposed reinstatement 

without change of the Current 

Population Survey Basic Demographics 

as required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, prior to the submission of 

the information collection request (ICR) 

to OMB for approval. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before March 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

email to Kyra Linse, Acting Survey 

Director, Current Population Surveys 

via the internet at dsd.cps@census.gov. 

Please reference Current Population 

Survey (CPS) Basic Demographic Itemsn 

in the subject line of your comments. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by Docket Number USBC– 

2020–0031, to the Federal 

e-Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

received are part of the public record. 

No comments will be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov for public viewing 

until after the comment period has 

closed. Comments will generally be 

posted without change. All Personally 

Identifiable Information (for example, 

name and address) voluntarily 

submitted by the commenter may be 

publicly accessible. Do not submit 

Confidential Business Information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. You may submit 

attachments to electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 

file formats. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Taylor 

Smith, Survey Statistician, 301–763– 

7131, taylor.a.smith@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau plans to request 

clearance from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for the 

collection of basic demographic 

information on the Current Population 

Survey (CPS) beginning in November 

2021. The current clearance expires 

October 31, 2021. 

The CPS has been the source of 

official government statistics on 

employment and unemployment for 

over 70 years. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) and the Census Bureau 

jointly sponsor the basic monthly 

survey. The Census Bureau also 

prepares and conducts all the field 

work. At the OMB’s request, the Census 

Bureau and the BLS divide the 

clearance request in order to reflect the 

joint sponsorship and funding of the 

CPS program. BLS submits a separate 

clearance request for the portion of the 

CPS that collects labor force information 

for the civilian noninstitutional 

population. Some of the information 

within that portion includes 

employment status, number of hours 

worked, job search activities, earnings, 

duration of unemployment, and the 

industry and occupation classification 

of the job held the previous week. The 

justification that follows is in support of 

the demographic data. 

The demographic information 

collected in the CPS provides a unique 

set of data on selected characteristics for 

the civilian noninstitutional population. 

Some of the demographic information 

we collect are age, marital status, sex, 

Armed Forces status, education, race, 

origin, and family income. We use these 

data in conjunction with other data, 

particularly the monthly labor force 

data, as well as periodic supplement 

data. We also use these data 

independently for internal analytic 

research and for evaluation of other 

surveys. In addition, we use these data 

as a control to produce accurate 

estimates of other personal 

characteristics. 

II. Method of Collection 

The CPS basic demographic 

information is collected from individual 


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households by both personal visit and 

telephone interviews each month. All 

interviews are conducted using 

computer-assisted interviewing. 

Households in the CPS are in sample for 

four consecutive months, and for the 

same four months the following year. 

This is called a 4–8–4 rotation pattern; 

households are in sample for four 

months, in a resting period for eight 

months, and then in sample again for 

four months. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0049. 

Form Number(s): There are no forms. 

All interviews are conducted on 

computers. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

Request for an Extension, without 

Change of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

Affected Public: Households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

59,000 per month. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 17,700. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: There is no cost to the 

respondents other than their time (This 

is not the cost of respondents’ time, but 

the indirect costs respondents may 

incur for such things as purchases of 

specialized software or hardware 

needed to report, or expenditures for 

accounting or records maintenance 

services required specifically by the 

collection.) 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 

Sections 8(b), 141, and 182. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include, or 

summarize, each comment in our 

request to OMB to approve this ICR. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01235 Filed 1–19–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

U.S. Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Survey of Residential 

Building or Zoning Permit Systems 

(C–411) 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on November 9, 

2020 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Survey of Residential Building 

or Zoning Permit Systems (C–411). 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0350. 

Form Number(s): C–411(v), C–411(m), 

C–411(c). 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

Request for an Extension, without 

Change, of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

Number of Respondents: 820 annual 

average. 

Average Hours per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 205. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census 

Bureau is requesting an extension of a 

currently approved collection for Form 

C–411, ‘‘Survey of Residential Building 

or Zoning Permit Systems.’’ 

The Census Bureau produces statistics 

used to monitor activity in the large and 

dynamic construction industry. These 

statistics help state and local 

governments and the federal 

government, as well as private industry, 

to analyze this important sector of the 

economy. The accuracy of the Census 

Bureau statistics regarding the amount 

of construction authorized depends on 

data supplied by building and zoning 

officials throughout the country. The 

Census Bureau uses Form C–411 to 

obtain information from state and local 

building permit officials needed for 

updating the universe of permit-issuing 

places which serves as the sampling 

frame for the Report of Privately-Owned 

Residential Building or Zoning Permits 

Issued (OMB number 0607–0094), also 

known as the Building Permits Survey 

(BPS), and the Survey of Housing Starts, 

Sales, and Completions (OMB number 

0607–0110), also known as Survey of 

Construction (SOC). These two sample 

surveys provide widely used measures 

of construction activity, including the 

principal economic indicators, New 

Residential Construction and New 

Home Sales. Data from the BPS and SOC 

are also used by the Bureau of Economic 

Analysis (BEA) in the calculation of 

estimates of the Residential Fixed 

Investment portion of the Nation’s Gross 

Domestic Product (GDP). In addition, 

data from the BPS are used by the 

Census Bureau in the calculation of 

annual population estimates; these 

estimates are widely used by 

government agencies to allocate funding 

and other resources to local 

governments. 

The questions on Form C–411 pertain 

to the legal requirements for issuing 

building or zoning permits in the local 

jurisdictions. Information is obtained on 

such items as geographic coverage and 

types of construction for which permits 

are issued. 

The appropriate form is sent to a 

jurisdiction when the Census Bureau 

has reason to believe that a new permit 

system has been established or an 

existing one has changed. This is based 

on information from a variety of sources 

including survey respondents, regional 

councils and the Census Bureau’s 

Geography Division, which keeps 

abreast of changes in corporate status. 

We anticipate approximately a 50% 

response rate to the mailed C–411 

forms, which is supplemented with 

existing known information from the C– 

404 monthly and annual collection, 

individual follow-ups with jurisdictions 

by email or phone, and publicly 

available information to maintain 


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