[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 83 (Friday, April 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24915-24916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10652]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Census 2000 Evaluation Followup Interview

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.

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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: Written comments must be submitted on or before June 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Linda Engelmeier, 
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 
5033, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via 
the Internet at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eda1a8838a88818088ad89828ec38a829b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="68242d060f0d04050d280c070b460f071e">[email protected]</span></a>).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to Dave Raglin, Bureau of the Census, Room BH-121/
SFC2, Washington, DC 20233-9200, 301-457-4238.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The U.S. Bureau of the Census will conduct an Accuracy and Coverage 
Evaluation as a quality assurance program to measure coverage of the 
population in the decennial census. In the Accuracy and Coverage 
Evaluation, we independently count a sample of housing units and the 
people living in those units, then compare those results to the census.
    The U.S. Bureau of the Census would like to determine the magnitude 
of and sources of measurement errors in the residence classification of 
persons in the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation. To do this the Census 
Bureau plans to conduct the Evaluation Followup Interview (EFU), a 
follow-up interview of a subsample of Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation 
clusters. The types of information collected during the interview will 
help determine whether or not a person mentioned in the Census or in 
the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Person Interview lived in the 
housing unit on census day (Saturday April 1, 2000) or on the Accuracy 
and Coverage Evaluation interview day (sometime between late-April and 
mid-August, 2000). The information will also help identify possible 
reasons a person was missed or enumerated in error in the Census or the 
Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation. This is accomplished by asking the 
respondent more specific questions than the Accuracy and Coverage 
Evaluation about specific types of group quarters or other residences a 
person may have lived at, and by determining if persons have moved in 
and moved out of a household. The interview will be conducted using the 
Evaluation Followup Questionnaires, forms D-1301(EFU), the English 
language version and D-1301(EFU-S), the Spanish language version of the 
form. The data from the EFU will be used for four Census evaluations.

II. Method of Collection

    Person interview.

III. Data

    OMB Number: Not available.
    Form Number: D-1301(EFU), D-1301(EFU-S)
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40,000 Housing units.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,333 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is no cost to the respondent 
other than the time to provide the requested information.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141, 193, 
and 221.

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

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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: April 25, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-10652 Filed 4-27-00; 8:45 am]
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