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clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: Bureau of Economic

Analysis.

Title: BEA Customer Satisfaction

Survey

Form Number(s): Not applicable.

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New.

Burden: 1,875 hours.

Number of Respondents: 7,500.

Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Bureau of

Economic Analysis (BEA) would like to

conduct a Customer Satisfaction Survey

to obtain feedback from customers on

the quality of BEA products and

services. The results of the information

collected will serve to assist BEA in

improving the quality of its data

products and its methods of

dissemination.

BEA needs to inform and educate all

of its staff about the public’s perception

of the agency. This customer satisfaction

survey will give us first-hand

knowledge of what our customers want,

need, and expect from BEA. To more

effectively inform and educate the

public on what we do, how we do it,

and why we do it, we need to obtain

reliable information on how the public

views our output. This results of this

survey will serve that purpose.

The Survey and a cover letter with

instructions on how to complete the

survey will be mailed to 2,000 potential

respondents. BEA will request that

responses be returned 30 days after the

mailing. The survey will also be posted

on BEA’s web site for 5,500 potential

respondents. The survey will be

designed so that all responses are

anonymous and therefore eliminates the

necessity for recordkeeping of

respondents.

Affected Public: Individuals from

profit and non-profit organizations and

individuals from other Federal, state,

and local government agencies.

Frequency: One-time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Executive Order

12862, Section 1(b), of September 11,

1993.

OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202)

395–3093.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 5033,

14 and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–3272,

(or via e-mail at LEngelme@doc.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer,

room 10201, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 5, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted 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: Census 2000 Evaluation: Survey

of Partners.

Form Number(s): D–1401, D–

1401A(L), D–1401.F1(L), D–1401.F2(L),

D–1401A(E), D–1401.1(E), D–1401(E).

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: 5,333 hours.

Number of Respondents: 16,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Census 2000

Partnership Program works to establish

partnerships with State, local and tribal

governments; private industry; local

governments and community groups.

The goal is to increase the awareness of

the census and to increase response

rates, especially among historically

undercounted populations.

The program has both a national and

a regional focus. On the national level,

the program is designed to implement

promotional activities that may be

sponsored and/or supported by

national/umbrella government and

nongovernmental organizations. In

addition, the Census Bureau will

partner with Fortune 500 companies to

promote the importance of the census

through the services and products they

provide.

The regional partnership program

reflects the Census Bureau’s belief that

the foundation for broad-based

participation in the census must be built

at the community level. Its primary

purpose is to establish partnerships

with state, local, and tribal

governments; community organizations;

businesses and the media.

This request is for clearance of an

evaluation of that partnership program

to be carried out via an information

collection. A contractor will survey a

sample of partners through selfadministered questionnaires. The

questionnaire will ask the partners

about the effectiveness of the marketing

campaign and the partnership activities

in motivating their constituents to

complete and mail back their census

questionnaires. The results will be used

to evaluate the program, for 2010

planning purposes and to improve

future census operations.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations, Not-for-profit

organizations, Federal Government,

State, Local or tribal Government.

Frequency: One-time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC,

sections 141 and 193.

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter,

(202) 395–5103.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

room 5033, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230

(or via the Internet at

LEngelme@doc.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 5, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau

Current Population Survey (CPS)—

Voting and Registration Supplement

November 2000

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

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 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)).

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DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5027, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at

lengelme@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Michelle Schwab, Census

Bureau, FOB 3, Room 3340,

Washington, DC 20233–8400, at (301)

457–3806.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau is requesting

clearance for the collection of data

concerning the Voting and Registration

Supplement to be conducted in

conjunction with the November 2000

CPS. The Census Bureau sponsors these

questions, which have been collected

biennially in the CPS since 1964.

This survey has provided statistical

information for tracking historical

trends of voter and nonvoter

characteristics in each Presidential or

Congressional election since 1964. The

data collected from the November

supplement relates demographic

characteristics (age, sex, race, education,

occupation, and income) to voting and

nonvoting behavior. The November CPS

supplement is the only source of data

that provides a comprehensive set of

voter and nonvoter characteristics

distinct from independent surveys,

media polls, or other outside agencies.

Federal, state, and local election

officials use these data to formulate

policies relating to the voting and

registration process. College

institutions, political party committees,

research groups, and other private

organizations also use the voting and

registration data.

II. Method of Collection

The voting and registration

information will be collected by both

personal visit and telephone interviews

in conjunction with the regular

November CPS interviewing. All

interviews are conducted using

computer-assisted interviewing.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0466.

Form Number: There are no forms.

We conduct all interviewing on

computers.

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: Households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

48,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1.5

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1,200.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: There

are no costs to the respondents other

than their time to answer the CPS

questions.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13, United

States Code, Section 182; and Title 29,

United States Code, Sections 1–9.

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 or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: May 4, 2000.

Gwellnar Banks,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau

Survey of Local Government Finances

(School Systems), Forms F–33, F–33–

1, F–33–L1, F–33–L2, and F33–L3

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

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 July 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5027, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at

lengelme@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Sharon Meade, Bureau of

the Census, Governments Division,

Washington, DC 20233–6800. Her

telephone number is 301–457–1563.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau collects education

finance data as part of its Annual

Survey of State and Local Governments.

This survey is the only comprehensive

source of public fiscal data collected on

a nationwide scale using uniform

definitions, concepts and procedures.

The collection covers the revenues,

expenditures, debt, and assets of all

public school systems. This data

collection has been coordinated with

the National Center for Education

Statistics (NCES). The NCES uses this

collection to satisfy its need for school

system level finance data.

Information on the finance of our

public schools is vital to assessing their

effectiveness. This data collection

makes it possible to access a single data

base to obtain information on such

things as per pupil expenditures and the

percent of state, local, and federal

funding for each school system.

Recently, as exemplified by the

establishment of the America 2000

education goals, there has been

increased interest in improving the

Nation’s public schools. One result of

this intensified interest has been a

significant increase in the demand for

school finance data.

The five forms used in the school

finance portion of the survey are:

Form F–33. This form contains item

descriptions and definitions of the

elementary-secondary education finance

items collected jointly by the Census

Bureau and NCES. It is used primarily

as a worksheet by the state education

agencies that provide school finance

data centrally for all of the school

systems in their respective states. Most

states supply their data by electronic

means.

Form F–33–1. This form is used at the

beginning of each survey period to

solicit the assistance of the state

education agencies. It establishes the