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Southwest+Mississippi. Anyone who 

would like to bring related matters to 

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written statements with the committee 

staff before or after the meeting. The 

agenda will include time for people to 

make oral statements of three minutes or 

less. Individuals wishing to make an 

oral statement should request in writing 

by September 14, 2011 to be scheduled 

on the agenda. Written comments and 

requests for time for oral comments 

must be sent to 1200 Hwy 184 East, 

Meadville, MS 39653, or by email to 

dochabreck@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile 

to 601–384–2172. A summary of the 

meeting will be posted at https:// 

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Southwest+Mississippi within 21 days 

of the meeting. 

Dated: August 10, 2011. 

Bruce Prudhomme, 

District Ranger. 

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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: 2012 Survey of Income and 

Program Participation Event History 

Calendar (SIPP–EHC) Field Test. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0957. 

Form Number(s): SIPP–EHC 

105(L)2012—Director’s Letter; SIPP– 

EHC–105(L)(SP) 2012—Director’s Letter 

Spanish; SIPP–EHC 4006A Brochure 

‘‘SIPP You Represent Your Nation;’’ 

SIPP/CAPI Automated Instrument. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 5,460. 

Number of Respondents: 5,460. 

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census 

Bureau requests authorization from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to conduct the 2012 Survey of 

Income and Program Participation Event 

History Calendar (SIPP–EHC) Field Test. 

The Census Bureau’s SIPP–EHC 

computer-assisted personal interviewing 

(CAPI) will use an Event History 

Calendar (EHC) interviewing method 

and a 12-month, calendar-year reference 

period in place of the current SIPP 

questionnaire approach that uses a 

sliding 4-month reference period. The 

Census Bureau is re-engineering the 

SIPP to accomplish several goals 

including re-engineering the collection 

instrument and processing system, 

development of the EHC in the 

instrument, use of the administrative 

records data where feasible, and 

increased stakeholder interaction. 

The main objective of the SIPP has 

been, and continues to be, to provide 

accurate and comprehensive 

information about the income and 

program participation of individuals 

and households in the United States. 

The survey’s mission is to provide a 

nationally representative sample for 

evaluating: (1) Annual and sub-annual 

income dynamics, (2) movements into 

and out of government transfer 

programs, (3) family and social context 

of individuals and households, and (4) 

interactions among these items. The reengineering of SIPP pursues these 

objectives in the context of several 

goals—cost reduction and improved 

accuracy, relevance, timeliness, reduced 

burden on respondents, and 

accessibility. 

A key component of the reengineering process involves the 

proposed shift from the every-fourmonth data collection schedule of 

traditional SIPP to an annual data 

collection schedule for the reengineered survey. To accomplish this 

shift with minimal impact on data 

quality, the Census Bureau proposes 

employing the use of an event history 

calendar to gather SIPP data. The EHC 

is intended to help respondents recall 

information in a more natural 

‘‘autobiographical’’ manner by using life 

events as triggers to recall other 

economic events. For example, a 

residence change can in many cases 

occur contemporaneously with a change 

in employment. The entire process of 

compiling the calendar focuses, by its 

nature, on consistency and sequential 

order of events, and attempts to correct 

for otherwise missing data. For example, 

if the respondents are unemployed, they 

may then look for a job, and then 

become employed. The 2012 SIPP–EHC 

Field Test will continue the EHC 

methodology implemented in the 2011 

Field Test instrument. 

The 2012 SIPP–EHC Field Test will 

re-interview respondents interviewed in 

2011, collecting data for the previous 

calendar year as the reference period. 

The content of the 2012 SIPP–EHC will 

closely match that of the 2011 Reengineered SIPP. As in the 2010 and 

2011 SIPP–EHC field interviews, a 

portion of traditional SIPP topical 

module content is integrated into the 

2012 SIPP–EHC. The 2012, as in 2010 

and 2011, SIPP–EHC will not contain 

free-standing topical modules. The EHC 

allows recording dates of events and 

spells of coverage and should provide 

measures of monthly transitions of 

program receipt and coverage, labor 

force transitions, health insurance 

transitions, and others. The 2012 SIPP– 

EHC will be the first test of using 

dependent data (collected in 2011 SIPP– 

EHC) in conjunction with calendar 

methods to reduce burden and improve 

quality. 

The 2012 SIPP–EHC Field Test will be 

conducted in all 12 Census Regional 

Offices from January 2012 to March 

2012. Approximately 2,600 households 

(based on response and coverage 

estimates derived from the 2011 Reengineered SIPP field work) are selected 

for the 2012 SIPP–EHC. We estimate 

that each household contains 2.1 people 

aged 15 and above, yielding 

approximately 5,460 person-level 

interviews in the field test. Interviews 

take one hour on average. The total 

annual burden for the 2012 SIPP–EHC 

interviews will be 5,460 hours in FY 

2012. 

Results from the 2010, 2011 and 2012 

Field Tests, and the 2008 SIPP Panel 

will be used to inform final decisions 

regarding the design, content, and 

implementation of the Re-engineered 

SIPP for its production beginning in 

2014. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One time. 

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: August 15, 2011. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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