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Vol. 77, No. 9 

Friday, January 13, 2012 

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: Public Employment & Payroll 

Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0452. 

Form Number(s): E–1, E–2, E–3, E–4, 

E–5, E–6, E–7, E–9. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 47,903. 

Number of Respondents: 58,572. 

Average Hours per Response: 49 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection request covers the 

questionnaires needed to conduct the 

public employment program for the 

2012 Census of Governments: 

Employment and the 2013 Annual 

Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. 

The type of employment and payroll 

data collected by the public 

employment & payroll program in the 

2012 Census of Governments: 

Employment and the 2013 Annual 

Survey of Public Employment & Payroll 

are identical to the data collected in 

recent annual surveys. The 2012 Census 

of Governments: Employment will 

collect data for all state and local 

governments in the 50 states and the 

District of Columbia by type of 

government and government function. 

The 2013 sample supports estimates of 

total local government employment and 

payrolls by state by government 

function. 

No changes were made to the form 

content as currently approved. 

However; formatting changes were made 

to the forms to facilitate data capture 

using current technology, Integrated 

Computer Assisted Data Entry (iCADE), 

and to clarify wording and form flow 

with respondents such as integrating the 

instruction in bullet form into the 

questions. These changes were 

cognitively tested. 

Statistics compiled from data gathered 

using these forms are used in several 

important Federal government 

programs. Economists at the Bureau of 

Economic Analysis (BEA) use the 

statistics for developing the National 

Income and Product Accounts. BEA also 

uses the Census of Governments and the 

Annual Survey of Public Employment & 

Payroll to derive state-level estimates of 

the employment and wages and salaries 

of students and their spouses who are 

employed by public institutions of 

higher education in which the students 

are enrolled. There is no other national 

or state source for information on 

student workers at state institutions of 

higher education. 

The employment data are used for 

two other data collection efforts 

currently conducted by the Census 

Bureau. The Medical Expenditures 

Panel Survey (MEPS) collects data for 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) on health plans offered 

to state and local government 

employees. The MEPS sample of public 

employees is drawn from the Census of 

Governments: Employment component 

universe and employment data from the 

survey are used in statistical methods 

for creating national estimates on health 

plans. The Criminal Justice Employment 

and Expenditure program (CJEE), 

sponsored by the Bureau of Justice 

Statistics (BJS), uses employment data 

to provide employee and payroll 

statistics on police protection and 

correctional activities. 

State and local government officials 

use these employment data to analyze 

and assess individual government labor 

force and wage levels. Both management 

and labor consult these data during 

wage and salary negotiations. 

Public interest groups of many types 

produce analyses of public sector 

activities using these data. User 

organizations representing state and 

local government include the Council of 

State Governments, National Conference 

of State Legislatures, Government 

Research Association, U.S. Conference 

of Mayors, National Association of 

Counties, National League of Cities, and 

the International City/County 

Management Association. A third 

category of users, having a more specific 

focus on government activities, includes 

organizations such as the Citizens 

Research Council of Michigan and the 

National Sheriffs Association. 

A variety of other organizations and 

individuals make use of these data. 

Notable research organizations include 

the Manhattan Institute for Policy 

Research, the Brookings Institution, and 

the Rockefeller Institute of Government. 

The instructors, researchers, and 

students in schools of public 

administration, political science, 

management, and industrial relations as 

well as other members of the public also 

use employment data. 

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal 

government. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, Section 161, 

of the United States Code requires the 

Secretary of Commerce to conduct a 

census of governments every fifth year. 

Title 13, Section 182 of the United 

States Code allows the Secretary to 

conduct annual surveys in other years. 

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

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

jjessup@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 email (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: January 9, 2012. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–514 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

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