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households, can be estimated using CPS 

characteristics matched with fertility 

data. 

II. Method of Collection 

The fertility information will be 

collected by both personal visit and 

telephone interviews in conjunction 

with the regular June CPS interviewing. 

All interviews are conducted using 

computer-assisted interviewing. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0610. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

Request for a Reinstatement, without 

Change, of a Previously Approved 

Collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

30,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 

minute. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 500. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. (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 141 and 182; and title 29 

U.S.C., sections 1–9. 

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 Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26959 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Quarterly Services Survey 

(QSS) 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Department of 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 revision of 

the Quarterly Services Survey, 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 February 6, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

email to Thomas.J.Smith@census.gov. 

Please reference the Quarterly Services 

Survey in the subject line of your 

comments. You may also submit 

comments, identified by Docket Number 

USBC–2023–0017, to the Federal eRulemaking 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 Kathryn 

Nelson, U.S. Census Bureau, Economic 

Indicators Division, 301–763–7052 or 

Kathryn.L.Nelson@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Census Bureau plans to 

request a three-year extension of the 

current Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) clearance of the 

Quarterly Services Survey (QSS). The 

QSS covers employer firms with 

establishments located in the United 

States and classified in select service 

industries as defined by the North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS). The QSS coverage 

currently includes all or parts of the 

following NAICS sectors: utilities 

(excluding government owned); 

transportation and warehousing (except 

rail transportation and postal); 

information; finance and insurance 

(except funds, trusts, and other financial 

vehicles); real estate and rental and 

leasing; professional, scientific, and 

technical services (except offices of 

notaries); administrative and support 

and waste management and remediation 

services; educational services (except 

elementary and secondary schools, 

junior colleges, and colleges, 

universities, and professional schools); 

health care and social assistance; arts, 

entertainment, and recreation; 

accommodation; and other services 

(except public administration). The 

primary estimates produced from the 

QSS are quarterly estimates of total 

operating revenue and the percentage of 

revenue by source. The survey also 

produces estimates of total operating 

expenses from tax-exempt firms in 

industries that have a large not-for-profit 

component. For hospitals, the survey 

produces estimates of the number of 

inpatient days and discharges, and for 

select industries in the arts, 

entertainment, and recreation sector, the 

survey produces estimates of 

admissions revenue. 

Firms are selected for the QSS using 

a stratified design with strata defined by 

industry, tax status, and estimated size 

based on annual revenue. The current 


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sample was introduced in the third 

quarter of 2017. The sample consists of 

approximately 19,500 firms and is a 

subsample of firms from the larger 

Service Annual Survey (SAS) approved 

under OMB Number 0607–0422. Each 

quarter the QSS sample is updated to 

reflect the addition of new businesses 

and the removal of firms that have gone 

out-of-business. Starting with survey 

year 2023, which will be collected in 

calendar year 2024, the SAS will be 

integrated into the Annual Integrated 

Economic Survey (AIES) approved 

under OMB Number 0607–1024. 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis 

uses the survey results as input to its 

quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 

and GDP by industry estimates. The 

estimates provide the Federal Reserve 

Board and Council of Economic 

Advisors with timely information to 

assess current economic performance. 

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services use the QSS estimates to 

develop hospital-spending estimates for 

the National Accounts. Other 

government and private stakeholders 

also benefit from a better understanding 

of important cyclical components of the 

U.S. service economy. 

II. Method of Collection 

We will collect this information by 

internet, mail, and telephone follow-up. 

A significant number of QSS 

respondents receive an initial email 

with their username and authentication 

code for submission by internet. The 

remaining respondents are either mailed 

only their username and authentication 

code for submission by internet or 

mailed a full form. Respondents that 

report via the internet in any given 

quarter have the option to choose how 

they want to receive forms in the future, 

i.e., email or mailed form. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0907. 

Form Numbers: QSS–1A, QSS–1E, 

QSS–1PA, QSS–1PE, QSS–2A, QSS–2E, 

QSS–3A, QSS–3E, QSS–3SA, QSS–3SE, 

QSS–4A, QSS–4E, QSS–4FA, QSS–4FE, 

QSS–4SA, QSS–4SE, QSS–5A, QSS–5E. 

Type of Review: Regular Submission, 

Request for an Extension of a Currently 

Approved Collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

22,300 respondents filing a total of 

96,800 reports a year. (Some 

respondents file more than one report 

quarterly). 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes: QSS–1A, QSS–1E, QSS–1PA, 

QSS–1PE, QSS–2A, QSS–2E, QSS–3A, 

QSS–3E, QSS–3SA, QSS–3SE, QSS–5A, 

QSS–5E. 

10 minutes: QSS–4A, QSS–4E, QSS– 

4FA, QSS–4FE, QSS–4SA, QSS–4SE. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 20,700 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. (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. 131 

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 Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26968 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

First Responder Network Authority 

Public Combined Board and Board 

Committees Meeting 

AGENCY: First Responder Network 

Authority (FirstNet Authority), National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FirstNet Authority Board 

will convene an open public meeting of 

the Board and Board Committees. 

DATES: December 13, 2023; 9:30 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m. Central Standard Time (CST); 

Nashville, Tennessee. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Bobby Hotel, 230 4th Ave. N, 

Nashville, TN 37219. Members of the 

public are not able to attend in-person 

but may listen to the meeting and view 

the presentation by visiting the URL: 

https://stream2.sparkstreetdigital.com/ 

20231213-firstnet.html. If you 

experience technical difficulty, contact 

support@sparkstreetdigital.com. WebEx 

information can also be found on the 

FirstNet Authority website 

(FirstNet.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General information: Jennifer Watts, 

(571) 665–6178, Jennifer.Watts@

FirstNet.gov. 

Media inquiries: Ryan Oremland, 

(571) 665–6186, Ryan.Oremland@

FirstNet.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Middle Class Tax 

Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 

(codified at 47 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) (Act) 

established the FirstNet Authority as an 

independent authority within NTIA. 

The Act directs the FirstNet Authority 

to ensure the building, deployment, and 

operation of a nationwide interoperable 

public safety broadband network. The 

FirstNet Authority Board is responsible 

for making strategic decisions regarding 

the operations of the FirstNet Authority. 

Matters to be Considered: The 

FirstNet Authority will post a detailed 

agenda for the Combined Board and 

Board Committees Meeting on 

FirstNet.gov prior to the meeting. The 

agenda topics are subject to change. 

Please note that the subjects discussed 

by the Board and Board Committees 

may involve commercial or financial 

information that is privileged or 

confidential, or other legal matters 

affecting the FirstNet Authority. As 


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