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$200,000. Therefore, the maximum

grant award for FY 2001 will be

$200,000.

Dated: November 21, 2000.

Wilbur T. Peer,

Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service.

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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: 2001 Survey of Program

Dynamics.

Form Number(s): SPD–21005, SPD–

21006, SPD–21007, SPD–21008, SPD–

21009, SPD–21103(L), SPD–21105(L),

SPD–21107(L), SPD–21109(L), SPD–

21113(L), SPD–21999.

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0838.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 37,023 hours.

Number of Respondents: 75,225.

Avg Hours Per Response: 29.5

minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau

seeks OMB approval to conduct the

2001 Survey of Program Dynamics

(SPD). The SPD provides the basis for an

overall evaluation of how well welfare

reforms are achieving the aims of the

Administration and the Congress and

meeting the needs of the American

people. This survey simultaneously

measures the important features of the

full range of welfare programs,

including programs that are being

reformed and those that are unchanged,

and the full range of other important

social, economic, demographic, and

family changes that will facilitate or

limit the effectiveness of the reforms.

The SPD is a longitudinal study that

follows a subset of the respondents from

the 1992 and 1993 panels of the Survey

of Income and Program Participation

(SIPP). The SPD was first implemented

in the spring of 1997 with a bridge

survey that provided a link to baseline

data for the period prior to the

implementation of welfare reforms. The

first full-scale SPD was conducted in

1998. Annual surveys are currently

planned through 2002. The data

gathered for the 10-year period (1992–

2002) will aid in assessing short- to

medium-term consequences of

outcomes of the welfare legislation.

The 2001 SPD instrument will remain

largely unchanged from 2000. A new

response category will be added to an

existing question regarding types of

health insurance coverage. Also, a paper

Adolescent Self-Administered

Questionnaire (SAQ) for 12- to 17-yearolds will be added. The Adolescent

SAQ was last asked in the 1998 SPD.

The 2001 SPD is conducted by our

interviewing staff using a computerassisted interviewing instrument on

laptops during personal and telephone

interviews.

In order to improve the validity of the

SPD data we supplemented the 2000

SPD sample with 3,500 former SIPP

households who were non-interviews in

the 1997 SPD. Contingent on

Congressional funding, we plan to

continue interviewing these 3,500

households and add an additional 6,000

former SIPP households to the 2001 SPD

sample. As in previous years, we will

offer monetary incentives to select

groups of respondents in order to

maintain and improve response rates.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Frequency: Annually.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 42 U.S.C.,

Section 614.

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter,

(202) 395–5103.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

(202) 482–3129, Department of

Commerce, room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at

mclayton@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: November 30, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau

Master Address File (MAF) and

Topologically Integrated Geographic

Encoding and Referencing (TIGER)

Update Activities

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 February 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at

mclayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Bob Tomassoni, Bureau of

the Census, WP–1, Room 204,

Washington, DC 20233. Phone Number

301–457–8253.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Note: The present clearance expires May

31, 2001. This request covers field activities

to be conducted from June 1, 2001 through

May 31, 2004.

The Census Bureau presently operates

a generic clearance covering activities

involving respondent burden associated

with updating our Master Address File

(MAF) and Topologically Integrated

Geographic Encoding and Referencing

(TIGER) system. (The MAF is the

Census Bureau’s address database and

TIGER is the geographic database.) We

now propose to extend that generic

clearance to cover update activities we

will undertake during the next three

fiscal years.

Under the terms of the generic

clearance, we plan to submit a request

for OMB approval that will describe all

planned activities for the entire period;

we will not submit a clearance package

for each updating activity. We will send

a letter to OMB at least five days before

the planned start of each activity that

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gives more exact details, examples of

forms, and final estimates of respondent

burden. We also will file a year-end

summary with OMB after the close of

each fiscal year giving results of each

activity conducted. This generic

clearance enables OMB to review our

overall strategy for MAF and TIGER

updating in advance, instead of

reviewing each activity in isolation

shortly before the planned start. The

Census Bureau used the MAF for

mailing and delivering questionnaires to

households during Census 2000. The

MAF is also used as a sampling frame

for our demographic current surveys. In

the past, the Census Bureau built a new

address list for each decennial census.

The MAF we built for Census 2000 is

meant to be kept current, thereby,

eliminating the need to build a

completely new address list for future

censuses and surveys. The TIGER is a

geographic system that maps the entire

country in Census Blocks with

applicable address range or living

quarter location information. Linking

MAF and TIGER allows us to assign

each address to the appropriate Census

Block, produce maps as needed and

publish results at the appropriate level

of geographic detail. The following are

descriptions of each activity we plan to

conduct under the clearance for the next

three fiscal years.

1. Community Address Updating

System (CAUS)

The CAUS program will consist of

both tests and actual production work

over the next few years. The 2000 CAUS

Field Test was conducted in twenty-four

counties throughout the country. The

test began in Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 and

will continue into FY 2001. The tests

objectives are to obtain address

information about new housing units

and add those to the MAF, and to

correct and update the existing

addresses in the MAF. In FY 2000, we

produced data sets and assignments

which we loaded onto laptop

computers. The data sets are used in the

Automated Listing and Mapping

Instrument (ALMI) to allow the Field

Representatives (FRs) to collect updates

which can then be applied to the Master

Address File (MAF) and TIGER.

In addition to the above, a smaller

‘‘Splash’’ test will be conducted

sometime during the first half of 2001.

This field test will be similar to the 2000

field test, but on a smaller scale. The

estimated number of households

involved will be 2,500. The estimated

time per response is 2 minutes. The

estimated respondent burden hours is

85 hours.

In FY 2002, there will be a CAUS

Field Test Dress Rehearsal. The

operation will be similar to the 2000

CAUS Field Test, but there will be more

of a production component to the CAUS

Dress Rehearsal. The estimated number

of households involved will be 125,000.

The estimated time per response is 2

minutes. The estimated respondent

burden hours is 4,165 hours.

Planned for FY 2003 is the actual

CAUS operation. The operation will

take place nationwide. The estimated

number of households involved will be

200,000. The estimated time per

response is 2 minutes. The estimated

respondent burden hours is 6,660 hours.

The CAUS will help the Census

Bureau maintain a current MAF and

TIGER throughout the decade and into

the next decennial census.

2. Evaluation of the Quality of Geocodes

The Census Bureau is conducting the

Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation

(A.C.E.) to measure the overall and

differential coverage of the U.S.

population and housing in Census 2000.

An independent listing (IL) of all the

housing units in the A.C.E. sample

clusters was conducted before census

day. This IL was then matched to the

Decennial Master Address File (DMAF)

to measure housing unit coverage. In

some cases, the results found in A.C.E.

will reflect geocoding error in the

census. The objective of the Evaluation

of the Quality of the Geocodes

Associated with Census Addresses is to

measure the quality of the geocodes in

Census 2000, beyond the measure

provided by the A.C.E.

The final housing unit matching

results from the A.C.E. sample are used

as the starting point for this evaluation.

For cases that didn’t match during the

final housing unit matching, the search

will be extended from the block cluster

level on the DMAF to a wider search

area on the MAF. Potential matches

from this search indicate possible

geocoding error or cases that were

excluded from Census 2000. In some

cases, field follow-up will be done to

confirm the matches.

There are approximately 310,000

housing units in the A.C.E.

Approximately 10,600 of those 310,000

are expected to not match to the DMAF.

These 10,600 cases will then be

computer matched to the full MAF

looking at the ring of 1990 census tracts

surrounding the 1990 tract to which the

address is assigned in the MAF.

Roughly 4,000 of the 10,600 housing

units are expected to computer match to

the MAF at the surrounding tract level

and 6,600 are not. These 6,600 cases

will be sent to the National Processing

Center for clerical matching. About

2,000 of the 6,600 are estimated to

clerically match to the MAF at the

surrounding tract level. That gives an

estimated 6,000 cases that will match to

the MAF at the surrounding tract level.

These 6,000 cases will be sent to the

field for follow-up. For cases that match

to units on the MAF within the ring of

tracts, Field Division will be asked to

confirm the existence of the unit and the

MAF block. All of the remaining A.C.E.

nonmatches will be assumed to be

census misses.

It is anticipated that the field work

will involve contacting respondents

about residential status only if it is not

already obvious. In addition, field staff

may need to contact residents regarding

specific information about the location

of their unit to help determine what

block they’re in. The most burdensome

case scenario would be all 6,000 units

being contacted. The estimated time per

response is 1 minute. The estimated

total respondent burden is 100 hours.

All of the field work is expected to take

place in FY 2002.

3. Evaluation of the Block Splitting

Operation for Tabulation Purposes

Collection blocks are blocks defined

by visible features. Sometimes these

blocks cross governmental or other

required data tabulation boundaries.

Collection blocks are used to conduct

field operations. At the end of Census

2000, blocks need to be defined by

governmental and other boundaries for

data tabulation purposes. To achieve

this, collection blocks need to be split

in certain situations. The resulting

blocks are called tabulation blocks.

The objective of this evaluation is to

measure the quality of the processes that

are used to provide the address range

and map spot information to split blocks

for tabulation purposes.

Approximately 600,000 blocks will be

split for tabulation purposes. For this

evaluation, a sample of collection blocks

that have at least one block split caused

by tabulation geography will be field

visited. The purpose of the field visit is

to determine if the splitting of the block

was accurate relative to the actual

feature or governmental unit boundary

that caused the block split in the first

place. The types of tabulation geography

that are inscope for this evaluation are

visible boundaries, non-visible

governmental boundaries, and

American Indian Reservation

boundaries. The sample of blocks will

be split blocks that have at least one

housing unit or group quarters. Areas

that were enumerated in the Remote

Alaska operation will not be in sample.

Puerto Rico will be in sample however,

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the sample size may not be large enough

to produce estimates specifically for

Puerto Rico.

All sampled split collection blocks

will be sent to the field with maps and

listings of addresses in the 2000 Census.

Field will determine actual tabulation

geography for every housing unit in the

collection block.

A sample size has not been

determined yet. The most burdensome

case scenario would be approximately

10,000 units being contacted. This is

based on the assumptions that:

• 2,000 blocks will be selected,

• Each block has 30 housing units,

• Most of the field work will be done

by observation, and

• 5 housing units per block will need

to be contacted to confirm their location

relative to the governmental boundary.

The estimated time per response is 1

minute. The estimated total respondent

burden is 167 hours. All of the field

work will occur in FY 2001.

In addition to the above evaluations,

there may be other evaluations that may

be conducted in the next three years to

help the Census Bureau evaluate the

quality of work done during Census

2000. Any other evaluations would be

similar to those above and would be

within the scope of the clearance as a

MAF/TIGER updating activity.

II. Method of Collection

The primary method of data

collection for all operations will be

personal interview by Census Listers or

Enumerators using the operation’s

listing form. In some cases, the

interview could be by telephone

callback if no one was home on the

initial visit. See part I for details of each

operation.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0809.

Form Number: The form numbers for

some activities have not yet been

assigned. See the descriptions of the

activities in part I for form numbers

where applicable.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

Varies by operation, see chart below.

Estimated Time Per Response: Varies

by operation, see chart below.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: FY01 377; FY02 10,500; FY03

16,700.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

only cost to respondents is that of their

time to respond.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13, United

States Code, Sections 141 and 193.

Activity

FY 2001

respondents

FY 2002

respondents

FY 2003

respondents

Average

hours per

response

Responses

per

respondent

FY 2001

burden

hours

FY 2002

burden

hours

FY 2003

burden

hours

CAUS (Splash Test) .......................................................... 2,500 0 0 .033 1 85 0 0

CAUS (Dress Rehearsal) .................................................. 0 125,000 0 .033 1 0 4,165 0

CAUS Operation ............................................................... 0 0 200,000 .033 1 0 0 6,660

Evaluations (Quality of Geocodes) ................................... 0 6,000 0 .016 1 0 100 0

Evaluations (Block Splitting) ............................................. 10,000 0 0 .016 1 167 0 0

Totals ...................................................................... 12,500 131,000 200,000 .................. .................. 252 4,265 6,660

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 and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: November 30, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau

Evaluation of Responses to the

Question on Race

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 February 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at

mclayton@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Christine Hough, Bureau

of the Census, Building 2, Rm: 1801–

MOD B, Washington, DC 20233–9200,

301–457–4248.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

On October 30, 1997, the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) issued

revised standards by which all federal

agencies, beginning with Census 2000,

are to collect, tabulate, and present data

on race and ethnicity. Included in these

standards was the identification of five

racial categories—White, Black or

African American, American Indian or

Alaskan Native, Asian, and Native

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. For

the 1990 census, sixteen specific racial

response categories that collapsed into

the 1977 four racial categories were

used—White, Black or African

American, American Indian or Alaskan

Native, and Asian or Pacific Islander.

The standards also included changes in

the terminology used for each group and

the sequencing of the questions on race

and Hispanic origin. In the 1990 census,

the question on race preceded the

question on Hispanic origin with two

intervening questions. For Census 2000,

the question on Hispanic origin is