[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83455-83456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23870]


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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; Census Household Panel Topical 13 and Topical 14 Operations

    On July 12, 2024, the Department of Commerce received clearance 
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to conduct the tenth, eleventh, and 
twelfth Census Household Panel topical operations (OMB No. 0607-1025, 
Exp. 6/30/26). The Census Household Panel is designed to ensure 
availability of frequent data collection for nationwide estimates on a 
variety of topics for a variety of subgroups of the population.

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This notice serves to inform of the Department's intent to request 
clearance from OMB to conduct topical operations 13 and 14.
    The Topical 13 (November) will include experiments on using 
auxiliary data, ``don't know'' responses, and dependent data. For the 
December topical questionnaire (Topical 14) we will collect data using 
Household Pulse Survey content. For both months, we will conduct a 
digital incentives test. The Department of Commerce will submit the 
following information collection request to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of 
this notice. We invite 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. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on February 6, 2023, 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
    Title: Census Household Panel Topical 13 and Topical 14 Operations.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-1025.
    Form Number(s): Not yet determined.
    Type of Request: Request for a Revision of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 10,354 panel members.
    Average Hours per Response: 4 hours per year (20 minutes for 
monthly collection).
    Burden Hours: 41,375.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Household Panel is a probability-based 
nationwide nationally-representative survey panel designed to test the 
methods to collect data on a variety of topics of interest, and for 
conducting experimentation on alternative question wording and 
methodological approaches. The goal of the Census Household Panel is to 
ensure availability of frequent data collection for nationwide 
estimates on a variety of topics and a variety of subgroups of the 
population, meeting standards for transparent quality reporting of the 
Federal Statistical Agencies and the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB).
    Panelists and households selected for the Panel were recruited from 
the Census Bureau's gold standard Master Address File. This ensures the 
Panel is rooted in this rigorously developed and maintained frame and 
available for linkage to administrative records securely maintained and 
curated by the Census Bureau. Invitations to complete the monthly 
surveys will be sent via email and SMS messages. Questionnaires will be 
mainly internet self-response. The Panel will maintain 
representativeness by allowing respondents who do not use the internet 
to respond via computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). All 
panelists will receive an incentive for each complete questionnaire. 
Periodic replenishment samples will maintain representativeness and 
panelists will be replaced after a period of three years.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, sections 141, 182 
and 193.
    This information collection request may be viewed at https://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function and entering either the title of the collection or 
the OMB Control Number 0607-1025.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-23870 Filed 10-15-24; 8:45 am]
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