[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84328-84329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24387]


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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; 2025 Census Household Survey

    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. This notice allows for 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
    Title: 2025 Census Household Survey.
    Form Number(s): None. All information will be collected 
electronically.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 100,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 6,667.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau conducts surveys of 
individuals, households, and businesses to provide quality data about 
our nation's people and economy. Many Census Bureau surveys offer the 
option of responding to the survey online. The Census Bureau 
understands the critical importance of protecting the data provided by 
our survey respondents, while offering them

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a familiar, efficient, and manageable user experience. The Census 
Bureau hopes to achieve these goals through the adoption of industry 
best practices and popular solutions in use across the internet.
    One element of a user's online survey response experience is 
logging in to the survey. The Census Bureau plans to request Office or 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to conduct a test of various log 
in and authentication methods for surveys that would offer additional 
protection to respondent data, while facilitating respondents' ability 
to return to the survey on multiple occasions without having to re-
enter data. This test is referred to as the 2025 Census Household 
Survey Test.
    The Census Bureau proposes to test four log in and authentication 
methods: the current log in method used by surveys like the American 
Community Survey (ACS) and three additional methods. The current method 
requires users to enter a 12-digit code that is sent to them in the 
mail from the Census Bureau in addition to the use of a generated 4-
digit PIN for re-entry, with security questions for individuals who 
forget their PIN. The three additional methods require user 
verification through a two-factor authentication process, where a user 
would provide information like an email, phone number, or account log 
in (e.g., Microsoft) and then enter an 8-digit verification code that 
has been sent to them in email or text in addition to a 12-digit code 
that has been mailed to them by the Census Bureau.
    The test will study which industry-standard authentication methods 
works best for respondents in a dependent survey response setting by 
measuring log in success. The test will be designed to measure log in 
success for subpopulations, including historically undercounted 
populations.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: This is a one-time survey.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S. Code, Section 193.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
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 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 0607-0971.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-24387 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]
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