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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 93274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27652]

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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; Generic Clearance for 2030 Census Small-Scale Tests, 
Evaluations, and Database Updates

    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 September 11, 2024, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
    Title: Generic Clearance for Census Bureau Field Tests and 
Evaluations.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): Not yet determined.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, New Information Collection 
Request.
    Number of Respondents: 162,000-175,000 per year.
    Average Hours per Response: 18 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 51,000-53,100 hours annually.
    Needs and Uses: The upper range for the proposed annual burden 
hours is a slight reduction from the 55,000 hours the Census Bureau 
estimated in the 60-day Federal Register Notice for this generic 
information collection, and that figure was reduced for programmatic 
reasons.
    The U.S. Census Bureau is committed to conducting research towards 
developing a well-managed, cost-effective, high quality decennial 
census. To that end, the Census Bureau requests OMB approval for a new 
generic clearance to conduct a series of studies to research and 
evaluate how to improve data collection activities for 2030 Census 
programs at the Census Bureau. These studies will explore how the 
Census Bureau can improve efficiency, data quality, and response rates 
and reduce respondent burden in future census and survey operations, 
evaluations and experiments. This research program is for database 
updates, respondent communication, questionnaire and procedure 
development and evaluation purposes. We will use data tabulations to 
evaluate the results of questionnaire testing. Data will also be used 
to update address databases and other datasets used to plan and conduct 
larger tests and the 2030 Census itself.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other for 
profit, farms.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, Sections 141, 191, 193, 221, and 223.
    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 the title of the collection.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-27652 Filed 11-25-24; 8:45 am]
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