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Vol. 80, No. 76 

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

U.S. Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Management and 

Organizational Practices Survey 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before June 22, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the email 

at jjessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Julius Smith, Jr., U.S. 

Census Bureau, Economy-Wide 

Statistics Division, Room 7K055, 4600 

Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233, (301) 763–7662 (or via the email 

at julius.smith.jr@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau plans to conduct 

the Management and Organizational 

Practices Survey (MOPS) for survey year 

2015 with subsequent data collection 

activities for this survey pending 

funding. The MOPS will utilize the 

Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM) 

mail-out sample and will collect 

information on management and 

organizational practices at the 

establishment level. The Census Bureau 

has conducted the ASM since 1949 to 

provide key measures of manufacturing 

activity during intercensal periods. In 

census years ending in ‘‘2’’ and ‘‘7’’, we 

mail and collect the ASM as part of the 

Economic Census covering the 

Manufacturing Sector. The ASM is an 

integral part of the Government’s 

statistical program, furnishing up-todate estimates of employment and 

payroll, hours and wages of production 

workers, value added by manufacture, 

cost of materials, value of shipments by 

product class, inventories, and 

expenditures for both plant and 

equipment and structures. The data 

obtained from the MOPS will allow us 

to estimate a firm’s stock of management 

and organizational assets, specifically 

the use of decentralized decision rights 

and establishment performance data 

such as production targets in decisionmaking. These data will provide 

information on investments in 

management and organizational 

practices, which will lead to a better 

understanding of the benefits from these 

investments when measured in terms of 

firm productivity or firm market value. 

This survey on management and 

organizational practices will provide 

information on the dimensions of 

organizational capital for this sector not 

currently available elsewhere. This 

clearance request will be for the survey 

year 2015. Policy makers, such as the 

Federal Reserve Board and World Bank 

will use the MOPS to understand the 

levels and evolution of management 

practices over time and to forecast 

future productivity growth. 

II. Method of Collection 

The 2015 MOPS will be mailed 

separately from the 2015 ASM and will 

utilize mail-out/mail-back survey forms. 

Respondents will have the option of 

responding electronically through the 

Census Bureau’s Centurion online 

reporting system. The sample for the 

2015 MOPS will consist of the 

approximately 50,000 establishments in 

the 2015 ASM mail-out sample. The 

mail-out sample for the ASM is 

redesigned at 5-year intervals beginning 

the second survey year after the 

Economic Census. For the 2014 ASM, a 

new probability sample was selected 

from a frame of approximately 101,000 

manufacturing establishments in the 

2012 Economic Census that have paid 

employees, are located in the United 

States, and are associated with multilocation companies or large singleestablishment companies. On an annual 

basis, the mail-out sample is 

supplemented with large, newly active 

single-establishment companies 

identified from a list provided by the 

Internal Revenue Service and new 

manufacturing establishments of multilocation companies identified from the 

Census Bureau’s Company Organization 

Survey. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0963. 

Form Number(s): MP–10002. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or Other for 

Profit, Non-profit Institutions, Small 

Businesses or Organizations, and State 

or Local Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

50,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 25,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, sections 131, 182, 224, and 

225. 

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; 


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they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: April 16, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09234 Filed 4–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Current Population 

Survey (CPS) School Enrollment 

Supplement 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before June 22, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at jjessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Karen Woods, U.S. 

Census Bureau, DSD/CPS HQ–7H110F, 

Washington, DC 20233–8400, (301) 763– 

3806. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau plans to request 

clearance for the collection of data 

concerning the School Enrollment 

Supplement to be conducted in 

conjunction with the October 2015 CPS. 

Title 13, United States Code, Sections 

141 and 182, and Title 29, United States 

Code, Sections 1–9, authorize the 

collection of the CPS information. The 

Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) sponsor the basic annual 

school enrollment questions, which 

have been collected annually in the CPS 

for 50 years. 

This survey provides information on 

public/private elementary school, 

secondary school, and college 

enrollment, and on characteristics of 

private school students and their 

families, which is used for tracking 

historical trends, policy planning, and 

support. 

This survey is the only source of 

national data on the age distribution and 

family characteristics of college students 

and the only source of demographic 

data on preprimary school enrollment. 

As part of the federal government’s 

efforts to collect data and provide timely 

information to local governments for 

policymaking decisions, the survey 

provides national trends in enrollment 

and progress in school. 

II. Method of Collection 

The school enrollment information 

will be collected by both personal visit 

and telephone interviews in conjunction 

with the regular October CPS 

interviewing. All interviews are 

conducted using computer-assisted 

interviewing. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0464. 

Form Number: There are no forms. 

We conduct all interviews on 

computers. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

59,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3.0 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,950. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondents 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 

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: April 15, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Licensing 

Responsibilities and Enforcement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before June 22, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Mark Crace, BIS ICB Liaison, 

(202) 482–8093, mark.crace@

bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This information collection supports 

the various collections, notifications, 

reports, and information exchanges that 

are needed by the Office of Export 

Enforcement and Customs to enforce the 

Export Administration Regulations and 

maintain the National Security of the 

United States. 

II. Method of Collection 

Submitted electronically or on paper. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0694–0122. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 


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