Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 60 / Thursday, March 27, 2008 / Notices 16261 

Done at Washington, DC, on: March 24, 

2008. 

Karen L. Hulebak, 

Acting U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius. 

[FR Doc. E8–6243 Filed 3–26–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting and briefing. 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, April 4, 9:30 a.m. 

PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 

624 Ninth Street, NW., Rm. 540, 

Washington, DC 20425. 

Briefing Agenda 

Topic: The Impact of Illegal 

Immigration on the Wages & 

Employment Opportunities of Black 

Workers. 

I. Introductory Remarks by Chairman 

II. Speakers’ Presentations 

III. Questions by Commissioners and 

Staff Director 

IV. Adjourn Briefing 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public 

Affairs Unit, (202) 376–8582. 

Dated: March 25, 2008. 

David Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 08–1081 Filed 3–25–08; 2:34 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit 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: Current Population Survey, 

Basic Demographic Items. 

Form Number(s): CPS–263, CPS–

263(SP), CPS–264, CPS–264(SP), CPS–

266, BC–1428, BC–1428(SP), BC–1433, 

BC–1433(SP),CPS–692, CPS–504. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0049. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 18,013. 

Number of Respondents: 59,000. 

Average Hours Per Response: 1 and a 

half minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The purpose of this 

request for review is for the U.S. Census 

Bureau to obtain clearance from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the collection of basic 

demographic information on the Current 

Population Survey (CPS). The CPS has 

been the source of official government 

statistics on employment and 

unemployment for over 50 years. The 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the 

Census Bureau jointly sponsor the basic 

monthly survey, and the Census Bureau 

prepares and conducts all the field 

work. The Census Bureau provides the 

BLS with data files and tables. The BLS 

seasonally adjusts, analyzes, and 

publishes the results for the labor force 

data in conjunction with the 

demographic characteristics. In 

accordance with the OMB’s request, the 

Census Bureau and the BLS divide the 

clearance request in order to reflect the 

joint sponsorship and funding of the 

CPS program. Title 29, United States 

Code, Sections 1–9, authorizes the 

collection of labor force data in the CPS. 

The demographic information 

provides a unique set of data on selected 

characteristics for the civilian 

noninstitutional population. Some of 

the demographic information Census 

collect is age, marital status, gender, 

Armed Forces status, education, race, 

origin, and family income. These data is 

used in conjunction with other data, 

particularly the monthly labor force 

data, as well as periodic supplement 

data. We also use these data 

independently for internal analytic 

research and for evaluation of other 

surveys. In addition, we need these data 

to correctly control estimates of other 

characteristics to the proper proportions 

of age, gender, race, and origin. 

Census use the data from the CPS on 

household size and composition, age, 

education, ethnicity, and marital status 

to compile monthly averages or other 

aggregates for national and sub-national 

estimates. The data is used in four 

principal ways: In association with 

other data, such as monthly labor force 

or periodic supplement publications; for 

internal analytic research; for evaluation 

of other surveys and survey results; and 

as a general purpose sample and survey. 

The demographic data are central to 

the publication of all labor force data in 

the BLS’ monthly report Employment 

and Earnings. The data set that results 

from combining the monthly labor force 

data with the demographic data 

provides analysts with the ability to 

understand labor force patterns of many 

subpopulation groups. This is 

particularly important since the federal 

government often directs initiatives at 

special groups that historically have not 

conformed to general labor force 

participation patterns. 

Analysts also use the demographic 

data in association with all supplement 

publications. (Census describe 

supplements later in this section.) For 

example, publications that use these 

data are Fertility of American Women, 

School Enrollment—Social and 

Economic Characteristics of Students 

and Educational Attainment in the 

United States (Series P–20). 

Comparably, researchers are able to 

characterize the population within the 

subject area of the many supplements 

conducted in conjunction with the CPS. 

For instance, the Annual Social and 

Economic Supplement identifies which 

subpopulation groups, as established by 

the demographic variables, experience 

the highest incidence of poverty. While 

Census collect and support 

independently the demographic 

variables, the labor force data, and the 

supplement inquiries, their use as a 

combined data set enhances the utility 

of each. 

The Census Bureau also uses the 

demographic data extensively for 

internal analytic work. For example, 

these data is used to develop estimates 

of family and household types and 

metropolitan and nonmetropolitan 

populations. Census use these estimates 

to identify population trends between 

decennial censuses and to analyze the 

growth and distribution of various racial 

and ethnic groups. It may then be used 

in preparing reports on these subjects or 

in determining the accuracy of 

population controls used throughout the 

Census Bureau. As is noted below, we 

use the demographic data to improve 

our postcensal population estimates 

(that is, the components of emigration 

and undocumented immigration). 

Also, Census use the CPS as a source 

for other survey samples. A household 

remains in the CPS sample for 16 

months. Other surveys conducted by the 

Census Bureau may use a CPS sample 

when it is no longer part of the CPS. In 

2006, the National Survey of Fishing, 

Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated 

Recreation, sponsored by the 

Department of the Interior, used retired 

cases from the CPS samples. The 

ongoing American Time Use Survey, 

sponsored by the BLS uses expired CPS 

sample. By using the CPS demographics 

to select their samples, other surveys 

have been able to avoid screening 

samples and to obtain accurate 

estimates by demographics. 

Another use of the demographic data 

is in evaluating other survey results. For 

example, analysts control the results of 

the National American Housing Survey 

to the CPS monthly averages of 

households. Similarly, in order to 

determine the plausibility of the results 


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