Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 16 / Tuesday, January 26, 2010 / Notices 4041 

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: 2008 Panel of the Survey of 

Income & Program Participation, Wave 6 

Topical Modules. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0944. 

Form Number(s): SIPP–28605(L) 

Director’s Letter; SIPP/CAPI Automated 

Instrument; SIPP28003 Reminder Card. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 143,303. 

Number of Respondents: 94,500. 

Average Hours Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census 

Bureau requests authorization from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to conduct the Wave 6 interview 

for the 2008 Panel of the Survey of 

Income and Program Participation 

(SIPP). The core SIPP and reinterview 

instruments were cleared under 

Authorization No. 0607–0944. 

The SIPP represents a source of 

information for a wide variety of topics 

and allows information for separate 

topics to be integrated to form a single 

and unified database so that the 

interaction between tax, transfer, and 

other government and private policies 

can be examined. Government domestic 

policy formulators depend heavily upon 

the SIPP information concerning the 

distribution of income received directly 

as money or indirectly as in-kind 

benefits and the effect of tax and 

transfer programs on this distribution. 

They also need improved and expanded 

data on the income and general 

economic and financial situation of the 

U.S. population. The SIPP has provided 

these kinds of data on a continuing basis 

since 1983, permitting levels of 

economic well-being and changes in 

these levels to be measured over time. 

The survey is molded around a 

central ‘‘core’’ of labor force and income 

questions that remain fixed throughout 

the life of a panel. The core is 

supplemented with questions designed 

to answer specific needs, such as 

estimating eligibility for government 

programs, examining pension and 

health care coverage, and analyzing 

individual net worth. These 

supplemental questions are included 

with the core and are referred to as 

‘‘topical modules.’’ 

The topical modules for the 2008 

Panel Wave 6 are as follows: Child 

Support Agreements, Support for NonHousehold Members, Functional 

Limitations and Disability (Adults and 

Children), Employer Provided Health 

Benefits, and Adult Well Being 

(Attachment A). These topical modules 

were previously conducted in the SIPP 

2004 Panel Wave 5 instrument. Wave 6 

interviews will be conducted from May 

1, 2010 to August 31, 2010. 

The SIPP is designed as a continuing 

series of national panels of interviewed 

households that are introduced every 

few years, with each panel having 

durations of approximately 3 to 4 years. 

The 2008 Panel is scheduled for four 

years and four months and includes 

thirteen waves which began September 

1, 2008. All household members 15 

years old or over are interviewed using 

regular proxy-respondent rules. They 

are interviewed a total of thirteen times 

(thirteen waves), at 4-month intervals, 

making the SIPP a longitudinal survey. 

Sample people (all household members 

present at the time of the first interview) 

who move within the country and 

reasonably close to a SIPP primary 

sampling unit (PSU) will be followed 

and interviewed at their new address. 

Individuals 15 years old or over who 

enter the household after Wave 1 will be 

interviewed; however, if these people 

move, they are not followed unless they 

happen to move along with a Wave 1 

sample individual. 

The OMB has established an 

Interagency Advisory Committee to 

provide guidance for the content and 

procedures for the SIPP. Interagency 

subcommittees were set up to 

recommend specific areas of inquiries 

for supplemental questions. 

The Census Bureau developed the 

2008 Panel Wave 6 topical modules 

through consultation with the SIPP 

OMB Interagency Subcommittee. The 

questions for the topical modules 

address major policy and program 

concerns as stated by this subcommittee 

and the SIPP Interagency Advisory 

Committee. 

Data provided by the SIPP are being 

used by economic policymakers, the 

Congress, state and local governments, 

and federal agencies that administer 

social welfare or transfer payment 

programs, such as the Department of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Department of Agriculture. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Every 4 months. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

Section 182. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–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: Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0561. 

Form Number(s): MA–3000, MA– 

3000(I), MA3000–L1, MA–3000–L2. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with 

change of an expired collection. 

Burden Hours: 3,000. 

Number of Respondents: 6,000. 

Average Hours per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The Manufacturers’ 

Shipments, Inventories, and Orders 

(M3) survey collects monthly data on 

shipments, inventories, new orders, and 

unfilled orders from manufacturing 

companies. The orders and shipments 

data are used widely and are valuable 

tools for analysts of business cycle 

conditions, including members of the 

Council of Economic Advisers, Bureau 

of Economic Analysis, Federal Reserve 

Board, Department of the Treasury, and 

the business community. 

New orders serve as an indicator of 

future production commitments; the 

data are direct inputs into the leading 

economic indicator series. New orders, 

as reported in the monthly survey, are 

derived by adding shipments to the net 

change in the unfilled orders from the 

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