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begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. and 

end at approximately 2:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Census Bureau Auditorium, 

4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, 

Maryland 20746. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara 

Dunlop Jackson, Branch Chief for 

Advisory Committees, Customer Liaison 

and Marketing Services Office, at 

tara.dunlop.jackson@census.gov, 

Department of Commerce, U.S. Census 

Bureau, Room 8H177, 4600 Silver Hill 

Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone 

301–763–5222. For TTY callers, please 

use the Federal Relay Service 1–800– 

877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NAC 

was established in March 2012 and 

operates in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Title 5, 

United States Code, Appendix 2, 

Section 10). The NAC members are 

appointed by the Director, U.S. Census 

Bureau, and consider topics such as 

hard to reach populations, race and 

ethnicity, language, aging populations, 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

tribal considerations, new immigrant 

populations, populations affected by 

natural disasters, highly mobile and 

migrant populations, complex 

households, rural populations, and 

population segments with limited 

access to technology. The Committee 

also advises on data privacy and 

confidentiality, among other issues. 

All meetings are open to the public. 

A brief period will be set aside at the 

meeting for public comment on Friday, 

November 3. However, individuals with 

extensive questions or statements must 

submit them in writing to: 

census.national.advisory.committee@

census.gov (subject line ‘‘November 

2017 NAC Meeting Public Comment’’), 

or by letter submission to Kimberly L. 

Leonard, Committee Liaison Officer, 

Department of Commerce, U.S. Census 

Bureau, Room 8H179, 4600 Silver Hill 

Road, Washington, DC 20233. 

If you plan to attend the meeting, 

please register by Monday, October 30, 

2017. You may access the online 

registration from the following link: 

https://www.regonline.com/nac_

meeting_nov2017. Seating is available to 

the public on a first-come, first-served 

basis. 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should also be directed to 

the Committee Liaison Officer as soon 

as known, and preferably two weeks 

prior to the meeting. 

Please call 301–763–9906 upon 

arrival at the Census Bureau on the day 

of the meeting. A photo ID must be 

presented in order to receive your 

visitor’s badge. Visitors are not allowed 

beyond the first floor. 

Dated: September 14, 2017. 

Ron S. Jarmin, 

Associate Director for Economic Programs, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Director, Bureau of the Census. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20061 Filed 9–19–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Pilot of USPS 

Postal Carriers as Census 

Enumerators During the 2018 End-toEnd Census Test 

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. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before November 20, 2017. 

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 PRAcomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Robin A. Pennington, U.S. 

Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, 

Washington, DC 20233 (or via the 

internet at robin.a.pennington@

census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Census Bureau proposes a 

proof of concept study on the use of 

United States Postal Service (USPS) 

Postal Carriers as Census Bureau 

enumerators as part of the 2018 End-toEnd Census Test. The possibility of 

formally using Postal Carriers to 

conduct enumeration as part of 

Decennial Census operations has been 

proposed or suggested several times in 

recent years by Members of Congress, as 

well as other advisory and oversight 

bodies, in response to (1) the rising 

operational costs of both agencies, and 

(2) the need for familiarity with local 

addresses. The suggestions often note 

that the USPS maintains a permanent, 

well trained, and experienced labor 

force that possesses significant public 

trust and detailed knowledge of the 

addressing and residential patterns in 

communities they serve. 

The rationale for this study is to test 

and observe the feasibility of the use of 

Postal Carriers as enumerators in the 

context of an existing Census Test, and, 

thereby, enable the Census Bureau and 

USPS to better respond to stakeholder 

inquiries about the feasibility of such 

activities. The potential long-term 

advantages to the Census Bureau 

include: (1) Leveraging local USPS 

knowledge about households to 

pinpoint the best time for an interview, 

(2) increasing the pool of enumerators 

without hiring new temporary staff, and 

(3) providing a more flexible landscape 

for how and when Nonresponse 

Followup (NRFU) interviews occur 

during the enumeration phase of a 

census. 

The Census Bureau plans to conduct 

a pilot in two ZIP Codes outside of—but 

adjacent to—the 2018 End-to-End 

Census Test site location in Providence 

County, R.I. The pilot will involve 

approximately 40 Postal Carriers 

operating out of two ZIP Codes, 02760 

located in North Attleboro, MA, and 

02888 located in Warwick, RI. 

The proposed evaluation and 

deliverables are: 

(1) The numbers of resolved 

enumeration cases will be documented 

to determine whether Postal Carriers 

were able to successfully conduct 

assigned NRFU activities. 

Documentation will identify and 

describe challenges and opportunities 

for future collaborative participation in 

this operation. 

(2) A report that details the 

development of baseline metrics to 

describe costs and benefits of a future 

collaborative operation. This study will 

determine the information needed to 

assess cost differences/savings to 

recruiting and staff-onboarding 

operations by using existing USPS 

employees, and the value added in 

terms of efficiency and quality of NRFU 

activities, measured by numbers of 

visits, of using Postal Carriers with local 

knowledge. 

(3) Results of focus group debriefings 

held with the Postal Carriers, their 

managers, and the public after the 2018 

End-to-End Census Test enumeration 

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characterize the impacts of this 

collaboration on agency operations and 

the public trust. 

Documented operational Lessons 

Learned from the entirety of the project 

and recommendations for next steps 

will accompany the report. The outcome 

of this pilot study will provide the 

Census Bureau and the USPS with 

baseline descriptive and qualitative 

information that can be used to inform 

future field-based collaborations. 

II. Method of Collection 

Census Bureau staff will train Postal 

Carriers to successfully conduct 

enumeration to complete the activity. 

Postal Carriers will be sworn to uphold 

the same confidentiality as Census 

Bureau employees. They will perform 

enumeration functions using the same 

procedures and automation as other 

enumerators during the hours of 5 p.m.– 

8 p.m. on weekdays, variable weekend 

hours, and both inside and outside the 

geographic constraints of their assigned 

routes. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): DH–16(LN), DH– 

16(LN)(E/S). 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: 31,479. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

24,889. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,148. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $199,080. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 23, 

141, 193. 

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. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20036 Filed 9–19–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Survey of Housing 

Starts, Sales, and Completions 

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. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before November 20, 2017. 

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 PRAcomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Erica Filipek, U.S. Census 

Bureau, EID, CENHQ Room 7K057, 4600 

Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233, telephone (301)763–5161 (or via 

the Internet at Erica.Mary.Filipek@

census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Census Bureau plans to 

request a three-year extension of the 

current Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) clearance of the Survey 

of Housing Starts, Sales and 

Completions, also known as the Survey 

of Construction (SOC). We also plan 

revisions to the current collection. The 

SOC collects monthly data on new 

residential construction from a sample 

of owners or builders. The Census 

Bureau uses the Computer-Assisted 

Personal Interviewing (CAPI) electronic 

questionnaires SOC–QI/SF.1 and SOC– 

QI/MF.1 to collect data on start and 

completion dates of construction, 

physical characteristics of the structure 

(floor area, number of bathrooms, type 

of heating system, etc.), and if 

applicable, date of sale, sales price, and 

type of financing. The SOC provides 

widely used measures of construction 

activity, including the economic 

indicators Housing Starts and Housing 

Completions, which are from the New 

Residential Construction series, and 

New Residential Sales. 

After working with the survey 

sponsor and key data users, the Census 

Bureau has decided to add one new data 

item to the single-family questionnaire 

regarding ceiling height. 

With respect to survey burden, the 

Census Bureau samples about 1,620 new 

buildings each month (19,440 per year). 

Census Bureau staff inquire about the 

progress of each building multiple times 

until it is completed (and a sales 

contract is signed, if it is a single-family 

house that is built for sale). For singlefamily buildings, there are an average of 

8.11 interviews and for multifamily 

buildings, an average of 7.0 interviews. 

The total number of interviews 

conducted each year for single-family 

buildings is about 102,186 and for 

multifamily buildings is about 47,880. 

Each interview takes 5 minutes on 

average. Therefore, the total annual 

burden is 12,506 hours. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Census Bureau uses its field 

representatives to collect the data 

through CAPI. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0110. 

Form Number(s): SOC–QI/SF.1 and 

SOC–QI/MF.1. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, business or other for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

19,440. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 12,506. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 131 

and 182. 

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 


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