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General Wage Determination

Publication

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under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts,

including those noted above, may be

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Government Depository Libraries across

the country.

General wage determinations issued

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are available electronically at no cost on

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www/access.gpo.gov/davisbacon. They

are also available electronically by

subscription to the Davis-Bacon Online

Service (http://

davisbacon.fedworld.gov) of the

National Technical Information Service

(NTIS) of the U.S. Department of

Commerce at 1–800–363–2068. This

subscription offers value-added features

such as electronic delivery of modified

wage decisions directly to the user’s

desktop, the ability to access prior wage

decisions issued during the year,

extensive Help desk Support, etc.

Hard-copy subscriptions may be

purchased from: Superintendent of

Documents, U.S. Government Printing

Office, Washington, DC 20402, (202)

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When ordering hard-copy

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may be ordered for any or all of the six

separate Volumes, arranged by State.

Subscriptions include an annual edition

(issued in January or February) which

includes all current general wage

determinations for the States covered by

each volume. Throughout the remainder

of the year, regular weekly updates will

be distributed to subscribers.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of

December 2001.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 01–30728 Filed 12–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Proposed Collection, Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a pre-clearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c) (2)(A)]. This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burden (time and

financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly

understood, and the impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed new collection

of the American Time Use Survey

(ATUS). A copy of the proposed

information collection request (ICR) can

be obtained by contacting the individual

listed below in the ADDRESSES section of

this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

Addresses section of this notice on or

before February 12, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A.

Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, Division

of Management Systems, Bureau of

Labor Statistics, Room 3255, 2

Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,

Washington, DC 20212, telephone

number 202–691–7628 (this is not a toll

free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,

telephone number 202–691–7628. (See

ADDRESSES section.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

According to economist William

Nordhaus, ‘‘Inadequate data on time-use

is the single most important gap in

federal statistics’ (1997). Approximately

50 other countries collect, or will soon

collect, time-use data. Such data are

considered important indicators of

quality of life. They measure, for

example, time spent with children,

working, sleeping, or doing leisure

activities. In the United States, several

existing Federal surveys collect income

and wage data for individuals and

families, and analysts often use such

measures of material prosperity as

proxies for quality of life. Time-use data

will substantially augment these

quality-of-life measures. The data can

also be used in conjunction with wage

data to evaluate the contribution of nonmarket work to national economies.

This enables comparisons of production

between nations that have different

mixes of market and non-market

activities.

The ATUS will develop nationally

representative estimates of how people

spend their time. Respondents will also

report who was with them during

activities, where they were, how long

each activity lasted, and if they were

paid.

All of this information will have

numerous practical applications for

sociologists, economists, educators,

government policy makers,

businesspersons, lawyers, and others,

potentially answering the following

questions: Do the ways people use their

time vary across demographic and labor

force characteristics, such as age, sex,

race, ethnicity, employment status,

earnings, and education? How much

time do parents spend in the company

of their children, either actively

providing care, occasionally checking

on them, or being with them while

socializing, relaxing, or doing other

things? How are earnings related to

leisure time’do those with higher

earnings spend more or less time

relaxing and socializing? Where do

people work’at a workplace, in their

homes, or someplace else? For

application in personal injury or

wrongful death cases: What is the

approximate value of non-market work,

such as household activities or

childcare, in one’s day? What are some

non-economic effects of government

policy decisions? Should lawmakers

develop new or change existing policies

to address the changing needs of our

society? The ATUS data will be

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collected on an ongoing, monthly basis,

so time series data will eventually

become available, allowing analysts to

identify changes in how people spend

their time.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is

particularly interested in comments

that:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

III. Current Action

Office of Management and Budget

clearance is being sought for the new

collection of the American Time Use

Survey. This survey will collect

information on how individuals in the

United States use their time. Collection

will be on a continuous, monthly basis.

The survey sample will be drawn from

households completing their final

month of interviews for the Current

Population Survey (CPS). Households

will be selected to ensure a

representative demographic sample, and

one individual from each household

will be selected to take part in one

Computer Assisted Telephone

Interview. The interview will ask

respondents to report all of their

activities for one pre-assigned 24-hour

day, the day prior to the interview. A

short series of summary questions and

CPS updates follows the core time diary

collection. After one full year of

collection, annual national estimates of

time use for an average weekday or

weekend day will be available.

Eventually, time series data will be

available.

Because the ATUS sample will be a

subset of households completing

interviews for the CPS, the same

demographic information collected from

that survey will be available for the

ATUS respondents. Comparisons of

activity patterns across characteristics

such as sex, race, age, and education of

the respondent, as well as the presence

of children and the number of adults

living in the respondent’s household

will be possible.

Type of Review: New Collection.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Title: American Time Use Survey.

OMB Number: 1220–NEW.

Affected Public: Individuals.

Total Respondents: 24,000.

Frequency: Monthly.

Total Responses: 24,000.

Average Time Per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 12,000

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $0.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they also

will become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of

December, 2001.

Jesu ́ s Salinas,

Acting Chief, Division of Management

Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 01–30855 Filed 12–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–28–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Proposed Collection, Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a pre-clearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burden (time and

financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly

understood, and the impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed extension of

the ‘‘Producer Price Index Survey.’’ A

copy of the proposed information

collection request (ICR) can be obtained

by contacting the individual listed

below in the Addresses section of this

notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

Addresses section of this notice on or

before February 12, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A.

Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, Division

of Management Systems, Bureau of

Labor Statistics, Room 3255, 2

Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,

Washington, DC 20212, telephone

number 202–691–7628 (this is not a toll

free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,

telephone number 202–691–7628. (See

ADDRESSES section.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Producer Price Index (PPI), one of

the Nation’s leading economic

indicators, is used as a measure of price

movements, as an indicator of

inflationary trends, for inventory

valuation, and as a measure of

purchasing power of the dollar at the

primary-market level. It is also used for

market and economic research and as a

basis for escalation in long-term

contracts and purchase agreements.

PPI data provide a description of the

magnitude and composition of price

change within the economy, and serve

a wide range of governmental needs.

These monthly indexes are closely

followed and are viewed as sensitive

indicators of the economic environment.

Price data are vital in helping both the

President and Congress set fiscal

spending targets. Producer prices are

monitored by the Federal Reserve Board

Open Market Committee to help decide

monetary policy. Federal policy-makers

at the Department of Treasury and the

Council of Economic Advisors use these

statistics to help form and evaluate

monetary and fiscal measures, and to

help interpret the general business

environment. Furthermore, dollardenominated measures of economic

performance, such the Gross Domestic

Product, require accurate price data in

order to convert nominal-dollar values

to constant-dollar values. Inflation-free

national income accounting figures are

vital to fiscal and monetary policymakers when setting objectives and

targets. In addition, it is common to find

one or more PPIs, alone or in

combination with other measures, used

to escalate the delivered price of goods

for government purchases.

In addition to governmental uses, PPI

data are used by the private sector.