[Federal Register: July 18, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 136)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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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.
Currently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed new collection of the ``Current Population
Survey (CPS) Disability Questions Test,'' to be conducted in February
2006. 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 September 16, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
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 February 2006 CPS Disability Questions Test will be conducted
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The Test will gather
information on the disability status of CPS respondents. The BLS will
use the data to assess the effectiveness of new questions designed to
identify persons with disabilities within the context of the CPS.
Additionally, the BLS will be able to evaluate the effect that adding
these questions to the CPS on a monthly basis will have on that
survey's response rates. Other groups who may find these data to be of
interest include veterans groups, educational associations, and
disability advocacy groups.
Because the Disability Questions Test is part of the CPS, the same
detailed demographic information collected in the CPS will be available
on respondents to the Test. Data concerning disabled persons will be
possible across characteristics such as sex, race, age, and educational
attainment of the respondent.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
CPS Disability Questions Test.
Type of Review: New collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: CPS Disability Questions Test.
OMB Number: 1220-NEW.
Affected Public: Households.
Total Respondents: 22,500.
Frequency: Once.
Total Responses: 43,500.
Average Time per Respondent: 2 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 750 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
III. 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.
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 12th day of July, 2005.
Cathy Kazanowski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 05-14023 Filed 7-15-05; 8:45 am]
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