[Federal Register: January 14, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 9)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted 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: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal -Integrated Coverage Measurement 
Activities (Housing Unit Follow-Up Activities).
    Form Number(s): DX-1303, DX-31(DR).
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 408 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 7,100.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 3 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of the Census developed the Integrated 
Coverage Measurement (ICM) approach for measuring coverage during the 
decennial census and has been testing this approach in test census 
situations since 1995. We plan to further test the ICM approach during 
the 2000 Dress Rehearsal. The ICM consists of creating an independent 
listing of housing units for each ICM sample area followed by matching 
the ICM listing to the Census Bureau's decennial master address file 
(DMAF); field reconciliation of the nonmatches, possible matches, and 
possible duplicates; person interviewing; and follow-up interviews of 
selected nonmatched and duplicate cases.
    The goals of ICM are to measure: (1) Coverage of housing units and 
the associated persons in housing units missed or erroneously included 
during the census original enumeration, and (2) coverage of people 
within housing units included in the census.
    The ICM forms and procedures are being developed and submitted to 
the OMB on a flow basis. The independent listing was approved earlier. 
Person interview and field follow-up phases will be submitted 
separately.
    During the ICM Housing Unit Follow-up phase, the addresses obtained 
in the independent listing will be matched by computer to the DMAF. 
Nonmatches and possible matches will then be reviewed clerically in an 
attempt to identify more matches. Housing units not matched by either 
procedure will be followed up using a computer generated Housing Unit 
Follow-up Form. Information obtained during follow up will be used to 
create an ``enhanced listing'' of all housing units in the block 
cluster. This will be the sample for the subsequent ICM person 
interview.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC 141, 193, and 221.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 7, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Management Analyst, Office of Management and Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-877 Filed 1-13-98; 8:45 am]
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