[Federal Register: December 27, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 247)]
[Notices]               
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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: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Quarterly Survey of the Finances of Public Employee 
Retirement Systems.
    Form Number(s): F-10.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0143.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 408 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 102.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour.
    Needs and Uses: This survey provides, on a quarterly basis, 
nationwide data on the cash and security holdings of the 102 largest 
public-employee retirement systems. These 102 systems control billions 
of asset dollars and represent 80 percent of the total assets of all 
public employee retirement systems. The most important information this 
survey provides is the quarterly change in composition of the 
securities holdings of this component of the economy. The Federal 
Reserve Board, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and others use these 
data to monitor and analyze investment trends and to formulate 
governmental economic policies and investment decisions.
    In this request, we are revising the form to make it compatible 
with our annual collection of government finance data in the Annual 
Survey of Government Finances (OMB number 0607-0585). We will also 
begin asking for both book value and market value of bonds and stocks 
in an effort to eliminate confusion over which value to report. This is 
also in-line with reporting in the annual government finance 
collection.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    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 5027, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
LEngelme@doc.gov).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 21, 1999.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-33468 Filed 12-23-99; 8:45 am]
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