[Federal Register: February 2, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 21)]
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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: 1999 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perception Survey.
    Form Number(s): KAP-1.
    Agency Approval Number: Not available.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 167 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau plans to conduct the 1999 
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perception (KAP) Survey to gather and 
benchmark useful and fundamental data about the public's perception of 
government information collection, our dissemination, and the use of 
the statistics collected. This research will be used by the Census 
Bureau to improve communications with the public, in general, and to 
reduce barriers to census or survey response. The information about the 
public's knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions will be evaluated and 
communications transformed to dispel myths, appropriately address 
issues, and to increase awareness. A contractor will survey 1,000 
residents of households in the United States through random-digit-
dialed telephone interviews. The questionnaire will contain tested 
questions asked in earlier and similar Census Bureau sponsored surveys. 
Individuals will be asked their knowledge, opinions, and ideas about 
various government agencies and their programs, with emphasis on the 
Census Bureau and the decennial censuses and surveys.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time collection.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 15, United States Code, Sections 1515, 1516, 
and 1516a.
    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 28, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-2406 Filed 2-1-99; 8:45 am]
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