[Federal Register: March 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 58)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
March 21, 2007.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by
calling Ira Mills on 202-693-4122 (this is not a toll-free number) or
E-Mail: Mills.Ira@dol.gov, or by accessing http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain
.
Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of
Labor Statistic (BLS), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, 202-395-7316 (this is not a toll free number),
within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal
Register.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
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 submission of responses.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved Collection.
Title: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
OMB Number: 1220-0109.
Frequency: Biennially.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Type of Response: Reporting.
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Average time Estimated
Instrument Total Total per response total burden
respondents responses (minutes) (hours)
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NLSY79 Pretest Sample Replenishment Screener.... 1,000 1,000 3 50
NLSY79 Pretest Sample Replenishment Interview... 100 100 15 25
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Total....................................... 1,100 1,100 .............. 75
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Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: 0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): 0.
Description: BLS requests OMB approval to conduct interviews to
replenish the pretest sample of the National Longitudinal Survey of
Youth 1979 cohort (NLSY79). The NLSY79 is a nationally representative
survey of people who were born in the years 1957 to 1964 and lived in
the U.S. when the survey began in 1979. NLSY79 participants were
interviewed annually from 1979 to 1994 and have been interviewed every
two years since 1994. The focus of the survey is labor market
experiences, but the survey also covers topics that affect or are
affected by labor market activity. These topics include education,
training, marital and family relationships, fertility, childcare,
health, substance use, and others.
Prior to each round of the NLSY79, a pretest has been conducted
with a separate, smaller sample to help ensure the proper functioning
of questionnaires, procedures, and systems and to rectify any problems
before the main fielding of the NLSY79. Over time, the size of the
pretest sample has declined significantly, and the characteristics of
pretest participants now differ so sharply from the characteristics of
most NLSY79 participants that the pretest no longer is a useful tool to
detect and remedy problems with the survey. For this reason, BLS and
its contractors have decided to replenish the pretest sample. The
process of replenishing the sample requires new sample members to be
interviewed for about 15 minutes during the summer of 2007. The
information obtained from this interview will be used for an input file
during the NLSY79 Round 23 pretest that is planned for October 2007.
Because the NLSY79 is longitudinal, the questions that respondents are
asked in one round sometimes depend on the responses they provided in
previous rounds. The summer 2007 interview is necessary to obtain
information that will enable all questions to function properly in the
October 2007 pretest.
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer/Team Leader.
[FR Doc. E7-5578 Filed 3-26-07; 8:45 am]
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