[Federal Register: June 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 109)]
[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: 2007 Economic Census Covering Utilities; Transportation and
Warehousing; Finance and Insurance; and Real Estate and Rental and
Leasing Sectors.
Form Number(s): The 36 report forms covered by this request are too
numerous to list here.
Agency Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden: 951,328 hours.
Number of Respondents: 787,577.
Avg. Hours Per Response: One and one half hours.
Needs and Uses: The 2007 Economic Census covering the Utilities;
Transportation and Warehousing; Finance and Insurance; and Real Estate
and Rental and Leasing sectors will use a mail canvass, supplemented by
data from Federal administrative records, to measure the economic
activity of more than 1,230,000 establishments in these sectors of the
economy as classified in the North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS). The Utilities sector comprises establishments primarily
engaged in the provision of utility services through a permanent
infrastructure. The Transportation sector comprises establishments
primarily engaged in transporting people and goods. The Warehousing
sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in the warehousing
and storage of goods. The Finance and Insurance sector comprises two
types of establishments: Those engaged in financial transactions, that
is, transactions involving the creation, liquidation, or change in
ownership of financial assets, or in facilitating financial
transactions; and those engaged in the intermediating as the
consequence of pooling risks and facilitating such intermediation. The
Real Estate subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in
leasing real estate to others, as well as real estate managers, agents,
and brokers. The Rental and Leasing subsector comprises establishments
primarily engaged in acquiring, owning, and making available a wide
variety of tangible goods such as machinery, equipment, computers, and
consumer goods to businesses or individuals, in return for a periodic
rental or lease payment. The economic census will produce basic
statistics by kind of business on number of establishments, revenue,
payroll, and employment. It also will yield a variety of subject
statistics, including revenue by product line, and other industry-
specific measures, such as insurance benefits paid to policyholders,
exported services, purchased transportation, and exported energy. Basic
statistics will be summarized for the United States, states,
metropolitan areas and, in some cases, for counties and places having
2,500 inhabitants or more. Tabulations of subject statistics also will
present data for the United States and, in some cases, for states.
The economic census is the primary source of facts about the
structure and functioning of the Nation's economy and features unique
industry and geographic detail. Economic census statistics serve as
part of the framework for the national accounts and provide essential
information for government, business, and the general public. The
Federal Government uses information from the economic census as an
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important part of the framework for the national income and product
accounts, input-output tables, economic indices, and other composite
measures that serve as the factual basis for economic policy-making,
planning, and program administration. Further, the census provides
sampling frames and benchmarks for current surveys of business which
track short-term economic trends, serve as economic indicators, and
contribute critical source data for current estimates of gross domestic
product. State and local governments rely on the economic census as a
unique source of comprehensive economic statistics for small geographic
areas for use in policy-making, planning, and program administration.
Finally, industry, business, academia, and the general public use
information from the economic census for evaluating markets, preparing
business plans, making business decisions, developing economic models
and forecasts, conducting economic research, and establishing
benchmarks for their own sample surveys.
If the economic census were not conducted, the Federal Government
would lose vital source data and benchmarks for the national accounts,
input-output tables, and other composite measures of economic activity,
causing a substantial degradation in the quality of these important
statistics. Further, the government would lose critical benchmarks for
current sample-based economic surveys and an essential source of
detailed, comprehensive economic information for use in policy-making,
planning, and program administration.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or
households; Not-for-profit institutions; State, local, or Tribal
governments.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., sections 131 and 224.
OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@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 either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail (susan_schechter@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: June 1, 2006.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-8781 Filed 6-6-06; 8:45 am]
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