67 FR 232 pgs. 71932-71933 - Service Annual Survey

Type: NOTICEVolume: 67Number: 232Pages: 71932 - 71933
Docket number: [Docket Number 021121281-2281-01]
FR document: [FR Doc. 02-30574 Filed 12-2-02; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: Bureau of the Census
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

[Docket Number 021121281-2281-01]

Service Annual Survey

AGENCY:

Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of determination.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.), sections 182, 224, and 225, the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) has determined that limited financial data (revenue, expenses, and the like) for selected service industries are needed to provide a sound statistical basis for the formation of policy by various governmental agencies and that these data also apply to a variety of public and business needs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ruth A. Bramblett, Chief, Current Services Branch, Service Sector Statistics Division, on (301) 763-7089.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Census Bureau conducts surveys necessary to furnish current data on subjects covered by the major censuses authorized by Title 13, U.S.C. The Service Annual Survey provides continuing and timely national statistical data each year. Data collected in this survey are within the general scope, type, and character of those inquiries covered in the economic census.

The Census Bureau needs reports only from a limited sample of service sector firms in the United States. Selected service industries include professional, scientific, and technical services; administrative and support services; healthcare and social assistance; telecommunications, publishing, broadcasting and other information service industries; trucking, courier and messenger, and warehousing; financial services; arts, entertainment and recreation; and so forth. The probability of a firm's selection is based on its revenue size (estimated from payroll); that is, firms with a larger payroll will have a greater probability of being selected than those with smaller ones. We are mailing report forms to the firms covered by this survey and require their submission within thirty days after receipt. These data are not publicly available from nongovernment or other government sources.

Based upon the foregoing, the Census Bureau will be conducting the annual survey for the purpose of collecting these data.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) unless that collection of information displays a current valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. In accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, the OMB approved the Service Annual Survey under OMB Control Number 0607-0422. Copies of the proposed forms are available upon written request to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233.

Dated: November 26, 2002.

Charles Louis Kincannon,

Director, Bureau of the Census.

[FR Doc. 02-30574 Filed 12-2-02; 8:45 am]

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