Federal Register: June 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 119)
DOCID: FR Doc 02-15555
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Labor Statistics Bureau
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Agency information collection activities:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Collection, Comment Request
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the Addresses section of this notice on or before August 19, 2002.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c) (2)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision of the ``Point of Purchase Survey.'' A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the Addresses section of this notice.
SUMMARY:
Proposed collection; comment request,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
I. Background
The purpose of this survey is to develop and maintain a timely list of retail, wholesale, and service establishments where urban consumers shop for specified items. This information is used as the sampling universe for selecting establishments at which prices of specific items are collected and monitored for use in calculating the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The survey has been ongoing since 1980 and also provides expenditure data that allows items that are priced in the CPI to be properly weighted.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in comments that:
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whether the information will have practical utility;
III. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the Telephone Point of Purchase Survey (TPOPS).
Since 1997, the survey has been administered quarterly and entirely via a computerassistedtelephoneinterview. This survey is flexible and creates the possibility of introducing new products into the Consumer Price Index in a timely manner. The data collected in this survey is necessary for the continuing construction of a current outlet universe from which locations are selected for the price collection needed for calculating the CPI. Furthermore, the TPOPS survey provides the weights used in selecting the items that are priced at these establishments. This sample design produces an overall CPI market basket that is more reflective of the prices faced and the establishments visited by urban consumers.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Point of Purchase Survey.
OMB Number: 12200044.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Total Respondents: 25,060.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 57,280.
Average Time Per Response: 11 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 10,501 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection request; they also will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of June, 2002. Jes[uacute]s Salinas,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, telephone number 2026917628. (See ADDRESSES section.)