Federal Register: April 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 75)
DOCID: FR Doc E6-5859
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Labor Statistics Bureau
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the Addresses section below on or before June 19, 2006.
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.
Currently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting [[Page 20140]]
comments concerning the proposed revision of the ``Consumer Price Index
Housing 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:
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
I. Background
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the timeliest instrument compiled by the U.S. Government that is designed to measure changes in the purchasing power of the urban consumer's dollar. The CPI is used most widely as a measure of inflation, and is used in the formulation of economic policy. It also is used as a deflator of other economic series, that is, to adjust other series for price changes and to translate these series into inflationfree dollars.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the CPI Housing Survey. This request addresses both the ongoing collection activities associated with compilation of the shelter component of the Consumer Price Index and the beginning of a project to revise and update the CPI sample of rental units for which rents are collected over time.
The CPI continues to utilize electronic technology in the collection of data. Field representatives use handheld pen computers and electronically collect and transmit data back to Washington, DC. III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in comments that:
Type of Review: Revision.
Agency: The Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: CPI Housing Survey.
OMB Number: 12200163.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for profit.
Total Respondents: 88,234.
Frequency: Semiannually.
Total Responses: 114,351.
Average Time Per Response: 6 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 11,652 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 11th day of April 2006. Cathy Kazanowski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics. [FR Doc. E65859 Filed 41806; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, telephone 2026917628. (See ADDRESSES Section.)