This collection
is approved with the following terms of clearance: BLS will provide
to OMB the final version of the mail questionnaire that includes
the OMB control number and expiration date prior to using this form
for collecting data.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2009
36 Months From Approved
115,944
0
0
11,916
0
0
0
0
0
This request is for Housing sample
revision and rotation based on Census Bureau data. The data (rents,
and other housing costs) are used to construct the items of Rent
and Owners' Equivalent Rent. Together, these items comprise over 29
percent of the Consumer Price Index. Respondents include some
owners and/or managers of rental properties throughout the
country.
US Code:
29
USC 1&2 Name of Law: Design and Duties of the BLS
The burden included in this
request based on the average of FY2007, FY2008 and FY2009 reflects
l1,916 burden hours. Following is an analysis of the differences:
(a) The addition of burden hours for prescreening in 20 new PSUs
and rotation in one-sixth projected sample size in 55 continuing
PSUs results in (+766 average annual hours (AAH)). (b) The addition
of burden hours for screening in three new PSUs, rotation in
one-sixth projected sample size in 55 continuing PSUs, and new
construction (NC) in the original and augmentation sample results
in (+2,659 AAH). (c) The addition of burden hours for initiation in
three new PSUs, rotation in one-sixth projected sample size in 55
continuing PSUs, and NC in the original and augmentation sample
results in (+1,082 AAH). (d) The small addition of burden hours for
long pricing caused by the rotation in one-sixth projected sample
size in 55 continuing PSUs, discontinuation of pricing in fifteen
PSUs in the existing sample, a small addition of long pricing in 20
new PSUs and NC results in (+3 AAH). (e) The small addition of
burden hours for short pricing caused by the rotation in one-sixth
projected sample size in 55 continuing PSUs, discontinuation of
pricing in fifteen PSUs in the existing sample, a small addition of
short pricing in 20 new PSUs and NC results in (+76 AAH).
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.