OMB approves consistent with the Census Bureauâs commitment in Supporting Statement A to ensure transparency with the public for the use of administrative records in the 2020 Census and its data products.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2021
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2021
193,426,318
0
180,962,929
28,984,002
0
26,531,594
0
0
0
Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution mandates that the U.S. House of Representatives be reapportioned every ten years by conducting a national census of all residents. In addition to the reapportionment of the U.S. Congress, Census data are used to draw legislative district boundaries within states. Census data also are used by numerous agencies to determine funding allocations for the distribution of an estimated $675 billion of federal funds each year.
The Census Bureau plans to conduct the most automated, modern, and dynamic decennial census in history. The 2020 Census includes design changes in four key areas:
(1) New methodologies to conduct the Address Canvassing operation.
(2) Innovative ways of optimizing self-response.
(3) The use of administrative records and third-party data to reduce the Nonresponse Followup (NRFU) operation workload.
(4) The use of technology to reduce the manual effort and improve the productivity of field operations, while decreasing the amount of physical space required to perform the field operations.
The increase in burden is attributable to the information collection being submitted as a revision to an approved collection. Program updates have resulted in additions to the scope and scale of activities. Changes to the Type of Enumeration Areas designations also contributed to burden changes on the information collections.
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.
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