Business Trends and Outlook Survey

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form Draft Supplemental Draft Supplemental Content	Form	Modified	Available
Form Draft Core Content Draft Core Content	Form	Modified	Available
Form Draft Core Content Business Trends and Outlook Survey	Form	Modified	Available
BTOS_30dayFRN_published.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-07-26	Repair queued
BTOS Attachment D.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-07-21	Repair queued
Business Trends and Outlook Survey_Supporting Statement B_7.18.2023.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2023-07-26	Repair queued
Title 13 Relevant Sections.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-02-18	Repair queued
Business Trends and Outlook Survey_Supporting Statement A_7.18.2023.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2023-07-26	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
251680	Business Trends and Outlook Survey	Form	Modified	Draft Supplemental Content
251680	Business Trends and Outlook Survey	Form	Modified	Draft Core Content
251680	Business Trends and Outlook Survey	Form	Modified
251680	Business Trends and Outlook Survey	Other-Respondent Letter	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0607-1022	ICR Reference No: 202307-0607-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202202-0607-007
Agency/Subagency: DOC/CENSUS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Business Trends and Outlook Survey
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 09/05/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/26/2023
Terms of Clearance: OMB approves consistent with the understanding that the Census Bureau plans to incrementally adjust or modify the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) based on lessons learned or feedback from internal or external stakeholders. The Census Bureau will submit a request to OMB including 30 days of public comment announced in the Federal Register to receive approval to make any substantive revisions to the content or methods of the proposed survey, including the incremental scope changes discussed in Supporting Statement A. In addition, the Census Bureau will meet with OMB approximately 6 months after launch of the BTOS collection to discuss response rates, quality of responses, feedback from responses, and other issues as relevant to understanding the performance of the BTOS. The Census Bureau will also submit to OMB through a nonsubstantive change request to this package 1 year after the start of the BTOS collection a performance evaluation (to include information on the quality of the survey, users/uses of the survey, how to adjust/improve methods, and other issues relevant to the performance of the BTOS) of the BTOS collection.

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2025	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2025
Responses	717,600	0	1,170,000
Time Burden (Hours)	131,160	0	117,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) will be a new experimental survey with bi-weekly data collection and publication. This continuous near real time data publication will provide a baseline of the U.S. economy and will measure change as a result of current and future economic shocks. The ongoing nature of the BTOS is in response to stakeholder feedback on the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), which was that economic baseline or ‘norms’ data would have been helpful to have in comparison to the SBPS data on pandemic impact.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 13 USC 131, 182
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 62150	11/09/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 48188	07/26/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Business Trends and Outlook Survey	Draft Supplemental Content, Draft Core Content	Draft Core Content ,   Draft Supplemental Content

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	717,600	1,170,000	0	-452,400	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	131,160	117,000	0	14,160	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The net decrease in burden is a result of increasing the burden estimate to 8 minutes per questionnaire and reducing the number of expected responses based on our experience in the first year BTOS.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,230,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 07/26/2023

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