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comments for Information Collection
‘‘Agricultural Surveys Program’’ OMB
control number 0535–0213. In this FRN,
the number of respondents 596,600 and
total burden hours 207,289 are
incorrect. The FRN should read for
number of respondents 605,600 and
total burden hours 207,710.

SUMMARY: The Civil Rights Cold Case

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

[Agency Docket Number: CRCCRRB–2027–
0002–N]

Notice of Formal Determination on
Records Release
AGENCY: Civil Rights Cold Case Records

Review Board.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026–22632 Filed 11–4–26; 8:45 am]

Records Review Board previously
reviewed and made formal disclosure
determinations on records related to
civil rights cold case incident 2023–
002–013 in which the Department of
Justice (DOJ) proposed postponements.
The DOJ later proposed one additional

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Stephannie Oriabure, Chief of Staff,
Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review
Board, 1800 F Street NW, Washington,
DC 20405, (771) 221–0014, info@
coldcaserecords.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Incident identifier

Postponement identifier

2023–002–013 ..................................................................

2024–DOJ–02–0620a .....................................................

Dated: November 2, 2026.
Stephannie Oriabure,
Chief of Staff.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Manufacturers’ Shipments,
Inventories, & Orders (M3) Survey

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ACTION: Notice.

postponement. On October 27, 2026, the
Review Board rejected this additional
postponement. By issuing this notice,
the Review Board complies with the
Civil Rights Cold Case Records
Collection Act of 2018 that requires the
Review Board to publish in the Federal
Register its determinations on the
disclosure or postponement of records
in the Collection no more than 14 days
after the date of its decision.

CIVIL RIGHTS COLD CASE RECORDS
REVIEW BOARD

The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on 7/20/2026
during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
Title: Manufacturers’ Shipments,
Inventories, & Orders (M3) Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0008.

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Form Number(s): M–3(SD).
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for an Extension, without
Change, of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Number of Respondents: 5,000 (12
responses per respondent).
Average Hours per Response: 20
Minutes.
Burden Hours: 20,000.
Needs and Uses: The M3 survey is
designed to measure current industrial
activity and to provide an indication of
future production commitments.
Shipments, new and unfilled orders,
and inventories data provide a current
statistical measurement of the domestic
manufacturing sector in the U.S.
economy. The value of shipments
measures the value of goods delivered
during the month by domestic
manufacturers. Estimates of new orders
serve as an indicator of future
production commitments and represent
the current sales value of new orders
received during the month, net of
cancellations. Substantial accumulation
or depletion of unfilled orders measures
excess (or deficient) demand for
manufactured products. The level of
inventory, especially in relation to
shipments, is frequently used to monitor
the business cycle. Manufacturing is a
vital sector to the U.S. economy
contributing to job creation, innovation,
and national security.
The M3 survey provides an essential
component of the current economic
indicators needed for assessing the
evolving status of the economy and
formulating economic policy. The Office

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of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA), Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), has designated this
survey as a principal federal economic
indicator. The shipments and
inventories data are essential inputs of
the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The
orders data are direct inputs to The
Conference Board Leading Economic
Index (LEI), which is a composite index
of ten key elements designed to monitor
the business cycle. The GDP and the LEI
would be incomplete without these
data. Orders for durable goods are an
important leading economic indicator.
Businesses and consumers generally
place orders for durable goods when
they are confident the economy is
improving. A durable goods report
showing an increase in orders is a sign
that the economy is trending upwards.
Durable goods orders tell investors what
to expect from the manufacturing sector,
a major component of the economy. The
M3 survey also provides valuable and
timely domestic manufacturing data for
economic planning and analysis to
business firms, trade associations,
research and consulting agencies, and
academia.
Shipments, new and unfilled orders,
and inventories estimates are used by
the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA),
Council of Economic Advisers (CEA),
Federal Reserve Board (FRB), Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS), The Conference
Board, and other government agencies,
as well as business users in formulating
economic decisions.
BEA is the primary Federal user of
data collected in the M3 survey. BEA

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uses shipments, inventories, and
inventories-to-shipments ratio estimates
from the M3 survey to prepare the
national income and product accounts
(NIPA). Shipments data contribute to
annual and quarterly GDP, the annual
input-output (I–O) accounts, quarterly
GDP by industry statistics, and quarterly
gross operating surplus estimates. BEA
is strongly in favor of publishing
advanced total manufacturing estimates,
as well as the increased detail for the
nondurable goods industries.
Additionally, details on manufacturing
inventories are used to prepare the
quarterly change in private domestic
inventories, the annual I–O accounts
tables, and quarterly GDP-by-industry
statistics.
CEA, other government agencies, and
businesses use the survey results to
formulate and make decisions. CEA
reports manufacturing data, one of the
principal federal economic indicators,
to the President each month for
awareness on the current state of the
economy. In addition, CEA’s
Macroeconomic Forecaster uses
manufacturing shipments and new
orders data, two of the key monthly data
releases each month, to keep track of
real economic growth in the current
quarter and the future production
demand for manufacturing sector.
The BLS uses the data as input to
their Producer Price Indexes and in
developing productivity measurements.
Policymakers, such as the FRB, need
to have the timeliest estimates in order
to anticipate economic trends, and act
accordingly based on the economic
momentum when setting monetary and
fiscal policy. FRB also uses M3
estimates to calculate monthly
industrial production indexes for
manufacturing industries.
The Conference Board uses M3 new
orders, a leading economic indicator of
manufacturing activities, as a base for its
LEI, which is designed to monitor the
business cycle. Private businesses and
market analysts are tracking
manufacturing new orders and
shipments to anticipate demand, adjust
production, and manage inventories. A
surge in orders may prompt hiring,
capacity expansion, or capital
investment. A decline may trigger costcutting or market diversification.
Breaking down orders by durable and
non-durable goods helps identify trends
in capital spending (durable goods
manufacturing industries) versus
consumer demand (nondurable goods
manufacturing industries). This
granularity is valuable for investors,
analysts, and corporate planners.
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information disseminated by the U.S.
Census Bureau (fully described in the
U.S. Census Bureau’s Information
Quality Guidelines). Information quality
is also integral to the information
collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and
is incorporated into the clearance
process required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 131, 182 and 193.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0607–0008.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Generic Clearance for
Internet Panel Pretesting and
Qualitative Survey Methods Testing
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on July 20,
2026, during a 60-day comment period.

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This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
Title: Generic Clearance for internet
Panel Pretesting and Qualitative Survey
Methods Testing.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0978.
Form Number(s): Various.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for an Extension, without
Change, of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Number of Respondents: 67,600.
Average Hours per Response: 0.25
hours.
Burden Hours: 16,900.
Needs and Uses: The information
collected in this program will be used
by the Census Bureau and survey
sponsors to test alternative contact
methods, including emails and text
messages, improve online
questionnaires and procedures, reduce
respondent burden, and ultimately
increase the quality of data collected in
the censuses and surveys. The clearance
will be used to conduct testing of
decennial and demographic census and
survey questionnaires as well as
communications and/or marketing
strategies and data dissemination tools
for the Census Bureau prior to fielding
them. Testing activities will primarily
involve split panel experiment tests or
remote usability testing but may also
include other qualitative research
conducted on the internet such as
cognitive interviews, focus groups, and
debriefings. Because the questionnaires
being tested under this clearance are
still in the process of development, the
data that result from these collections
are not considered official statistics of
the Census Bureau or other Federal
agencies. Data will be included in
research reports prepared for sponsors
inside and outside of the Census
Bureau. The results may also be
prepared for presentations related to
survey methodology at professional
meetings or publications in professional
journals.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Data collection for
this project is authorized under the
authorizing legislation for the
questionnaire being tested. This may be
Title 13, Sections 131, 141, 161, 181,
182, 193, and 301 for Census Bureausponsored surveys, and Title 13, Section
8(b) and Title 15 for surveys sponsored
by other Federal agencies. We do not
now know what other titles will be
referenced, since we do not know what

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