Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.

Title: Government Employment Forms.

OMB Control Number: 0607-0452.

Form Number(s): E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4, E-5, E-6, E-7, E-9.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Burden Hours: 14,733.

Number of Respondents: 18,160.

Average Hours Per Response: 49 minutes.

Needs and Uses: This information collection request covers the questionnaires needed to conduct the public employment program for the 2008 and 2009 Annual Survey of Government Employment.

The questionnaires for collecting the data are described below. There are eight survey forms used to collect data on government employment, pay, and hours. Since there are many different types and sizes of governments, each form is tailored to the unique characteristics of the type and size of government or government agency to be surveyed.

E-1 State agencies, excluding state colleges and universities E-2 State colleges and universities E-3 Dependent agencies of local governments, Single function special district governments E-4 County governments, Municipal and township governments with populations of 1,000 or more E-5 Municipalities and Townships (A shortened version of the E-4 form to be completed by Municipalities and Townships with a population of