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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 18 / Friday, January 29, 2021 / Notices
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modified the Employment and Training E&T Program so that States efforts are now focused on a particular segment of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP populationablebodied adults without dependents ABAWDs.
Requests for Additional E&T Funds: 7
CFR 273.7d1iD provides that if a State agency will not expend all of the funds allocated to it for a fiscal year, FNS will reallocate unexpended funds to other State agencies during the fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year as FNS considers appropriate and equitable. After FNS makes initial E&T
allocations, under 7 CFR 273.7d1i, State agencies may request additional E&T funds if needed. FNS will reallocate available funds e.g., funds that are unallocated or funds that are allocated but will not be spent in a fair and equitable manner.
Retention and Custody of Records.
Under 7 CFR 277.12 1 and 2, all financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, negotiated contracts, and all other records pertinent to program funds shall be maintained for three years from the date of submission of the annual financial status report or if any litigation, claim, or audit is started before the expiration of the three-year period, the applicable records shall be retained until these have been resolved.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS
will review requests about their E&T
programs so that the Department can monitor State performance to ensure that the program is being efficiently and economically operated. Without the information, FNS would be unable to make adjustments or allocate exemptions in accordance with the statute.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: Occasionally;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 50.
Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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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; Quarterly Services Survey 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 publics reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 20, 2020 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Quarterly Services Survey.
OMB Control Number: 06070907.
Form Numbers: QSS1A, QSS1E, QSS1PA, QSS1PE, QSS2A, QSS2E, QSS3A, QSS3E, QSS3SA, QSS3SE, QSS5A, QSS5E, QSS4A, QSS4E, QSS4FA, QSS4FE, QSS4SA, QSS
4SE.
Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for an Extension, without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 22,500.
Average Hours per Response: 10
minutes: QSS1A, QSS1E, QSS1PA, QSS1PE, QSS2A, QSS2E, QSS3A, QSS3E, QSS3SA, QSS3SE, QSS5A, QSS5E. 15 minutes: QSS4A, QSS4E, QSS4FA, QSS4FE, QSS4SA, QSS
4SE.
Burden Hours: 19,300.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests an extension, without change of the Quarterly Services Survey QSS. In the 1980s, it was determined that the service economy, despite its growing importance and share of Gross Domestic Product GDP, was not adequately covered by the existing federal statistical programs. At the time, the only services data available came from the Service Annual Survey SAS
and the quinquennial Economic Census, therefore the decision was made to create a new principal economic indicator designed to expand upon the Census Bureaus existing annual survey.
The QSS was first released in 2004, making it the first new U.S. federal
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government economic indicator in 30
years. The QSS is now a major source for the development of quarterly GDP
and an indicator of short-term economic change.
The initial scope of the QSS was driven primarily by the Bureau of Economic Analysis BEA priorities and what the budget initiative would allow.
The goal was to begin covering the most dynamic sectors of the service economy for which BEA had little to no alternate source data. In the wake of the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s, it was clear that information services and high-tech industries needed to be a priority as BEA experienced major revisions to their GDP estimates as annual data came in later. So, at the time it was launched, QSS produced estimates for just three North American Industry Classification System NAICS sectors 51, 54, and 56.
Shortly after the Financial Crisis in 20072008, QSS received approval to expand the scope of the survey to match that of the Economic Census of Services.
A major part of this expansion would provide for tracking of the Financial sector which, of course, was now in the spotlight. Between 2009 and 2010, QSS
underwent a multi-phased expansion, increasing the total coverage from three to eleven NAICS sectors.
QSS expanded yet again in 2012 to cover the Accommodation subsector which was the only remaining service industry with no sub-annual coverage.
We currently publish estimates based on the 2012 NAICS. The QSS covers all or parts of the following NAICS sectors:
Utilities excluding government owned;
Transportation and warehousing except rail transportation and postal services;
Information; Finance and insurance except funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles; Real estate and rental and leasing; Professional, scientific, and technical services; Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services; Educational services except elementary and secondary schools, junior colleges, and colleges, universities, and professional schools; Health care and social assistance; Arts, entertainment, and recreation; Accommodation; and Other services except public administration.
See Section 19 NAICS Codes Affected for a list of all of the QSS industries.
The QSS provides the most current official measures of total revenue and percentage of revenue by class of customer for selected industries on a quarterly basis. In addition, the QSS
provides the most current official quarterly measure of total expenses from tax-exempt firms in industries that have a large not-for-profit component. All
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