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errors. Information gathered through
this request for public comment will
allow the Census Bureau to update this
assessment to include additional costs,
risks, and benefits faced by non-Federal
users of ACS data. Implementing the
updated standards in 2027 would mean
that the first ACS 1-year estimates under
the updated standards would be
released in September 2028 for the 2027
ACS 1-year data. The first 5-year
estimates produced solely using the data
collected under the 2024 SPD 15 would
be available in the 2027–2031 ACS 5year data, scheduled for release in
December 2032. Should a determination
be made to instead implement the
updated standards in 2026, these release
dates would be moved up by one year.
For example, the first ACS 1-year data
using the updated standards would be
released in September 2027, and the
first ACS 5-year estimates would be
released for the 2026–2030 ACS data in
December 2031. Note that this
alternative schedule would align the 5year ACS estimates with the 2030
Decennial Census data.
Once the ACS program begins
collecting data using the updated race
and ethnicity data standards, the data
produced in the 5-year estimates will be
crosswalked to the updated race and
ethnicity groups until there are five
years of data collected in the updated
format. For example, the 2023–2027
ACS 5-year estimates would contain
data collected in years 2023 through
2026 using the 1997 SPD 15 and data
collected in 2027 using the 2024 SPD
15. In those 2023–2027 ACS 5-year
estimates, data collected in 2023
through 2026 would be crosswalked to
the updated race and ethnicity
categories, and data products would
comply with the 2024 SPD 15.
Crosswalking procedures would be
required for all data collected under the
1997 SPD 15 for each 5-year file
produced until there are a full 5 years
of data available that have been
collected under the 2024 SPD 15, as
follows:
• 2023–2027 5-Year Estimates:
Crosswalking required for years
2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
• 2024–2028 5-Year Estimates:
Crosswalking required for years
2024, 2025, 2026
• 2025–2029 5-Year Estimates:
Crosswalking required for years
2025, 2026
• 2026–2030 5-Year Estimates:
Crosswalking required for years
2026
• 2027–2031 5-Year Estimates: No
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This data release schedule will impact
all data products that are cross-tabulated
by race and ethnicity.
III. Request for Comments
Pursuant to the terms of clearance for
the 2025 ACS, we are soliciting public
comments on the timeline to implement
the updated race and ethnicity
standards into the ACS. We are
interested in feedback about the impact
this update will have on data users,
researchers, and community
organizations if it is implemented in
either the 2026 ACS or the 2027 ACS in
light of our assessment of risks to data
quality.
Comments you submit in response to
this notice are a matter of public record.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Robert L. Santos, Director, Census
Bureau, approved the publication of this
Notice in the Federal Register.
Dated: July 9, 2024.
Shannon Wink,
Program Analyst, Policy Coordination Office,
U.S. Census Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2024–15336 Filed 7–11–24; 8:45 am]
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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; Census Household Panel
Topical 10, Topical 11, and Topical 12
Operations
On May 14, 2024, the Department of
Commerce received clearance from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to
conduct the seventh, eighth, and ninth
Census Household Panel topical
operations (OMB No. 0607–1025, Exp.
6/30/26). The Census Household Panel
is designed to ensure availability of
frequent data collection for nationwide
estimates on a variety of topics for a
variety of subgroups of the population.
This notice serves to inform of the
Department’s intent to request clearance

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from OMB to conduct topical operations
10, 11, and 12.
The Topical 10 (August) survey will
include a roster experiment, and content
from the Household Pulse Survey (HPS)
to run in parallel with the HPS Phase
4.2. The September survey (Topical 11)
will include a test of the Survey of
Income and Program Participation’s
(SIPP) labor force, assets, and
homeownership items. For the October
topical questionnaire (Topical 12),
Household Pulse Survey content will be
repeated using longitudinal design
without the roster experiment. 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 February 6, 2023,
during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Census Household Panel
Topical 10, Topical 11, and Topical 12
Operations.
OMB Control Number: 0607–1025.
Form Number(s): Not yet determined.
Type of Request: Request for a
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Number of Respondents: 10,354 panel
members.
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours
per year (20 minutes for monthly
collection).
Burden Hours: 41,375.
Needs and Uses: The Census
Household Panel is a probability-based
nationwide nationally-representative
survey panel designed to test the
methods to collect data on a variety of
topics of interest, and for conducting
experimentation on alternative question
wording and methodological
approaches. The goal of the Census
Household Panel is to ensure
availability of frequent data collection
for nationwide estimates on a variety of
topics and a variety of subgroups of the
population, meeting standards for
transparent quality reporting of the
Federal Statistical Agencies and the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
Panelists and households selected for
the Panel were recruited from the

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Census Bureau’s gold standard Master
Address File. This ensures the Panel is
rooted in this rigorously developed and
maintained frame and available for
linkage to administrative records
securely maintained and curated by the
Census Bureau. Invitations to complete
the monthly surveys will be sent via
email and SMS messages.
Questionnaires will be mainly internet
self-response. The Panel will maintain
representativeness by allowing
respondents who do not use the internet
to respond via computer-assisted
telephone interviewing (CATI). All
panelists will receive an incentive for
each complete questionnaire. Periodic
replenishment samples will maintain
representativeness and panelists will be
replaced after a period of three years.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, sections 141, 182 and 193.
This information collection request
may be viewed at https://
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 https://
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 0607–1025.
Mary Reuling Lenaiyasa,
Paperwork Reduction Act Program Manager,
Policy Coordination Office, U.S. Census
Bureau.
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Economic Development Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Regional
Economic Development Data
Collection Instrument
Economic Development
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
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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.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments via
email to Hallie Davis, Tech Hubs
Program Analyst, Economic
Development Administration, at
HDavis1@eda.gov or PRAcomments@
doc.gov. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Tech
Hubs, Economic Development
Administration, at TechHubs@eda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
The Economic Development
Administration (EDA) leads the Federal
economic development agenda by
promoting innovation and
competitiveness, and preparing
American regions for growth and
success in the worldwide economy.
Guided by the basic principle that
sustainable economic development
should be driven locally, EDA works
directly with communities and regions
to help them build the capacity for
economic development based on local
business conditions and needs. Section
28 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of 1980 (Regional
Technology and Innovation Hub
Program (15 U.S.C. 3722a) is the legal
authority under which EDA awards
financial assistance and designee status
under the Fiscal Year (FY) 23 Regional
Technology and Innovation Hub
Program (‘‘Tech Hubs’’). Under Tech
Hubs, EDA seeks to strengthen U.S.
economic and national security through
place-based investments in regions with
the assets, resources, capacity, and
potential to become globally
competitive, within approximately ten
years, in the technologies and industries
of the future—and for those industries,
companies, and the good jobs they
create to start, grow, and remain in the
U.S. in order to support the growth and
modernization of U.S. manufacturing,
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domestic production of innovative
research, and strengthen U.S. economic
and national security. Tech Hubs is a
two-phase program: in Phase 1, EDA
funded Strategy Development grants
and designated 31 regions as Tech Hubs.
In Phase 2, designated Tech Hubs are
eligible to compete for funding for
implementation projects. Further
information on Tech Hubs can be found
at www.eda.gov.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
April 19, 2024 during a 60-day comment
period (89 FR 28732). This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public
comments. The purpose of this notice is
to seek comments from the public and
other Federal agencies on a request for
a new information collection for
designated Tech Hubs to help ensure
that Tech Hub investments are
evidence-based, data-driven, and
accountable to participants and the
public.
Lead consortium members of the 31
designated Tech Hubs will submit
identified program metrics and
qualitative information to help assess
specific program objectives. A one-time
questionnaire will be sent to each of the
Tech Hubs consortium leads, which will
gather the relevant data and stories for
each of the 31 Tech Hubs designee
consortia, resulting in consortia regional
impact evaluation, resources, and tools
for regional economic development
decision-makers. The 31 designated
Tech Hubs will provide information on
the following objectives:
(1) Accelerating technology
innovation, commercialization,
demonstration, and deployment, which
may include information on the number
of patents filed, licensing agreements,
approximate levels of research and
development expenditures, adoption of
new technologies, and acceleration of
current technologies.
(2) Enabling infrastructure and
advancing manufacturing, which may
include information on specific facility
information.
(3) Integrating an agile workforce
system, which may include information
on skills needed by employers, available
training, hard-to-fill vacancies, policies
and strategies for worker retention, and
strategies for engagement with
underserved workers.
(4) Increasing business and
entrepreneurial capacity, which may
include assessing employer
competitiveness, relationships with
Federal, State, and local entities, current
partnerships, and information about
sources of capital to start and grow
businesses and to adopt innovative
approaches and technologies.

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