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0607-0912 201109-0607-003
Historical Active 200807-0607-005
DOC/CENSUS
Business R&D and Innovation Survey
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 01/05/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 10/21/2011
OMB appreciates that the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)of NSF and the Census Bureau have made major efforts to redesign this collection, consistent with recommendations from the National Academies. We understand that the redesign may well create a break in series from the Survey of Industrial Research and Development, and strongly encourage NCSES to communicate with major data users to set their expectations in this regard as well as to plan for feasible "bridge tables" between the SIRD data and the BRDIS data to distinguish between "actual" changes in the data and changes in the data attributable to changes in the redesigned survey. We applaud efforts to eliminate the questions already identified as unlikely to produce useful or accurate results, and to ensure only questions that will elicit reliable data are collected. Finally, prior to the commencement of each edition of the Business R&D and Innovation Survey forms distribution, the Census Bureau shall provide on its Internet site prominent links to a set of finalized survey forms, including instructions and cover letters, comparable to those provided for the 2007 Economic Census report forms. The final forms and letters shall reflect any changes in the survey year, OMB number and expiration date, and Census and NSF leadership from those submitted for review.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
01/31/2015 36 Months From Approved 01/31/2012
43,000 0 40,000
107,725 0 155,450
0 0 0