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OMB Control No: 1220-0164	ICR Reference No: 201010-1220-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201008-1220-002
Agency/Subagency: DOL/BLS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: National Compensation Survey
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/07/2011
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/28/2011
Terms of Clearance: This collection is approved with the following terms of clearance: BLS is implementing the changes in this collection as planned in the Presidents FY 2011 budget and described in the supporting statements. As noted by BLS, there is still ongoing work in the redesign of the NCS sample as well as continuing research to evaluate the quality of the new model-based estimates. BLS will keep OMB apprised of results of this work and update this collection request as necessary. In conformance with OMB and BLS Information Quality Guidelines as well as OMB Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys, BLS is conducting evaluations of the quality of the model-based estimates and will be making these evaluations public.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2014	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2011
Responses	46,201	0	73,818
Time Burden (Hours)	37,120	0	55,305
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	46,201	73,818	-27,617
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	37,120	55,305	-18,185
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The NCS sample for FY 2011 and beyond has been reduced 64% to reflect loss of the LPS sample and some cuts to the ECI sample. In 2011, the implementation of the alternative to the LPS will result in a loss of 20,400 establishments from the sample. The ECI sample will lose 4,000 establishments (approximately a 25% sample loss.)