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OMB Control No: 1220-0100	ICR Reference No: 202604-1220-003
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202305-1220-004
Agency/Subagency: DOL/BLS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Current Population Survey—Basic Labor Force
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 07/23/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2026
Responses	492,000	510,000
Time Burden (Hours)	66,420	68,850
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	492,000	510,000	-18,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	66,420	68,850	-2,430
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 estimated number of respondents decreased due to lower response rates. Total burden hours decreased primarily due to lower response rates. BLS has undertaken a number of efforts to maximize CPS survey response rates with work ongoing (see Supporting Statement Part B).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $112,000,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: James Borbely 2026916385 borbely.james@bls.gov

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