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OMB Control No: 0607-1022	ICR Reference No: 202608-0607-006
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202507-0607-004
Agency/Subagency: DOC/CENSUS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Business Trends and Outlook Survey
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 09/10/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2028	05/31/2028
Responses	660,000	795,000
Time Burden (Hours)	110,000	132,500
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Business Trends and Outlook Survey	BTOS WFH Question, BTOS Instrument with Final AI supplement Questions	,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	660,000	795,000	-135,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	110,000	132,500	-22,500
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 previously submitted estimate included a higher expected number of responses, resulting in an annual burden estimate of 132,500 hours. A smaller number of responses has led to a reduction in the overall burden estimate.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,230,000

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. No

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. No

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: Rebecca Weaver 301 763-9538

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