Federal Register #2026-20153

Census Bureau proposes three-year extension of the Quarterly Services Survey

The U.S. Census Bureau is proposing to continue its Quarterly Services Survey without changes. - Government buyer: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau. - Opportunity type: Information-collection notice, not a procurement opportunity or contract award. - Survey: The Quarterly Services Survey (QSS) collects data from employer firms in selected service industries to produce quarterly estimates. - Measures operating revenue and, for certain industries, expenses and hospital inpatient days, discharges, and admissions revenue. - Responses are collected online, with telephone follow-up. - Proposed change: Extend the existing collection for three years without changes; estimated annual respondent burden is 21,800 hours. - Comment topics: The notice seeks feedback on the collection’s necessity, burden estimate, data quality, and ways to reduce respondent burden. - OEMs, vendors, products, and services: None identified; no products or procurement services are being requested.

Description

The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking a three-year extension, without change, of its current approval for the Quarterly Services Survey (QSS). The survey covers employer firms in selected U.S. service industries and collects information used to produce quarterly estimates of operating revenue and, for some industries, expenses, hospital inpatient days and discharges, and admissions revenue. Responses are collected online, with telephone follow-up, and the notice invites public comment before the information collection request is submitted to OMB. Comments are due November 30, 2026.

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