# Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
**AGENCY:**
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
**SUMMARY:**
Background. Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed information collection(s) by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). Board- approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the OMB 83-Is and supporting statements and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer --Michelle Long--Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829).
OMB Desk Officer--Mark Menchik--Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or email to [email protected].
**Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for three years, without revision of the following report:**
*Report title:* Intermittent Survey of Businesses
*Agency form number:* FR 1374
*OMB control number:* 7100-0302
*Frequency:* Biweekly and semiannually
*Reporters:* Purchasing managers, economists, or other knowledgeable individuals at business firms
*Annual reporting hours:* 125 hours
*Estimated average hours per response:* 15 minutes
*Number of respondents:* biweekly, 10; semiannually, 120
*General description of report:* This information collection is voluntary (12 U.S.C. §§ 225a and 263) and is given confidential treatment (5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4)).
*Abstract:* The survey data are used by the Federal Reserve to gather information specifically tailored to the Federal Reserve's policy and operational responsibilities. It is necessary to conduct the survey biweekly to keep up with the rapidly changing developments in the economy and to provide timely information to staff and Board members. Usually, the surveys are conducted by staff economists telephoning purchasing managers, economists, or other knowledgeable individuals at selected, relevant businesses. The frequency and content of the questions, and the businesses contacted would vary depending on changing developments in the economy.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 23, 2005.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.