Computer and Internet Use Supplement to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration proposes to add 58 questions to the Census Bureau’s November 2017 Current Population Survey (CPS) to gather reliable data on broadband use by US households through the Computer and Internet Use Supplement. The planned Supplement will be the fourteenth since NTIA began sponsoring such surveys in November 1994. Since that time, NTIA has continually revised the Supplement to reflect developments in Internet technology, applications, and connected devices. The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are due on or before March 10, 2017.