10.907 SNOW SURVEY AND WATER SUPPLY FORECASTING (Snow Surveys) FEDERAL AGENCY: SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPART MENT OF AGRICULTURE AUTHORIZATION: Soil Conservation Service Establishing Act, Public Law 74-46, approved April 27, 1935. OBJECTIVES: Make and coordinate snow surveys in the western states and Alaska and prepare forecasts of seasonal water supplies in affected streams for the purpose of relating available water supply to agricultural, industrial, and municipal plans and operations. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Dissemination of Technical Information. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The information is used by the owners and operators of the 23,000,000 irrigated acres in the mountain states, the far west, and Alaska. The data are also used in the regulation of hundreds of small and large reservoirs for irrigation, flood control, power generation, recreation, industry and municipal supplies. Cooperators include 20 other Federal agencies, 34 state agencies, 15 municipalities and 88 other irrigation districts and water associations and private utilities. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: General public. Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: Not applicable. Application Procedure: Individuals can make requests for reports from SCS state offices which issued them and from the SCS Regional Technical Service Center at Portland, Oregon. Award Procedure: Not applicable. Deadlines: Not applicable. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable. Appeals: Not applicable. Renewals: Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Not applicable. Audits: Not applicable. Records: Not applicable. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 05-20-1000-0-1-354. Obligations: (Salaries and expenses) FY 70 $793,000; FY 71 est $785,000; and FY 72 est $711,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1970, 2,600 water supply forecasts were issued and a total of 104,000 forecast reports distributed. The forecasts were based on monthly readings taken at 1,450 snow courses, 200 aerial markers, 196 soil moisture installations, and 278 precipitation gauges. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: "Snow Surveys," AIB 302. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: State and local offices of the Soil Conservation Service in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the Western Regional Technical Service Center, Portland, Oregon. California's Department of Water Resources which coordinates and issues snow surveys for that state, and the British Columbia Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources supply data for the monthly west-wide summaries. Headquarters Office: Administrator, Soil Conservation Service, USDA, Washington, D.C. 20250. Telephone: (202) 388-4531. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.902, Soil and Water Conservation; 10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention; 11.402, River and Flood Forecasts. STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE 10.950 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICAL REPORTS (Crop and Livestock Estimates) FEDERAL AGENCY: STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE, OBJECTIVES: To provide statistical and economic data on food and agriculture essential to farmers, processors, and handlers in making production and marketing decisions and to legislators, administrators, and others concerned with developing and administering programs. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Dissemination of Technical Information. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Copies of publications of estimates and reports of production, supply, price, and other aspects of the agricultural economy are available to anyone, without restriction. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 05-28-1800-0-1-355. Obligations: (Salaries and expenses) FY 70 $16,115,000; FY 71 est $17,879,000; and FY 72 est $18,099,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Each year, data on approximately 150 Crop and Livestock products are covered in some 600 reports issued at the national level and 10,200 official reports issued from all offices. In fiscal year 1970, nearly 16,000,000 copies were distributed to all on the mailing lists and all others making separate requests. There is little fluctuation in these totals from year to year. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Code of Federal Regulation, 7-1, "Policy on Availability of Information," "List of Available Publications, List No. 11." Free; Publication Division, Office of Information, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. Other items available from Statistical Reporting Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250; Story of Agricultural Estimates, Miscellaneous Publication No. 1088; Crop Reporting Board Reports (Annual) Issuance Dates and Contents; Periodic Reports of Agricultural Economics; Copies are free while agency supply lasts or may be bought from Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: See the appendix for addresses of agency State Statistical Offices. Headquarters Office: Statistical Reporting Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. Telephone: (202) 388-2707. RELATED PROGRAMS: 10.153, Market News; 10.250, Agricultural and Rural Economic Research; 10.700, National Agricultural Library Service; 10.750, Information on Agricultural Activities; 11.001, Census and Statistical Reports; 11.200, Business Assistance, Services, and Information; 17.003, Prices and Cost of Living Data. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 11.001 CENSUS AND STATISTICAL REPORTS FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AUTHORIZATION: 13 U.S.C. 8. OBJECTIVES: To provide printed statistical results of periodic and special surveys and of all censuses authorized by Federal law. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Dissemination of Technical Information. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Statistical reports used by Federal, State, and local agencies, business, industry, educational institutions, and the general public. Data cover a wide range of subjects and types of geographic areas for (1) censuses of population, housing, agriculture, irrigation and drainage, business (retail trade, wholesale trade, and selected services) construction, transportation, manufacturing, mineral industries, commercial fisheries, and governments; (2) periodic and special surveys; (3) foreign trade statistics; (4) statistical compendia, directories, and guides to statistical data. Restrictions: Census laws guarantee the confidentiality of data concerning individual persons, households, farms, and business establishments. Reports contain statistical summaries only. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Census Bureau reports are available for purchase by all interested persons. Beneficiary Eligibility: Not applicable. Credentials/Documentation: Not applicable. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: None. Audits: None. Records: None. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 06-08-0400-0-1-506, 06-08-0426-0-1-506, 06-08-0432-0-1-506, 06-08-0427-0-1-506, 06-08-0428-0-1-506, 06-08-0430-0-1-506. Obligations: (Salaries and expenses) FY 70 $149,441,000; FY 71 est $85,892,000; and FY 72 est $53,168,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In fiscal year 1970, 2,072 census reports (representing 24,570 pages); and 1,125 current reports (representing 30,503 pages) were published. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Bureau of the Census catalog, $3 per year for 4 quarterly issues cumulative to the annual issue; Census Bureau Programs and Publications: Area and Subject Guide $1.50; Guide to Census Bureau Data Files and Special Tabulations, $1.25; County and City Data Book, 1967, $5.50; Guide to Foreign Trade Statistics, $1.50; Fact Finder for the Nation, $1.25; publications forms for reports resulting from censuses and special surveys, no charge. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Department of Commerce and Bureau of the Census Field Offices listed in the appendix. Headquarters Office: Chief, General Reports Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Telephone: (301) 440-7472. RELATED PROGRAMS: 11.003, Census Geography; 11.005, Census Special Tabulations and Services. 11.002 CENSUS DATA ACCESS AND USE LABORATORY (DAUL) FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AUTHORIZATION: 13 U.S.C. 8. OBJECTIVES: To improve the usefulness and availability of census data for urban planners, government officials, businessmen, and other data users. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Advisory Services and Counseling; Dissemination of Technical Information. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The following programs and services are available: (1) assistance for locally sponsored conferences on the 1970 census-- dates must be mutually agreeable, and travel and per diem expense must be paid by the sponsor; (2) recognition of organizations as summary tape processing centers, which advise the Bureau of plans to purchase data on tapes and to serve data users, and distribution of a public listing of these organizations; (3) consultation on problems associated with using 1970 census data products, to the extent permitted by DAUL resources; (4) descriptive reports and brochures concerning the 1970 census, particularly those describing data on computer tape. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: DAUL materials, and consultation at the Bureau, are available to any requester. DAUL staff may participate as speakers and resource persons in conferences on the 1970 census, sponsored or co-sponsored by government-related organizations. Any legitimate organization, public or private, may apply for recognition as a summary tape processing center. The Bureau is in no sense “franchising" processing centers, and it does not control their activities. Organizations should furnish information on their projected tape holdings and on the services they are prepared to offer data users, as well as on the persons to be responsible for operation of the center. Beneficiary Eligibility: Not applicable. Credentials/Documentation: Not applicable. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: None. Application Procedure: By written request. Award Procedure: Not applicable. Deadlines: Not applicable. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable. Renewals: Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: None. Audits: None. Records: None. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 06-08-0426-0-1-506. Obligations: (Salaries and expenses) FY 70 $225,000; FY 71 est $305,000; and FY 72 est $313,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: A total of 111 summary tape user conferences have been held, 73 in fiscal year 1970. Official recognition has been given to 145 summary tape processing centers. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: (1) 1970 Census Users' Guide, Part I, $1.25; Part II, $2.75; (2) Summary Tape User Memorandums, no charge; (3) Data Access Descriptions, no charge; (4) Small-Area Data Notes (issued monthly), $0.10. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Data Access and Use Laboratory, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Telephone: (301) 440-7685. RELATED PROGRAMS: 11.003, Census Geography; 11.005, Census Special Tabulations and Services. 2 11.003 CENSUS GEOGRAPHY FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AUTHORIZATION: 13 U.S.C. 8. OBJECTIVES: To provide maps for use in conducting censuses and surveys and for showing their results geographically; define boundaries of statistical areas; develop geographic code schemes; provide maps and area reports for States and local areas. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Dissemination of Technical Information. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The Bureau of the Census prepares base maps which are used in the planning and conduct of its various censuses and surveys. It also prepares maps of States, cities, counties, minor civil divisions or census county divisions within counties, urbanized areas of standard metropolitan statistical areas, census tracts, and congressional districts for inclusion in its published reports. Other maps, prepared by the Census Bureau for separate publication, include the following: a thematic U.S. map series; a series of county outline maps; the "Congressional District Atlas;" and metropolitan, county, and place maps for the 1970 census. The Census Bureau defines the boundaries of statistical areas and develops geographic code systems which are used in the electronic data processing of the information collected. New programs developed for the 1970 census include an automatic geographic coding system, the address coding guide (ACG), geographic base files (an ACG with Dual Independent Map Encoding (DIME) and X and Y coordinates added). Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: None. Audits: None. Records: None. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 06-08-0400-0-1-506, 06-08-0427-0-1-506, 06-08-04 26-0-1-506. Obligations: (Salaries and expenses) FY 70 $1,130,000; FY 71 est $1,668,000; and FY 72 est $865,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Maps covering the entire United States showing all political and statistical areas recognized for the 1970 Census of Population and Housing were completed during fiscal year 1970. These include 3,192 Metropolitan Maps, 195 vicinity maps, 5,082 county maps, and 17,514 place maps. During calendar year 1970, there were 827 requests for maps (requests from outside the Bureau only, excluding those distributed free of charge). REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: (1) Census Bureau Programs and Publications: Area and Subject Guide, $1.50; (2) Guide to Census Bureau Data Files and Special Tabulations, $1.25; (3) Bureau of the Census Catalog, $3 per year for 4 quarterly issues cumulative to the annual issue; (4) Data Access Description No. 12: Census Geography (CG-1), no charge; (5) 1970 Census Summary Tape User Memorandum No. 27 (Revised): 1970 Census Maps Available for Public Use, no charge; (6) 1970 Census Users' Guide, Part I, $1.25; Part II, $2.75; (7) Bureau of the Census order forms for maps and geographic reports, no charge. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Chief, Geography Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Telephone: (301) 440-1476. (Maps can be purchased from Geography Division; other geographic products can be purchased from the Central Users' Service, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233.) Telephone: (301) 440-1237. RELATED PROGRAMS: 11.002, Census Data Access and Use Laboratory; 11.005, Census Special Tabulations and Services. 11.004 CENSUS INTERGOVERNMENTAL SERVICES (Intergovernmental Services Program) FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATION: 13 U.S.C. 8; 31 U.S.C. 686. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Advisory Services and Counseling; USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Statistical, technical, and informational assistance provided to Federal, State, and local governments includes the following: (1) informational assistance through a series of seminars on Federal statistics for State and local government use and through other specialized conferences; (2) technical assistance on methods of making population estimates and projections; (3) consultation services available to 471 local officials for the planning and conduct of special surveys; and (4) publication of finding guides to Federal statistical data. Special censuses are taken at the request and expense of local communities. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Officials of Federal, State, and local governments, and community organization. Beneficiary Eligibility: Not applicable. Credentials/Documentation: Not applicable. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: None. Application Procedure: By written request. Award Procedure: Not applicable. Deadlines: Not applicable. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable. Appeals: Not applicable. Renewals: Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: None. Audits: None. Records: None. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: Technical assistance portion: 06-08-04000-1-506, 06-08-04 27-0-1-506, 06-08-0426-0-1-506. Special censuses portion: 06-08-8544-0-7-506. Obligations: (Salaries and expenses) FY 70 $63,000; FY 71 est $81,000; and FY 72 est $83,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 13 seminars on Federal Statistics for State and Local Government Use have been held through 1970 with a total of 332 participants representing 224 organizations in attendance. A total of 83 participants attended the 3 seminars held in 1970. Forty-six states are participating in the Federal-State Cooperative Program for the preparation and publication of county population estimates. Reports for 6 states have been published as part of this program. Three directories have been published, 2 for Federal statistics and 1 for non-Federal statistics. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: (1) Seminars on "Federal Statistics for Local Government Use," no charge; (2) Small-Area Data Notes (issued monthly) $0.10 per issue; (3) Federal-State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates, no charge; (4) Series P-26, Estimates of the Population of Counties for (specified State), $0.10; (5) Federal Special Censuses (SC-1), no charge; (6) Directory of Federal Statistics for Local Areas, $1; (7) Directory of Federal Statistics for States, $2.25; (8) Directory of Non-Federal Statistics for States and Local Areas, $6.25. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Chief, Technical and Staff Services Branch, General Reports Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Telephone: (301) 440-7005. RELATED PROGRAMS: 11.001, Census and Statistical Reports; 11.002, Census Data Access and Use Laboratory; 11.003, Census Geography; 11.005, Census Special Tabulations and Services; 17.002, Manpower and Employment Data; 17.003, Price and Cost of Living Data; 17.005, Wages and Industrial Relations Data; 22.001, Intergovernmental Relations Advisory Service; 49.007, Federal Information Exchange System; 51.001, Intergovernmental Relations and Liaison. 11.005 CENSUS SPECIAL TABULATIONS AND SERVICES FEDERAL AGENCY: BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATION: 13 U.S.C. 8; 31 U.S.C. 686. processed to provide special tabulations in a variety of output TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Dissemination of Technical Information. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: All special tabulations and services of the Bureau of the Census must meet the conditions outlined under "Policy Governing Special Services" in Part II of the Bureau of the Census Catalog. Restrictions: To ensure confidentiality, information in data files and special tabulations is subject to the same legal safeguards as printed reports. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Officials of Federal, State, and local governments; community organizations, and private organizations, as well as private individuals. Beneficiary Eligibility: Not applicable. Credentials/Documentation: Not applicable. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: None. Application Procedure: By written request. Award Procedure: Not applicable. Deadlines: Not applicable. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Records: None. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 06-08-3904-0-4-506; 06-08-8544-0-7-506. Obligations: (All reimbursable work except Personal Census Search) FY 70 $20,191,000; FY 71 est $21,975,000; and FY 72 est $22,140,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In calendar year 1970 the Central Users' Service received orders for 400 test tapes; 8,516 summary tapes; 35 Address Coding Guides and Geographic Base Files; and 80 computer and display programs. For special tabulations which have been prepared by the Bureau, see Guide to Census Bureau Data Files and Special Tabulations, and the Bureau of the Census Catalog, Part II, Data Files and Special Tabulations. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: (1) Bureau of the Census Catalog, $3 per year for 4 quarterly issues cumulative to the annual issue; (2) Guide to Census Bureau Data Files and Special Tabulations, $1.25; (3) Guide to Foreign Trade Statistics, $1.50; (4) Census Bureau Programs and Publications: Area and Subject Guide, $1.50; (5) Data Access Descriptions, no charge; (6) Small-Area Data Notes (issued monthly), $0.10; (7) 1970 Census Users' Guide, Part I, $1.25; Part II, $2.75. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: For general information: Chief, Technical and Staff Services Branch, General Reports Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Telephone: (301) 440-7005. For information on 1970 census products (e.g., summary tapes, test tapes, display programs): Central Users' Service, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Telephone: (301) 440-1237. RELATED PROGRAMS: 11.001, Census and Statistical Reports. |