Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 86 (Thursday, May 3, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Number 86 (Thursday, May 3, 2018)
Notices
Pages 19523-19524
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2018-09380
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
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information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: International Trade Administration, Commerce.
Title: Surveys for User Satisfaction, Impact, and Needs.
OMB Control Number: 0625-0275.
Form Number(s): ITA-XXXX.
Type of Request: Regular submission; new information collection; generic clearance.
Number of Respondents: 50,000.
Average Hours per Response: 0.5 (30 minutes).
Burden Hours: 25,000 (annual).
Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration provides a multitude of international trade related programs to help U.S. businesses. These programs include information products, services, and trade events. To accomplish its mission effectively, ITA needs ongoing feedback on its programs. This information collection item allows ITA to solicit clients' opinions about the use of ITA products, services, and trade events. To promote optimal use and provide focused and effective improvements to ITA programs, we are requesting approval for this clearance package; including: Use of Comment Cards (i.e. transactional-based surveys) to collect feedback immediately after ITA assistance is provided to clients; use of annual surveys (i.e. relationship-based surveys) to gauge overall satisfaction, impact and needs for clients with ITA assistance provided over a period time; use of multiple data collection methods (i.e. web-enabled surveys sent via email, telephone interviews, automated telephone surveys, and in-person surveys via mobile devices/laptops/tablets at trade events/shows) to enable clients to conveniently respond to requests for feedback; and a forecast of burden hours. Without this information, ITA is unable to systematically determine the actual and relative levels of performance for its programs and products/services and to provide clear, actionable insights for managerial intervention. This information will be used for program evaluation and improvement, strategic planning, allocation of resources and stakeholder reporting.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal government; and Federal government.
Frequency: Once a year.
Respondent's Obligation: None.
This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to email protected or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
FR Doc. 2018-09380 Filed 5-2-18; 8:45 am
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