The National Contact Center provides
information about Federal Government agencies, programs, services
and related issues to the American Public. The purpose of these
surveys is to assess the public's satisfaction with the service and
assist in increasing the efficiency in responding to the public's
need for information.
There is a program change in
the annual reporting and recordkeeping hour burden due to several
factors. The number of respondents line was reduced to 2,200,
versus 2,250 in 2003. We reduced the number of phone call
respondents from 2,250 surveys to 1,300 surveys. We know, from
recent survey results, that the participation rate will be lower
than what we had projected in 2003. However, we added an e-mail
survey. We estimate 900 respondents to that survey, for a total of
2,200 respondents. The annual hours line was increased to 119 (from
112) because the e-mail surveys will take approximately 4 minutes
versus the 3 minutes of the phone surveys. So, the phone surveys
will only amount to a burden of 65 hours (versus 2003s burden of
2,250), but the e-mail surveys will add a burden of 54 hours,
bringing the total to 119 hours.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.