EIA 2009 Energy Conference Customer Survey Letter

Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585

March 31, 2009

Ms. Christine Kymn

Department of Energy Desk Officer

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Office of Management and Budget

Washington, DC 20503

SUBJECT: DOE-887(80), “USE OF GENERIC CLEARANCE FOR THE ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 2009 CONFERENCE CUSTOMER SURVEY”

Dear Ms. Kymn:

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) plans to use the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved generic clearance, DOE-887, (DOE Customer Surveys’ OMB No. 1901-0302, expiring December 31, 2009) to conduct a short survey of the attendees of the Energy Information Administration 2009 Energy Conference. As agreed to under the DOE-887 “DOE Customer Surveys” clearance, we will anticipate your approval within two weeks. Without approval from OMB, EIA will not conduct the survey. We will provide OMB with the results of this data collection when we submit the annual report of generic surveys.

The Energy Information Administration 2009 Energy Conference will highlight energy information and analysis with speakers from both within and outside EIA. The conference will be held from April 7-8, 2009. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has developed the attached satisfaction survey. The responses will be used to determine the effectiveness of EIA’s Energy Conference and its content. The respondents of the survey will consist of attendees of the conference.

The request to complete the survey will be e-mailed to all attendees. Based on the 2008 conference attendance and respondents, the 2009 conference survey burden will be based on 750 respondents. The intent of the survey is to determine the effectiveness of the content delivered in EIA’s Energy Conference. The results will be used to improve future EIA energy conferences.

All participation in this survey is voluntary. No self-identifying information will be collected. All results will be presented in aggregate form. All analysis of the survey results will lack any identifying characteristics of the survey respondents.

The attached survey will take approximately 3 minutes to answer and contains 6 questions. The total estimated burden for this survey will be 38 hours (750 respondents x 3 minutes).

Howard Bradsher-Fredrick, Statistics and Methods Group, is the point of contact for questions and may be contacted at 202-586-5674.

Sincerely,

Stephanie Brown

Director

Statistics and Methods Group

Energy Information Administration