Customer satisfaction surveys are
required by Executive Order 12862. U.S. Coast Guard will use
information obtained from direct customers to measure satisfaction
with current services and determine whether additional service are
required. Numbers in block 13 are estimates.
The management framework of the
United States Coast Guard is the Commandants Performance
Excellence Criteria (CPEC), based on the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award Criteria for Performance Excellence. The CPEC guides
leaders to establish and refine sound management systems, leading
to improvement of overall organizational effectiveness. The
Criteria focuses on results in six organizational performance
areas, one of those relating to customers and stakeholders. In
order to obtain qualitative data regarding the goods and services
produced by the US Coast Guard, we developed the attached survey,
intended to garner feedback from our customers and stakeholders
external to the federal government.
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.