Treasury Website Usability Survey

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Supporting Statement for Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, Part B, 9-29-10.docx Supporting Statement B	2010-09-29
Supporting Statement PRA Clearance, Part A, 9-29-10.docx Supporting Statement A	2010-09-29

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
194143	Treasury Website Survey - Usability Instruction	New
194142	Treasury Website Survey - Focus Group Instruction	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1505-0226	ICR Reference No: 201008-1505-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/DO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Treasury Website Usability Survey
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 08/20/2010
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 10/12/2010
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/06/2010
Terms of Clearance: Among other changes, agency modified survey to reflect OMB guidelines on race and ethnicity. OMB recommends that the agency ensure any future survey collection submissions that collect information on race and ethnicity meet OMB guidelines.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2011	6 Months From Approved
Responses	132	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	220	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Department is undergoing a modernization effort to create a new, fresh, meaningful, scalable and useful Treasury.gov site that is designed for optimal constituent use. This new design will support the communications and publishing requirements of Treasury; support the strategic initiatives of Treasury; enable transparency (Open Government OMB Directive M-10-06) and increased access to Treasury resources and assets; and be user-centric and task-based. This modernization effort also includes refreshing the Department’s initiative sites of FinancialStability.gov and MakingHomeAffordable.gov. To ensure that the revised sites deploy features that are more advanced and user-friendly, Treasury recommends that a series of usability testing and focus groups be conducted among current and intended users of the websites including the general public, businesses, academia, etc..

Emergency Justfication: The Department of the Treasury is requesting emergency processing of a submission of collection of information in order to conduct usability testing and focus groups to support the modernization of the Department’s websites Treasury.gov, FinancialStability.gov, and MakingHomeAffordable.gov. Treasury’s web site is the authoritative gateway for up-to-date information and data related to the Department. As such, it is the public portal through which the department carries out its mission. Unfortunately the current website is no longer adequate to meet the Department’s rapidly changing needs, and thus needs to be aggressively modernized. The modernization project has extremely tight deadlines and must get the results of the focus groups by August 30, 2010 and the results of usability testing by September 27, 2010. This ensures adequate time to incorporate user feedback before the scheduled ready to launch date of October 15, 2010. These deadlines prevent the Department from being able to reasonably comply with the requirement to publish a 60-day notice for comment in the Federal Register. The Department needs to know whether this one time collection of information is approved no later than August 20, 2010 in order to stay within schedule.

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Authorizing Statute(s): None

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Treasury Website Survey - Focus Group
Treasury Website Survey - Usability

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	132	0	0	132	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	220	0	0	220	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new collection.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government:

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 08/06/2010

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