Fast Track Request_Sub-study #1_TCGA

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback” (OMB Control Number: 0925-0642-01)

T ITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION:

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Data User Platform Survey

PURPOSE:

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) program is part of the Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives in the NCI Office of the Director (NCI/OD/CSSI/TCGA). The TCGA program wants to ascertain which computing platform data user customers of raw TCGA data are using. The data is currently stored in the cancer genome data repository known as CgHub.

This information is important because TCGA will build and tailor tools to help these researchers/data users access the data stored in CgHub which has been compiled at great expense of tax dollars. This information collection involves the assessment of the TCGA customer’s preferences with regard to a future product/service.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS:

220 academic researchers who use TCGA data.

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)

[ ] Customer Comment Card/Complaint Form [ ] Customer Satisfaction Survey

[ ] Usability Testing (e.g., Website or Software [ ] Small Discussion Group

[ ] Focus Group [x ] Other: __micro-survey_______

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

2. The collection is low-burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

4. The results are not intended to be disseminated to the public.

5. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions.

6. The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future.

Name:__Nina Goodman/Li Gwatkin__________________________________________

To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:

Personally Identifiable Information:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ ] Yes [x] No

2. If Yes, will any information that is collected be included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ ] Yes [ ] No

3. If Yes, has an up-to-date System of Records Notice (SORN) been published? [ ] Yes [ ] No

Gifts or Payments:

Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [ x ] No

BURDEN HOURS

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	Participation Time Minutes/Hour	Burden
Researcher/data user	220	1/60 (0.167)	4
Totals	220		4

Total Burden Hours used for IC’s to date: 0

Total Burden Hours Approved for IC’s under 0925-0642: 8750

Total Burden Hours currently requested: 4

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $1,150.

If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:

The selection of your targeted respondents

1. Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [x ] Yes [ ] No

If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them?

Listserv of 220 TCGA researcher/data users. All users will be surveyed. The listserv is maintained by the TCGA Data Access Control Committee, which sits in the Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives in the NCI Office of the Director (NCI/OD/CSSI/TCGA). They receive an individual’s email when that user wants to get Controlled Data Access.

Administration of the Instrument

1. How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[ x ] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Other, Explain

2. Will interviewers or facilitators be used? [ ] Yes [ x ] No

List of instruments, instructions, and scripts submitted with this request:

Attachment 1A: Cover Email and Survey

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