OSC SURVEY: Prohibited Personnel Practice (PPP), Hatch Act Advisory Opinion (HA), USERRA

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Survey screen captures.9.10.12.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-10-09	Available
Supporting Statement B.9.10.12.lettered.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2012-10-09	Available
Supporting_Statement_A_for_OSC_Survey_with edits.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2012-10-15	Available

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
35838	OSC SURVEY: Prohibited Personnel Practice (PPP), Hatch Act Advisory Opinion (HA), USERRA		Removed
204502	OSC Customer Service Survey	Other-Survey	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 3255-0003	ICR Reference No: 201206-3255-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201003-3255-003
Agency/Subagency: OSC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: OSC SURVEY: Prohibited Personnel Practice (PPP), Hatch Act Advisory Opinion (HA), USERRA
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/31/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/18/2012
Terms of Clearance: There is no revision to this collection. It should have been submitted as an extension without change to a currently approved collection. OSC is approved for this collection with the following terms of clearance: When presenting any results in any form, OSC must provide a strong caveat about interpreting findings. Due to the low response rate and lack of geographic diversity among respondents, these results are not generalizeable and should not be considered nationally representative estimates. For the future, OSC should consider ways to improve response rates and measure nonresponse bias in order to measure the representativeness of the survey and thereby increase its utility.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2015	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2013
Responses	920	0	600
Time Burden (Hours)	307	0	109
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: This electronic form is used to meet the statutory requirement for OSC to conduct an annual survey to determine appraisal of rights, success at OSC or MSPB, and satisfaction with treatment at OSC. Here we are requesting, with no changes, a three year renewal of the electronic form. In the future, we hope to add a section to the survey to cover Whistleblower Disclosure closed cases.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 5 USC 1212 Name of Law: Government Organization and Employees
  

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
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 22614	04/16/2012
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 14726	06/18/2012
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
OSC Customer Service Survey
OSC SURVEY: Prohibited Personnel Practice (PPP), Hatch Act Advisory Opinion (HA), USERRA

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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	920	600	0	0	320	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	307	109	0	0	198	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Although the percentage of respondents to the Annual Survey has remained the same, when we switched from a paper survey to an all-electronic survey, the actual number of participants went down. However, from year to year, the number is stable at 311, or 312. The burden change was made to be 20 minutes per survey respondent.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $25,700

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? Yes

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: 06/18/2012

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