2017 PRA Testing

COS-L1

(2-6-2017)

A Message from the Director, U.S. Census Bureau:

We are requesting your cooperation with the 2016 Report of Organization. This survey is used to update the Census Bureau’s list of businesses, and provides key source data for the County Business Patterns program and other statistical series. Companies, business analysts, and trade associations use this information in planning investments, production, and marketing.

Website:

Authentication Code:

Due Date:

Contact:

1. Sign in OR register at the website above.

1. Add your authentication code.

3. Report by clicking on “REPORT NOW.” You can return to your account over multiple sessions to complete.

YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW and will be kept strictly CONFIDENTIAL. We estimate the time to complete this survey varies from 30 minutes for the smallest companies to 25 hours for the largest companies, with an average of 3 hours 24 minutes. Additional information about the authority, confidentiality, and burden of this data collection can be found on the back of this letter.

For assistance with completing this survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account or call our toll-free customer help line at 1-844-303-7713, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau measure America’s people, places, and economy. Your response makes a difference.

Sincerely,

John H. Thompson

Director

U.S. Census Bureau

OMB Number

This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit OMB approval number is 0607-0444 and appears in the upper right corner of each reporting screen. Without this approval, we could not conduct this survey.

Authority and Confidentiality

Title 13 United States Code, Sections 131 and 182, authorizes this collection. Sections 224 and 225 require your response. The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Section 9 of the same law to keep your information confidential and can use your responses only to produce statistics. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your business, organization, or institution. Disclosure of this information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. Section 552a) to be shared among Census Bureau staff for work-related purposes. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all of the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Record Notice titled “COMMERCE/CENSUS-4, Economic Survey Collection.” Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data.

Burden Estimate Statement

We estimate the time to complete this survey varies from 30 minutes for the smallest companies to 25 hours for the largest companies, with an average of 3 hours 24 minutes, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to:

ESMD Survey Comments 0607-0444

U.S. Census Bureau

4600 Silver Hill Road

Room ESMD-5H160

Washington, DC 20233

You may email comments to [email protected]. Be sure to use “ESMD Survey Comments 0607-0444” as the subject.