Businessd R&D and Innovation Survey

BRD-L4(S)
(MM-2015)

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Attachment A8

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20233-0001

Dear BRDIS contact:
We have not received your response to the 2015 Business R&D and Innovation Survey that
we sent to you in late January. Your response was due 30 days from receipt. Your company’s
report is now past due.
This survey is mandatory and confidential. Title 13, United States Code, Sections 8(b),
131, and 182, and Title 42, United States Code, Sections 1861-76 (National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended) authorize the collection of information in this survey.
Title 13, United States Code, Sections 224 and 225 makes your response mandatory. Title
13, United States Code, Section 9 also protects the confidentiality for all of your company’s
information. Only persons sworn to protect Title 13 information may see your responses.

You can file your survey online through the Census Bureau’s Business Help Site:
https://econhelp.census.gov/brdscr. Your User ID and Password are located on the front page
of the questionnaire booklet. Alternatively, you may return your completed questionnaire in the
enclosed envelope.
Your prompt response is greatly appreciated. Please don’t hesitate to call us at
1-800-772-7851, option ‘5’ between 8:00 am and 4:45 pm Eastern time, Monday through
Friday, if you have any questions or would like to request a time extension.

If you have already submitted your company’s response, please disregard this reminder.
Sincerely,

Kimberly P. Moore
Chief, Economic Reimbursable Surveys Division
U.S. Census Bureau

The Business R&D and Innovation Survey is conducted under a joint partnership
agreement between the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Census Bureau.

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