Appendix G Table of Estimated Burdens

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Overview

Burden Table
Table A2. Cost to Respondents

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Sheet 1: Burden Table

	Appendix G. Table of Estimated Burdens
					Responsive					Non-Responsive					All
State / Local Government	Type of respondents	Type of survey instruments	Appendix	Sample Size	Number of respondents	Frequency of response	Total Annual responses	Hours per response	Annual burden (hours)	Number of Non-respondents	Frequency of response	Total Annual responses	Hours per response	Annual burden (hours)	Total Annual hour burden
	CN Directors	Hard copy pre-test	N/A	3	3	1	3	3	9	0	1	0	0.50	0	9.00
	CN Directors	Web-based Survey	C	55	55	1	55	2	110	0	1	0	0.08	0	110.00
	CN Directors	Invitation Letter	B2	55	22	1	22	0.05	1.1	33	1	33	0.03	1.1	2.20
	CN Directors	Follow-up email*	B3	33	13	1	13	0.05	0.65	20	1	20	0.03	0.666666666666667	1.32
	CN Directors	Reminder Email - Week 2*	B3.1	20	8	1	8	0.05	0.4	12	1	12	0.03	0.4	0.80
	CN Directors	Reminder Email - Week 4*	B3.1	12	5	1	5	0.05	0.25	7	1	7	0.03	0.233333333333333	0.48
	CN Directors	Reminder Email - Week 6*	B3.1	7	3	1	3	0.05	0.15	4	1	4	0.03	0.133333333333333	0.28
	CN Directors	Telephone Reminder - Week 7*	B4.1	4	2	1	2	0.083	0.167	2	1	2	0.03	0.066666666666667	0.23
	CN Directors	Telephone Reminder - Week 8*	B4.1	2	2	1	2	0.083	0.167	0	1	0	0.03	0	0.17
	CN Directors	Thank You Letter	B5	55	55	1	55	0.05	2.75	0	0	0	0.03	0	2.75
	CN Directors	Email Notification & FAQ	B6	55	55	1	55	0.5	27.5	0	0	0	0.03	0	27.50
	SFA Directors	Hard copy pre-test	N/A	6	5	1	5	3	15	1	1	1	0.50	0.5	15.50
	SFA Directors	Web-based Survey	D	2,188	1,750	1	1,750	2	3,500	438	1	438	0.083	36.50	3,536.50
	SFA Directors	Invitation Letter	B7	2,188	656	1	656	0.05	32.80	1,532	1	1,532	0.03	51	83.87
	SFA Directors	Follow-up email**	B8	1,532	383	1	383	0.05	19.15	1,149	1	1,149	0.03	38	57.45
	SFA Directors	Reminder Email - Week 2**	B8.1	1,149	287	1	287	0.05	14.35	862	1	862	0.03	29	43.08
	SFA Directors	Reminder Email - Week 5**	B8.1	862	129	1	129	0.05	6.45	733	1	733	0.03	24	30.88
	SFA Directors	Reminder Email - Week 7**	B8.1	733	110	1	110	0.05	5.50	623	1	623	0.03	21	26.27
	SFA Directors	Telephone Reminder - Week 8**	B8.2	623	93	1	93	0.083	7.75	530	1	530	0.03	18	25.42
	SFA Directors	Telephone Reminder - Week 9**	B8.2	530	53	1	53	0.083	4.42	477	1	477	0.03	16	20.32
	SFA Directors	Telephone Reminder - Week 10**	B8.2	477	39	1	39	0.083	3.25	438	1	438	0.03	15	17.85
	SFA Directors	Thank You Letter	B9	1,750	1,750	1	1,750	0.05	87.50	0	0	0	0.03	0	87.50
	TOTAL			2,252	1,813	3.02	5,478	0.703	3,848.30	1,566	4.38	6,861	0.037	251.07	4,099.37
	*Based on 40 percent response rate for email and telephone reminders until target of 55 respondents are reached. ** Based on declining response rates on subsequent contacts until target of 1,750 respondents is reached. Initial response rate is 30%. Note: Appendix B1 is an email to FNS Regional Offices (not State or Local governments) and therefore has no burden.

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Sheet 2: Table A2. Cost to Respondents

Type of respondents	Type of survey instruments	Total Annual hour burden	Hourly Wage	Respondent Cost
CN Directors	Hard copy pre-test	9.00	$53.47	$481.23
CN Directors	Web-based Survey	110.00	$53.47	$5,881.70
CN Directors	Invitation Letter	2.20	$53.47	$117.63
CN Directors	Follow-up email	1.32	$53.47	$70.40
CN Directors	Reminder Email - Week 2	0.80	$53.47	$42.78
CN Directors	Reminder Email - Week 4	0.48	$53.47	$25.84
CN Directors	Reminder Email - Week 6	0.28	$53.47	$15.15
CN Directors	Telephone Script - Week 7	0.23	$53.47	$12.48
CN Directors	Telephone Script - Week 8	0.17	$53.47	$8.91
CN Directors	Thank You Letter	2.75	$53.47	$147.04
CN Directors	Email Notification & FAQ	27.50	$53.47	$1,470.43
SFA Directors	Hard copy pre-test	15.50	$25.79	$399.75
SFA Directors	Web-based Survey	3,536.50	$25.79	$91,206.34
SFA Directors	Invitation Letter	83.87	$25.79	$2,162.92
SFA Directors	Follow-up email	57.45	$25.79	$1,481.64
SFA Directors	Reminder Email - Week 2	43.08	$25.79	$1,111.12
SFA Directors	Reminder Email - Week 5	30.88	$25.79	$796.48
SFA Directors	Reminder Email - Week 7	26.27	$25.79	$677.42
SFA Directors	Telephone Script - Week 8	25.42	$25.79	$655.50
SFA Directors	Telephone Script - Week 9	20.32	$25.79	$523.97
SFA Directors	Telephone Script - Week 10	17.85	$25.79	$460.35
SFA Directors	Thank You Letter	87.50	$25.79	$2,256.63
Total		4,099.37		$110,005.69