Form EIA-851A&Q Invitation Letter

February xx, 2020

Dear «Name»,

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is conducting a cognitive research project with respondents that report on Form EIA-851 Domestic Uranium Production Report. EIA is interested in collecting feedback on the amount of time and effort it takes you to complete this quarterly and annual survey. Additionally, EIA is considering changing its data protection pledge from protecting information under the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) to either no protection or protecting information using exemptions recognized under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Currently, most of the detailed data reported on Form EIA-851 is withheld because of the small number of respondents reporting on this survey. EIA is proposing this change to improve the practical utility of the information reported and to meet the demands of data users.

 

Participation in this research is voluntary. We will be conducting telephone interviews between the dates of XX/XX – XX/XX. The interview will take approximately 30 minutes. Your opinions are important to us and we look forward to your feedback. If you would like to participate in an interview, please use the following link below to set up a date and time that works best with your schedule calendly.com/XXXX.

Your comments and responses are protected as confidential information. The report will not be publicly released and will not contain any identifiable information about your company. Please contact Gerson Morales on my staff at (202) 586-7077, or by email at [email protected] if you have any questions with this research project.

S incerely yours,

Thomas Leckey, Director

Office of Statistical Methods & Research

U.S. Energy Information Administration

1000 Independence Avenue SW

Washington, DC 20585