Appendix F - Time and Cost Burden Estimates

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Overview

Respondents
Federal Government Costs

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Sheet 1: Respondents

Instrument	Population	Total Population	Estimated response rate	Predicted responses	Target responses	Burden hour per response	Total burden hours	Hourly cost per respondent	Total cost for population
Survey	Grantees (Cohorts 2 and 3)	74	75%	56	56	0.50	27.8	$28.12	$780.33
	Nonapplicants	300	50%	150	150	0.08	12.5	$28.12	$350.09
Interview	Applicants (2014-2019)	26	60%	16	5	1.00	5.0	$28.12	$140.60
	Grantees: pre-2014 (cohort 1)	27	50%	14	5	1.00	5.0	$28.12	$140.60
	Grantees: 2014-2019 (cohort 2)	42	90%	38	20	1.00	20.0	$28.12	$562.40
	Grantees: long-term (cohort 3)	32	90%	29	8	1.00	8.0	$28.12	$224.96
	Funders	8	75%	6	4	1.00	4.0	$59.56	$238.24
	IMLS staff	3	100%	3	3	1.00	3.0	N/A	N/A
	Other key stakeholders	20	75%	15	5	1.00	5.0	$28.12	$140.60
	TOTAL	532			256		90.20		$2,577.82
	Note: Total population for nonapplicants, funders, and other key stakeholders are estimates.
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Sheet 2: Federal Government Costs

Federal Government Cost Estimates
Description	Time	Cost
Third-Party Independent Evaluation1	16 months	$227,317
IMLS Staff Salaries2	693 hours	$48,447
Total		$275,764
1 One-time, awarded contract to Urban Institute for conducting the independent evaluation
2 Estimate based on time and salary aggregations of participating IMLS employees