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Appendix B.13 Thank-You Email to Study Participants

From: 2M Study Team

To: State SNAP Director

Subject: Thank you for your participation in the How States Safeguard SNAP Participants’ Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Study

On behalf of the 2M Research study team, I want to thank you for your time and effort through your participation in the How States Safeguard SNAP Participants’ Personally Identifiable Information (PII) study.

Findings from this study will allow the Food and Nutrition Service to gain knowledge and share information with State agencies (SAs) regarding ways they can improve how they safeguard SNAP participants’ PII. Information collected from this study will provide insight on innovative and cost-effective practices for protecting PII. The study will also describe the various challenges SAs face in their efforts to maintain PII protection and how they reacted to these challenges. With increased understanding of both challenges and strategies for overcoming them, future policies and regulations can better support SAs in maintaining adequate protection of PII.

Thank you,

Sincerely,

[2M Team Member]

[2M Team Member contact information]

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0584-XXXX. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 3 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information

OMB Number: 0584-#### 1231981BF0081 | Appendix G-i

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