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Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback” (OMB#: 0925-0648 Exp., date: 05/2021)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Special OLAW Webinar: “Pandemic Contingency Planning and Its Impact on Animal Care” to be held March 19, 2020

PURPOSE: The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Guide) requires that institutions develop disaster plans that take into account both the well-being of animals and consideration of personnel during unexpected events that may compromise ongoing animal care. This includes contingency planning for pandemics such as the current outbreak of COVID-19.  This webinar “Pandemic Contingency Planning and Its Impact on Animal Care” will provide guidance on how your institutions can prepare for a pandemic that may impact their animal care and use program. 

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS:

Responses are voluntary responses by attendees of the live webinar. Questions and interactions with the audience is part of an active learning pedagogical methodology used to improve adult learning by stimulating interest. Attendees generally include personnel from PHS/NSF/HHS Assured institutions and USDA regulated research facilities.

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)

[ ] Customer Comment Card/Complaint Form [ ] Customer Satisfaction Survey

[ ] Usability Testing (e.g., Website or Software [ ] Small Discussion Group

[ ] Focus Group [ X] Other: Web Polling

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary. True

2. The collection is low-burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government. True

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies. True

4. The results are not intended to be disseminated to the public True

5. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions. True

6. The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future. True

Name: Neera Gopee 301-594-3657, [email protected]

To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:

Personally Identifiable Information:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ ] Yes [ X] No

2. If Yes, is the information that will be collected included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ ] Yes [ ] No Not applicable

3. If Applicable, has a System or Records Notice been published? [ ] Yes [ ] No Not applicable

Gifts or Payments:

Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [ X ] No

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS and COSTS

Private sector	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent	Time per Response (in hours)	Total Burden Hours
Live webinar participant	300	1	1/60	5
Totals		300		5 hours

Category of Respondent	Total Burden Hours	Hourly Wage Rate*	Total Burden Cost
Private Sector	5	$27.60	$138
Totals	5		$138

****Bls.gov Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018 https://www.bls.gov/oes/2018/may/oes_nat.htm#19-0000

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is 0.00 This is part of a webinar we offer regardless, and the software already purchased and licensed as part of our webinar suite of applications

Staff	Grade/Step	Salary*	% of Effort	Fringe (if applicable)	Total Cost to Gov’t
Federal Oversight
Program Analyst	14/7	$140,632	1%		$1,406.32
Contractor Cost
Travel
Other Cost
Total					$1,406.32

*the Salary in table above is cited from https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2018/DCB.pdf

If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:

The selection of your targeted respondents

1. Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [ ] Yes [ X] No

If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them?

Administration of the Instrument

1. How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[ ] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[X ] Other, Web polling which allows participants to communicate responses via the Internet, typically by completing a questionnaire in a web page.

2. Will interviewers or facilitators be used? [ ] Yes [ X] No

Please make sure that all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.

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