fast track Questionnaire for assessing the needs to innovate, build, modify and fix laboratory tools & equipment

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: Questionnaire for assessing the needs to innovate, build, modify and fix laboratory tools & equipment

PURPOSE: This questionnaire is intended to be distributed to intramural scientist within NIEHS to assess the current status of the mechanical and electrical workshops and also to measure enthusiasm for replacing these workshops with a self-service ‘Makerspace’ or ‘Fabrication Lab’

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: This questionnaire is intended to be distributed to intramural scientist within NIEHS. Specifically, IRTA & Fellows, using the NIEHS Trainees Assembly (NTA) distribution email list.

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: Usability Study

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

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

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

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

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

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.

Name: Gary Bird, PhD.

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

3. If Applicable, has a System or Records Notice been published? [ ] Yes [ ] No

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

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent	Time per Response (in hours)	Total Burden Hours
IRTA & Fellows (NTA)	200	1	5/60	17
Totals	200	200		17

Category of Respondent	Total Burden Hours	Hourly Wage Rate*	Total Burden Cost
IRTA & Fellows (members of NTA)	17	$54.58	$927.86
Totals			$927.86

*bls.gov: https://www.bls.gov/oes/2017/may/oes191099.htm

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is

Staff	Grade/Step	Salary*	% of Effort	Fringe (if applicable)	Total Cost to Gov’t
Federal Oversight
Staff Scientist	Title 42(g), Tier 2	164,200	0.001	0	164.20
Contractor Cost
Travel					0
Other Cost					0
Total					164.20

*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)

[X] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Other, Explain

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

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