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Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery (NIH)

Fast track 2020 NIH Virtual Regional Seminar

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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)


TShape1 ITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION:
2020 NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration Overall Feedback Form


PURPOSE:


We are seeking feedback on attendee experience at the NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration, to be held on Oct 27-Oct 30, 2020. The feedback is used to tailor the seminar program and approach to delivery for future seminars.



DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS:


Respondents will be researchers, research administrators, grant writers, students, and others who attend the virtual seminar.



TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)


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

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

[ ] Focus Group [ ] Other: ______________________


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:_Megan Columbus, Director, Division of Communications and Outreach , NIH Office of Extramural Research


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 [X ] No

  3. If Applicable, has a System or Records Notice been published? [ ] Yes [ X ] 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

Individuals/households

1500

1

5/60

125






Totals


1500


125


COST TO RESPONDENT


Category of Respondent


Total Burden

Hours

Hourly Wage Rate*

Total Burden Cost

Researcher

750

$61

45,750

Research administrator

750

$25

18,750

Totals



64,500

*Cite source per bls.gov if applicable https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151221.htm and https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes194061.htm



FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is: $523.00


Staff


Grade/Step

Salary*

% of Effort

Fringe (if applicable)

Total Cost to Gov’t

Federal Oversight






Outreach specialist

14/4

$126,049

.25%


315

Web team support

12/1

$83,398

.25%


208







Contractor Cost












Travel






Other Cost












Total





$523

*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? [x ] Yes [ ] 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?


The feedback opportunity will be available to all attendees (~10,000). Based on historical numbers, only a small subset of attendees are expected to respond.



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

  1. 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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