fast track for NCBI Homepage survey

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback” (OMB#: 0925-0648, exp. date 6/30/2024)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: NCBI Homepage Survey

PURPOSE:

The NCBI website team is working on a new design for the main NCBI site, including the NCBI homepage. The purpose of this survey is to collect feedback from the current NCBI homepage from our users, to understand why they go to the homepage, and to learn what they do when they get there.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS:

Survey respondents will be members of the public and NCBI/NLM staff visiting the NCBI homepage.

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: Barton Trawick, 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 [ X ] No

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

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 or Households	1000	1	4/60	67
Totals		1000		67

COST TO RESPONDENT

Category of Respondent	Total Burden Hours	Wage Rate*	Total Burden Cost
Individuals or Households	67	$27.07	$1,813.69
Totals			$1,813.69

*The General Public wage rate (Mean wage rate for “All Occupations”) was obtained from May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (bls.gov).

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is: $1,388.68

Staff	Grade/Step	Salary	% of Effort	Fringe (if applicable)	Total Cost to Gov’t
Federal Oversight
Staff scientist	13/10	$138,868	1%		$1,388.68
Contractor Cost					N/A
Travel					N/A
Other Cost					N/A
Total					$1,388.68

*The Salary in table above is cited from https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2022/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?

Survey respondents will be users who visit the NCBI homepage (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/). Our survey tool will select a random sample of both desktop and mobile users and pop-up an invite to take the survey.

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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