Justification for FFR Burden Increase

U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
633 3rd St. NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20001

September 29, 2023
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is requesting a non-substantive change review
process for our previously approved EAC-Federal Financial Report (EAC-FFR). Details on the
prior approval for the EAC-FFR are below:
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Approval Date: 04/01/2022
Document ID: EAC/3265-0022
Previous ROCIS # // RCF ID: 202203-3265-005

The purpose of this non-substantive change request is to update the reporting burden based on a
new reporting schedule for one grant funding stream and based on the additional of a new
discretionary grant with two programs, the Help America Vote College Program (HAVCP). A
table breaking down the change in reporting burden from what was approved through our
previous request is included below:
Program
Name
101
251
Election
Security
HAVCP
Poll
Worker
Program
HAVCP
Mini-Grant
Program
TOTAL

Previously
Approved
Responses
per Year
2
2
2

New
Request for
Responses
per Year
2
2
4

Change in
Responses
per Year

Total
Number of
Respondents

Annual
Burden
Hours

13
30
56

Average
Burden
per
Response
.5 Hours
.5 Hours
.5 Hours

0
0
2

0

2

2

20

.5 Hours

20 Hours

0

1

1

20

.5 Hours

10 Hours

13 Hours
30 Hours
112 Hours

185 Hours

The estimated cost of the annualized cost of this burden is: $4,460.35, which is calculated by
taking the annualized burden (185 hours) and multiplying by an hourly rate of $24.11 (GS-8/Step
5 hourly basic rate).