Information Collection

ECON - Cognitive Interviewing for the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS)

IC 273808 under ICR 202508-0607-002 · OMB 0607-0725.

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Documents and Forms

Documents and forms in this information collection
Document Name	Document Type
Form 1 ECON - Cognitive Interviewing for the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS)	Form and Instruction
Form 1 AI Supplement ECON - Cognitive Interviewing for the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS)	Form and Instruction
1 AI Supplement Attachment B 2025 BTOS AI Supplement Question Wording 12.23.24 revised 1.17.25.docx	Form and Instruction
1 AI Supplement Attachment B 2025 BTOS AI Supplement Question Wording 12.23.24 revised 1.17.25.docx	Form and Instruction
OMB generic clearance request 2025 BTOS AI Supplement Cognitive Research 12.23.24.docx OMB Memo	IC Document
OMB generic clearance request 2025 BTOS AI Supplement Cognitive Research 12.23.24.docx OMB Memo	IC Document
Attachment A 2025 BTOS AI Supplement Cognitive Interviewing Protocol 12.23.24.docx Cognitive Interviewing Protocol	IC Document
Attachment A 2025 BTOS AI Supplement Cognitive Interviewing Protocol 12.23.24.docx Cognitive Interviewing Protocol	IC Document
Attachment C BTOS 2025 BTOS AI Supplement Consent Form 12.23.24.docx Consent Form	IC Document
Attachment C BTOS 2025 BTOS AI Supplement Consent Form 12.23.24.docx Consent Form	IC Document
Recruitment email_BTOS WFH_clean_01072025.docx Recruitment Email	IC Document
Recruitment email_BTOS WFH_clean_01072025.docx Recruitment Email	IC Document
BTOS Urgent Review Request.docx Urgent Review Request	IC Document
BTOS Urgent Review Request.docx Urgent Review Request	IC Document

IC Title:

ECON - Cognitive Interviewing for the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS)

Agency IC Tracking Number:

IC Status: Unchanged

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary

CFR Citation:

Information Collection Instruments:

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Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	1				No		Fillable Fileable

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Central Records & Statistical Mgt

Privacy Act System of Records

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FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 30

Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Private Sector

Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 0 %

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	Requested	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	30	30
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	27	27
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Documents for IC

table that charts IC Documents
Title	Document	Date Uploaded
OMB Memo		01/22/2025
Cognitive Interviewing Protocol		01/22/2025
Consent Form		01/22/2025
Recruitment Email		01/22/2025
Urgent Review Request		03/31/2025

Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.

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