“Ask CHIPS” Information Collection

The CHIPS Incentives Program is authorized by Title XCIX—Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283, referred to as the CHIPS Act or Act), as amended by the CHIPS Act of 2022 (Division A of Pub. L. 117-167). The CHIPS Incentives Program is administered by the CHIPS Program Office (CPO) within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the United States Department of Commerce (Department). Due to the scope of incentives being offered under the CHIPS Act, customers will have a multitude of questions varying greatly across the spectrum of what the program has to offer. Implementing this customer relationship management (CRM) and associated engagement request form is a critical tool to ease the burden of customers interested in participating in the program. Educating customers on the incentive types available, as well as the associated processes and deadlines to apply for these incentives will be instrumental to the success of the program while making the customer experience as burdenless as possible. The engagement request form provides a streamlined method of requesting the desired engagement type (e.g., meeting, keynote, webinar, etc.) and providing relevant details for the request (e.g., preferred date, location, expected discussion topics, etc.). Making this form available simplifies capturing all the necessary information to schedule the engagement, thereby reducing the burden on the customer. In addition, the structured data provided by the form facilitates more efficient processing of the requests by the CHIPS program to schedule these engagements.

The latest form for “Ask CHIPS” Information Collection expires 2029-10-31 and is listed under ICR 202608-0693-002.

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