Treasury Website Usability Survey

ICR 201008-1505-003

OMB: 1505-0226

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1505-0226 201008-1505-003
Historical Active
TREAS/DO
Treasury Website Usability Survey
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Emergency 08/20/2010
Approved with change 10/12/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 08/06/2010
Among other changes, agency modified survey to reflect OMB guidelines on race and ethnicity. OMB recommends that the agency ensure any future survey collection submissions that collect information on race and ethnicity meet OMB guidelines.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
04/30/2011 6 Months From Approved
132 0 0
220 0 0
0 0 0

The Department is undergoing a modernization effort to create a new, fresh, meaningful, scalable and useful Treasury.gov site that is designed for optimal constituent use. This new design will support the communications and publishing requirements of Treasury; support the strategic initiatives of Treasury; enable transparency (Open Government OMB Directive M-10-06) and increased access to Treasury resources and assets; and be user-centric and task-based. This modernization effort also includes refreshing the Department’s initiative sites of FinancialStability.gov and MakingHomeAffordable.gov. To ensure that the revised sites deploy features that are more advanced and user-friendly, Treasury recommends that a series of usability testing and focus groups be conducted among current and intended users of the websites including the general public, businesses, academia, etc..
The Department of the Treasury is requesting emergency processing of a submission of collection of information in order to conduct usability testing and focus groups to support the modernization of the Department’s websites Treasury.gov, FinancialStability.gov, and MakingHomeAffordable.gov. Treasury’s web site is the authoritative gateway for up-to-date information and data related to the Department. As such, it is the public portal through which the department carries out its mission. Unfortunately the current website is no longer adequate to meet the Department’s rapidly changing needs, and thus needs to be aggressively modernized. The modernization project has extremely tight deadlines and must get the results of the focus groups by August 30, 2010 and the results of usability testing by September 27, 2010. This ensures adequate time to incorporate user feedback before the scheduled ready to launch date of October 15, 2010. These deadlines prevent the Department from being able to reasonably comply with the requirement to publish a 60-day notice for comment in the Federal Register. The Department needs to know whether this one time collection of information is approved no later than August 20, 2010 in order to stay within schedule.

None
None

Not associated with rulemaking

No

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IC Title Form No. Form Name
Treasury Website Survey - Focus Group
Treasury Website Survey - Usability

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 132 0 0 132 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 220 0 0 220 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
This is a new collection.

Yes Part B of Supporting Statement
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Edward Borrego 202 622-6929

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
08/06/2010


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