Justification Memo - OMBudsman Survey

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

550 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20429-9990

550 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20429-9990

January 26, 2017

 

Memorandum to:        Shagufta Ahmed

                                    Policy Analyst 

                                    Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

                                    Office of Management and Budget

 

From:                Manuel E. Cabeza

Counsel

                                    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

 

RE: FDIC Office of the Ombudsman Survey

Under the generic clearance entitled, “Information Collection for Qualitative Research” (3064-0198), the FDIC hereby submits for OMB review the generic survey “FDIC Office of the Ombudsman Survey.” This survey will be transmitted to each senior bank executive who is contacted by a Regional Ombudsman as part of the Office’s banker outreach initiative. The survey will be sent electronically the week after the outreach visit is conducted to gauge banker awareness of the Office of the Ombudsman and the effectiveness of the contact, as well as to solicit feedback for possible improvements.

Bankers will be asked to identify if they were aware of the Office of the Ombudsman prior to being contacted, and if so, how they became aware; to rate the effectiveness of the Office of the Ombudsman representative in relation to various metrics; to indicate if they have used the services of the Office of the Ombudsman since being contacted by the representative and the effectiveness of that assistance; to indicate if the services of the Office of the Ombudsman would be used in the future if the need arose; and to provide any areas for improvement.

The FDIC estimates that there will be approximately 120 responses per quarter based on the Office of the Ombudsman’s outreach goals.

Annual Estimated Number of respondents: 480

Estimated Time per response: 10 minutes

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 80 hours

Total estimated burden for the annual collection of this information is 80 hours.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for your consideration.