ITA Readuy Applicant Pool Submission Request

Request for Approval under the

“Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback”

OMB Control No. 0690-0030

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: APPLICATION FOR THE READY APPLICANT POOL

PURPOSE: To collect contact and market information about representatives of the U.S. business community interested in receiving information directly from the International Trade Administration on Department of Commerce trade missions that align with their products, services, technology, sectors, target markets or goals.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Potential respondents will come from the U.S. business community. The U.S. business community consists of corporations, partnerships, and other business associations created under the laws of the United States or of any state; U.S. citizens; a state or local economic development or international trade office or agency; trade associations and other non-profit organizations that represent a sector or sectors of the U.S. economy; university competitiveness programs; and any other U.S. entity seeking to promote United States business interests abroad.

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)

[ ] Customer Comment Card/Complaint Form [ ] Customer Satisfaction Survey

[ ] Usability Testing (e.g., Website or Software [ ] Small Discussion Group

[ ] Focus Group [x] Other: Application for a program to receive information directly from the Department about trade missions of interest to the applicant.

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

2. The collection is low-burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

4. The results are not intended to be disseminated to the public.

5. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions.

6. The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future.

Name: ________________Frank Spector________________________________

To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:

Personally Identifiable Information:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ x ] Yes [ ] No

2. If Yes, will any information that is collected be included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ ] Yes [ x ] No

3. If Yes, has an up-to-date System of Records Notice (SORN) been published? [ ] Yes [ ] No

Gifts or Payments:

Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [ x ] No

BURDEN HOURS

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	Participation Time	Burden Hours
U.S. Business Community	50	20 minutes	17 hrs./yr.
Totals

Ongoing collection? Yes___ or No_x__

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is ____$0________

If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:

The selection of your targeted respondents

1. Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [x ] Yes [ ] No

Listed above in Description of Respondents

If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them?

Administration of the Instrument

1. How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[x ] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Other, Explain

2. Will interviewers or facilitators be used? [ ] Yes [x] No

OMB Control No. 0690-0030

Expiration Date: 06/30/2017 and

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