Research Regulatory Oversight Memo

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1200

HEALTH AFFAIRS

June 2, 2014
Ms. Lisa Davis
Survey Statistician
DMDC:HRSAP
Re: DMDC Review of 2014 Post-Election Voting Survey of Local Election Officials (LEOs) for OMB
Approval
Dear Ms. Davis,
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) Research Regulatory
Oversight Office has reviewed the material submitted for the above referenced study.
Department of Defense Instruction 3216.02 describes the following as an activity that is not
research involving human subjects: "Activities, including program evaluation, customer
satisfaction surveys, user surveys, outcome reviews, and other methods, designed solely to assess
the performance of DoD programs where the results of the evaluation are only for the use of
Government officials responsible for the operation or oversight of the program being evaluated
and are not intended for generalized use beyond such program."
Your activity fits this description and, therefore, is not research involving human subjects.
Please submit any modification to the study to me prior to implementation as this may affect the
human subject status of the activity.
Please keep a copy of this letter in your records and include a copy in the package provided to
your Information Management Control Officer for submission to the DoD Clearance Officer.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me: R2O2@dha.mil.

RITTER.BRANDI.A
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MAJ Brandi Ritter, USAF
Deputy Program Director
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
(Personnel & Readiness)
Research Regulatory Oversight Office
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Date: 2014.06.03 10:01:20 -04'00'