Fast Track Request

Request for a New Survey Submission under the “FBI Training Generic Clearance”.

(OMB Control Number: 1110-0076)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: FBI National Level 1 Evaluation: Student Course Questionnaire, FBI National Academy General Remarks Questionnaire

This collection will gather feedback from the FBI training programs to ensure the training is realistic and relevant to today’s law enforcement partners.

• FBI Academy

• Law Enforcement Education

• Law Enforcement Training

• Training Programs

PURPOSE:

Query the NA students and collect feedback in an ongoing effort to update and further provide law enforcement partners with the most current topic trends.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS:

Target group will be the law enforcement officers who attend each individual NA session.

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: Training Questionnaire _

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: __Kevin Furtick, Unit Chief___________________________________________

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

Personally Identifiable Information:

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

Note: for any privacy related questions regarding your collection, please contact your component’s Senior Component Official for Privacy or the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties.

Gifts or Payments:

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

If answering yes, you will also need to describe the incentive and provide a justification for the amount.

BURDEN HOURS:

In the provided table, list the following information in each row for the type or respondent for the collection and provide total figures at the bottom for the number of respondents, participation time, and burden.

• Category of respondent – Provide the type or category of individual who will respond to your collection from the following list:

  • Individuals or Household

  • Private Sector

  • State, Local, or Tribal Governments

  • Federal Government

• Number of Respondents – Estimate of the total number of respondents by type/category.

• Participation Time – Estimate of the total amount of time (in minutes) required for participation in a collection by type/category of respondents (e.g. fill out a survey or participate in a focus group).

• Burden – Estimate of the annual burden hours by type/category or respondents.

  • To determine this estimate, multiply the number of respondents by the participation time and divide that figure by 60.

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	Participation Time	Burden
National Academy Students – Local, State, Federal, Military and International - Level 1 Questionnaire	Approx. 1,100 (275 per session)	10 mins per questionnaire (students receive 7 course surveys totaling about 70 mins)	1283.33hrs
Totals			1283.33hrs

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $37,496.25

*National average of the upper limit salaries from the following classifications to represent wage rate: for law enforcement personnel (detectives/criminal investigators, police and sheriff patrol officers, private detectives and investigators and Federal Branch supervisors.

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? [ ] Yes [X] No

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)

[ ] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[X] Other, Explain

Questionmark’s On-Premise Survey Application

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

Submit all instruments, instructions, and scripts with the request.

The FBI Academy will canvass all students attending each National Academy session, which are held four times a year. The questionnaires will be launched before the end of each National Academy session and will seek to obtain the students course feedback.

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