Businessd Research & Development Survey

0MB No.: 0607-0912 Apl)roval Expires: 0 2 2- 9-2020

Business Enterprise Research and Development Sun'ey
Burden Statement

We estimate this swvey will take between 15 minutes and 18 hours, with an average of 2 hours and 37 minutes, to complete,
including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information. Email comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to erd.swveys@census.gov. Be sure to use
"ERD Swvey Comments 0607-0912" as the subject.

Burden Statement

Privacy Policy

Instructions
}- Question By Question Guidance [<1.0 MB]

Letters
}- Initial Letter - L1 [<1.0 MB]
}- Due Date Reminder - L 1 R [<1.0 MB]
}- Past Due Notice1_L2 [<1.0 MB]

}- Past Due Notice2_L3 [<1.0 MB]

Authority
Title 13, United States Code, Sections 8(b), 131, and 182,
and Title 42, United States Code, Sections 1861-76 (National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as
amended), and Section 505 within the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 authorize this
collection. Sections 224 and 225 of Title 13 require your response.

Confidentiality
Title 13, United States Code, Section 9, requires the Census Bureau to keep your information
CONFIDENTIAL and can use your responses only to produce statistics. The Census Bureau is not
permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your business, organization, or
institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from
cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data.

Survey Legitimacy
Below are a few common items you can use to verify the legitimacy of this survey:
1. Ensure the Web address provided in the letter is a "census.gov" domain.
2. Reporting information is provided in the letter.
3. On the log-in screen, a warning message should be present stating the respondent is accessing a
U.S. Government computer.
4. Additionally, the upper right corner of the page should display the 0MB eight-digit number and
expiration date. This number indicates that the 0MB has approved the survey and has confirmed
there is a need to collect the information.
5. The bottom of the log-in screen should have a link for the "Burden Statement" which also contains
the 0MB eight-digit number.