FastTrack GenIC - OPRE Methods Meeting 2023 Feedback Survey

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback” (OMB Control Number: 0970-0401)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: 2023 Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation’s Methods Meeting Evaluation

PURPOSE: The purpose of this voluntary collection is to solicit feedback from attendees at the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation’s (OPRE’s) virtual 2023 Methods Meeting.

This feedback will be used to inform and improve future OPRE Methods Meetings.

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DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Respondents will be attendees at OPRE’s 2023 Methods Meeting. Attendees will include federal evaluators and external researchers with interest in the programs that the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) administers.

TYPE OF COLLECTION:

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

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

[ ] Focus Group [ ] Other: ______________________

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 primary purpose of the results is not for public dissemination.

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 and affiliation:__Paula Daneri, Social Science Research Analyst; OPRE

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

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 [ ] 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

Information Collection	Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent	Estimated Time per Response	Burden Hours
2023 OPRE Methods Meeting Evaluation	2 – Private Sector	100	1	10 minutes	16.7
Totals		100	1	10 minutes	16.7

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is __$1,000________

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

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?

The universe of potential respondents will be the attendees at the 2023 OPRE Methods Meeting. All attendees will be invited to complete the evaluation form. Estimated number of respondents is based on the number of responses received to prior years’ evaluations.

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

Please make sure that all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.

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