Justification for Change

Justification for Change

0704-0450

The Department of Defense requests to revise the burden estimate for the Utility of Test Preparation Guides and Education Programs in Enhancing Recruit Candidate Performance on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) collection. This change in burden will increase the total annual responses and decrease the time to respond. This change will increase the costs to both the respondents and the Department.

This change is burden is requested because enlistment rates have increased dramatically due to the nation-wide economic downturn. The rate at which the ASVAB is being administered has increased about 50% over the 2007 counts that were used to plan the study.

In addition, the Department requests to expand the study to all states and for an additional twelve months. Originally, the study was planned for five states and a twelve month period.

The changes in burden are as follows:

Currently Approved Requested

Respondents (frequency 1 time) Respondents (frequency 1 time)

Total annual respondents: 123,250 Total annual respondents: 291,600

Frequency of Response: 1 Frequency of Response: 1

Total annual responses: 123,250 Total annual responses: 291,600

Burden per response: 14 minutes Burden per response: 8 minutes

Total burden hours: 28,758 hours Total burden hours: 38,880

Respondents (frequency 2 times) Respondents (frequency 2 times)

Total annual respondents: 21,750 Total annual respondents: 97,200

Frequency of Response: 2 Frequency of Response: 2

Total annual responses: 43,500 Total annual responses: 194,400

Burden per response: 14 minutes Burden per response: 8 minutes

Total burden hours: 10,150 hours Total burden hours: 25,920

Respondents (Annual Average) Respondents (Annual Average)

Total annual respondents: 166,750 Total annual respondents: 486,000

Burden per response: 14 minutes Burden per response: 8 minutes

Total burden hours: 38,908 hours Total burden hours: 64,800

COSTS:

Respondents Respondents

The labor cost for all responses The labor cost for all responses

is estimated to be 166,750 times is estimated to be 486,000 times

$4.02= $670,335 $4.02= $1,953,720

Government Government

Total cost to the Federal Government Total cost to the Federal Government

will be approximately $729,350 will be approximately $894,350

All other information for the collection remains the same.