NLM NCBI 2018 Data Submission Survey

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback” (OMB#: 0925-0648, exp., date 5/31/2021)

T ITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: NLM NCBI 2018 Data Submission Survey

PURPOSE:

The goal of this National Library of Medicine (NLM) survey is to collect qualitative customer service delivery feedback from people who submit nucleotide sequence and related data to GenBank and related databases at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The survey consists of a short list of questions about how the submission pages on the NCBI site, what they find useful and what changes and improvements would make the submission experience better for them. The information from this survey will be used to improve the submission process and submission-related web pages.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS:

Respondents will be individual visitors to the submission-related pages at the NCBI who voluntarily click on a popup invitation to take a survey. Visitors to the NCBI booth can elect to take a flyer that has a printed link to the online survey.

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)

[] 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 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: Barton Trawick, PhD_____________________________________________

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, is the information that will be collected included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ ] Yes [ X ] No

3. If Applicable, has a System or Records Notice been published? [ ] Yes [ ] No [ X ] N/A

Gifts or Payments:

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

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS and COSTS

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent	Time per Response (in hours)	Total Burden Hours
Individuals or Households	500	1	6/60	50
Totals		500		50

Category of Respondent	Total Burden Hours	Wage Rate*	Total Burden Cost
Individuals or Households	50	$24.34	$1217.00
Totals	50		$1217.00

*The General Public wage rate was obtained from https://www.bls.gov/oes/2017/may/oes_nat.htm#00-0000

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is: $1383.29

Staff	Grade/Step	Salary *	% of Effort	Fringe (if applicable)	Total Cost to Gov’t
Federal Oversight
Staff scientist	T42	$138,329	1%		$1,383.29
Contractor Cost					N/A
Travel					N/A
Other Cost					N/A
Total					$1,383.29

*the Salary in table above is cited from https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/18Tables/html/DCB.aspx

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?

Website users will click a “feedback” link that will appear on the side, bottom, or top of various web pages throughout the site. Visitors to the NCBI booth can elect to take a flyer that has a printed link to the online survey.

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

[X] Other, Explain

Printed flyers with link to the online survey.

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

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