[Federal Register: December 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 240)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis

 
BEA Customer Satisfaction Survey

ACTION: Proposed information collection; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 13, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental 
Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to: Vanessa Clark, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of 
Economic Analysis, BE-53, Washington, DC 20230, or by telephone at 202-
606-9697.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    As one of the nation's leading statistical agencies, the Bureau of 
Economic Analysis (BEA) provides reliable and consistent measures of 
economic activity that are essential to intelligent decision making of 
business people and policy makers and to the efficient operations of 
financial markets.

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The purpose of the BEA Customer Satisfaction Survey will be to obtain 
feedback from customers on the quality of BEA products and services. 
The results of the information collected will serve to assist BEA in 
improving the quality of its data products and its methods of 
dissemination.

II. Method of Collection

    The survey and a cover letter with instructions on how to complete 
the survey will be mailed to about 5,000 potential respondents, BEA 
will request that responses be returned 30 days after the mailing. It 
will also reside on BEA's Web site for 2,000 potential respondents. The 
survey will be designed so that all responses are anonymous and 
therefore eliminates the necessity for record keeping of respondents.

III. Data

    OMB Number: 0691-0001.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement, without change of a previously 
approved collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals from profit and non-profit 
organizations and individuals from other Federal, State, and local 
government agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
    Estimated Response Time: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 125.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: The only cost to the respondents is 
that of their time.
    Legal Authority: Executive Order 12862, section 1(b), of September 
11, 1993.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will be come a matter of public record.

    Dated: December 9, 2003.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-30845 Filed 12-12-03; 8:45 am]

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