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GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
[Notice–MG–2015–01; Docket No. 2015–
0002; Sequence No. 2]
Office of Federal High-Performance
Green Buildings; Green Building
Advisory Committee; Notification of
Upcoming Public Advisory Committee
Meeting and Conference Calls
Office of Government-wide
Policy, General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Meeting notice.
AGENCY:
Notice of this meeting and
these conference calls is being provided
according to the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2). This notice
provides the agenda and schedule for
the April 23, 2015 meeting of the Green
Building Advisory Committee (the
Committee) and schedule for a series of
conference calls, supplemented by Web
meetings, for two task groups of the
Committee. The meeting is open to the
public and the site is accessible to
individuals with disabilities. The
conference calls are open for the public
to listen in. Interested individuals must
register to attend as instructed below
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: Meeting date: The meeting will
be held on Thursday, April 23, 2015,
starting at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard
Time, and ending no later than 4:00
p.m.
Task group conference call dates: The
conference calls will be held according
to the following schedule:
The Portfolio Prioritization task group
will hold conference calls every
Monday from March 9, 2015 to April 20,
2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
eastern daylight time.
The Energy Use Index task group will
hold conference calls every Monday
from March 9, 2015 to April 20, 2015
from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. eastern
daylight time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Ken Sandler, Designated Federal
Officer, Office of Federal HighPerformance Green Buildings, Office of
Government-wide Policy, General
Services Administration, 1800 F Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone
202–219–1121 (note: this is not a tollfree number). Additional information
about the Committee, including meeting
materials and updates on the task
groups and their schedules, will be
available on-line at https://www.gsa.gov/
gbac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Procedures for Attendance and Public
Comment: Contact Mr. Ken Sandler at
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ken.sandler@gsa.gov to register to attend
the meeting and/or listen in to any or all
of these conference calls. To attend the
meeting and/or conference calls, submit
your full name, organization, email
address, and phone number. Requests to
attend the April 23, 2015 meeting must
be received by 5:00 p.m. eastern
daylight time on Thursday, April 16,
2015. Requests to listen in to the calls
must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time, Thursday, March 5, 2015. (GSA
will be unable to provide technical
assistance to any listener experiencing
technical difficulties. Testing access to
the Web meeting site in advance of calls
is recommended.)
Contact Ken Sandler at ken.sandler@
gsa.gov to register to comment during
the April 23, 2015 meeting public
comment period. Registered speakers/
organizations will be allowed a
maximum of 5 minutes each and will
need to provide written copies of their
presentations. Requests to comment at
the meeting must be received by 5:00
p.m. eastern daylight time on Thursday,
April 16, 2015. Written comments also
may be provided to Mr. Sandler at
ken.sandler@gsa.gov by the same
deadline.
Background: The Administrator of the
U.S. General Services Administration
established the Committee on June 20,
2011 (Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 118)
pursuant to Section 494 of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007
(EISA, 42 U.S.C. 17123). Under this
authority, the Committee advises GSA
on the rapid transformation of the
Federal building portfolio to sustainable
technologies and practices. The
Committee reviews strategic plans,
products and activities of the Office of
Federal High-Performance Green
Buildings and provides advice regarding
how the Office can accomplish its
mission most effectively.
The Portfolio Prioritization task group
will pursue the motion of a committee
member to ‘‘propose a process for
Federal agencies to consistently
incorporate green building and
resilience requirements into their
capital investment criteria and
strategies.’’ The Energy Use Index task
group will pursue the motion of a
committee member to ‘‘develop
guidelines for creating a new energy
intensity metric [to reflect impacts of]
densified facilities, centrally located
workplace sites . . . and expansion of
telework and hoteling.’’
The conference calls will focus on
how the task groups can best refine
these motions into consensus
recommendations of each group to the
full Committee, which will in turn
decide whether to proceed with formal
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advice to GSA based upon these
recommendations.
April 23, 2015 Meeting Agenda
• Welcome, Introductions, Updates &
Plans for Today;
• Daylighting Research Findings &
Federal Applications;
• Portfolio Prioritization: Task Group
Report & Discussion;
• Working Lunch (with Presentation);
• Climate Change: Progress &
Opportunities;
• Energy Use Index: Task Group
Report & Discussion;
• Federal Building Performance
Labels: Final Proposal;
• Topics Proposed by Committee
Members;
• Public Comment Period;
• Closing comments;
• Adjourn.
Detailed agendas, background
information and updates for the meeting
and conference calls will be posted on
GSA’s Web site at https://www.gsa.gov/
gbac.
Meeting Access: The Committee will
convene its April 23, 2015 meeting at
the U.S. General Services
Administration building, Room 1153,
1800 F Street NW., Washington DC
20405, and the site is accessible to
individuals with disabilities.
Dated: February 12, 2015.
Kevin Kampschroer,
Federal Director, Office of Federal HighPerformance Green Buildings, General
Services Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
changes to the currently approved
information collection project: ‘‘Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey—Insurance
Component.’’ In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.
3501-3521, AHRQ invites the public to
comment on this proposed information
collection.
SUMMARY:
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Comments on this notice must be
received by April 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Leflcowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at dorislefkowitz@AHRO.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
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Proposed Project
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey—
Insurance Component
Employer-sponsored health insurance
is the source of coverage for 78 million
current and former workers, plus many
of their family members, and is a
cornerstone of the U.S. health care
system. The Medical Expenditure Panel
Survey—Insurance Component (MEPSIC) measures on an annual basis the
extent, cost, and coverage of employersponsored health insurance. These
statistics are produced at the National,
State, and sub-State (metropolitan area)
level for private industry. Statistics are
also produced for State and Local
governments. The MEPS-IC was last
approved by OMB on November 21,
2013 and will expire on November 30th,
2016. The OMB control number for the
MEPSIC is 0935-0110. All of the
supporting documents for the current
MEPS-IC can be downloaded from
OMB’s Web site at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=2013100935-001.
In order to ensure that the MEPS-IC is
able to capture important changes in the
employer-sponsored health insurance
market due to the implementation of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (PPACA), AHRQ will field a
longitudinal survey in 2015 to include
a sample of 5,000 small private sector
employers that responded to the 2014
MEPS-IC. The OMB clearance that was
approved on November 21, 2013
included the 2014 longitudinal survey,
a survey of 3,000 respondents to the
2013 MEPS-IC, but did not include the
2015 longitudinal survey because the
sample size was not finalized. This
submission is for the 2015 longitudinal
survey only; there are no other changes.
This research has the following goals:
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(1) To provide data for Federal
policymakers evaluating the effects of
National and State health care reforms.
(2) To provide descriptive data on the
current employer-sponsored health
insurance system and data for modeling
the differential impacts of proposed
health policy initiatives.
(3) To supply critical State and
National estimates of health insurance
spending for the National Health
Accounts and Gross Domestic Product.
(4) To support evaluation of the
impact on health insurance offered by
small employers due to the
implementation of Small Business
Health Options Program (SHOP)
exchanges under the PPACA, through
the addition of a longitudinal
component to the sample.
The MEPS-IC is conducted pursuant
to AHRQ’ s statutory authority to
conduct surveys to collect data on the
cost, use and quality of health care,
including the types and costs of private
insurance. 42 U.S.C. 299b–2(a).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the
following data collections for both
private sector and state and local
government employers will be
implemented:
(1) Prescreener Questionnaire—The
purpose of the Prescreener
Questionnaire, which is collected via
telephone, varies depending on the
insurance status of the establishment
contacted. (Establishment is defined as
a single, physical location in the private
sector and a governmental unit in state
and local governments.) For
establishments that do not offer health
insurance to their employees, the
prescreener is used to collect basic
information such as number of
employees. Collection is completed for
these establishments through this
telephone call. For establishments that
do offer health insurance, contact name
and address information is collected
that is used for the mailout of the
establishment and plan questionnaires.
Obtaining this contact information helps
ensure that the questionnaires are
directed to the person in the
establishment best equipped to
complete them.
(2) Establishment Questionnaire—The
purpose of the mailed Establishment
Questionnaire is to obtain general
information from employers that
provide health insurance to their
employees. Information, such as total
active enrollment in health insurance,
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other employee benefits, demographic
characteristics of employees, and retiree
health insurance, is collected through
the establishment questionnaire.
(3) Plan Questionnaire—The purpose
of the mailed Plan Questionnaire is to
collect plan-specific information on
each plan (up to four plans) offered by
establishments that provide health
insurance to their employees. This
questionnaire obtains information on
total premiums, employer and employee
contributions to the premium, and plan
enrollment for each type of coverage
offered—single, employee-plus-one, and
family—within a plan. It also asks for
information on deductibles, copays, and
other plan characteristics.
(4) Longitudinal Sample (LS)—For
2015, an additional sample of small
employers (those with 100 or fewer
employees) will be included in the
collection. The LS will consist of 5,000
small, private-sector employers that
responded to the 2014 MEPS–IC regular
survey. These employers will be
surveyed again in 2015—using the same
collection methods as the regular
survey—in order to track changes in
their health insurance offerings,
characteristics, and costs.
The primary objective of the MEPS–
IC is to collect information on employersponsored health insurance. Such
information is needed in order to
provide the tools for Federal, State, and
academic researchers to evaluate current
and proposed health policies and to
support the production of important
statistical measures for other Federal
agencies.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondent’s time to provide the
requested data for the 2015 longitudinal
survey. The Prescreener questionnaire
will be completed by 4,300 respondents
and takes about 5 minutes to complete.
The Establishment questionnaire will be
completed by 2,054 respondents and
takes about 23 minutes to complete. The
Plan questionnaire will be completed by
2,054 respondents and will require an
average of 1.4 responses per respondent.
Each Plan questionnaire takes about 11
minutes to complete. The total burden
hours are estimated to be 1,686 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden associated with
the respondents’ time to participate in
this data collection. The annualized cost
burden is estimated to be $51,322.
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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS FOR THE 2015 LONGITUDINAL SURVEY
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Form name
Prescreener Questionnaire ..............................................
Establishment Questionnaire ...........................................
Plan Questionnaire ..........................................................
Total ..........................................................................
4,300
2,054
2,054
8,408
Hours per response
Total burden hours
0.09
* 0.38
0.18
na
387
781
518
1,686
1
1
1.4
na
* The burden estimate printed on the establishment questionnaire is 45 minutes which includes the burden estimate for completing the establishment questionnaire, an average of 1.4 plan questionnaires, plus the prescreener. The establishment and plan questionnaires are sent to the
respondent as a package and are completed by the respondent at the same time.
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN FOR THE 2015 LONGITUDINAL SURVEY
Number of
respondents
Form name
Prescreener Questionnaire ..............................................
Establishment Questionnaire ...........................................
Plan Questionnaire ..........................................................
Total ..........................................................................
Total burden hours
4,300
2,054
2,054
8,408
Average hourly
wage rate *
387
781
518
1,686
$30.44
$30.44
$30.44
na
Total burden hours
$11,780
$23,774
$15,768
$51,322
* Based upon the mean hourly wage for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists occupation code 13–1141, at https://
www.b1s.gov/oes/current/oes131141.htm (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s
information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of AHRQ health care
research and information dissemination
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of
burden (including hours and costs) of
the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
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Dated: February 5, 2015.
Richard Kronick, Ph.D.,
AHRQ Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–15–0920]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for
the proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address any of the
following: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) Minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
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other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses; and (e) Assess information
collection costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice
should be directed to the Attention:
CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or
by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Data Collection Through Web Based
Surveys for Evaluating Act Against
AIDS Social Marketing Campaign
Phases Targeting Consumers (Generic
ICR, OMB# 0920–0920, Expires 2/28/
2015)—Extension—National Center for
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB
Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In response to the continued HIV
epidemic in our country, CDC has
launched Act Against AIDS, a 5-year,
multifaceted communication campaign
to reduce HIV incidence in the United
States. CDC plans to release the
campaign in phases, with some of the
phases running concurrently. Each
phase of the campaign will use mass
media and direct-to-consumer channels
to deliver HIV prevention and testing
messages. Some components of the
campaign will be designed to provide
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed changes to the
currently approved information collection project: ``Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance Component.'' In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, AHRQ invites the public
to comment on this proposed information collection.
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DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Leflcowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at
dorislefkowitz@AHRO.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection
instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be
obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance Component
Employer-sponsored health insurance is the source of coverage for
78 million current and former workers, plus many of their family
members, and is a cornerstone of the U.S. health care system. The
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance Component (MEPS-IC)
measures on an annual basis the extent, cost, and coverage of employer-
sponsored health insurance. These statistics are produced at the
National, State, and sub-State (metropolitan area) level for private
industry. Statistics are also produced for State and Local governments.
The MEPS-IC was last approved by OMB on November 21, 2013 and will
expire on November 30th, 2016. The OMB control number for the MEPSIC is
0935-0110. All of the supporting documents for the current MEPS-IC can
be downloaded from OMB's Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=201310-0935-001.
In order to ensure that the MEPS-IC is able to capture important
changes in the employer-sponsored health insurance market due to the
implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(PPACA), AHRQ will field a longitudinal survey in 2015 to include a
sample of 5,000 small private sector employers that responded to the
2014 MEPS-IC. The OMB clearance that was approved on November 21, 2013
included the 2014 longitudinal survey, a survey of 3,000 respondents to
the 2013 MEPS-IC, but did not include the 2015 longitudinal survey
because the sample size was not finalized. This submission is for the
2015 longitudinal survey only; there are no other changes.
This research has the following goals:
(1) To provide data for Federal policymakers evaluating the effects
of National and State health care reforms.
(2) To provide descriptive data on the current employer-sponsored
health insurance system and data for modeling the differential impacts
of proposed health policy initiatives.
(3) To supply critical State and National estimates of health
insurance spending for the National Health Accounts and Gross Domestic
Product.
(4) To support evaluation of the impact on health insurance offered
by small employers due to the implementation of Small Business Health
Options Program (SHOP) exchanges under the PPACA, through the addition
of a longitudinal component to the sample.
The MEPS-IC is conducted pursuant to AHRQ' s statutory authority to
conduct surveys to collect data on the cost, use and quality of health
care, including the types and costs of private insurance. 42 U.S.C.
299b-2(a).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the following data collections
for both private sector and state and local government employers will
be implemented:
(1) Prescreener Questionnaire--The purpose of the Prescreener
Questionnaire, which is collected via telephone, varies depending on
the insurance status of the establishment contacted. (Establishment is
defined as a single, physical location in the private sector and a
governmental unit in state and local governments.) For establishments
that do not offer health insurance to their employees, the prescreener
is used to collect basic information such as number of employees.
Collection is completed for these establishments through this telephone
call. For establishments that do offer health insurance, contact name
and address information is collected that is used for the mailout of
the establishment and plan questionnaires. Obtaining this contact
information helps ensure that the questionnaires are directed to the
person in the establishment best equipped to complete them.
(2) Establishment Questionnaire--The purpose of the mailed
Establishment Questionnaire is to obtain general information from
employers that provide health insurance to their employees.
Information, such as total active enrollment in health insurance, other
employee benefits, demographic characteristics of employees, and
retiree health insurance, is collected through the establishment
questionnaire.
(3) Plan Questionnaire--The purpose of the mailed Plan
Questionnaire is to collect plan-specific information on each plan (up
to four plans) offered by establishments that provide health insurance
to their employees. This questionnaire obtains information on total
premiums, employer and employee contributions to the premium, and plan
enrollment for each type of coverage offered--single, employee-plus-
one, and family--within a plan. It also asks for information on
deductibles, copays, and other plan characteristics.
(4) Longitudinal Sample (LS)--For 2015, an additional sample of
small employers (those with 100 or fewer employees) will be included in
the collection. The LS will consist of 5,000 small, private-sector
employers that responded to the 2014 MEPS-IC regular survey. These
employers will be surveyed again in 2015--using the same collection
methods as the regular survey--in order to track changes in their
health insurance offerings, characteristics, and costs.
The primary objective of the MEPS-IC is to collect information on
employer-sponsored health insurance. Such information is needed in
order to provide the tools for Federal, State, and academic researchers
to evaluate current and proposed health policies and to support the
production of important statistical measures for other Federal
agencies.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondent's time to provide the requested data for the 2015
longitudinal survey. The Prescreener questionnaire will be completed by
4,300 respondents and takes about 5 minutes to complete. The
Establishment questionnaire will be completed by 2,054 respondents and
takes about 23 minutes to complete. The Plan questionnaire will be
completed by 2,054 respondents and will require an average of 1.4
responses per respondent. Each Plan questionnaire takes about 11
minutes to complete. The total burden hours are estimated to be 1,686
hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden associated
with the respondents' time to participate in this data collection. The
annualized cost burden is estimated to be $51,322.
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Exhibit 1--Estimated Burden Hours for the 2015 Longitudinal Survey
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per response Total burden hours
respondents respondent
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Prescreener Questionnaire....... 4,300 1 0.09 387
Establishment Questionnaire..... 2,054 1 * 0.38 781
Plan Questionnaire.............. 2,054 1.4 0.18 518
Total....................... 8,408 na na 1,686
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* The burden estimate printed on the establishment questionnaire is 45 minutes which includes the burden
estimate for completing the establishment questionnaire, an average of 1.4 plan questionnaires, plus the
prescreener. The establishment and plan questionnaires are sent to the respondent as a package and are
completed by the respondent at the same time.
Exhibit 2--Estimated Cost Burden for the 2015 Longitudinal Survey
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average hourly
Form name respondents Total burden hours wage rate * Total burden hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prescreener Questionnaire....... 4,300 387 $30.44 $11,780
Establishment Questionnaire..... 2,054 781 $30.44 $23,774
Plan Questionnaire.............. 2,054 518 $30.44 $15,768
Total....................... 8,408 1,686 na $51,322
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* Based upon the mean hourly wage for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists occupation code 13-
1141, at https://www.b1s.gov/oes/current/oes131141.htm (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ's
information collection are requested with regard to any of the
following: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of AHRQ health care research and
information dissemination functions, including whether the information
will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of AHRQ's estimate of
burden (including hours and costs) of the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the respondents, including the use
of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the Agency's subsequent request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: February 5, 2015.
Richard Kronick, Ph.D.,
AHRQ Director.
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