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evaluating an investment in a security.
Form N–6 also requires separate
accounts organized as unit investment
trusts that offer variable life insurance
policies to provide investors with a
prospectus and a statement of additional
information (‘‘SAI’’) covering essential
information about the separate account
when it makes an initial or additional
offering of its securities.
The Commission estimates that
approximately 472 registration
statements (396 post-effective
amendments plus 76 initial registration
statements) are filed on Form N–6
annually. The estimated hour burden
per portfolio for preparing and filing an
initial registration statement on Form
N–6 is 770.25 hours. The estimated
annual hour burden for preparing and
filing initial registration statements is
58,539 hours (76 initial registration
statements annually times 770.25 hours
per registration statement). The
Commission estimates that the hour
burden for preparing and filing a posteffective amendment on Form N–6 is
67.5 hours. The total annual hour
burden for preparing and filing posteffective amendments is 26,730 hours
(396 post-effective amendments
annually times 67.5 hours per
amendment). The frequency of response
is annual. The total annual hour burden
for Form N–6, therefore, is estimated to
be 85,269 hours (58,539 hours for initial
registration statements plus 26,730
hours for post-effective amendments).
The Commission estimates that the
cost burden for preparing an initial
Form N–6 filing is $24,169 per portfolio
and the current cost burden for
preparing a post-effective amendment to
a previously effective registration
statement is $8,788 per portfolio. The
Commission estimates that, on an
annual basis, 76 portfolios will be
referenced in an initial Form N–6 and
396 portfolios will be referenced in a
post-effective amendment of Form N–6.
Thus, the total cost burden allocated to
Form N–6 would be $5,316,892.
The information collection
requirements imposed by Form N–6 are
mandatory. Responses to the collection
of information will not be kept
confidential. Estimates of average
burden hours are made solely for the
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction
Act, and are not derived from a
comprehensive or even a representative
survey or study of the costs of
Commission rules and forms. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number.
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The public may view the background
documentation for this information
collection at the following Web site,
www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be
directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Room 10102, New Executive
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503,
or by sending an email to: Shagufta_
Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela
Dyson, Director/Chief Information
Officer, Securities and Exchange
Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon,
100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549
or send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@
sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to
OMB within 30 days of this notice.
28037
Web site at sbir.gov, and any official SBA,
SBIR Program and/or STTR Program purpose.
John R. Williams,
Director, Office of Innovation and
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015–11697 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8025–01–P
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Data Collection Available for Public
Comments
60-Day notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
SBIR/STTR Logo Design Competition
Announcement; Correction
The Small Business Administration
published a document in the Federal
Register of May 5, 2015 (Vol. 80, No. 86,
Pages 25763–25765), concerning the
announcement of a competition to
design a logo for the Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small
Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
Programs. This document was corrected
(with scheduled publication of May 11,
2015) to reflect the fact that the
competition was only going to be judged
by SBA Officials and other SBIR/STTR
Program Managers.
The initial and corrected documents
did not include a monetary prize to be
awarded to the winner. By way of this
memo, SBA has made a determination
that the document needs to be corrected
again to include a prize of $2,500.
In the document printed on May 5,
2015, the first full sentence on page
25764 under the caption: ‘‘4. Prizes for
Winners’’ did not include the
mentioning of any monetary prize for
the winner. This reference should be
corrected and the sentence should read:
The Small Business
Administration (SBA) intends to request
approval, from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the
new collection of information described
below. The Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35
requires federal agencies to publish a
notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information before submission to OMB,
and to allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice. This
notice complies with that requirement.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
July 14, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send all comments to
Delcine Montgomery, Contracting
Officer Technical Representative, Office
of Native American Affairs, U.S. Small
Business Administration, 409 3rd Street
SW., Suite 6700, Washington, DC 20416.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Delcine Montgomery, Contracting
Officer Technical Representative, 202–
205–6195 or delcine.montgomery@
sba.gov., or Curtis B. Rich, Management
Analyst, 202–205–7030, curtis.rich@
sba.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: May 11, 2015.
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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4. Prizes for Winners: The winning
contestant will be awarded a $2,500 prize
and the design will become the official logo
for the SBIR/STTR Programs, the Programs’
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SUMMARY:
In October
2013, the SBA’s Office of the Native
Business Development awarded a
contract to Cherokee Nation Technology
Solutions, LLC (CNTS) to provide 8(a)
Business Development Program training
to American Indian Tribes (AITs)
Alaskan Native Corporations (ANCs)
and Native Hawaiian Organizations
(NHOs). The primary purpose of Native
American 8(a) Business Development
Program Workshops Training Initiative
(the Native American 8(a) BD
Workshops) is to improve the Native
American business owners and
entrepreneur’s understanding of the
SBA 8(a) Business Development
program’s eligibility requirements and
application process, business operation
features for successful contract
management, revenue-generating/job-
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creating capabilities as a tribal 8(a)
certified federal contractor.
SBA plans to conduct a performance
evaluation of the Native American 8(a)
BD Workshops to assess the training
services provided to individuals who
directly and indirectly obtained the
information and knowledge from the
workshops, the preliminary impact of
training on the business goals of direct
and indirect participants, participant
satisfaction with the training provider,
and lessons learned and
recommendations by the CNTS and the
participants in the workshops. One
unique feature of the implementation of
the Native American 8(a) BD Workshops
is that a significant number of
participants were representing tribal
organizations such as Leadership, Tribal
Council, and Economic/Business
Development. With the participation of
the tribal representatives, there is a
strong possibility that the knowledge
learned from Native American 8(a) BD
Workshops could be further
disseminated by these tribal
representatives to the other members/
business owners of the tribes. Therefore,
SBA plans to enhance and increase the
data collection of performance metrics
and collect survey data from
participants who attended the
workshops and the individuals who
indirectly obtained the related
knowledge from the tribal
representatives. These data will
facilitate the comprehensive assessment
of Native American 8(a) BD workshop
operations, outcomes and impacts.
Specifically, SBA proposes the use of
two different instruments for data
collection and analysis: (1) The Native
American 8(a) Business Development
Program Workshops Training Initiative
Direct Participant Survey; and (2) the
Native American 8(a) Business
Development Program Workshops
Training Initiative Indirect Participant
Survey. Both of the surveys will be
administered electronically and will
contain both open- and close-ended
questions. The types of information that
will be collected in the instruments can
be found in the ‘‘Summary of
Information Collection’’ section below.
Both quantitative and qualitative data
analyses will be conducted.
Quantitative analysis will consist of
univariate and multivariate statistical
techniques to summarize surveys results
and explore the relationships among
various data elements. The qualitative
analysis will consist of identifying and
interpreting themes for the open-ended
survey questions. The information
collected and analyzed from the survey
instruments will be used to develop
performance metrics, establish the
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achievement of the program’s goals as
well as providing recommendations on
improving program operations.
(a) Solicitation of Public Comments
SBA is requesting comments on (a)
whether the collection of information is
necessary for the agency to properly
perform its functions; (b) whether the
burden estimates are accurate; (c)
whether there are ways to minimize the
burden, including through the use of
automated techniques or other forms of
information technology; and (d) whether
there are ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information.
(b) Summary of Information Collection
1. Native American 8(a) Business
Development Program Workshops
Training Initiative Direct Participant
Outcome Survey
Description and Number of
Respondents: The web surveys will be
conducted with participants who
directly attended Native American 8(a)
BD Program Workshops in FY2014. The
direct participant survey will be
provided to a total of 422 direct
participants who attended the
workshops in all 31 locations during
FY2014. SBA is anticipating a 25%
response rate and, as a result, it’s
estimated that 105 direct workshop
participants will complete the Native
American 8(a) BD direct participant web
survey.
The direct participants survey will
consist of questions about the
demographics of participants, their
business characteristics, needs and
goals, whether the workshop staff
effectively assessed their business needs
before conducting the training services,
the types of training received, the
training resources other than Native
American 8(a) BD Workshops that they
used, participant outcomes, impact of
training, and participant satisfaction
with the workshops.
Estimated Responses and Hour
Burden: The total estimated number of
responses to the survey will be 105 at
an estimated average completion time is
approximately 28 minutes. The total
estimated annual hour burden is 506.22
for the Native American 8(a) BD
Workshops Direct Participant Outcome
Survey. It includes the hour burden
(48.3 hours) to the 105 respondents for
completing the web survey, receiving
thank you letters after completion of the
survey, the hours burden for the
pretesting conducted with 8
participants, as well as multiple
contacts with all 422 potential
respondents, such as the announcement
from directors, the survey invite, the
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reminder email from the directors, the
reminder email from community
leaders, and three reminder emails. The
total annual burden also includes
compiling the indirect participant list
by tribal representatives who attended
the workshop and the burden of sending
the survey announcement letter by the
tribal representatives to the indirect
participants.
2. Native American 8(a) Business
Development Program Workshops
Training Initiative Indirect Participant
Outcome Survey
Description and Number of
Respondents: The web surveys will be
conducted with Native American
business owners and entrepreneurs who
did not attend Native American 8(a)
Business Development Program
Workshops in FY2014, but obtained the
knowledge and information related to
the Native American 8(a) BD Program
from the tribal representatives. SBA
estimates that the sample size for
indirect participants will be 275, based
on 110 tribal representatives attending
the workshops, the 25% response rate,
and an average of 10 indirect
participants per a tribal representative.
The response rate for these 275 potential
respondents is estimated to be 25%,
resulting in the sample size of 69
completed the surveys. The indirect
participant’s survey will consist of
questions about the demographics of
participants as well as their business
characteristics, needs and goals, the
information they received, the business
assistance resources they used, business
outcomes, impact of obtained
information, and their satisfaction with
the obtained information.
Estimated Responses and Hour
Burden: The total estimated number of
responses from this survey will be 69.
The estimated average completion time
of a survey is approximately 25 minutes.
The total estimated annual hour burden
is 166.5. In addition to the hour burden
(i.e. 28.98 hours) to the 69 respondents
for completing the indirect participant
outcome survey, this annual hour
burden (i.e. 166.5 hours) also includes
the burden of 275 program indirect
participants reading the announcement
email from tribal organization
representatives, reading survey invite
and four reminder emails and 69
respondents receiving thank you letters
after completion of the survey.
Total Estimated Respondents for both
survey instruments: 174, including 105
direct participants and 69 indirect
participants.
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Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden
for both survey instruments:
Approximately 672.72 hours.
Curtis B. Rich,
Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2015–11699 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8025–01–P
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration #14301 and #14302]
Florida Disaster #FL–00105
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
This is a notice of an
Administrative declaration of a disaster
for the State of Florida dated 05/08/
2015.
Incident: Tornado.
Incident Period: 04/25/2015.
Effective Date: 05/08/2015.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 07/07/2015.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 02/08/2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that as a result of the
Administrator’s disaster declaration,
applications for disaster loans may be
filed at the address listed above or other
locally announced locations.
The following areas have been
determined to be adversely affected by
the disaster:
Primary Counties: Duval.
Contiguous Counties:
Florida: Baker, Clay, Nassau, Saint
Johns.
The Interest Rates are:
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SUMMARY:
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere ........................
Homeowners
Without
Credit
Available Elsewhere ................
Businesses With Credit Available
Elsewhere ................................
Businesses Without Credit Available Elsewhere ........................
Non-Profit Organizations With
Credit Available Elsewhere .....
Non-Profit Organizations Without
Credit Available Elsewhere .....
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For Economic Injury:
Businesses & Small Agricultural
Cooperatives Without Credit
Available Elsewhere ................
Non-Profit Organizations Without
Credit Available Elsewhere .....
4.000
The number assigned to this disaster
for physical damage is 14301 C and for
economic injury is 14302 0.
The State which received an EIDL
Declaration # is Florida.
Dated: May 8, 2015.
Maria Contreras-Sweet,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015–11696 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Disaster Declaration #14261 and #14262]
Tennessee Disaster Number TN–00087
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Amendment 2.
AGENCY:
This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for Public Assistance Only for
the State of Tennessee (FEMA–4211–
DR), dated 04/02/2015.
Incident: Severe winter storm and
flooding.
Incident Period: 02/15/2015 through
02/22/2015.
Effective Date: 05/07/2015.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 06/01/2015.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 01/04/2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration Processing, and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050,
Percent Washington, DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of the President’s major disaster
3.375 declaration for private non-profit
organizations in the State of Tennessee,
1.688 dated 04/02/2015, is hereby amended to
include the following areas as adversely
6.000 affected by the disaster.
Primary Counties: Claiborne, Cocke,
4.000
Davidson, Dekalb, Greene, Hawkins,
Pickett, Rhea, Wayne.
2.625
All other information in the original
2.625 declaration remains unchanged.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
James E. Rivera,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2015–11698 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am]
2.625
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
AGENCY:
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SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN
COMMISSION
Projects Approved for Consumptive
Uses of Water
Susquehanna River Basin
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice lists the projects
approved by rule by the Susquehanna
River Basin Commission during the
period set forth in DATES.
DATES: February 1–28, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Susquehanna River Basin
Commission, 4423 North Front Street,
Harrisburg, PA 17110–1788.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jason E. Oyler, Regulatory Counsel,
telephone: (717) 238–0423, ext. 1312;
fax: (717) 238–2436; email: joyler@
srbc.net . Regular mail inquiries may be
sent to the above address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice lists the projects, described
below, receiving approval for the
consumptive use of water pursuant to
the Commission’s approval by rule
process set forth in 18 CFR 806.22(f) for
the time period specified above:
SUMMARY:
Approvals by Rule Issued Under 18
CFR 806.22(f)
1. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, Pad
ID: Duane, ABR–20100601.R1, Leroy
Township, Bradford County, Pa.;
Consumptive Use of Up to 7.500 mgd;
Approval Date: March 2, 2015.
2. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, Pad
ID: Finnerty, ABR–20100602.R1, West
Burlington Township, Bradford County,
Pa.; Consumptive Use of Up to 7.500
mgd; Approval Date: March 2, 2015.
3. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, Pad
ID: Allen, ABR–20100606.R1, Wysox
Township, Bradford County, Pa.;
Consumptive Use of Up to 7.500 mgd;
Approval Date: March 2, 2015.
4. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, Pad
ID: Rylee, ABR–20100610.R1, Auburn
Township, Susquehanna County, Pa.;
Consumptive Use of Up to 7.500 mgd;
Approval Date: March 2, 2015.
5. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, Pad
ID: Stalford, ABR–20100617.R1,
Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pa.; Consumptive Use of Up to 7.500
mgd; Approval Date: March 2, 2015.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Data Collection Available for Public Comments
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request
approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the new
collection of information described below. The Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35 requires federal agencies to
publish a notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed
collection of information before submission to OMB, and to allow 60
days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice complies
with that requirement.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 14, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send all comments to Delcine Montgomery, Contracting Officer
Technical Representative, Office of Native American Affairs, U.S. Small
Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6700, Washington, DC
20416.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delcine Montgomery, Contracting
Officer Technical Representative, 202-205-6195 or
delcine.montgomery@sba.gov., or Curtis B. Rich, Management Analyst,
202-205-7030, curtis.rich@sba.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In October 2013, the SBA's Office of the
Native Business Development awarded a contract to Cherokee Nation
Technology Solutions, LLC (CNTS) to provide 8(a) Business Development
Program training to American Indian Tribes (AITs) Alaskan Native
Corporations (ANCs) and Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs). The
primary purpose of Native American 8(a) Business Development Program
Workshops Training Initiative (the Native American 8(a) BD Workshops)
is to improve the Native American business owners and entrepreneur's
understanding of the SBA 8(a) Business Development program's
eligibility requirements and application process, business operation
features for successful contract management, revenue-generating/job-
[[Page 28038]]
creating capabilities as a tribal 8(a) certified federal contractor.
SBA plans to conduct a performance evaluation of the Native
American 8(a) BD Workshops to assess the training services provided to
individuals who directly and indirectly obtained the information and
knowledge from the workshops, the preliminary impact of training on the
business goals of direct and indirect participants, participant
satisfaction with the training provider, and lessons learned and
recommendations by the CNTS and the participants in the workshops. One
unique feature of the implementation of the Native American 8(a) BD
Workshops is that a significant number of participants were
representing tribal organizations such as Leadership, Tribal Council,
and Economic/Business Development. With the participation of the tribal
representatives, there is a strong possibility that the knowledge
learned from Native American 8(a) BD Workshops could be further
disseminated by these tribal representatives to the other members/
business owners of the tribes. Therefore, SBA plans to enhance and
increase the data collection of performance metrics and collect survey
data from participants who attended the workshops and the individuals
who indirectly obtained the related knowledge from the tribal
representatives. These data will facilitate the comprehensive
assessment of Native American 8(a) BD workshop operations, outcomes and
impacts.
Specifically, SBA proposes the use of two different instruments for
data collection and analysis: (1) The Native American 8(a) Business
Development Program Workshops Training Initiative Direct Participant
Survey; and (2) the Native American 8(a) Business Development Program
Workshops Training Initiative Indirect Participant Survey. Both of the
surveys will be administered electronically and will contain both open-
and close-ended questions. The types of information that will be
collected in the instruments can be found in the ``Summary of
Information Collection'' section below. Both quantitative and
qualitative data analyses will be conducted. Quantitative analysis will
consist of univariate and multivariate statistical techniques to
summarize surveys results and explore the relationships among various
data elements. The qualitative analysis will consist of identifying and
interpreting themes for the open-ended survey questions. The
information collected and analyzed from the survey instruments will be
used to develop performance metrics, establish the achievement of the
program's goals as well as providing recommendations on improving
program operations.
(a) Solicitation of Public Comments
SBA is requesting comments on (a) whether the collection of
information is necessary for the agency to properly perform its
functions; (b) whether the burden estimates are accurate; (c) whether
there are ways to minimize the burden, including through the use of
automated techniques or other forms of information technology; and (d)
whether there are ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information.
(b) Summary of Information Collection
1. Native American 8(a) Business Development Program Workshops Training
Initiative Direct Participant Outcome Survey
Description and Number of Respondents: The web surveys will be
conducted with participants who directly attended Native American 8(a)
BD Program Workshops in FY2014. The direct participant survey will be
provided to a total of 422 direct participants who attended the
workshops in all 31 locations during FY2014. SBA is anticipating a 25%
response rate and, as a result, it's estimated that 105 direct workshop
participants will complete the Native American 8(a) BD direct
participant web survey.
The direct participants survey will consist of questions about the
demographics of participants, their business characteristics, needs and
goals, whether the workshop staff effectively assessed their business
needs before conducting the training services, the types of training
received, the training resources other than Native American 8(a) BD
Workshops that they used, participant outcomes, impact of training, and
participant satisfaction with the workshops.
Estimated Responses and Hour Burden: The total estimated number of
responses to the survey will be 105 at an estimated average completion
time is approximately 28 minutes. The total estimated annual hour
burden is 506.22 for the Native American 8(a) BD Workshops Direct
Participant Outcome Survey. It includes the hour burden (48.3 hours) to
the 105 respondents for completing the web survey, receiving thank you
letters after completion of the survey, the hours burden for the
pretesting conducted with 8 participants, as well as multiple contacts
with all 422 potential respondents, such as the announcement from
directors, the survey invite, the reminder email from the directors,
the reminder email from community leaders, and three reminder emails.
The total annual burden also includes compiling the indirect
participant list by tribal representatives who attended the workshop
and the burden of sending the survey announcement letter by the tribal
representatives to the indirect participants.
2. Native American 8(a) Business Development Program Workshops Training
Initiative Indirect Participant Outcome Survey
Description and Number of Respondents: The web surveys will be
conducted with Native American business owners and entrepreneurs who
did not attend Native American 8(a) Business Development Program
Workshops in FY2014, but obtained the knowledge and information related
to the Native American 8(a) BD Program from the tribal representatives.
SBA estimates that the sample size for indirect participants will be
275, based on 110 tribal representatives attending the workshops, the
25% response rate, and an average of 10 indirect participants per a
tribal representative. The response rate for these 275 potential
respondents is estimated to be 25%, resulting in the sample size of 69
completed the surveys. The indirect participant's survey will consist
of questions about the demographics of participants as well as their
business characteristics, needs and goals, the information they
received, the business assistance resources they used, business
outcomes, impact of obtained information, and their satisfaction with
the obtained information.
Estimated Responses and Hour Burden: The total estimated number of
responses from this survey will be 69. The estimated average completion
time of a survey is approximately 25 minutes. The total estimated
annual hour burden is 166.5. In addition to the hour burden (i.e. 28.98
hours) to the 69 respondents for completing the indirect participant
outcome survey, this annual hour burden (i.e. 166.5 hours) also
includes the burden of 275 program indirect participants reading the
announcement email from tribal organization representatives, reading
survey invite and four reminder emails and 69 respondents receiving
thank you letters after completion of the survey.
Total Estimated Respondents for both survey instruments: 174,
including 105 direct participants and 69 indirect participants.
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Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden for both survey instruments:
Approximately 672.72 hours.
Curtis B. Rich,
Management Analyst.
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