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OMB Control No: 3084-0097	ICR Reference No: 202208-3084-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201902-3084-001
Agency/Subagency: FTC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Telemarketing Sales Rule
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/06/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/29/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2025	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2022
Responses	985,652,560	0	986,855,068
Time Burden (Hours)	1,228,050	0	1,233,817
Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,596,659	0	4,717,987

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	985,652,560	986,855,068	-1,202,508
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,228,050	1,233,817	-5,767
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,596,659	4,717,987	-121,328

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The burden estimate of 1,228,050 hours is slightly reduced from the FTC’s prior cleared burden estimate in 2019 of 1,233,817 hours. Estimated annual labor cost increased slightly from $17,181,914 (2019) to $18,367,441 (2022). Estimated annual non-labor cost is reduced from $4,717,991 (2019) to $4,596,656 (2022). The reductions are largely attributable to staff’s reduced estimates for the number of telemarketing entities subject to the TSR, based on updated National Registry data. The increase of annual labor costs is associated with higher average wage rates offsetting the decrease in annual burden hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government:

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Patricia Hsue 202 326-3132 phsue@ftc.gov