Hurricane Maria Public Participation Announcement

NIST and supporting contractors, Horsley Witten Group, Inc., Eastern Research Group, Issues & Answers, and Albizu University in Puerto Rico, are currently recruiting respondents for surveys and/or interviews for this project. If you have been contacted, please consider participating. Your response will contribute to recommended improvements in building codes, standards, and practices to make communities in Puerto Rico and across the United States more resilient to hurricanes and other disasters. 

Please note: This collection of information contains Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requirements approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the PRA unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number. You will find this number and all required information in materials provided to you during the recruitment process. 

If you have any questions about this collection of information, please contact the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Attn: Dr. Maria Dillard, via telephone 202-281-0908, or email: Maria.Dillard [at] NIST.gov.

We thank you in advance for your time and consideration.