Common use of Project Summary Clause in Contracts

Project Summary. Present an overview of the project in a minimum of one page including the objectives, the methodology, how FoodAPS data will benefit this project, and how this project will contribute to a further understanding of food markets, consumer behaviors, and food & nutrition assistance policy and programs. Include in the summary a list of all software packages you will need for your proposed project. If a needed package is not already available at NORC, the research team will need to confer with NORC about uploading or otherwise gaining access to the software. 1 Main FoodAPS Survey data (includes interview Y ‐ default ERS‐approved project files, FAFH and FAH event and item files, and survey weights) agreement 2 Item‐level IRI classification variables – proprietary Briefly explain how the analysis Third Party Agreement with IRI food item grouping system will use these data. is required, as is USDA collaboration 3 Geography Component – Block group‐, census Briefly explain how these data tract‐, county‐aggregated store and other food environment data. TFP price indices. will be used. 4 TDLinx store data / USDA’s STARS file of SNAP‐ Briefly explain how these data Third Party Agreement with authorized stores will be used. Nielsen is required, as is USDA collaboration 5 Household Geocodes Briefly explain how these data will be used. 6 FoodAPS places Geocodes Briefly explain how these data will be used. 7 IRI Point of Sale Data from FoodAPS PSUs Briefly explain how these data Third Party Agreement with IRI will be used. is required, as is USDA collaboration PROJECT PARTICIPANT INFORMATION (repeat for each person): Name: Title: Phone number: Email address: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING: The Memorandum of Understanding associated with this Agreement serves as the foundation for the cooperation between the Organization and ERS regarding the use of FoodAPS data for strictly statistical purposes. All projects that access the FoodAPS data must adhere to and abide by the provisions laid out in the Memorandum of Understanding. DATA SHARING: The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA), Title V of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347), Subtitle A, establishes standards and requirements that provide the legal authority for any party entering into this Memorandum of Understanding. CIPSEA allows Federal agencies that collect data under the pledge of confidentiality to share individual identifiable data for statistical purposes only, to deny use of the data for non-statistical purposes, such as enforcing regulations or release under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and to punish those who disclose identifiable information about individual respondents.

Project Summary. Present an overview of the project in a minimum of one page including page. Include the objectives, the methodology, how FoodAPS data will benefit this project, —and how this project will contribute to a further understanding of food markets, consumer behaviors, and food & nutrition assistance policy and programs. Include Include, in the summary summary, a list of all software packages you will need for your proposed project. If a needed package is not already available at NORCsecure data enclaves that USDA utilizes, the research team will need to confer with NORC enclave managers about uploading or otherwise gaining access to the softwarethesoftware. 1 Main FoodAPS Survey data (includes interview Y ‐ default ERS‐approved project files, FAFH and FAH event and item files, and survey weights) agreement 2 Item‐level IRI classification variables – variables—proprietary Briefly explain how the analysis Third Party Agreement with IRI food item grouping system will use these data. is required, as is USDA collaboration 3 Geography Component – Block Component—block group‐, census Briefly explain how these data tract‐, county‐aggregated store and other food environment data. ; TFP price indices. will be used. 4 TDLinx store data / data/USDA’s STARS file of SNAP‐ Briefly explain how these data Third Party Agreement with authorized stores will be used. Nielsen Xxxxxxx is required, as is USDA collaboration 5 Household Geocodes Briefly explain how these data will be used. 6 FoodAPS places Geocodes Briefly explain how these data will be used. 7 IRI Point of Sale Data from FoodAPS PSUs Briefly explain how these data Third Party Agreement with IRI will be used. is required, as is USDA collaboration FAFH=Food‐away‐from‐home FAH=Food‐at‐home TFP=Thrifty Food Plan PROJECT PARTICIPANT INFORMATION (repeat for each person): Name: Title: Phone number: Email address: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING: The Memorandum of Understanding associated with this Agreement serves as the foundation for the cooperation between the Organization and ERS regarding the use of FoodAPS data for strictly statistical purposes. All projects that access the accessthe FoodAPS data must adhere to and abide by the provisions laid out in the Memorandum of Understanding. DATA SHARING: The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA), Title V of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347), Subtitle A, establishes standards and requirements that provide the legal authority for any party entering into this Memorandum of Understanding. CIPSEA allows CIPSEAallows Federal agencies that collect data under the pledge of confidentiality to share individual identifiable data for statistical purposes only, to deny use of the data for datafor non-statistical purposes, purposes (such as enforcing regulations or release under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)), and to punish those who disclose identifiable information about individual respondents.

Project Summary. Present an overview of the project in a minimum of one page including the objectives, the methodology, how FoodAPS data will benefit this project, and how this project will contribute to a further understanding of food markets, consumer behaviors, and food & nutrition assistance policy and programs. Include in the summary a list of all software packages you will need for your proposed project. If a needed package is not already available at NORC, the research team will need to confer with NORC about uploading or otherwise gaining access to the software. 1 Main FoodAPS Survey data (includes interview Y ‐ default ERS‐approved project files, FAFH and FAH event and item files, and survey weights) Y - default ERS-approved project agreement 2 Item‐level Item-level IRI classification variables – proprietary food item grouping system Briefly explain how the analysis will use these data. Third Party Agreement with IRI food item grouping system will use these data. is required, as is USDA collaboration 3 Geography Component – Block group‐group-, census Briefly explain how these data tract‐tract-, county‐aggregated county-aggregated store and other food environment data. TFP price indices. Briefly explain how these data will be used. 4 TDLinx store data / USDA’s STARS file of SNAP‐ SNAP-authorized stores Briefly explain how these data will be used. Third Party Agreement with authorized stores will be used. Nielsen is required, as is USDA collaboration 5 Household Geocodes Briefly explain how these data will be used. 6 FoodAPS places Geocodes Briefly explain how these data will be used. 7 IRI Point of Sale Data from FoodAPS PSUs Briefly explain how these data will be used. Third Party Agreement with IRI will be used. is required, as is USDA collaboration PROJECT PARTICIPANT INFORMATION (repeat for each person): Name: Title: Phone number: Email address: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING: The Memorandum of Understanding associated with this Agreement serves as the foundation for the cooperation between the Organization and ERS regarding the use of FoodAPS data for strictly statistical purposes. All projects that access the FoodAPS data must adhere to and abide by the provisions laid out in the Memorandum of Understanding. DATA SHARING: The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA), Title V of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347), Subtitle A, establishes standards and requirements that provide the legal authority for any party entering into this Memorandum of Understanding. CIPSEA allows Federal agencies that collect data under the pledge of confidentiality to share individual identifiable data for statistical purposes only, to deny use of the data for non-statistical purposes, such as enforcing regulations or release under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and to punish those who disclose identifiable information about individual respondents.

Project Summary. Present an overview of the project in a minimum of one page including the objectives, the methodology, how FoodAPS data will benefit this project, and how this project will contribute to a further understanding of food markets, consumer behaviors, and food & nutrition assistance policy and programs. Include in the summary a list of all software packages you will need for your proposed project. If a needed package is not already available at NORC, the research team will need to confer with NORC about uploading or otherwise gaining access to the software. Request for Access to Specific FoodAPS Data 1 Main FoodAPS Survey data (includes interview Y ‐ default ERS‐approved project files, FAFH and FAH event and item files, and survey weights) agreement 2 Item‐level IRI classification variables – proprietary Briefly explain how the analysis Third Party Agreement with IRI food item grouping system will use these data. is required, as is USDA collaboration 3 Geography Component – Block group‐, census Briefly explain how these data tract‐, county‐aggregated store and other food environment data. TFP price indices. will be used. 4 TDLinx store data / USDA’s STARS file of SNAP‐ Briefly explain how these data Third Party Agreement with authorized stores will be used. Nielsen is required, as is USDA collaboration 5 Household Geocodes Briefly explain how these data will be used. 6 FoodAPS places Geocodes Briefly explain how these data will be used. 7 IRI Point of Sale Data from FoodAPS PSUs Briefly explain how these data Third Party Agreement with IRI will be used. is required, as is USDA collaboration PROJECT PARTICIPANT INFORMATION (repeat for each person): Name: Title: Phone number: Email address: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING: The Memorandum of Understanding associated with this Agreement serves as the foundation for the cooperation between the Organization and ERS regarding the use of FoodAPS data for strictly statistical purposes. All projects that access the FoodAPS data must adhere to and abide by the provisions laid out in the Memorandum of Understanding. DATA SHARING: The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA), Title V of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347), Subtitle A, establishes standards and requirements that provide the legal authority for any party entering into this Memorandum of Understanding. CIPSEA allows Federal agencies that collect data under the pledge of confidentiality to share individual identifiable data for statistical purposes only, to deny use of the data for non-statistical purposes, such as enforcing regulations or release under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and to punish those who disclose identifiable information about individual respondents.

Project Summary. Present an overview of the project in a minimum of one page including page. Include the objectives, the methodology, how FoodAPS data will benefit this project, —and how this project will contribute to a further understanding of food markets, consumer behaviors, and food & nutrition assistance policy and programs. Include Include, in the summary summary, a list of all software packages you will need for your proposed project. If a needed package is not already available at NORCsecure data enclaves that USDA utilizes, the research team will need to confer with NORC enclave managers about uploading or otherwise gaining access to the softwarethesoftware. 1 Main FoodAPS Survey data (includes interview Y ‐ default ERS‐approved project files, FAFH and FAH event and item files, and survey weights) agreement 2 Item‐level IRI classification variables – variables—proprietary Briefly explain how the analysis Third Party Agreement with IRI food item grouping system will use these data. is required, as is USDA collaboration 3 Geography Component – Block Component—block group‐, census Briefly explain how these data tract‐, county‐aggregated store and other food environment data. ; TFP price indices. will be used. 4 TDLinx store data / data/USDA’s STARS file of SNAP‐ Briefly explain how these data Third Party Agreement with authorized stores will be used. Nielsen Xxxxxxx is required, as is USDA collaboration 5 Household Geocodes Briefly explain how these data will be used. 6 FoodAPS places Geocodes Briefly explain how these data will be used. 7 IRI Point of Sale Data from FoodAPS PSUs Briefly explain how these data Third Party Agreement with IRI will be used. is required, as is USDA collaboration FAFH=Food‐away‐from‐home FAH=Food‐at‐home TFP=Thrifty Food Plan PROJECT PARTICIPANT INFORMATION (repeat for each person): Name: Title: Phone number: Email address: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING: The Memorandum of Understanding associated with this Agreement serves as the foundation for the cooperation between the Organization and ERS regarding the use of FoodAPS data for strictly statistical purposes. All projects that access the FoodAPS data must adhere to and abide by the provisions laid out in the Memorandum of Understanding. DATA SHARING: The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA), Title V of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347), Subtitle A, as reauthorized and expanded in Title III of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Evidence Act), Pub. L. No. 115-435, tit. III, 132 Stat. 5544 (Jan. 14, 2019) establishes standards and requirements that provide the legal authority for any party entering into this Memorandum of Understanding. CIPSEA allows CIPSEAallows Federal agencies that collect data under the pledge of confidentiality to share individual identifiable data for statistical purposes only, to deny use of the data for non-statistical purposes, purposes (such as enforcing regulations or release under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)), and to punish those who disclose identifiable information about individual respondents.