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Total number of Public Inquiries by month (includes phone, email, and letter inquiries)

Dictionary: The Division of Drug Information within CDER is responsible for answering the public's questions about the regulatory mission of FDA. Questions arrive in the form of emails or postal mail. The public also calls the agency with many questions. This measure tracks the number of public inquiries CDER receives each month. It is CDER's goal to always respond to all public inquiries.

These measures have been retired as CDER has created new measures for FY13 which align to their four functional areas of 1) Regulatory Review and Drug Safety, 2) Drug Quality and Compliance, 3) Transparency and Public Outreach, and 4) Regulatory Science Research.

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Number of phone inquires received in the month

Dictionary: The Division of Drug Information within CDER is responsible for answering the public's questions about the regulatory mission of FDA. Questions arrive in the form of emails or postal mail. The public also calls the agency with many questions. This measure tracks the number of public inquiries CDER receives each month. It is CDER's goal to always respond to all public inquiries.

Percent of phone calls with first contact resolution (i.e., phone call answered by FDA staff and response given; this statistic does not include phone calls received during non-business hours)

Fiscal Year - 2011

Time	Target	Percent
Oct 2010	N/A	69
Nov 2010	N/A	69
Dec 2010	N/A	62
Jan 2011	N/A	67
Feb 2011	N/A	47
Mar 2011	N/A	75
Apr 2011	N/A	79
May 2011	N/A	76
Jun 2011	N/A	73
Jul 2011	N/A	71
Aug 2011	N/A	74
Sep 2011	N/A	74

12-month average: 70%

Number of email inquires received in the month

Dictionary: The Division of Drug Information within CDER is responsible for answering the public's questions about the regulatory mission of FDA. Questions arrive in the form of emails or postal mail. The public also calls the agency with many questions. This measure tracks the number of public inquiries CDER receives each month. It is CDER's goal to always respond to all public inquiries.

Percent of emails responded to in 48 hours in the month

Fiscal Year - 2011

Time	Target	Percent
Oct 2010	N/A	100
Nov 2010	N/A	100
Dec 2010	N/A	100
Jan 2011	N/A	100
Feb 2011	N/A	100
Mar 2011	N/A	100
Apr 2011	N/A	100
May 2011	N/A	100
Jun 2011	N/A	100
Jul 2011	N/A	100
Aug 2011	N/A	100
Sep 2011	N/A	100

Number of letter correspondence received by CDER's Office of Communication in the month (30 day due date from time of receipt for a response by CDER's Office of Communications

Dictionary: The Division of Drug Information within CDER is responsible for answering the public's questions about the regulatory mission of FDA. Questions arrive in the form of emails or postal mail. The public also calls the agency with many questions. This measure tracks the number of public inquiries CDER receives each month. It is CDER's goal to always respond to all public inquiries.