MDF retains Market Decisions, Inc. to design and conduct the surveys. For these data needs, agencies should develop targeted customer satisfaction questionnaires or conduct more rigorous survey research. For more information, contact Craig Freshley at Maine Development Foundation at 622-6345. State agencies can subscribe to the Omnibus Survey using the State Planning Office's subscription. Subscribers receive all survey data on a broad range of varying economic, political, social, and consumer issues.
Subscribers can also commission questions of their own for an additional fee.
Questions may be asked quarterly, semiannually, or annually depending on the frequency of data desired. Each subscriber receives a comprehensive, quarterly report profiling consumer confidence, economic, public policy, and consumer issues. For example, this past quarter, MDI queried citizens on seat belt usage, volunteer activities, and computer usage. In an upcoming quarter, they intend to ask citizens about electric utility deregulation. Market Decisions, Inc. has extensive experience in surveying Maine consumers.