[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 120 (Thursday, June 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28857-28858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13290]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2018-0024; OMB No. 1660-0140]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS)
Memorandum of Agreement Applications
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on an extension,
without change, of a currently approved
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information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Integrated Public
Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) Memorandum of Agreement Applications.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 20, 2018.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA-2018-0024. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW, 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material,
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act
notice that is available via the link in the footer of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wade Witmer, Deputy for the Integrated
Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Program, FEMA, Continuity
Communications Division, (202) 646-2523, [email protected]. You
may contact the Information Management Division for copies of the
proposed collection of information at email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 114-143, The IPAWS Modernization
Act of 2015, and Presidential Executive Order 13407 establishes the
policy for an effective, reliable, integrated, flexible, and
comprehensive system to alert and warn the American people in
situations of war, terrorist attack, natural disaster, or other hazards
to public safety and wellbeing. The Integrated Public Alert and Warning
System (IPAWS) is the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) response
to the Executive Order. The Stafford Act (U.S.C. Title 42, Chapter 68,
Subchapter II) requires that FEMA make IPAWS available to Federal,
State, and local agencies for the purpose of providing warning to
governmental authorities and the civilian population in areas
endangered by disasters. The information collected is used by FEMA to
create a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that regulates the management,
operations, and security of the information technology system
connection between a Federal, State, territorial, tribal or local
alerting authority and IPAWS-OPEN (Open Platform for Emergency
Notifications).
Collection of Information
Title: Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS)
Memorandum of Agreement Applications.
Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0140.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 007-0-25, IPAWS Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
Application; FEMA Form 007-0-26, Memorandum of Agreement Application
for Tribal Governments.
Abstract: A Federal, State, territorial, tribal, or local alerting
authority that applies for authorization to use IPAWS is designated as
a Collaborative Operating Group or ``COG'' by the IPAWS Program
Management Office (PMO). Access to IPAWS is free; however, to send a
message using IPAWS, an organization must procure its own IPAWS
compatible software. To become a COG, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
governing system security must be executed between the sponsoring
organization and FEMA.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 160.
Estimated Number of Responses: 160.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 160 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $8,150.4.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $115,890.42.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b)
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Rachel Frier,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2018-13290 Filed 6-20-18; 8:45 am]
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