[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51978-51979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22298]


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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 (FEMA) will submit the 
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and 
Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission will describe the 
nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, 
the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by 
respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection 
instruments FEMA will use.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 14, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk 
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, 
email address [email protected] or 
Wade Witmer, Deputy for the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System 
(IPAWS) Program, FEMA, Continuity Communications Division, (202) 646-
2523, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on June 21, 2018, at 83 FR 
28857 with a 60-day public comment period. FEMA received four comments 
that were unrelated to this collection. Public Law 114-143, The IPAWS 
Modernization Act of 2015, and Presidential Executive Order 13407 
established 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 governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 160.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 160.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 160 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $8,150.40.
    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,

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e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Maile Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2018-22298 Filed 10-12-18; 8:45 am]
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