[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75349-75350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26052]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2020-0014; OMB No. 1660-0132]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Consolidated FEMA-National Training and 
Education Division (NTED) Level 3 Training Evaluation Forms

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: 30 Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a 
reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved information 
collection for which approval has expired. The reinstatement includes 
minor changes to survey questions in order for the agency to better 
assess changes to students' behaviors on the job. In accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments 
concerning the use of the three separate Kirkpatrick Training Program 
Evaluation Level 3 instruments by three geographically separated 
National Training and Education (NTED) Training Organizations: The 
Training Partners Program Branch (TPP) located at FEMA Headquarters, 
Washington, DC, the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) located in 
Anniston, AL, and the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) located in 
Emmitsburg, MD.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 28, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For any questions, please contact 
Dalia Abdelmeguid at [email protected] or via phone 202-431-7739. 
You may contact the Information Management Division for copies of the 
proposed collection of information at email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    While these three instruments contain five common questions or data 
sets, other questions are required due to unique occupational and 
operational needs of their respective customers and the different 
course/program content or subject material that is designed to develop 
interoperable National Preparedness Core Capabilities, Community 
Lifelines, and/or Recovery Sector capabilities across and among various 
responder communities. Level 3 data is used to measure and monitor 
transfer or retention of knowledge, skills and abilities obtained 
during training to the students' work environment and/or organizational 
work environment. Data collected is utilized to continuously improve 
course material, delivery and to inform key stakeholders on course/
program performance in accordance with the Government Performance and 
Results Act (GPRA) Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA).
    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.
    In support of Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) National 
Preparedness, the National Preparedness Goal (NPG) and National 
Preparedness System (NPS) FEMA's NTED provides program oversight of 
three geographically separated training organizations: TPP in 
Washington DC, CDP in Anniston, AL, and EMI in Emmitsburg, MD. These 
organizations with the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) 
and the Continuing Training Grant (CTG) members comprise the National 
Training and Education System (NTES) and are organized to optimize the 
6 U.S.C. 748 required National Training Program on behalf of the FEMA 
Administrator in collaboration with other Federal agencies. Working 
collectively as a NTES, the training capabilities and capacity of the 
Nation increase the planning, capability and capacity to design, 
develop, deliver and evaluate training and education solutions to build 
sustainable and interoperable National Core Capabilities, Community 
Lifelines, and Recovery Sectors that prevent, protect, mitigate, 
respond and recover the Nation from acts of terrorism and natural 
disasters.

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    As part of the Federal Government, FEMA's NTED and component 
organizations have developed these training evaluation instruments to 
measure their individual and collective program performance as required 
by the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010. Paragraph(a) of 31 U.S.C. 1115 
covers Federal Government and Agency Performance Plans while paragraph 
(b) covers Agency Performance Plans (6) requires a balanced set of 
performance indicators to be used in measuring or assessing progress 
toward each performance goal, including, as appropriate, customer 
service, efficiency, output, and outcome indicators.
    This information collection expired on February 28, 2019. FEMA is 
requesting a reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved 
information collection for which approval has expired.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on May 26, 2020, at 85 FR 31538 with a 60-day public 
comment period. FEMA received two non-germane comments. FEMA is 
requesting a reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved 
information collection for which approval has expired. The purpose of 
this notice is to notify the public that FEMA will submit the 
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and 
Budget for review and clearance.

Collection of Information

    Title: Consolidated FEMA-National Training and Education Division 
(NTED) Level 3 Training Evaluation Forms.
    Type of information collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a 
previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    OMB Number: 1660-0132
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 016-0-2, Post Course Assessment 
National Training & Education Division, Training Partners Program 
(TPP); FEMA Form 092-0-2A, PER-220 Field Force Operations (FFO) Post-
Graduate Questionnaire for Students; FEMA Form 092-0-2B, PER-220 Field 
Force Operations (FFO) Post-Graduate Training Evaluation for 
Supervisors; and FEMA Form 519-0-1, Emergency Management Institute 
(EMI): FEMA Follow-up Evaluation Survey.
    Abstract: This data collection is required in support of GPRAMA 
2010 Section 115 to provide National Preparedness Training Program 
performance evaluation data to FEMA; DHS Executives; Congress; and 
State, local, Tribal and territorial (SLTT) elected officials. This 
instrument is part of a larger training program evaluation collection 
that applies the Kirkpatrick Training Evaluation Model. Respondents 
include SLTT emergency responders from Law Enforcement, Emergency 
Medical and Public Health communities.
    Affected Public: State, local, Tribal, and territorial employees. 
Others include non-profits and Federal Emergency Support Function Lead 
Agency employees.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 124,692.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 124,692.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 31,173.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $1,489,450.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: N/A.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: N/A.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $168,913.

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.

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. 2020-26052 Filed 11-24-20; 8:45 am]
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