[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19316-19317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06710]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0008; OMB No. 1660-0134]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Preparedness Activity Registration and Feedback
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of renewal 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 an extension,
without change, of a currently approved information collection. In
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning FEMA's Individual and Community Preparedness
Division's (ICPD) efforts to enable individuals, organizations, or
other groups to register with FEMA and to take part in FEMA's
preparedness mission by connecting with individuals, organizations, and
communities with research and tools to build and sustain capabilities
to prepare for any disaster or emergency.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2023-0008. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
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 and
Security Notice that is available via a link on the homepage of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Burrows, Preparedness Behavior
Change Branch Chief, Individual and Community Preparedness Division,
National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA, DHS, 400 C St. SW, Washington,
DC 20024, at 202-716-0527 or [email protected]. You may
contact the Information Management Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 6 U.S.C. 313-314, and section 611
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act,
(codified at 42 U.S.C. 5196), the mission of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) is to reduce the loss of life and property and
protect the Nation from all hazards by leading and supporting the
Nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of
preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation. FEMA's
Individual and Community Preparedness Division (ICPD) supports the FEMA
Mission by connecting individuals, organizations, and communities with
research and tools to build and sustain capabilities to prepare
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for any disaster or emergency. The Division conducts research to better
understand effective preparedness actions and ways to motivate the
public to take those actions. ICPD develops and shares preparedness
resources and coordinates comprehensive disaster preparedness
initiatives that empower communities to prepare for, protect against,
respond to, and recover from a disaster. This mission is achieved
through close coordination with the FEMA Regions and working
relationships with Federal, state, local, and Tribal agencies. This
includes working with nongovernmental partners from all sectors both
nationally and through neighborhood-based community groups.
This collection will allow ICPD to gather the following information
from the public via web form(s):
Feedback: General feedback on the effectiveness of national
FEMA preparedness programs and initiatives and website user experience
Activity Details: Information regarding the type, size and
location of preparedness activities hosted by members of the public and
community organizers
POC Information: For registration within the site and follow-
on communication, if needed
Future Engagement Requests: Allow for the public to enroll in
the ICPD newsletter or other public communications
Publication Ordering: Submitting requests to the FEMA
publication warehouse to have materials shipped directly to members of
the public
Collection of Information
Title: Preparedness Activity Registration and Feedback.
Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0134.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-008-FY-23-101 (formerly 008-0-8),
Preparedness Activity Web Collection; FEMA Form FF-008-FY-23-102
(formerly 519-0-11), Preparedness Activity Feedback Form.
Abstract: To fulfill its mission for FEMA, the Individual and
Community Preparedness Division (ICPD) collects information from
individuals and organizations by the Preparedness Activity Registration
Form and the Preparedness Activity Feedback Form located within a
public website. This collection facilitates FEMA's ability to assess
its progress for multiple programs. As new programs or initiatives are
created, ICPD will leverage the pre- approved questions in the question
bank provided for this collection. ICPD uses this information to inform
the continuous improvement of the programs and the Division's outreach.
Further, the information allows the Division to analyze seasonal trends
in preparedness across the variety of programs. Raw data is not shared
outside of the database; only results of the data assessment is shared.
The data is used for internal reports as well as public-facing talking
points.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 86,115.
Estimated Number of Responses: 86,115.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,174.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $217,229.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $13,151.
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.
Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-06710 Filed 3-30-23; 8:45 am]
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