[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 25641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07659]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0013; OMB No. 1660-NW150]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for Information Sharing Agreements 
Involving Personal Identifiable Information and Sensitive Personal 
Identifiable Information

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice of new collection 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 new 
information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning FEMA's sharing of 
information that includes personally identifiable information (PII) and 
sensitive personally identifiable information (SPII) of disaster 
survivors.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 10, 2024.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit 
comments at http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2024-0013. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used to 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: Audrey Carter, Government Information 
Specialist, FEMA, at 202-288-6421 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: The Privacy Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-579, as 
amended) (5 U.S.C. 552a) establishes a Code of Fair Information 
Practice that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and 
dissemination of personally identifiable information about individuals 
that is maintained in systems of records by Federal Agencies.
    The E-Government Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-347) (5 U.S.C. chapter 
37; 44 U.S.C. 3501-3606) improves the management and promotion of 
electronic government services and processes by establishing a Federal 
Chief Information Officer within the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), and by establishing a framework of measures that require using 
internet-based information technology to improve citizen access to 
government information and services, and for other purposes.
    The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(Pub. L. 93-288, as amended), 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (``Stafford Act'') 
provides broad authority to the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) to carry out its mission of helping people before, during, and 
after disasters. FEMA shares information, to include PII and SPII, to 
meet the Agency's mission to: ``reduce the loss of life and property 
and protect our institutions from all hazards by leading and supporting 
the nation in a comprehensive, risk-based emergency management program 
of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.'' As part of 
responding to requests to share information, FEMA engages in an 
interactive process with entities to determine the validity and scope 
of their data sharing request.
    FEMA is creating this generic information collection to document 
the instruments FEMA uses to outline contractual sharing of protected 
information with external partners in disaster and non-disaster 
environments. This generic information collection will ensure all OMB-
approved expiration dates are aligned across FEMA's Privacy Division 
and will also allow FEMA to update individual instruments as sub-
collections under this generic instead of revising entire information 
collections and analyze individual instruments for burden reduction.

Collection of Information

    Title: Generic Clearance for Information Sharing Agreements 
Involving Personal Identifiable Information and Sensitive Personal 
Identifiable Information.
    Type of Information Collection: New information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-NW150.
    FEMA Forms: Not applicable.
    Abstract: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must 
collect information for points of contact within state, local, 
territorial, and Tribal governments, as well as the purpose, need, and 
authority for the personally identifiable information, to initiate 
legal agreements. Once finalized, these legal agreements permit sharing 
of disaster survivors' and insurance policyholders' data for response 
and mitigation efforts.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 817.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 841.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 841.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $46,238.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $100,240.

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. 2024-07659 Filed 4-10-24; 8:45 am]
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