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FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 

ADVISORY BOARD 

Notice of Appointments Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Appointments Panel, a 

subcommittee of the Federal Accounting 

Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), 

will hold a meeting on January 30, 2025 

and February 19, 2025. The 

Appointments Panel makes 

recommendations regarding 

appointments for non-Federal member 

positions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Monica R. Valentine, Executive 

Director, 441 G Street NW, Suite 1155, 

Washington, DC 20548, or call (202) 

512–7350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meetings are closed to the public. The 

reason for the closure is that matters 

covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) 

will be discussed. Any such discussions 

will involve matters that relate solely to 

internal personnel rules and practices of 

the sponsor agencies and the disclosure 

of information of a personal nature 

where disclosure would constitute a 

clearly unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy. 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. 1009(d), portions of 

advisory committee meetings may be 

closed to the public where the head of 

the agency to which the advisory 

committee reports determines that such 

portion of such meeting may be closed 

to the public in accordance with 

subsection (c) of section 552b of title 5, 

United States Code. The determination 

shall be in writing and shall contain the 

reasons for the determination. A 

determination has been made in writing 

by the U.S. Government Accountability 

Office, the U.S. Department of the 

Treasury, and the Office of Management 

and Budget, as required by section 10(d) 

of FACA, that such portions of the 

meetings may be closed to the public in 

accordance with subsection (c) of 

section 552b of title 5, United States 

Code. 

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3511(d); Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

1001–1014). 

Dated: December 4, 2024. 

Monica R. Valentine, 

Executive Director. 

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BILLING CODE 1610–02–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0207; FR ID 266100] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before February 7, 

2025. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to nicole.ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele, (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid control number. No 

person shall be subject to any penalty 

for failing to comply with a collection 

of information subject to the PRA that 

does not display a valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0207. 

Title: Part 11—Emergency Alert System 

(EAS), Order, FCC 21–77. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 63,084 respondents; 

3,588,845 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.017 

hours–112 hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and annual reporting requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory 

and Voluntary. Statutory authority for 

this information collection is contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 606 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 141,414 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Needs and Uses: Part 11 contains 

rules and regulations addressing the 

nation’s Emergency Alert System (EAS). 

The EAS provides the President with 

the capability to provide immediate 

communications and information to the 

general public during periods of 

national emergency over broadcast 

television and radio, cable, direct 

broadcast radio and other EAS 

Participants, as defined in section 

11.11(a) of the Commission’s rules The 

EAS also provides State and local 

governments and the National Weather 

Service with the capability to provide 

immediate communications and 

information to the public concerning 

emergency situations posing a threat to 

life and property. Part 11 includes 

testing requirements to ensure proper 

and efficient operation of the EAS. State 

and local use of the EAS, alert 

processing requirements, and 

monitoring assignments covering the 

distribution of EAS alerts within the 

State, among other things, are required 

to be described in State EAS Plans that 

are administered by State Emergency 

Communications Committees (SECC) 

and submitted to the FCC annually for 

approval. 

The Order, PS Docket Nos. 15–91 and 

15–94, FCC 21–77, pursuant to the 

directions set forth in Section 9201 of 

the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2021, Public Law 116–283, 

134 Stat. 3388, sec. 9201 (NDAA21), 

among other things, (i) requires the 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau (Bureau) to establish a State EAS 

Plan Content Checklist composed of the 

content set forth in section 11.21 of the 

Commission’s rules, (47 CFR 11.21), 

post the checklist on the FCC’s website, 

and incorporate it as an appendix in 

ARS user manual; (ii) amend the State 

EAS Plan requirements in section 11.21 


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of the Commission’s rules to ensure 

plans are updated annually, require a 

certification by the SECC Chairperson or 

Vice-Chairperson that the SECC met (in 

person, via teleconference, or via other 

methods of conducting virtual meetings) 

at least once in the twelve months prior 

to submitting the annual updated plan, 

and require that the Bureau approve or 

reject State EAS Plans submitted for 

approval within 60 days of receipt; and 

(iii) require the Bureau to list the 

approval dates of State EAS Plans 

submitted on ARS on the Commission’s 

website, and in the event a final 

decision is made to deny a plan, directly 

notify the chief executive of the State to 

which the plan applies of that 

determination and the reasons for such 

denial within 30 days of such decision. 

The Order also amends section 11.45 of 

the Part 11 rules to enable voluntary 

reporting to the Commission by the 

FEMA Administrator and Tribal, State, 

local or territorial governments of false 

EAS alerts. 

The Commission seeks OMB approval 

of these rule amendments as an 

extension of a previously approved 

information collection. Congress has 

determined that EAS rule changes are 

necessary to increase oversight over the 

distribution of State and local EAS 

alerts within States, and increase false 

alert reporting capabilities to help 

ameliorate confusion or other harmful 

effects that might result from false EAS 

alerts. The internal State EAS Plan 

processing requirements and rule 

changes adopted in the Order will 

improve State EAS Plan processing and 

administration, improving the 

capabilities and efficacy of EAS as a 

national system for distributing vital 

alert information to all Americans, and 

will do so in a cost-effective manner. 

The following information collections 

contained in Part 11 may be impacted 

by the rule amendments described 

herein. 

State EAS Plans (47 CFR 11.21) 

The establishment of a State EAS Plan 

Content Checklist for SECCs should 

have no impact or lessen SECC burdens, 

and posting it on the FCC’s website, and 

incorporating it as an appendix in the 

ARS user manual, are routine Bureau 

activities. The requirement to ensure 

State EAS Plans are updated annually 

already was contained in section 11.21, 

and thus does not represent a new 

burden. 

The amendment to include as a 

required element in the State EAS Plan, 

a certification (which will be 

incorporated into the ARS) by the SECC 

Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson that 

the SECC met (in person, via 

teleconference, or via other methods of 

conducting virtual meetings) at least 

once in the twelve months prior to 

submitting the annual updated plan to 

review and update their State EAS Plan 

should promote added diligence in 

SECC administration of State EAS Plans. 

The Commission estimates the burden 

to SECC members in complying with 

this requirement to be two hours per 

member. 

The rule amendment requiring the 

Bureau approve or reject State EAS 

Plans submitted for approval within 60 

days of receipt does not impose new 

burdens on any entity. The Bureau 

already is charged with reviewing State 

EAS Plans. The internal requirement 

that the Bureau list the approval dates 

of State EAS Plans submitted on ARS on 

the Commission’s website, and in the 

event a final decision is made to deny 

a plan, directly notify the chief 

executive of the State to which the plan 

applies of that determination and the 

reasons for such denial within 30 days, 

does not impose new burdens on any 

entity. The Bureau already maintains a 

web page on the Commission’s website 

dedicated to SECC and State EAS Plan 

information. 

False EAS Alert Reporting (47 CFR 

11.45) 

The amendment enabling the FEMA 

Administrator and Tribal, State, local or 

territorial governments to file reports of 

false EAS alerts provides another 

mechanism for the Commission to 

receive information concerning false 

EAS alerts, does not impose burdens on 

any entity. Should any permitted 

government entity voluntarily elect to 

file a false EAS alert report, the burden 

associated with this provision amounts 

to composing an email, which the 

Commission estimates will take an hour 

or less to prepare, and falls within the 

routine activities of government 

employees. False alert reports help the 

Commission to identify, investigate, 

correct and prevent false EAS 

activations, which enhances the EAS’s 

efficacy and the public trust in the EAS. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

[OMB No. 3064–0121; –0135] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its 

obligations under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the renewal of the existing 

information collections described below 

(OMB Control No. 3064–0121 and 

–0135). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 7, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments to 

the FDIC by any of the following 

methods: 

• Agency Website: https://

www.fdic.gov/resources/regulations/ 

federal-register-publications/. 

• Email: comments@fdic.gov. Include 

the name and number of the collection 

in the subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Manny Cabeza (202–898– 

3767), Regulatory Counsel, MB–3128, 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 

550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20429. 

• Hand Delivery: Comments may be 

hand-delivered to the guard station at 

the rear of the 17th Street NW building 

(located on F Street NW), on business 

days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

All comments should refer to the 

relevant OMB control number. A copy 

of the comments may also be submitted 

to the OMB desk officer for the FDIC: 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Manny Cabeza, Regulatory Counsel, 

202–898–3767, mcabeza@fdic.gov, MB– 

3128, Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation, 550 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20429. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal 

to renew the following currently 

approved collections of information: 

1. Title: Certification of Compliance 

with Mandatory Bars to Employment. 

OMB Number: 3064–0121. 

Form Number: 2120/16. 

Affected Public: Individuals seeking 

employment from the FDIC. 

Burden Estimate: 


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