[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 110 (Thursday, June 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30919-30920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12224]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; 911 Grant Program Performance Closeout Report

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on April 2, 2021 during the 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
Commerce.
    Title: 911 Grant Program Closeout Performance Report Request.
    OMB Control Number: 06XX-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.

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    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 36.
    Average Hours per Response: 60 hours.
    Burden Hours: 2,160 hours.
    Needs and Uses: In 2012, the Next Generation 911 (NG911) 
Advancement Act of 2012 (Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act 
of 2012, Pub. L. 112-96, Title VI, Subtitle E (codified at 47 U.S.C. 
942)) enacted changes to this program. It reauthorized the 911 
Implementation Coordination Office (ICO), a joint effort between the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). It delineated 
the responsibilities of the ICO to include a joint program to establish 
and facilitate coordination and communication between Federal, State, 
and local emergency communications systems, emergency personnel, public 
safety organizations, telecommunications carriers, and 
telecommunications equipment manufacturers and vendors involved in the 
implementation of 911 services.
    The NG911 Advancement Act provided funding for grants to be used 
for the implementation and operation of 911 services, E911 services, 
migration to an IP-enabled emergency network, and adoption and 
operation of NG911 services and applications; the implementation of IP-
enabled emergency services and applications enabled by NG911 services, 
including the establishment of IP backbone networks and the application 
layer software infrastructure needed to interconnect the multitude of 
emergency response organizations; and training public safety personnel, 
including call-takers, first responders, and other individuals and 
organizations who are part of the emergency response chain in 911 
services. In August 2019, NTIA and NHTSA made $109,250,000 in grant 
awards to 36 agencies.
    The information collected for the closeout of this grant program 
will include various reporting requirements. The closeout performance 
report is a new collection instrument. All grantees will submit the 
closeout performance report, tangible property report and final 
financial report in accordance with 2 CFR part 200, the Uniform 
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements 
for Federal Awards (OMB Uniform Guidance). It is important for NTIA and 
NHTSA to have this information so that they can effectively administer 
the grant program and account for the expenditure of funds.
    Affected Public: Under this proposed effort, all grantees are 
required to submit the required report electronically via email. 
Reporting entities are the 36 grantees, making the total maximum number 
of respondents 36.
    Frequency: One time. The reporting entities will be required to 
submit the Closeout Performance Report, Tangible Property Report and a 
final financial report.
    Respondents' Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 942.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website 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 and entering the title of the collection.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-12224 Filed 6-9-21; 8:45 am]
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