Document ID: FEMA-2014-0027-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) Inventory
Posted Date: 2014-10-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 190 (Wednesday, October 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59285-59286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23413]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2014-0027; OMB No. 1660-0106]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) 
Inventory

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on a proposed revision of a currently approved information 
collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
this notice seeks comments concerning the proposed revision of the 
information collection concerning public alert and warning systems at 
the Federal, State, territorial, Tribal and local levels of government 
which is necessary for the inventory and evaluation and assessment of 
existing public alert and warning resources and their integration with 
the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 1, 2014.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2014-0027. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
    (3) Facsimile. Submit comments to (703) 483-2999.
    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 Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wade Witmer, Deputy Director, National 
Continuity Program IPAWS Division, FEMA, (202) 646-2523 for additional 
information. You may contact the Records Management Division for copies 
of the proposed collection of information at, Director, Records 
Management Division, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472-3100, 
facsimile number (202) 212-4701 or email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Presidential Executive Order 13407 
establishes the policy for an effective, reliable, integrated, 
flexible, and comprehensive system to alert and warn the American 
people in situations of war, terrorist attack, natural disaster, or 
other hazards to public safety and wellbeing. The Executive Order 
requires that DHS establish an inventory of public alert and warning 
resources, capabilities, and the degree of integration at the Federal, 
State, territorial, Tribal, and local levels of government. The IPAWS 
implements the requirements of the Executive Order. The information 
collected has, and will continue to consist of the public alert and 
warning systems, as well as the communication systems being used for 
collaboration and situational awareness at the Local Emergency 
Operations Center (EOC) level and higher. This information will help 
FEMA identify the technologies currently in use or desired for 
inclusion into IPAWS.

Collection of Information

    Title: Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) 
Inventory.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0106.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 142-1-1 IPAWS Inventory.
    Abstract: FEMA will be conducting an inventory, evaluation and 
assessment of the capabilities of Federal, State, territorial, Tribal, 
and local government alert and warning systems. The IPAWS Inventory and 
Evaluation Survey collects data to facilitate the integration of public 
alert and warning systems. It also reduces Federal planning costs by 
leveraging existing State systems.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 3,200.
    Number of Responses: 3,200.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,400.
    Estimated Cost: There are no recordkeeping, capital, start-up or 
maintenance costs associated with this information collection.

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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.

    Dated: September 17, 2014.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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