Document ID: FEMA-2009-0001-0083
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: FEMA's Grants Reporting Tool
Posted Date: 2010-02-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register: February 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 36)]
[Notices]               
[Page 8388]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2009-0001]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, OMB No. 1660-NEW; FEMA's Grants Reporting Tool 
(GRT)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and request for comments; new information 
collection; OMB No. 1660-NEW; FEMA Form--None.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted 
the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management 
and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission describes the 
nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, 
the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by 
respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection 
instruments FEMA will use.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 26, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk 
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to 
oira.submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, Office 
of Records Management, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 20598-
3005, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address FEMA-
Information-Collections@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information

    Title: FEMA's Grants Reporting Tool (GRT).
    Type of information collection: New information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-NEW.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form--None.
    Abstract: The Grants Reporting Tool (GRT) is a Web-based reporting 
system designed to help State Administrative Agencies (SAAs) meet all 
reporting requirements as identified in the grant guidance of FEMA's 
portfolio of preparedness grants sponsored by FEMA's Grant Programs 
Directorate (GPD). The information enables FEMA to evaluate 
applications and make award decisions, monitor ongoing performance and 
manage the flow of federal funds, and to appropriately close out grants 
or cooperative agreements. GRT supports the information collection 
needs of each grant program processed in the system.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: 29.25 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,492 hours.
    Estimated Cost: There are no annual reporting or recordkeeping 
costs associated with this collection.

Larry Gray,
Director, Office of Records Management, Office of Management, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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