Document ID: FEMA-2013-0026-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; FEMA’s Grants Reporting Tool (GRT)
Posted Date: 2013-10-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 60300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23842]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2013-0026; OMB No. 1660-0117]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; FEMA's Grants Reporting Tool (GRT)

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit 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 will describe 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 October 31, 2013.

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, 
Records Management Division, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 
20598-3005, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information

    Title: FEMA's Grants Reporting Tool (GRT).
    OMB Number: 1660-0117.
    Type of information collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    Form Titles and Numbers: 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.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,156 hours.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $69,423.20. There are no annual costs to respondents 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There is no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$2,062,582.02.

    Dated: September 20, 2013.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2013-23842 Filed 9-30-13; 8:45 am]
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