Document ID: FEMA-2011-0013-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) Inventory
Posted Date: 2011-08-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54245-54246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22249]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2011-0013; OMB No. 1660-0106]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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 (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 September 30, 2011.

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 e-mail address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@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 well-being. 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 
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (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 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0106.
    Form Titles and Numbers: 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 that will facilitate the

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integration of public alert and warning systems. It also reduces 
Federal planning costs by leveraging existing State systems.
    Affected Public: State, local, territorial, and Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,932.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,796 hours.
    Estimated Cost: There are no annual start-up or capital costs.

Lesia M. Banks,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2011-22249 Filed 8-30-11; 8:45 am]
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