[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 120 (Thursday, June 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28857-28858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13290]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2018-0024; OMB No. 1660-0140]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) 
Memorandum of Agreement Applications

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 to take this opportunity to comment on an extension, 
without change, of a currently approved

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information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Integrated Public 
Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) Memorandum of Agreement Applications.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 20, 2018.

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-2018-0024. 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.
    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 for the Integrated 
Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Program, FEMA, Continuity 
Communications Division, (202) 646-2523, [email protected]. You 
may contact the Information Management Division for copies of the 
proposed collection of information at email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 114-143, The IPAWS Modernization 
Act of 2015, and 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 Integrated Public Alert and Warning 
System (IPAWS) is the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) response 
to the Executive Order. The Stafford Act (U.S.C. Title 42, Chapter 68, 
Subchapter II) requires that FEMA make IPAWS available to Federal, 
State, and local agencies for the purpose of providing warning to 
governmental authorities and the civilian population in areas 
endangered by disasters. The information collected is used by FEMA to 
create a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that regulates the management, 
operations, and security of the information technology system 
connection between a Federal, State, territorial, tribal or local 
alerting authority and IPAWS-OPEN (Open Platform for Emergency 
Notifications).

Collection of Information

    Title: Integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) 
Memorandum of Agreement Applications.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0140.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 007-0-25, IPAWS Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) 
Application; FEMA Form 007-0-26, Memorandum of Agreement Application 
for Tribal Governments.
    Abstract: A Federal, State, territorial, tribal, or local alerting 
authority that applies for authorization to use IPAWS is designated as 
a Collaborative Operating Group or ``COG'' by the IPAWS Program 
Management Office (PMO). Access to IPAWS is free; however, to send a 
message using IPAWS, an organization must procure its own IPAWS 
compatible software. To become a COG, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) 
governing system security must be executed between the sponsoring 
organization and FEMA.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 160.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 160.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 160 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $8,150.4.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $115,890.42.

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.

Rachel Frier,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2018-13290 Filed 6-20-18; 8:45 am]
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