Notice2023-01555
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Survey Following the National Test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) System
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Published
January 26, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
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 seeks comments concerning a survey following the upcoming national test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5014-5015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01555]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0019; OMB No. 1660-NW151]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Survey Following the National Test of the
Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) System
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of new collection and request for comments.
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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 seeks comments
concerning a survey following the upcoming national test of the
Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Director,
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,
email address <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b4d4e464a2642656d6479666a7f62646526486467676e687f6264657826466a656a6c6e666e657f4b6d6e666a256f6378256c647d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a6c6f676b0763444c4558474b5e43454407694546464f495e4345445907674b444b4d4f474f445e6a4c4f474b044e4259044d455c">[email protected]</span></a> or
Ward D. Hagood, IPAWS DS2 T&E Manager, FEMA HQ/PNP-NCP-CCD-IPAWS,
phone: (202) 212-1478, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b1c0a190f45030a0c04040f2b0d0e060a450f0318450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d0a7b1a2b4feb8b1b7bfbfb490b6b5bdb1feb4b8a3feb7bfa6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 114-143, the Integrated Public
Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2015, and Presidential
Executive Order 13407, Public Alert and Warning System, require FEMA to
implement the public alert and warning system to disseminate timely and
effective warnings to people in situations of war, terrorist attack,
natural disaster, or other hazards to public safety and wellbeing, and
conduct tests of the public alert and warning system at least once
every three years. The Act also requires public education efforts and a
general market awareness campaign to ensure understanding of the
functions of the public alert and warning system. 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, local, tribal, and territorial
agencies for the purpose of providing warning to governmental
authorities and the civilian population in areas endangered by
disasters. FEMA is planning a national test of a key component of
IPAWS, the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system, to satisfy the
testing and public education requirements of the IPAWS Modernization
Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114-143). The WEA system broadcasts alerts to cell
phones configured to receive such alerts (which, at this point, is most
phones sold in the United States). The WEA national test will be
announced in advance by FEMA and widely publicized. The test will help
FEMA assess WEA's geographic reach, along with additional key
parameters outlined in the IPAWS Modernization Act of 2015. This will
help FEMA and other WEA stakeholders, such as the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) and Congressional committees, enhance
and expand WEA, and thus further improve emergency alerting
capabilities, leading to a better prepared and more resilient nation.
FEMA will implement a survey to capture key technical performance
factors of WEA, such as geographic coverage and carrier-related issues,
as well as non-technical aspects essential to WEA's role in national
alerting, including alerting effectiveness in reaching diverse
populations, including traditionally underserved populations. The
survey will also assess public awareness of the WEA system.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on July 7, 2022, at 87 FR 40544 with a 60 day public
comment period. FEMA received six public comments. Comments 1 (FEMA-
2022-0019-0002), 2 (FEMA-2022-0019-0003), and 4 (FEMA-2022-0019-0005),
which provided feedback on technical aspects of the WEA system as
opposed to feedback on this specific data collection, were shared with
IPAWS. Per comment 3 (FEMA-2022-0019-0004), the 30-Day FRN will also
include the draft survey, which will not require advertising since
participants will be recruited through established survey panels.
Comment 5 (FEMA-2022-0019-0006) referenced a survey that was not
affiliated with this data collection. FEMA responded to comment 6
(FEMA-2022-0019-0007) by providing additional detail on the issues
raised.
The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that FEMA will
submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget for review and clearance.
Collection of Information
Title: Survey Following the National Test of the Wireless Emergency
Alert (WEA) System.
Type of Information Collection: New information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-NW151.
FEMA Form: FEMA Form FF-302-FY-22-101, WEA National Test Survey.
Abstract: FEMA will field a survey following a national test of the
WEA system. The survey will capture key technical performance factors,
such as geographic coverage and carrier-related issues, and non-
technical aspects essential to WEA's role in national alerting,
including effectiveness in reaching diverse populations. FEMA will use
this information to improve the performance of the WEA system and
assess public awareness.
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Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 82,586.
Estimated Number of Responses: 82,586.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,092.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $328,617.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $2,104,395.
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.
Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-01555 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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