Notice2023-27122
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request; Generic Clearance for FEMA's Standardized Grants Performance Reporting
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Published
December 11, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a new information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning FEMA's grants performance reporting.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 236 (Monday, December 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85897-85898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27122]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0032; OMB No. 1660-NW170]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for FEMA's Standardized Grants
Performance Reporting
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice of new collection and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a new
information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning
FEMA's grants performance reporting.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 9, 2024.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit
comments at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> under Docket ID FEMA-2023-0032. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket
ID. Regardless of the method used to submitting comments or material,
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, and will include any
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy and
Security Notice that is available via a link on the homepage of
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cassandra Henry, Ph.D., CGMS,
Monitoring and Compliance Branch, Risk Management Division, Grant
Programs Directorate, FEMA, at 202-257-2308 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8fbd9cbcbd9d6dccad996f0ddd6cac1f8deddd5d996dcd0cb96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f8bb998b8b99969c8a99d6b09d968a81b89e9d9599d69c908bd69f978e">[email protected]</span></a>. You may contact the Information
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of
information at email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#df999a929ef296b1b9b0adb2beabb6b0b1f29cb0b3b3babcabb6b0b1acf292beb1beb8bab2bab1ab9fb9bab2bef1bbb7acf1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f2b4b7bfb3dfbb9c949d809f93869b9d9cdfb19d9e9e9791869b9d9c81dfbf939c9395979f979c86b294979f93dc969a81dc959d84">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Code of Federal
Regulations (see 2 CFR 200.301 and 200.329), Federal awarding agencies
must measure each recipient's performance to show achievement of
program goals and objectives, share lessons learned, improve program
outcomes, and foster adoption of promising practices. The Foundations
for Evidence-Based Policy-Making Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-435)
(``Evidence Act'') established processes for the Federal Government to
modernize and increase impacts of reporting activities. To achieve
these aims, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is changing
its programmatic reporting to facilitate better and more consistent
data collection. FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) Risk
Management Division (RMD) developed standard performance reporting
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instruments under this new generic collection for use across FEMA's
grant programs. These instruments will replace the current quarterly
performance reporting that does not have a standard format.
Grant performance reporting is a Federal requirement; standardized
instruments under this generic collection will serve as the minimum
performance reporting requirement for all programs. FEMA grants will
collect both performance and project effectiveness measures via the
required instruments under this new generic collection. Each FEMA grant
program will collect only relevant, useful data. FEMA will utilize a
standard framework under this generic collection but will not require
each program to create the same end-product. Programs will tailor grant
performance reporting instruments based on the grant's specific
objectives, activities, indicators, targets, and reporting measures
most appropriate for each program's funding objectives. Instruments
under this generic collection are not intended to replace all existing
information collection instruments that are programmatic or statutorily
specific (i.e., existing grant specific reporting).
Collection of Information
Title: Generic Clearance for FEMA's Standardized Grants Performance
Reporting.
Type of Information Collection: New information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-NW170.
FEMA Forms: Not Applicable.
Abstract: Performance reporting is required for recipients of
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants. However, the scope
and detail of previous performance reporting varied across different
FEMA grant programs. FEMA is changing its programmatic reporting to
facilitate better data collection. The instruments under this generic
collection will satisfy the minimum performance reporting requirement
for all programs while introducing a common performance reporting
framework. Individual grant programs will use this framework as a
starting point and then develop tailored program-specific instruments
based on the program's objectives, activities, indicators, and targets.
Each FEMA grant program will collect only relevant, useful data.
Performance data is used by FEMA to track recipient progress, monitor
project execution, evaluate program outcomes, and respond to requests
from Congress.
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; Private
Sector.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,200.
Estimated Number of Responses: 24,800.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 744,000.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $41,753,280.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $10,104,456.
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;
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. 2023-27122 Filed 12-8-23; 8:45 am]
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