Notice2024-18498
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Emergency Notification System (ENS)
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Published
August 19, 2024
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. FEMA invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on an extension of a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Emergency Notification System (ENS).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67100-67101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18498]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0015; OMB No. 1660-0137]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Emergency Notification System (ENS)
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of extension 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. FEMA invites the general public to
take this opportunity to comment on an extension of a currently
approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments
concerning the Emergency Notification System (ENS).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 18, 2024.
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 Anthony Allen,
ENS System Security Officer/IT Technician, FEMA/ORR, by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#52133c263a3d3c2b7c133e3e373c1234373f337c363a217c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fabb948e92959483d4bb96969f94ba9c9f979bd49e9289d49d958c">[email protected]</span></a> or telephone at 540-326-2645. You may
contact the Records Management Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6422212925492d0a020b160905100d0b0a49270b08080107100d0b0a174929050a05030109010a1024020109054a000c174a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f6b0b3bbb7dbbf989099849b97829f9998dbb5999a9a9395829f999885dbbb97989791939b939882b690939b97d8929e85d8919980">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA's Office of Response & Recovery (ORR)
owns and operates the Emergency Notification System (ENS). FEMA
Directive 262-3 designates ENS as the Agency's solution for all
notification and alerts activities. The ENS sends electronic
notifications and relays messages, whether critical in nature, routine,
or for testing purposes with appropriate authorization, to Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) employees and contractors, as well as
emergency response personnel. In accordance with Executive Order 12656,
Presidential Policy Directive 40, and Federal Continuity Directive-1,
all DHS organizational components must have in place a viable
Continuity of Operations Planning capability and plan that ensures the
performance of their essential functions during any emergency or
situation that could disrupt normal operations. An effective ENS
solution is a critical part of this plan.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on April 9, 2024, at 89 FR 24849 with a 60-day public
comment period. No comments were received. 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: Emergency Notification System (ENS).
Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0137.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-24-100, Emergency Notification
System (ENS).
Abstract: The Emergency Notification System (ENS) has been deemed
the standard notification tool for FEMA. The purpose of this
notification tool is to activate teams and disseminate information. The
respondents to this information are Mobile Operation Centers and
Regions that use this information to make decisions on how to meet
operational missions.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Governments; Federal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 700.
Estimated Number of Responses: 2,200.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 184.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $8,005.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $214,743.
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,
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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. 2024-18498 Filed 8-16-24; 8:45 am]
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