Notice2026-05900
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; User Needs Survey by the Space Weather Advisory Group
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Published
March 26, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05900]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; User Needs Survey by the Space Weather Advisory Group
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on December 11, 2025, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: User Needs Survey by the Space Weather Advisory Group.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0814.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (Extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 491.
Average Hours per Response:
<bullet> Aviation: 1 hour
<bullet> Emergency Management: 8 hours
<bullet> Global Navigation Satellite System: 15 minutes (Survey) and 1
hour (Interview)
<bullet> Human Space Flight: 1 hour
<bullet> Power Grid: 1 hour
<bullet> Research Sector: 1 hour
<bullet> Space Situational Awareness: 1 hour
Total Annual Burden Hours: 432.
Needs and Uses: The data collection is sponsored by Department of
Commerce (DOC)/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/
National Weather Service (NWS)/Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG). The
SWAG is required under 51 U.S. Code Sec. 60601(d)(3) to undertake a
comprehensive survey of space weather product users to identify the
``research, observations, forecasting, prediction, and modeling
advances required to improve space weather products.'' Specifically,
the SWAG will (i) assess the adequacy of current Federal Government
goals for lead time, accuracy, coverage, timeliness, data rate, and
data quality for space weather observations and forecasting; (ii)
identify options and methods to, in consultation with the academic
community and the commercial space weather sector, improve upon the
advancement of the goals described in clause (i); (iii) identify
opportunities for collection of new data to address the needs of the
space weather user community; (iv) identify methods to increase
coordination of space weather research to operations and operations to
research; (v) identify opportunities for new technologies, research,
and instrumentation to aid in research, understanding, monitoring,
modeling, prediction, forecasting, and warning of space weather; and
(vi) identify methods and technologies to improve preparedness for
potential space weather phenomena.
This collection identified seven sectors (Aviation, Emergency
Management, Global Navigation Satellite System, Human Space Flight,
Power Grid, Research, and Space Situational Awareness/Space Traffic
Management) that will be consulted as part of this effort. Information
will be collected from each of the sectors as needed. Respondents in
each sector include the general public, defined as (adults ages 18+).
Members of the SWAG will oversee recruitment of the respondents.
Respondents will be asked questions about their current use of space
weather observations, information, and forecasts, technological
systems, components or elements affected by space weather, current and
future risk and resilience activities, future space weather
requirements, and unused or new types of measurements or observations
that would enhance space weather risk mitigation. This data collection
serves many purposes, including gaining a better understanding of the
needs of users of space weather products. The SWAG will use the data to
identify the space weather research, observations, forecasting,
prediction, and modeling advances required to improve space weather
products. Specifically, the information will be used to advise the
National Science and Technology Council's Space Weather Operations,
Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) Subcommittee on improving the ability
of the United States to prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover
from space weather storms.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
Tribal government; Federal government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 51 U.S. Code 60601 Space weather.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <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 and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0648-0814.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2026-05900 Filed 3-25-26; 8:45 am]
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