Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Documentation

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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 After Action Report/Improvement Plans, Integrated Preparedness Plans, and Support Request Forms to the National Exercise Program which are used to validate current preparedness capabilities and support future national exercise efforts.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72548-72549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22857]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2026-0298; OMB No. 1660-0118]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review, Comment Request; Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation 
Program (HSEEP) Documentation

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 After Action Report/Improvement Plans, Integrated 
Preparedness Plans, and Support Request Forms to the National Exercise 
Program which are used to validate current preparedness capabilities 
and support future national exercise efforts.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 10, 2026.

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#85c3c0c8c4a8ccebe3eaf7e8e4f1eceaeba8c6eae9e9e0e6f1eceaebf6a8c8e4ebe4e2e0e8e0ebf1c5e3e0e8e4abe1edf6abe2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e2a4a7afa3cfab8c848d908f83968b8d8ccfa18d8e8e8781968b8d8c91cfaf838c8385878f878c96a284878f83cc868a91cc858d94">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or 
Sayoko Hamilton, Section Chief, Performance Analysis and Evaluation, 
Resilience, FEMA at 202-674-3803, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7427150d1b1f1b5a3c15191d18001b1a34121119155a101c075a131b02"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2271435b4d494d0c6a434f4b4e564d4c6244474f430c464a510c454d54">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Presidential Policy Directive 8 (PPD-8: 
National Preparedness), issued on March 30, 2011, establishes a 
National Preparedness Goal (NPG) that identifies the core capabilities 
necessary for preparedness and a National Preparedness System (NPS) 
which guides activities to enable the nation to achieve the NPG. The 
NPS allows the nation to track the progress of our ability to build and 
improve the capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, 
mitigate the effects of, respond to, and recover from those threats 
that pose the greatest risk to the security of the nation. The NPS 
provides an integrated approach to preparedness that can be implemented 
and measured at all levels of government. This system is an all-of-
nation and whole community approach to preparedness, from neighborhood 
organizations to civic groups and private businesses. It contains a 
methodical approach integrated across the preparedness cycle and links 
together programs and requirements into a comprehensive system, driving 
rational decision-making and allowing for a direct and defensible 
assessment of progress against clearly defined objectives. The NPS is 
based on a consistent methodology for assessing the threats and hazards 
facing a given jurisdiction. The findings of the assessment drive 
planning factors and all other components of the preparedness cycle 
including resource requirements, existing capabilities and capability 
gaps, driving investments to close those gaps, making and validating 
improvements in capabilities through training and exercising, and 
continually assessing progress.
    Section 648(b)(1) of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 
Act of 2006, Public Law 109-295 (6 U.S.C. 748(b)(1)) also provides for 
these exercises and states the Administrator ``shall carry out a 
national exercise program to test and evaluate the national 
preparedness goal, National Incident Management System, National 
Response, and other related plans and strategies.''
    The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) 
provides the program structure, multi-year planning system, tools, and 
guidance necessary for entities to build and sustain exercise programs 
that enhance homeland security capabilities, and ultimately, 
preparedness. The HSEEP After Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP), 
Integrated Preparedness Plans (IPPs), and National Exercise Program 
(NEP) Support Request Form provide standardized methods for reporting 
the results of exercises, identifying exercise program priorities, and 
submitting exercise nominations necessary to validate national 
preparedness capabilities.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on June 17, 2026, at 91 FR 36605 with a 60-day public 
comment period. Four public comments were received. FEMA appreciates 
the commenters' support for maintaining the HSEEP Documentation 
information collection and recognizes the continued value of HSEEP in 
supporting consistent exercise design, conduct, evaluation, after-
action reporting, improvement planning, grant accountability, and 
national preparedness analysis. Commenters emphasized that HSEEP 
templates and documentation help validate preparedness capabilities, 
support trend analysis, and encourage participation and accountability 
across components, jurisdictions, and exercise partners. FEMA also 
acknowledges concerns that current HSEEP templates can be difficult to 
manipulate, may require duplicative data entry across documents, and 
can create administrative burden through formatting, reconciliation, 
and document-management tasks, particularly for smaller or less-
resourced exercise programs.
    FEMA will consider the recommendations to simplify and modernize 
HSEEP templates and reduce redundant content across materials, provide 
clearer minimum documentation guidance for each of the seven exercise 
types, and support scalable approaches such as simplified forms, 
digital submission, reusable structured data, conditional fields, and 
responsible AI use in future revisions of these collection instruments. 
FEMA notes that Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program 
(HSEEP doctrine) emphasizes flexibility, scalability, and the 
appropriate documentation based on exercise purpose and scope. See 
HSEEP doctrine (January 2020), available at <a href="https://preptoolkit.fema.gov/web/hseep-resources/policy-and-guidance">https://preptoolkit.fema.gov/web/hseep-resources/policy-and-guidance</a>. FEMA's 
current collection allows electronic submission, and tools such as the 
Preparedness Toolkit and Exercise Builder support exercise planning, 
conduct, evaluation, and documentation. No change to the information 
collection or the burden estimate is being made during this extension, 
but FEMA will consider the feedback in future revisions to HSEEP 
doctrine, templates, forms, supporting tools, and burden analyses. The 
purpose of this notice is to notify the public that FEMA will submit 
the information collection abstracted below to the Office

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of Management and Budget for review and clearance.

Collection of Information

    Title: Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) 
Documentation.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0118.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-008-FY-21-102 (formerly 091-0-1), After 
Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP); FEMA Form FF-008-FY-21-100 
(formerly 008-0-26), Integrated Preparedness Plan (IPP); FEMA Form FF-
008-FY-21-101 (formerly 008-0-27), National Exercise Program (NEP) 
Support Request Form.
    Abstract: The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program 
(HSEEP) Documentation collection provides reporting on the results of 
preparedness exercises and provides assessments of the respondents' 
capabilities so that strengths and areas for improvement are 
identified, corrected, and shared as appropriate prior to a real 
incident. This information is also required to be submitted as part of 
certain FEMA grant programs.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 253.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 471.
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 30.6964 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 14,458.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $1,281,412.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $80,054.

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.

Nigel S. Allicock,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2026-22857 Filed 11-9-26; 8:45 am]
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