Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 911 Grant Program Annual Performance Report
| Published date | 15 May 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 29410 |
| Record Number | 2020-10463 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | National Telecommunications And Information Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 29410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10463]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; 911 Grant Program Annual Performance Report
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 March 6, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
Title: 911 Grant Program Annual Performance Report.
OMB Control Number: 0660-0041.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Revision of a current information collection.
Number of Respondents: 36.
Average Hours per Response: 60 hours.
Burden Hours: 2,160 hours.
Needs and Uses: In 2012, the Next Generation 911 (NG911)
Advancement Act of 2012 (Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act
of 2012, Pub. L. 112-96, Title VI, Subtitle E (codified at 47 U.S.C.
942)) enacted changes to this program. It reauthorized the National 911
Implementation Coordination Office (ICO), a joint effort between the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). It delineated
the responsibilities of the ICO to include a joint program to establish
and facilitate coordination and communication between Federal, State,
and local emergency communications systems, emergency personnel, public
safety organizations, telecommunications carriers, and
telecommunications equipment manufacturers and vendors involved in the
implementation of 911 services.
The NG911 Advancement Act provided funding for grants to be used
for the implementation and operation of 911 services, E911 services,
migration to an IP-enabled emergency network, and adoption and
operation of NG911 services and applications; the implementation of IP-
enabled emergency services and applications enabled by NG911 services,
including the establishment of IP backbone networks and the application
layer software infrastructure needed to interconnect the multitude of
emergency response organizations; and training public safety personnel,
including call-takers, first responders, and other individuals and
organizations who are part of the emergency response chain in 911
services. In August of 2019, NTIA and NHTSA made $109,250,000 in grant
awards to 36 agencies.
The information collected for the remaining period of performance
for this grant program will include various reporting requirements. All
grantees will submit performance and financial reports in accordance
with 2 CFR part 200, the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (OMB Uniform
Guidance). It is important for the Agencies to have this information so
that they can effectively administer the grant program and account for
the expenditure of funds.
The publication of this notice allows NTIA to begin the process to
request OMB approval to collect information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government. Under this
proposed effort, all grantees are required to submit required
electronically via email. Reporting entities are the 36 grantees,
making the total maximum number of respondents 36.
Frequency: Once a year. The reporting entities will be required to
submit annual performance reports and certifications.
Respondents' Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Next Generation 911 (NG911) Advancement Act of
2012, Public Law 112-96, Title VI, Subtitle E, codified at 47 U.S.C.
942.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. 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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
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 0660-0041.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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