Narrative of Changes

Changes to Collection OMB No. 1660-0106

The following questions have been updated since the last OMB Approval:

Supporting Statement:

The total annual burden hours decreased from 9,660 hours to 5,796 hours.

Question 3 – Updated to reflect current information.

Question 8a– Changed to reflect current status of Federal Register Notice.

Question 8b- Note changes in 8b and 8c.

Question 10 – Updated to reflect current privacy information.

Question 12 – All changes are detailed in question 15. See question 15 for explanation.

Question 14 – Costs to the Federal Government updated.

Question 15 – See question 15 descriptions for chart changes.

Itemized Changes in Annual Burden Hours
Data collection Activity/Instrument	Program Change (hours currently on OMB Inventory)	Program Change (New)	Difference	Adjustment (hours currently on OMB Inventory)	Adjustment (New)	Difference
FEMA Form 142-1-1/ IPAWS Inventory				9,660	5,796	-3,864
Total(s)				9,660	5,796	-3,864

For FEMA Form 142-1-1, the previously approved burden hours were 9,660; the current estimated annual hour burden is 5,796, resulting in a decrease (adjustment due to agency discretion) of 3,864 hours. The burden time has decreased from 5 hours to 3 hours per respondent due to the removal of redundant questions and extraneous questioning outside of the scope of IPAWS.

Those questions are listed at the end of this document.

Itemized Changes in Annual Cost Burden
Data collection Activity/Instrument	Program Change (cost currently on OMB Inventory)	Program Change (New)	Difference	Adjustment (cost currently on OMB Inventory)	Adjustment (New)	Difference
FEMA Form 142-1-1/  IPAWS Inventory				$234,352	0	-$234,352
Total(s)				$234,352	0	-$234,352

For FEMA Form 142-1-1, the previously approved cost burden was $234,352.00; the current estimated annual cost burden is $0, resulting in a decrease (adjustment due to agency discretion) of -$234,352. The cost of $0 is correction from the previous approval.  This is a decrease in cost from the previous OMB Inventory.

Questions Removed from Original Survey

Question That Were Removed	Reason Removed
Was this system provided by FEMA?	Changed to, “How was the system acquired?” to provide information on all funding paths.
List other systems that this system is similar too.	All available systems are covered during the course of the survey so the question was redundant.
How long did the system take to deploy from purchase to activation?	Deployment time is affected by too many factors to be beneficial as a single question. It could be better answered by system vendors.
What are the annual labor costs of the system? What are the annual utility costs of the system? What are the annual training costs of the system?	Most respondents do not break out labor, utility, and training costs to individual systems.
Is the system accredited/certified?	Confusing question best answered by system vendors.
How many personnel hours are dedicated to operating and monitoring the system per week? Record full time (40 hours) as 1, part-time (0-20 hours) as ½, and document vendors separately.	Other than the dispatch equipment which is usually separate from emergency management, most systems are only operated during an event. The operating piece of the question was removed and the monitoring changed to record times it is monitored, not personnel hours. Options are: None, During Business Hours, 24/7 EMA, 24/7 Dispatch, or Unknown.
Eliminated the Mission Critical or Secondary Supporting designation.	The IPAWS mission is public alerting, while most EMAs focus on planning and response. There is already a question regarding function of the system in the EMA.