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deems appropriate. In carrying out its
responsibilities, the Board examines
NFA programs to determine whether
these programs further the basic
missions that are approved by the
Administrator of FEMA, examines the
physical plant of the NFA to determine
the adequacy of the NFA’s facilities, and
examines the funding levels for NFA
programs. The Board submits a written
annual report through the United States
Fire Administrator to the Administrator
of FEMA. The report provides detailed
comments and recommendations
regarding the operation of the NFA.
Agenda
1. The Board will receive updates on
U.S. Fire Administration data, research,
and response support initiatives.
2. The Board will discuss deferred
maintenance and capital improvements
on the National Emergency Training
Center campus and Fiscal Year 2015
Budget Request/Budget Planning.
3. The Board will review and give
feedback on NFA program activities,
including:
• The Managing Officer Program, a
new multiyear curriculum that
introduced emerging emergency
services leaders to personal and
professional skills in change
management, risk reduction, and
adaptive leadership; a progress report
on this new program will be discussed;
• Adoption of the Fire and
Emergency Services Higher Education
Model by Foreign Countries;
• Training, Resource and Data
Exchange (TRADE) policy discussion;
• Review of Professional
Development Crosswalk, national
standards for Fire Officer competencies
and their interrelationships with State,
National and Academic programs;
• Volunteer Incentive Program (VIP)
policy change discussion;
• Off-Campus delivery program
changes;
• Status of staff vacancies and
challenges;
• Contract instructor issues and
challenges;
• Incremental versus radical course
material policy discussion;
• Status of Mediated Online courses;
• Curriculum and Instruction
program activities;
• Interagency Agreement with the
Department of Transportation with
update on Traffic Incident Management
Course;
• Policy and program change
discussion regarding consolidation of
Management and Leadership Curricula;
• Status of the National Professional
Development Symposium which brings
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audiences together for their annual
conference and support initiatives,
scheduled to be held June 10–12, 2015;
• Fire and Emergency Services Higher
Education (FESHE) Recognition
Program Update;
• Program Decision Option budget
requests to Department of Homeland
Security.
There will be a 10-minute comment
period after each agenda item; each
speaker will be given no more than 2
minutes to speak. Please note that the
public comment period may end before
the time indicated, following the last
call for comments. Contact Ruth
MacPhail to register as a speaker.
Dated: April 15, 2015.
Denis G. Onieal,
Superintendent, National Fire Academy,
United States Fire Administration, Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2015–0011; OMB No.
1660–NEW]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request, Integrated Public
Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS)
Memorandum of Agreement
Applications
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Federal Emergency
Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on a new information
collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice seeks comments concerning the
Integrated Public Alert and Warning
Systems (IPAWS) Memorandum of
Agreement Applications.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 22, 2015.
ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate
submissions to the docket, please use
only one of the following means to
submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2015–0011. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
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(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
Docket Manager, Office of Chief
Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street, SW.,
Room 8NE, Washington, DC 20472–
3100.
(3) Facsimile. Submit comments to
(703) 483–2999.
All submissions received must
include the agency name and Docket ID.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to read the
Privacy Act notice that is available via
the link in the footer of
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hans N. Yu, Project Manager, FEMA,
National Continuity Programs,
Protection & National Preparedness,
(202) 646–3910 for additional
information. You may contact the
Records Management Division for
copies of the proposed collection of
information at facsimile number (202)
212–4701 or email address: FEMAInformation-Collections-Management@
fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Presidential Executive Order 13407
establishes the policy for an effective,
reliable, integrated, flexible, and
comprehensive system to alert and warn
the American people in situations of
war, terrorist attack, natural disaster, or
other hazards to public safety and
wellbeing. The Integrated Public Alert
and Warning System (IPAWS) is the
Department of Homeland Security’s
(DHS) response to the Executive Order.
The Stafford Act (U.S.C. Title 42,
Chapter 68, Subchapter II) requires that
FEMA make IPAWS available to
Federal, State, and local agencies for the
purpose of providing warning to
governmental authorities and the
civilian population in areas endangered
by disasters. The information collected
is used by FEMA to create a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that
regulates the management, operations,
and security of the information
technology system connection between
a Federal, State, territorial, tribal or
local alerting authority and IPAWS–
OPEN (Open Platform for Emergency
Notifications).
Collection of Information
Title: Integrated Public Alert and
Warning Systems (IPAWS)
Memorandum of Agreement
Applications.

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Type of Information Collection: New
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–NEW.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 007–0–25,
IPAWS Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) Application; FEMA Form 007–
0–26, Memorandum of Agreement
Application for (Tribal Governments).
Abstract: A Federal, State, territorial,
tribal, or local alerting authority that

applies for authorization to use IPAWS
is designated as a Collaborative
Operating Group or ‘‘COG’’ by the
IPAWS Program Management Office
(PMO). Access to IPAWS is free;
however, to send a message using
IPAWS, an organization must procure
its own IPAWS compatible software. To
become a COG, a Memorandum of

Agreement (MOA) governing system
security must be executed between the
sponsoring organization and FEMA.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 160.
Number of Responses: 160.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 160 hours.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS AND COSTS
Number of
responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total number
of responses

Total annual
burden
(in hours)

Average
hourly wage
rate

Total annual
respondent
cost

Type of respondent

Form name/form
number

State, Local or Tribal
Government.

150

1

150

1

150

$38.30

$5,745.00

State, Local or Tribal
Government.

IPAWS Memorandum of Agreement Application/.
FEMA Form 007–0–
25.
IPAWS Memorandum of Agreement Application
for Tribal Governments/.
FEMA Form 007–0–
26.

10

1

10

1

10

38.30

383.00

Total ..................

.................................

160

........................

160

........................

160

........................

6,128.00

• Note: The ‘‘Avg. Hourly Wage Rate’’ for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.

Estimated Cost: The estimated annual
cost to respondents for the hour burden
is $6,128.00. There are no annual costs
to respondents’ operations and
maintenance costs for technical
services. There are no annual start-up or
capital costs. The cost to the Federal
Government is $74,343.00.

Dated: April 13, 2015.
Janice Waller,
Acting Director, Records Management
Division, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Mission Support.
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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.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2015–0005; OMB No.
1660–0038]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Write Your
Own (WYO) Company Participation
Criteria; New Applicant
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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. The submission
will describe the nature of the
information collection, the categories of
respondents, the estimated burden (i.e.,

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the time, effort and resources used by
respondents to respond) and cost, and
the actual data collection instruments
FEMA will use.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 21, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the Desk Officer
for the Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and sent via
electronic mail to oira.submission@
omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Records
Management Division, 500 C Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20472–3100,
facsimile number (202) 646–3347, or
email address [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Changes Since Publication of the 60
Day Federal Register Notice: The
abstract has been updated to remove a
reference public risk sharing
organization because the authority for
allowing such entities to enter the WYO
program has sunsetted. The abstract has
also been revised for clarity. The burden
hours have been updated to reflect the
one-time test of the insurance
company’s ability to use the NFIP

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