Narrative of Changes Document

Narrative of Changes

The purpose of the Narrative of Changes is to clearly indicate changes to a collection since the previous approval.

Collection Title: America’s PrepareAthon! National Day of Action Event Registration

OMB Control No.: 1660-0134

Current Expiration Date: 11/30/2016

Collection Instruments: FEMA Form 008-0-8

The following are the changes to the collection:

On the Supporting Statement for this collection submitted on November 14, 2013, the OMB Control number was 1660-NW 79. However, when it was approved, it was assigned Control No. 1660-0134. The title of the collection was previously “Community Drill Day Registration” and it is now updated as “America’s PrepareAthon! National Day of Action Event Registration”.

On April 4, 2013, FEMA submitted a PTA for Community Drill Day. It was reviewed by DHS Privacy on April 26, 2013. For 2016, this collection will be covered under a PTA with a different title, but which includes this collection: It is the PTA for Community.Fema.Gov, and it was approved by DHS on June 22, 2016. For changes to FEMA Form 008-0-8 see Forms Revision Chart.

Changes to the Supporting Statement for this collection as compared to the Supporting Statement Submitted in 2013 are as follows:

Question 1 – In addition to identifying Presidential Policy Directive 8 as supporting legal requirements, 6 U.S.C. Sec. 742 has been added. Instead of this event referred to as “Community Drill Day” it is now referred to as a “National Day of Action.” Additional verbiage was added: These entities taking part in the National Day of Action register their planned events through this information collection effort. This collection was previously titled, “Community Drill Day Registration and was OMB Control Number: 1660-NW 79. It is now OMB Control Number 1660-0134.

Question 2 – Updated to reflect current collection name: America’s PrepareAthon! National Day of Action Event Registration.

Also added explanation of how form has evolved since 2013: The current registration form was changed since the last OMB approval. FEMA Individual and Community Preparedness Division (ICPD) did update the name to America’s PrepareAthon! because that is the registered name associated with this National Day of Action. FEMA did not add any questions, nor change the scope of any of the questions. However, ICPD did change the front end/landing page of the collection tool to make it easier to understand and to make the user interface more intuitive and user friendly. The previous format proved confusing for users, and required them to click through more screens to get to where they wanted to go. In the updated system, it’s much easier and less time-consuming for users to get to where they need to go, and it streamlines the users’ experience, which ultimately reduces their reporting burden.

Question 3 – Updated because the America’s PrepareAthon! website was not previously created in 2013. Requested information will be submitted through an electronic registration page on the FEMA website – www.community.fema.gov or the redirect link www.ready.gov/prepare. This is a 100% electronic collection. There is no downloadable form.

Question 8a – Updated to reflect FRN publication information.

Question 10 – Updated to reflect current privacy information.

Question 12 – Number of forms and number of respondents have remained the same.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
Type of Respondent	Form Name / Form Number	No. of Respon-dents	No. of Responses per Respon-dent	Total No. of Responses	Avg. Burden per Response (in hours)	Total Annual Burden (in hours)	Avg. Hourly Wage Rate	Total Annual Respondent Cost
Individuals or Households; Farms; Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; Not-for-profit Institutions; State, local or Tribal Government	National Day of Action Registration / FEMA Form 008-0-8	50,000	1	50,000	.3 hour (18 mins.)	15,000	$32.52*	$487,830
Total		50,000		50,000		15,000		$487,830

*Note: The “Avg. Hourly Wage Rate” for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.

Question 14 – Costs to the Federal Government updated.

Question 15 – Burden hour remained the same.

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
National Day of Action Registration / FEMA Form 008-0-8				15,000	15,000	0
Total(s)				15,000	15,000	0

Explain:

There are no changes to the annual hour burden previously reported. However, there were a few changes to FEMA Form 008-0-8 to make it easier to understand and to make the user interface more intuitive and user friendly. There has been no change to the information being collected.