Narrative of Changes for OMB Collection 1660-0046

Narrative of Changes

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

Collection Title: FEMA/EMI Independent Study Course Enrollment and Test Answer Sheet

OMB Control No.: 1660-0046

Current Expiration Date: March 31, 2017

Collection Instrument: FEMA Form 064-0-9

There has been a few minor changes to the collection form:

• This form previously collected SSN’s; however, it no longer collects this data. Instead, the form now collects Student ID Numbers (SID). The SID is a number that is randomly generated for each participant taking courses at the Emergency Management Institute (EMI). EMI tracks student completions using this number; this number has no real-world applicability outside of EMI IT systems.

• The form collects the users last name. In the previous version of the form, it would simply ask for “Last Name”. It now reads “* Last Name (Use the last name that you used

when signing up for your SID):”

For changes see the Forms Revision Chart for FEMA Form 064-0-9 uploaded in ROCIS.

The following are the changes to the collection Supporting Statement:

Question 8a – Updated to reflect FRN publication information.

Question 10 – Updated to reflect current privacy information.

Question 12 – Updated to reflect the decrease in burden hours. See table below.

Question 14 – Costs to the Federal Government updated.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
Type of Respondent	Form Name / Form Number	No. of Respon-dents	No. of Respon-ses 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
State, local or Tribal Government; Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Individuals or households; farms	FEMA/EMI Independent Study Course Enrollment and Test Answer Sheet / FEMA Form 064-0-9 (Electronic)	689,980	3	2,069,940	0.5 (30 minutes)	1,034,970	$24.36	$25,211,869

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

Question 15 – See explanation below.

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/EMI Independent Study Course Enrollment and Test Answer Sheet / FEMA Form 064-0-9 (Electronic)	0	0	0	4,297,492	1,034,970	-3,262,522

Explain:

The previous OMB submission for this form (2013) was incorrectly calculated. The correct calculation is shown above in question 12.

Because the last OMB package was incorrectly calculated, there is a decrease in the burden estimate for this collection of -3,262,522 burden hours.