No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
07/16/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
02/28/2023
02/28/2023
12,000
14,000
3,000
3,500
0
0
The Commission is requesting approval
for non-substantive changes to the methodology and surveys
associated with the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) testing in
collection 3060-1269. The proposed update is designed to improve
the accuracy of its findings by increasing the size of its control
group from 2,000 respondents to 12,000 respondents. While the
Commission initially believed 2,000 volunteers was largest size of
the control group that its partners would make available, the
Commission’s more recent experiences have demonstrated an
overwhelming interest in making a large number of volunteers
available to complete the survey. Based on this experience, the
Commission now estimates a maximum of 12,000 respondents that will
join the control group and take the WEA test survey. The Commission
is requesting approval for non-substantial changes to the
methodology and surveys associated with the Wireless Emergency
Alert (WEA) testing in collection 3060-1269. The proposed updates
to the collection’s methodology are designed to adapt the approved
collection methodology for a nationwide test of WEA that will be
conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in
coordination with the FCC, on August 11, 2021, at 2:20 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time (EDT), with a backup date of August 25, 2021 at 2:20
p.m. EDT. The Federal Communications Commission (Commission)
submits this non-substantive change request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) related to Information Collection, OMB
Control Number 3060-1269, titled “Enhanced Geo-Targeted Wireless
Emergency Alerts,” which was previously approved by OMB on February
5, 2020. As described in more detail in the enclosed materials, the
Commission requests that OMB approve the following non-substantive
changes to the information collection, please see the
justification. The Federal Communication Commission's
(Commission's) rules effective Nov. 30, 2019 require that
Participating CMS providers (providers) be able to direct Wireless
Emergency Alerts (WEA) to 100% of a target geographic area
specified by an alert originator with no more than a 0.1 mile
overshoot (enhanced geo-targeting). The FCC seeks to perform an
information collection to evaluate the accuracy and performance of
providers' enhanced geo-targeting implementations shortly after
this date.
As a result of this
non-substantive change request, the Commission is reporting
adjustments/decreases in the total annual responses by -2,000
responses (from 14,000 to 12,000) and in the total annual burden
hours by -500 (from 3,500 to 3,000). The total number of
respondents remain the same.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
3060-1269_Modification Justification (07.16.21)_final version.docx
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