No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
06/10/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
02/28/2023
02/28/2023
12,000
12,000
3,000
3,000
0
0
The Commission is requesting Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for non-substantive changes to
the methodology and survey associated with the Wireless Emergency
Alert (WEA) testing in collection 3060-1269. The Commission
proposes to collect 9,000 additional responses, fewer than 9,710
responses remaining in OMB’s approval of its proposed testing. As
such, it believes that this round of testing falls within OMB’s
prior approval and does not substantively change OMB’s prior
approval. 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.
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_final version_6.10.22.docx
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