Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Form for Supervisors and National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Form for Students/Trainees, 5448 [2018-02373]

Agencies

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 5448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02373]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0032; OMB No. 1660-0039]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation 
Form for Supervisors and National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation 
Form for Students/Trainees

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: 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., 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 March 9, 2018.

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 
[email protected].

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, 
email address [email protected] or 
Dawn Long, Statistician, FEMA, National Fire Academy at (301) 447-1488.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2017 at 82 
FR 49225 with a 60 day public comment period. FEMA received 36 
anonymous public comments that were not relevant to the information 
collection. The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that 
FEMA will submit the information collection abstracted below to the 
Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance.

Collection of Information

    Title: National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Form for 
Supervisors and National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Form for 
Students/Trainees.
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0039.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form 078-0-2, National Fire Academy 
Long-Term Evaluation Form for Supervisors; FEMA Form 078-0-2A, National 
Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Form for Students/Trainees.
    Abstract: The National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Forms will 
be used to evaluate all National Fire Academy (NFA) on-campus resident 
training courses. Course graduates and their supervisors will be asked 
to evaluate the impact of the training on both individual job 
performance and the performance of the fire and emergency response 
department where the student works. The data provided by students and 
supervisors is used to update existing NFA course materials and to 
develop new courses that reflect the emerging issues and needs of the 
Nation's fire service.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 3,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 405 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $17,154.30.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $44,786.65.

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.

    Dated: January 26, 2018.
William H. Holzerland,
Senior Director for Information Management, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2018-02373 Filed 2-6-18; 8:45 am]
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