Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 911 Grant Program Annual Performance Report, 29410 [2020-10463]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 29410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10463]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; 911 Grant Program Annual Performance Report

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on March 6, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
    Title: 911 Grant Program Annual Performance Report.
    OMB Control Number: 0660-0041.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Revision of a current information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 36.
    Average Hours per Response: 60 hours.
    Burden Hours: 2,160 hours.
    Needs and Uses: In 2012, the Next Generation 911 (NG911) 
Advancement Act of 2012 (Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act 
of 2012, Pub. L. 112-96, Title VI, Subtitle E (codified at 47 U.S.C. 
942)) enacted changes to this program. It reauthorized the National 911 
Implementation Coordination Office (ICO), a joint effort between the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). It delineated 
the responsibilities of the ICO to include a joint program to establish 
and facilitate coordination and communication between Federal, State, 
and local emergency communications systems, emergency personnel, public 
safety organizations, telecommunications carriers, and 
telecommunications equipment manufacturers and vendors involved in the 
implementation of 911 services.
    The NG911 Advancement Act provided funding for grants to be used 
for the implementation and operation of 911 services, E911 services, 
migration to an IP-enabled emergency network, and adoption and 
operation of NG911 services and applications; the implementation of IP-
enabled emergency services and applications enabled by NG911 services, 
including the establishment of IP backbone networks and the application 
layer software infrastructure needed to interconnect the multitude of 
emergency response organizations; and training public safety personnel, 
including call-takers, first responders, and other individuals and 
organizations who are part of the emergency response chain in 911 
services. In August of 2019, NTIA and NHTSA made $109,250,000 in grant 
awards to 36 agencies.
    The information collected for the remaining period of performance 
for this grant program will include various reporting requirements. All 
grantees will submit performance and financial reports in accordance 
with 2 CFR part 200, the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost 
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (OMB Uniform 
Guidance). It is important for the Agencies to have this information so 
that they can effectively administer the grant program and account for 
the expenditure of funds.
    The publication of this notice allows NTIA to begin the process to 
request OMB approval to collect information under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government. Under this 
proposed effort, all grantees are required to submit required 
electronically via email. Reporting entities are the 36 grantees, 
making the total maximum number of respondents 36.
    Frequency: Once a year. The reporting entities will be required to 
submit annual performance reports and certifications.
    Respondents' Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Next Generation 911 (NG911) Advancement Act of 
2012, Public Law 112-96, Title VI, Subtitle E, codified at 47 U.S.C. 
942.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0660-0041.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-10463 Filed 5-14-20; 8:45 am]
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