NOAA 0690-0038 Generic Clearance Submission Request NESDIS DCPC Capability

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback” (OMB Control Number: 0690-0038)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Data Collection Platform Commanding (DCPC) Commitment

PURPOSE: This document is provided to current or prospective users of the NOAA provided DCS system to signal their commitment to operationally use DCPC capability, when provided by NOAA.

GOES East and West have a latent capability to send Ultra High Frequency (UHF) signals to the terrestrial footprint of each satellite. In the past this capability was used to interrogate Data Collection Platforms (DCPs) in order to elicit an unscheduled environmental report or other purposes. This capability has been non-functional for a significant period of time. Recently, growth of GOES DCS users/DCPs and user interest has convinced the GOES DCS Program to restore this capability to meet GOES DCS system management requirements and support user community requests. The GOES DCS Program has conducted studies and tests over several years that indicate DCPC is a viable capability to conduct remote configuration changes to DCPs. NOAA intends to implement DCPC on GOES DCS for the remaining lifecycle of the system (~2034) and it is included in the Geostationary Extended Operations (GeoXO) satellites planned for operations after GOES.

NOAA GOES DCS intends to restore a DCPC capability on the existing GOES DCS that will allow remote configuration changes of DCPs, including the computing and radio telemetry IT infrastructure, to send commands and receive command acknowledgement. GOES DCS also intends to work with stakeholders to develop communication protocols, specifications, and conduct other development efforts. NOAA intends to include DCPC on the GeoXO satellite constellation if users have committed to DCPC use to the degree that the return on investment is clearly defensible, qualitatively and quantitatively, at the GeoXO final design review.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Users of GOES DCS data. This includes Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; and State, Local, or Tribal Government.

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)

[ ] Customer Comment Card/Complaint Form [ ] Customer Satisfaction Survey

[ ] Usability Testing (e.g., Website or Software [ ] Small Discussion Group

[ ] Focus Group [ X ] Other: _Statement of Commitment

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

2. The collection is low-burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

4. The results are not intended to be disseminated to the public.

5. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions.

6. The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future.

Name: ____William Dronen_______________________________

To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:

Personally Identifiable Information:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [X ] Yes [ ] No

2. If Yes, will any information that is collected be included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ ] Yes [ X ] No

3. If Yes, has an up-to-date System of Records Notice (SORN) been published? [ ] Yes [ ] No

Gifts or Payments:

Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [ X ] No

BURDEN HOURS

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	Participation Time	Burden Hours
Private Sector	15	2 minutes	0.5
State, Local, or Tribal Government	55	2 minutes	1.8
Totals	70		2.3

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is __$1,227_____

The cost was calculated using the Rest of U.S. locality rate for a ZA-2 at 1% effort.

If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:

The selection of your targeted respondents

1. Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [ X ] Yes [ ] No

If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them?

The Statement of Intent will be distributed to users of GOES Data Collection System data. NOAA will reach out to these users via an email associated with their subscription and will provide a link to the statement. Additionally, NOAA will post the Statement of Intent on the GOES website to allow non-subscribers or other organizations to provide a Statement of Intent if they so choose.

Administration of the Instrument

1. How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[ X ] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Other, Explain

2. Will interviewers or facilitators be used? [ ] Yes [ X ] No

Required Additional Information

1. Line of Business: General Science & Innovation

2. Subfunction: Scientific & Technological Research & Innovation

3. Privacy Act System of Records: COMMERCE/NOAA-11

4. Federal Registration citation information: 82 FR 3721

5. Number of respondents for small entities: 0

6. Percentage of respondents reporting electronically: 100

Please submit all instruments, instructions, correspondences (emails, letters, etc.) to respondents, and scripts as separate documents along with this request document.

Every instrument must have the following displayed –

OMB Control No. 0690-0038

Expiration Date: 07/31/2026

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