Air Force Asks Public About Asking Public for Information
Published Date: 11/26/2025
Notice
Summary
The Air Force wants your thoughts on a new info collection about their Emergency Mass Notification System. They’re checking if the questions they plan to ask are useful and not too much work for folks. If you have ideas or concerns, send them in by January 26, 2026—your feedback could help make things easier and smarter!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Air Force Emergency Alert System
The Air Force plans a cloud-based, enterprise-wide Emergency Mass Notification System (EMNS) to send alert notifications to assigned military personnel, family members, and contractors. The EMNS is intended to increase situational awareness for Airmen, families, and contractors regardless of physical location so they can take protective measures during emergencies.
One-Minute Information Collection Burden
The proposed information collection would ask up to 1,000,000 individuals or households to respond once, with an average burden of 1 minute per response. That totals 1,000,000 annual responses and 16,667 annual burden hours for respondents.
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