Friday, May 29, 2026

OMB Approves NOAA Space-Based Data Collection ICR Revision

 Yesterday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved an information collection request (ICR) revision from DOC’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on “NOAA Space-Based Data Collection System (DCS) Agreements”. The 60-day ICR notice was published on December 22nd, 2025. The 30-day ICR notice was published on March 26th, 2026. 

The table below shows the change in the burden estimate for this ICR 


According to the ICR Notice: 

“The Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite [link added] (POES) data collection system (DCS), also known as the Argos system, is being removed from this collection as it is no longer administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).” 

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