[Federal Register: June 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 124)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Policy Directorate/Office of Strategic Plans; Quadrennial
Homeland Security Report
AGENCY: Policy Directorate/Office of Strategic Plans, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for comments; Emergency Submission to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, Policy Directorate/Office
of Strategic Plans, submits the following information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Policy Directorate/Office of
Strategic Plans is soliciting comments concerning the Quadrennial
Homeland Security Report. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30
days for public comments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until July 30,
2009. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to 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 OMB Desk Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Office
of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and sent via electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395-5806.
The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in
comments which:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. 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;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. 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
submissions of responses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If additional information is required
contact: Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Policy Directorate/
Office of Strategic Plans, Michael Galang, (202) 282-9118.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A stakeholder online collaboration platform
will be created and hosted to engage homeland security stakeholders
around the compelling questions produced by the QHSR study groups. The
dialogue platform is based on the principle of radical scalability: The
more feedback that is received, the more clearly sorted participants'
preferences and priorities become. In the platform, users can submit
their best ideas, refine them in open discussion, and use simple rating
and tagging features to identify the most popular ideas and important
overarching themes.
The platform can host multiple simultaneous dialogues, and
dynamically pose new questions, so that DHS can repeatedly ``pulse''
participants over a three-month timeframe. All homeland security
stakeholders are eligible and are invited to do so. The Web site will
be public facing with self-identify and opt-in user information
requested.
Participation by the public is completely voluntary. Content will
be posted on the online collaboration Web site for up to five days for
each collaboration event. At the conclusion of each event, comments and
input will be reviewed by the study groups and incorporated as
appropriate into their products. The time required by the public to
provide input on content posted on the collaboration site is estimated
at between one and two hours per collaboration event for a maximum of
six hours over the course of the QHSR. Three online collaboration
events are currently proposed (July 16-20, August 13-17, and September
17-21). The public will be notified of content postings via the DHS
QHSR public Web site, http://www.dhs.gov/qhsr. Other notification
options may include FedBiz notices about the scheduled online
collaboration events, the DHS Public Affairs news feed, and
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various GSA-approved social networking media (e.g., Twitter, Facebook).
Homeland security-related associations will also be asked to invite
their members to participate in the online collaborations.
Participants will be asked to review developed content for those
homeland security topics they are interested in. Examples of requested
participant input include:
Comment and rate phase I solicited input, thereby
prioritizing those concepts and suggestions they deem critical and
which should be considered by the study groups during their respective
reviews.
Comment on and rate proposed strategic objectives and key
strategic outcome statements for the homeland security mission areas
under review.
Vote on proposed mission objectives and outcome statements
as to whether they agree or disagree with the proposed content.
In addition to viewing the input received via public participation
in the collaboration tool during and after the dialog period, the input
will be sorted and disseminated to the study groups who will then
incorporate the input into their deliberations and subsequent content
generation as appropriate. Study group content will be posted via two
collaboration events, in July and August, with final draft conclusions
posted via the collaboration event in September, prior to the study
groups' final reports.
Analysis:
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, Policy Directorate/Office
of Strategic Plans.
Title: Quadrennial Homeland Security Report.
OMB Number: 1601-NEW.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal, and Non-Government
Stakeholders.
Number of Respondents: 50,000 respondents.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 6 hours per respondent.
Total Burden Hours: 300,000 annual burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 600,000.
Margaret Graves,
Acting Chief Information Officer.
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