[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31458-31459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13349]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

National Protection and Programs Directorate

[Docket No. DHS-2010-0022]


Infrastructure Protection Data Call Survey

AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for comments; New Information 
Collection Request: 1670-NEW.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Protection 
and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of Infrastructure Protection 
(IP), Infrastructure Information Collection Division (IICD), has 
submitted 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). The National Protection and Programs Directorate is 
soliciting comments concerning New Information Collection Request, 
Infrastructure Protection Data Call Survey. DHS previously published 
this information collection request (ICR) in the Federal Register on 
December 22, 2009, at 74 FR 68070-68071, for a 60-day public comment 
period. DHS received no comments. The purpose of this notice is

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to allow additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until July 6, 2010. 
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. Comments must be identified by 
``DHS-2010-0022'' and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include the docket 
number in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 395-5806
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this 
action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
    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: Ribkha Hailu, DHS/NPPD/IP/IICD, at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DHS is the lead coordinator in the national 
effort to identify and prioritize the country's critical infrastructure 
and key resources (CIKR). At DHS, this responsibility is managed by 
NPPD/IP. In FY2006, IP engaged in the annual development of a list of 
CIKR assets and systems to improve IP's CIKR prioritization efforts; 
this list is called the Critical Infrastructure List. The Critical 
Infrastructure List includes assets and systems that, if destroyed, 
damaged or otherwise compromised, could result in significant 
consequences on a regional or national scale.
    The IP Data Call is administered out of IP/IICD. The IP Data Call 
provides opportunities for States and territories to collaborate with 
DHS and its Federal partners in CIKR protection. DHS, State and 
territorial Homeland Security Advisors (HSAs), Sector Specific Agencies 
(SSAs), and territories build their CIKR data using the IP Data Call 
application. To ensure that HSAs, SSAs and territories are able to 
achieve this mission, IP requests opinions and information in a survey 
from IP Data Call participants regarding the IP Data Call process and 
the Web-based application used to collect the CIKR data.
    The survey data collected is for internal IICD and IP use only. 
IICD and IP will use the results of the IP Data Call Survey to 
determine levels of customer satisfaction with the IP Data Call process 
and application and prioritize future improvements. The results will 
also allow IP to appropriate funds cost-effectively based on user need 
and improve the process and application.

Analysis

    Agency: Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate.
    Title: Infrastructure Protection Data Call Survey.
    Form: Not Applicable.
    OMB Number: 1670-NEW.
    Affected Public: Federal, State, Local, Tribal.
    Number of Respondents: 558.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 140 annual burden hours.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $14,430.00.

    Dated: May 27, 2010.
Thomas Chase Garwood, III,
Chief Information Officer, National Protection and Programs 
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
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