[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 70828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31438]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Reinstatement With Change 
for Previously Approved Information Collection Request (Product and 
Service Information Site)

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary for Management, Department of 
Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has resubmitted OMB 
1600-0001 information collection request (ICR) (Product and Service 
Information Site) for reinstatement with change for a previously 
approved collection, utilizing emergency review procedures, 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) as amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act (Pub. L. 104-
106). OMB approval has been requested by December 22, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be 
forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: 
OMB Desk Officer for Homeland Security, Office of Management and 
Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503; telephone (202) 395-7316. 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: A copy of this ICR, with applicable 
supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling Yvonne Pollard, 
Program Analyst and Paperwork Reduction Act Contact, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, 
DC 20528; telephone (202) 692-4221.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Analysis

    Agency: Department of Homeland Security, Under Secretary of 
Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
    Title: Product and Service Information Site.
    OMB Number: 1600-0001.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other 
for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; farms, State, local or tribal 
government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30 minutes for startup; 30 minutes 
for maintaining.
    Total Burden Hours: 20,000.
    Total Burden Cost: (capital/startup): $25.00 per respondent; 
$500,000 annually.
    Total Burden Cost: (operating/maintaining): $25.00 per respondent, 
$500,000 annually.
    Description: The Product and Service Information site is a 
supplement of the Central Contractor Registration database that will 
provide a uniform voluntary way for companies to provide descriptions 
of their product-and-service ideas to DHS for enhancing homeland 
security.

    Dated: December 16, 2003.
Steve Cooper,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-31438 Filed 12-17-03; 1:28 pm]
BILLING CODE 4410-10-P