[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 44675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17024]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements: Agency 
Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Transportation Worker 
Identification Credential (TWIC) Prototype; Transportation Worker 
Survey; Lead Stakeholder Port Security Interviews

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that TSA has forwarded the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
expected burden. TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day 
comment period soliciting comments, of the following collection of 
information on April 5, 2004, 69 FR 17704.

DATES: Send your comments by August 26, 2004. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be faxed to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: DHS-TSA 
Desk Officer, at (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Conrad Huygen, Office of Information 
Management Programs, TSA Headquarters, TSA-17, 601 South 12th Street, 
Arlington, VA 22202-4220; telephone (571) 227-1954; facsimile (571) 
227-2906.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

    Title: Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) 
Prototype; Transportation Worker Survey; Lead Stakeholder Port Security 
Interviews.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    OMB Control Number: Not yet assigned.
    Form(s): Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) 
Prototype Enrollment; Transportation Worker Survey.
    Affected Public: Transportation Workers; Transportation Facility 
Security Stakeholders.
    Abstract: TSA is in the process of evaluating the TWIC Program 
concept, which, if approved, will provide for a single, uniform 
credential nationwide for transportation workers who require access to 
secure transportation areas. In the Technology Evaluation phase, TSA 
evaluated five card technologies in various types of physical and 
logical access transactions. In the Prototype phase, the program 
intends to evaluate a broad range of business processes as they relate 
to credentialing, identity, and identity management. Specifically, TSA 
will evaluate certain technologies and business processes in the 
Prototype Phase of TSA's pilot project to fully development the 
program, measure credential performance and effectiveness, collect user 
feedback, and provide data analysis prior to proceeding to full-scale 
deployment. TSA will issue credentials to a select group of 
transportation workers and then administer two instruments to collect 
data on the effectiveness of the TWIC program as well as the 
satisfaction of the transportation workers who will be using these 
credentials.
    Number of Respondents: 200,050.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 73,633.
    Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $0.
    TSA is soliciting comments to--
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed information requirement 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;
    (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.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on July 20, 2004.
Susan T. Tracey,
Chief Administrative Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-17024 Filed 7-26-04; 8:45 am]
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