[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44675-44676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17025]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Notice; Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements: Agency 
Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Transportation Worker 
Identification Credential (TWIC) National Survey

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) 
National Survey.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    OMB Control Number: Not yet assigned.
    Form(s): TWIC National Survey.
    Affected Public: Transportation Site Security Directors or 
designees.
    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, and in the Prototype phase, it intends to 
evaluate a broad

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range of business processes as they relate to credentialing, identity, 
and identity management. The information collected for the TWIC 
National Survey will be used as a means to develop a predictive model 
of the current access control technology infrastructure at 
transportation sites across the nation, should the TWIC be approved for 
implementation. The information collected in the National Survey 
pertains to the transportation facility and the numbers and categories 
of transportation workers at the facility, not to the individuals. This 
information will be used to help determine implementation approaches 
for the TWIC Program at transportation facilities and modes across the 
country that differ by type and size. Participation will be voluntary.
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 600.
    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 where appropriate.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on July 20, 2004.
Susan T. Tracey,
Chief Administrative Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-17025 Filed 7-26-04; 8:45 am]
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