[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30948-30949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8392]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


New Emergency Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Registered Traveler (RT) Pilot Program; Satisfaction and 
Effectiveness Measurement Data Collection Instruments

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of emergency clearance request.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the revised Information Collection 
Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for emergency processing and approval under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The ICR describes the nature of information collection 
and its expected burden.

DATES: Send your comments by June 30, 2006. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be e-mailed to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, DHS-TSA Desk 
Officer at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katrina Wawer, Attorney-Advisor, 
Office of the Chief Counsel, TSA-2, Transportation Security 
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220; 
telephone (571) 227-1995; facsimile (571) 227-1381.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is 
not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it 
displays a valid OMB control number. Therefore, in preparation for OMB 
review and approval of the following information collection, 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 using appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.

Information Collection Requirement

    Title: Registered Traveler (RT) Pilot Program; Satisfaction and 
Effectiveness Measurement Data Collection Instruments.
    Type of Request: Emergency processing request of revised 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0019.

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    Forms(s): Electronic enrollment application; satisfaction survey.
    Affected Public: Applicants to the RT Program and lead 
stakeholders.
    Abstract: TSA is continuing the ongoing Registered Traveler (RT) 
Pilot Program at one airport, which is already approved by OMB, to test 
and evaluate specific technologies and business processes related to 
the RT concept. In addition, TSA will expand the current pilot to 
additional locations and incorporate a public/private partnership. TSA, 
through its partnership with Sponsoring Entities, who under contract to 
TSA, will collect and retain, from their private-sector central 
information management system, personal information on individuals who 
volunteer to participate in the program. This will allow TSA to 
complete name-based security threat assessments and issue an RT card to 
volunteers. In addition, TSA will administer two instruments to measure 
satisfaction of RT pilot participants and key stakeholders.
    For the purpose of continuing metrics analysis, testing 
interoperability of systems, and testing the private/public model of 
operations, TSA is seeking emergency processing of this request in 
order to begin collecting information in June 2006. TSA Assistant 
Secretary Kip Hawley testified to Congress that TSA would be ready to 
allow eligible participants to enroll in the RT Program beginning June 
20, 2006. In addition, TSA is seeking emergency processing of this 
request in order to meet the expectations of our stakeholders, 
partners, and members of the traveling public. Based on these initial 
programs, TSA may then consider an expansion of the RT Program.
    Number of Respondents: 400,100.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 156,040 hours annually.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on May 24, 2006.
Lisa Dean,
Privacy Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-8392 Filed 5-30-06; 8:45 am]
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