[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31706-31707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12287]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Intent To Request Approval From the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) of One Public Collection of Information; Law Enforcement 
Officer Flying Armed Training

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Federal Air 
Marshal Service (FAMS), DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: TSA invites public comment on a new information collection 
requirement abstracted below that will be submitted to OMB for approval 
in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The collection involves 
the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) maintenance of a database of all 
Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies that have received 
the Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) Flying Armed Training course.

DATES: Send your comments by August 4, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or delivered to Joanna Johnson, 
Communications Branch, Business Management Office, Operational Process 
and Technology, TSA-32, Transportation Security Administration, 601 
South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Johnson at the above address, 
or by telephone (571) 227-3651 or facsimile (703) 603-0822.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 submission to renew clearance 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, through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

Purpose of Data Collection

    TSA is requesting the collection of this information to comply with 
49 CFR 1544.219, which requires Federal LEOs or full-time municipal, 
county or state LEOs who are direct employees of government agencies, 
to complete the LEOs Flying Armed training course in order to fly 
armed. The course is a non-tactical overview of the conditions under 
which an officer may fly armed and the required conduct and duties of 
the LEO while flying armed. This collection would permit TSA to collect 
identifying information from law enforcement agencies requesting the 
LEO Flying Armed training course.

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Description of Data Collection

    Information will be gathered from law enforcement agencies who have 
requested the LEO Flying Armed training course. The information would 
be gathered to confirm that the agencies are eligible for this program 
(i.e. that they are active law enforcement agencies whose officers have 
an operational need to fly armed). Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement agencies will be required to contact the TSA/FAMS via phone 
or e-mail and provide the full name of the agency's designated point of 
contact, agency name, and agency address, to obtain the LEO Flying 
Armed training course. The FAMS will maintain a record of law 
enforcement agencies and their point of contact that have received the 
training materials. If an issue arises during the screening and 
verification process regarding the authenticity of an agency that 
requests training materials, no training materials will be supplied 
until that issue has either been confirmed or resolved and a record of 
such will be maintained.
    Upon completion of the training, the LEO will present his or her 
credentials at the airport in order to fly armed. The TSA agent on site 
will contact the TSA's Transportation Security Operations Center 
(TSOC), for verification that the LEO is eligible to fly armed based 
upon completion of the training. To verify the LEO's identity, the TSOC 
representative will direct the TSA agent to ask the LEO a series of 
questions that will be used to verify the LEO's identity.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on May 28, 2008.
Fran Lozito,
Director, Business Management Office, Operational Process and 
Technology.
[FR Doc. E8-12287 Filed 6-2-08; 8:45 am]
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