[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76671-76672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29818]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2008-0197]


Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate; Submission for Review; 
Information Collection Request for the DHS S&T Project 25 (P25) 
Compliance Assessment Program (CAP)

AGENCY: Science and Technology Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: 30-day notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) invites the general 
public to comment on a new data collection form for the DHS Science and 
Technology Directorate's Project 25 (P25) Compliance Assessment Program 
(CAP): SUPPLIER'S DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE (SDoC) (DHS Form 10044) and 
SUMMARY TEST REPORT (DHS Form 10056). The attacks of September 11, 
2001, and the destruction of Hurricane Katrina made apparent the need 
for emergency response radio systems that can interoperate, regardless 
of which organization manufactured the equipment. In response, and per 
congressional direction, DHS and the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST) developed the P25 CAP to improve the emergency 
response community's confidence in purchasing land mobile radio (LMR) 
equipment built to P25 LMR standards. The P25 CAP establishes a process 
for ensuring that equipment complies with P25 standards and is capable 
of interoperating across manufacturers.
    The Department of Homeland Security needs to be able to collect 
essential information from manufacturers on their products that have 
met P25 standards as demonstrated through the P25 CAP. Equipment 
suppliers will provide information to publicly attest to their 
products' compliance with a specific set of P25 standards. Accompanied 
by a Summary Test Report that substantiates this declaration, the SDoC 
constitutes a company's formal, public attestation of compliance with 
the standards for the equipment. In providing this information, 
companies will consent making this information public. In turn, the 
emergency response community will use this information to identify P25-
compliant communications systems.
    The P25 CAP Program Manager will perform a simple administrative 
review to ensure the documentation is complete and accurate in 
accordance with the current P25 CAP processes. This notice and request 
for comments is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until January 16, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to Desk Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, 
Science & Technology Directorate, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-6974. Please include 
docket number [DHS-2008-0197] in the subject line of the message.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Bowerbank, 202-254-6895.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SDoC and Summary Test Report forms will 
be posted on the SAFECOM Web site at http://www.safecomprogram.gov/SAFECOM/currentprojects/project25cap/. The forms will be available in 
Adobe PDF format. The supplier may complete the forms electronically or 
by hand. The completed forms may then be submitted via fax, e-mail, or 
mail to the Office for Interoperability and Compatibility P25 CAP 
Program Manager.

Overview of Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: New information collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Project 25 Compliance Assessment 
Program.

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    Agency Form Number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: DHS Science 
& Technology Directorate, DHS Form 10044 (04/08) and DHS Form 10059 
(09/08).
    (3) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Businesses; the data will be gathered from 
manufacturers of radio systems who wish to declare that their products 
are compliant with P25 standards for radio systems.
    (4) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
    a. Estimate of the total number of respondents: 10.
    b. An estimate of the time for an average respondent to respond: 
2.0 burden hours.

    Dated: December 9, 2008.
Kenneth D. Rogers,
Chief Information Officer, Science and Technology Directorate, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E8-29818 Filed 12-16-08; 8:45 am]
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