[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23783-23784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10435]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2010-0019]


National Protection and Programs Directorate; Sector-Specific 
Agency Executive Management Office Meeting Registration

AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for comments; New Information 
Collection Request: 1670-NEW

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate (NPPD, Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP), 
Sector-Specific Agency Executive Management Office (SSA EMO), has 
submitted the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in 
accordance with 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 July 6, 2010. 
This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and questions about this Information 
Collection Request should be forwarded to NPPD/IP/SSA EMO, Attn.: 
Esther Langer, [email protected]. Written comments should reach the 
contact person listed no later than July 6, 2010. Comments must be 
identified by DHS-2010-0019 and may be submitted by one of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include the docket number 
in the subject line of the message.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this 
action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On behalf of DHS, IP manages the 
Department's program to protect the Nation's 18 Critical Infrastructure 
and Key Resource (CIKR) Sectors by implementing the National 
Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). Pursuant to Homeland Security 
Presidential Directive--7 (HSPD-7) (December 2003), each sector is 
assigned an SSA to oversee Federal interaction with the array of sector 
security partners, both public and private. An SSA is responsible for 
leading a unified public-private sector effort to develop, coordinate, 
and implement a comprehensive physical, human, and cybersecurity 
strategy for its assigned sector. The SSA EMO, within IP, executes the 
SSA responsibilities for the six CIKR sectors assigned to IP: Chemical; 
Commercial Facilities; Critical Manufacturing; Dams; Emergency 
Services; and Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste (Nuclear).
    The mission of the SSA EMO is to enhance the resiliency of the 
Nation by leading the unified public-private sector effort to ensure 
its assigned CIKR are prepared, more secure, and safer from terrorist 
attacks, natural disasters, and other incidents. To achieve this 
mission, SSA EMO leverages the resources and knowledge of its CIKR 
sectors to develop and apply security initiatives that result in 
significant, measurable benefits to the Nation.
    Each SSA EMO branch builds sustainable partnerships with its public 
and private sector stakeholders to enable more effective sector 
coordination, information sharing, and program development and 
implementation. These partnerships are sustained through the Sector 
Partnership Model, described in the 2009 NIPP pages 18-20.
    Information sharing is a key component of the NIPP Partnership 
Model, and DHS-sponsored conferences are one mechanism for information 
sharing. To facilitate conference planning and organization, the SSA 
EMO plans to establish an event registration tool for use by all of its 
branches. The information collection is voluntary and will be used by 
the SSAs within the SSA EMO. The six SSAs within SSA EMO will use this 
information to register public and private sector stakeholders for 
meetings hosted by the SSA. The SSA EMO will use the information 
collected to reserve space at a meeting for the registrant; contact the 
registrant with a reminder about the event; develop meeting materials 
for attendees; determine key topics of interest; and efficiently 
generate attendee and speaker nametags.

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Additionally, it will allow the SSA EMO to have a better understanding 
of the organizations participating in the CIKR protection partnership 
events. By understanding who is participating, the SSA can identify 
portions of a sector that are underrepresented, and the SSA could then 
target that underrepresented sector elements through outreach and 
awareness initiatives.
    OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information 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 of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    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, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.

Analysis

    Agency: Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate.
    Title: Sector-Specific Agency Executive Management Officer Online 
Meeting Registration Tool.
    Form: N/A.
    OMB Number: 1670-NEW.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Private Sector, State, local, or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,900.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 3 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 95 annual burden hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $3,800.00.

    Signed: March 26, 2010.
Thomas Chase Garwood, III,
Chief Information Officer, National Protection and Programs 
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2010-10435 Filed 5-3-10; 8:45 am]
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