[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7683-7684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02845]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2013-0067]


Sector Outreach and Programs Division Online Meeting Registration 
Tool

AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments; Renewal Information 
Collection Request: 1670-0019.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Protection 
and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office Of Infrastructure Protection 
(IP), Sector Outreach and Programs Division (SOPD), will submit the 
following Information Collection Request 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 April 11, 
2014. 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 DHS/NPPD/IP/SOPD, 245 Murray 
Lane SW., Mail Stop 0608, Arlington, VA 20598-0640. Emailed requests 
should go to Nohemi Zerbi, [email protected]. Written comments 
should reach the contact person listed no later than April 11, 2014. 
Comments must be identified by ``DHS-2011-0012''and may be submitted by 
one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
     Email: 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, NPPD/IP manages the 
Department's program to protect the Nation's 16 critical infrastructure 
sectors by implementing the National Infrastructure Protection Plan 
(NIPP) 2013, Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and 
Resilience. Pursuant to Presidential Policy Directive 21 on Critical 
Infrastructure Security and Resilience (February 2013), each sector is 
assigned a Sector-Specific

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Agency (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. SOPD executes the SSA 
responsibilities for the six critical infrastructure sectors assigned 
to IP: Chemical; Commercial Facilities; Critical Manufacturing; Dams; 
Emergency Services; and Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste 
(Nuclear).
    The mission of SOPD is to enhance the resiliency of the Nation by 
leading the unified public-private sector effort to ensure its assigned 
critical infrastructure are prepared, more secure, and safer from 
terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and other incidents. To achieve 
this mission, SOPD leverages the resources and knowledge of its 
critical infrastructure sectors to develop and apply security 
initiatives that result in significant, measurable benefits to the 
Nation.
    Each SOPD 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 NIPP 2013 pages 10-12.
    Information sharing is a key component of the NIPP Partnership 
Model, and DHSDRS sponsored conferences are one mechanism for 
information sharing. To facilitate conference planning and 
organization, SOPD established an event registration tool for use by 
all of its branches. The information collection is voluntary and is 
used by the SSAs within the SOPD. The six SSAs within SOPD use this 
information to register public and private sector stakeholders for 
meetings hosted by the SSA. SOPD 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. Additionally, it will allow SOPD to have 
a better understanding of the organizations participating in the 
critical infrastructure 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 that:
    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, Office of Infrastructure Protection, Sector 
Outreach and Programs Division.
    Title: Sector Outreach and Programs Division Online Meeting 
Registration Tool.
    OMB Number: 1670.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial 
government personnel; private sector members.
    Number of Respondents: 1000 respondents (estimate).
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 3 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 50 annual burden hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Recordkeeping Burden: $7200.00.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $8350.44.

    Dated: February 4, 2014.
Scott Libby,
Deputy Chief Information Officer, National Protection and Programs 
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
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