[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8727-8728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03172]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2013-0065]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for Review; 
Information Collection Request for the Department of Homeland Security 
(DHS), Science and Technology, National Capital Region Secure Delivery 
Technology Program

AGENCY: Science and Technology Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science & 
Technology Directorate (S&T) invites the general public to comment on 
data collection forms for the National Capital Region (NCR) Secure 
Delivery Technology program. This is a new Paper Reduction Act 
collection without an OMB control number. Secure Delivery Technology is 
responsible for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of 
deliveries to General Services Administration (GSA) facilities in the 
NCR.
    Information collected by Federal Protective Service (FPS) personnel 
to ensure secured deliveries in the NCR includes the delivery driver's 
name and license number. The information collected is used by FPS 
personnel to verify the identity of the driver at the delivery central 
screening facility and final destination locations, along with 
providing an auditable trail for post-delivery analysis should an event 
occur that requires forensics.
    DHS invites interested persons to comment on the ``National Capital 
Region Secure Delivery Technology Driver Log'' form and instructions 
(hereinafter ``Forms Package'') for the S&T NCR Secure Delivery 
Technology. Interested persons may receive a copy of the Forms Package 
by contacting the DHS S&T PRA Coordinator. This notice and request for 
comments is required by

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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 14, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments, 
identified by docket number DHS-2013-0065, by one of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Please follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Please include docket 
number DHS-2013-0065 in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Science and Technology Directorate, ATTN: National 
Capital Region Secure Delivery Technology program, 245 Murray Drive, 
Mail Stop 0202, Washington, DC 20528.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Mcentee, 
[email protected], 202-254-6139. (Not a toll free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is committed to improving its 
information collection and urges all interested parties to suggest how 
these materials can further reduce burden while seeking necessary 
information under the Paper Reduction Act.
    DHS 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) Suggest ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and
    (4) Suggest ways to 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.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: This is a new collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Science and Technology, National 
Capital Region Secure Delivery Technology program.
    (3) Agency Form Number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: [No form 
name]; Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology 
Directorate, Borders and Maritime Security Division.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Drivers of deliveries to GSA facilities in 
the NCR are required to provide their names and driver's license to FPS 
personnel to bind the individual driver to the package being delivered, 
and any other data associated with the delivery for security purposes.
    (5) 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: FPS contracts 
approximately ten (10) Protective Security Officers who are monitored 
by one (1) FTE to capture the driver and delivery information.
    b. An estimate of the time for an average respondent to respond: 
FPS personnel spend approximately five (5) minutes per delivery to 
capture the requisite information.
    c. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There is no burden on the public for the 
information capture--FPS personnel capture the data in parallel with 
other FPS personnel screening the delivery truck. It is estimated six-
thousand (6,000) staff hours will be saved by automating the management 
of the information being captured.

    Dated: January 7, 2014.
Rick Stevens,
Chief Information Officer for Science and Technology.
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