[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 82 (Thursday, April 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25390-25391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09954]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2016-OS-0049]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer, announces a renewal of 
proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the 
provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received June 27, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within 
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow 
the instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please contact the DoD's DIB 
Cybersecurity Activities Office: (703) 604-3167, toll free (855) 363-
4227, located at 1550 Crystal Dr., Suite 1000-A, Arlington, VA 22202.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: DoD's Defense Industrial 
Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS) Activities Cyber Incident Reporting; OMB 
Control Number 0704-0489.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to support mandatory cyber incident reporting requirements under 10 
U.S.C. Section 393 (formerly Pub. L. 112-239, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, Section 941, Reports to 
Department of Defense on penetrations of networks and information 
systems of certain contractors) and 10 U.S.C. Section 391 (formerly 
Pub. L. 113-58, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015, Section 1632, Reporting on Cyber Incidents with Respect to 
Networks and Information Systems of Operationally Critical 
Contractors).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and not for profit 
institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 350,000.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Annual Responses: 50,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 7 hours.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondents are DoD contractors who are required to report cyber 
incidents to the Department of Defense. The primary means of submitting 
a cyber incident report is through a secure unclassified

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web portal, but if a company is unable to access the secure web portal 
it may submit a cyber incident report through other means of 
communication (e.g., fax, telephone, or United States Postal Service). 
DoD contractors report cyber incidents that affect DoD information, 
facilitating cyber situational awareness, cyber threat information 
sharing, and better protection of unclassified defense information.

    Dated: April 25, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2016-09954 Filed 4-27-16; 8:45 am]
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