[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8496-8497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03948]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies 
Cybersecurity Training and Education Catalog Collection

AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Department 
of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments; Revised Information 
Collection Request: 1670-0030.

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SUMMARY: The DHS NPPD Office of Cybersecurity & Communications (CS&C), 
Cybersecurity Education & Awareness Office (CE&A), National Initiative 
for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) will submit 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. NPPD previously published this ICR in the 
Federal Register on Monday, November 20, 2017 at 82 FR 55110 for a 60-
day public comment period. No comments were received by NPPD. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public 
comments.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until March 29, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, OMB. Comments should be addressed to OMB Desk 
Officer, Department of Homeland Security and sent via electronic mail 
to [email protected]. All submissions must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the OMB Control Number 1670-
0030.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available 
to the public through relevant websites. For this reason, please do not 
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as 
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send 
an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and 
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and 
made available on the internet. Please note that responses to this 
public comment request containing any routine notice about the 
confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comments 
that may be made available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion 
of the routine notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Shannon Nguyen at 703-705-6246 or 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The cyber-specific authorities to receive 
information support the Department's general authority to receive 
information from any federal or non-federal entity in support of the 
mission responsibilities of the Department. Section 201 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 authorizes the Secretary ``[t]o access, receive, 
and analyze law enforcement information, intelligence information, and 
other information from agencies of the Federal Government, State and 
local government agencies (including law enforcement agencies), and 
private sector entities, and to integrate such information, in support 
of the mission responsibilities of the Department.'' Sec. 201, Public 
Law 107-296; 6 U.S.C. 121(d)(1); see also 6 U.S.C. 121(d)(12). The 
following authorities also permit DHS to collect this information: 
Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), 44 U.S.C. 
3546; Presidential Policy Directive (PPD)-21, Critical Infrastructure 
Identification, Prioritization, and Protection (2003); and National 
Security Presidential Directive (NSPD)-54/Homeland Security Policy 
Directive (HSPD)-23, Cybersecurity Policy (2009).
    The NICCS Portal is a national online resource for cybersecurity 
awareness, education, talent management, and professional development 
and training. NICCS Portal is an implementation tool for the National 
Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). Its mission is to 
provide comprehensive cybersecurity resources to the public.
    To promote cybersecurity education, and to provide a comprehensive 
resource for the Nation, NICE developed the Cybersecurity Training and 
Education Catalog. The Cybersecurity Training and Education Catalog 
will be hosted on the NICCS Portal. Training course and certification 
information will be included in the Training/Workforce Development 
Catalog.
    Any information received from the public in support of the NICCS 
Portal and Cybersecurity Training and Education Catalog is completely 
voluntary. Organizations and individuals who do not provide information 
can still utilize the NICCS Portal and Cybersecurity Training and 
Education Catalog without restriction or penalty. An organization or 
individual who wants their information removed from the NICCS Portal 
and/or Cybersecurity Training and Education

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Catalog can email the NICCS Supervisory Office.
    CE&A uses the collected information from the NICCS Cybersecurity 
Training Course Form and the NICCS Cybersecurity Certification Form and 
displays it on a publicly accessible website called the National 
Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Portal (http://niccs.us-cert.gov/). Collected information from these two forms will 
be included in the Cybersecurity Training and Education Catalog that is 
hosted on the NICCS Portal.
    The DHS CE&A NICCS Supervisory Office will use information 
collected from the NICCS Vendor Vetting Form to primarily manage 
communications with the training/workforce development providers; this 
collected information will not be shared with the public and is 
intended for internal use only. Additionally, this information will be 
used to validate training providers before uploading their training and 
certification information to the Training Catalog.
    The DHS CE&A NICCS Supervisory Office will use information 
collected from the NICCS Mapping Tool Form to provide an end user with 
information of how their position or job title aligns to the new 
Cybersecurity Framework 1.1. This collected information will not be 
shared with the public and is intended for internal use only.
    The information will be collected via fully electronic web forms or 
partially electronic via email. Collection will be coordinated between 
the public and DHS CE&A via email ([email protected]).
    The revisions to the collection include: The addition of the NICCS 
Mapping Tool, the updates to the Training Course Form, Changing a form 
name from Vetting Criteria Form to Vendor Vetting Form, Course 
Certification Form has been updated to be collected via email as a CSV 
file.
    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.
    Title of Collection: National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers 
and Studies Cybersecurity Training and Education Catalog Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1670-0030.
    Frequency: Occassionally.
    Affected Public: Educational Institutes (Privately Owned, and 
State/Local Government Owned).
    Number of Respondents: 1,350 respondents.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,688 annual burden hours.
    Total Burden Cost: $0.
    Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.

David Epperson,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-03948 Filed 2-26-18; 8:45 am]
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