[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 70502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27615]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Technical Information Service
Submission for OMB Review; Renewal of Currently Approved
Information Collection; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Commerce.
Title: Limited Access Death Master File Accredited Conformity
Assessment Body Application for Firewalled Status (Firewalled Status
Application Form).
OMB Control Number: 0692-0015.
Form Number(s): NTIS FM101.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: NTIS expects to receive approximately 250
applications and renewals for certification every year for access to
the Limited Access Death Master File, of which it expects that
approximately 20% of the required assessments will be provided by
Accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies that will seek firewalled
status in a given year. Accordingly, NTIS estimates that it will
receive approximately 50 Firewalled Status Application Forms.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
Burden Hours: 50.
Needs and Uses: NTIS issued a final rule establishing a program
through which persons may become eligible to obtain access to Death
Master File (DMF) information about an individual within three years of
that individual's death. The final rule was promulgated under Section
203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, Public Law 113-67 (Act). The
Act prohibits the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) from disclosing DMF
information during the three-year period following an individual's
death (Limited Access DMF), unless the person requesting the
information has been certified to access the Limited Access DMF
pursuant to certain criteria in a program that the Secretary
establishes. The Secretary delegated the authority to carry out Section
203 to the Director of NTIS.
The final rule requires that, in order to become certified, a
Person or Certified Person must submit a written attestation from an
``Accredited Conformity Assessment Body'' (ACAB), as defined in the
final rule, that such Person has information security systems,
facilities and procedures in place to protect the security of the
Limited Access DMF, as required under Section 1110.102(a)(2) of the
final rule. A Certified Person also must provide a new written
attestation periodically for renewal of its certification as specified
in the final rule. The ACAB must be independent of the Person or
Certified Person seeking certification, unless it is a third-party
conformity assessment body which qualifies for ``firewalled status''
pursuant to Section 1110.502 of the final rule.
The Firewalled Status Application Form collects information that
NTIS will use to evaluate whether the respondent qualifies for
``firewalled status'' under the rule, and, therefore, can provide a
written attestation in lieu of an independent ACAB's attestation. This
information includes specific requirements of Section 1110.502(b) of
the final rule, which the respondent ACAB must certify are satisfied,
and the provision of specific information by the respondent ACAB, such
as the identity of the Person or Certified Person that would be the
subject of the attestation and the basis upon which the certifications
were made.
Affected Public: ACABs seeking firewalled status under 15 CFR
1110.502 because they are ``owned, managed or controlled'' by the
Person or Certified Person for whom they are providing assessment(s)
and/or audit(s) under the final rule for ``Certification Program for
Access to the Death Master File.''
Frequency: Once per attestation.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-27615 Filed 12-20-19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-13-P