[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 82 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 25284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09055]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

[OMB No. 0917-0041]


Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Information Collection: Indian 
Health Service Information Security Ticketing and Incident Reporting.

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments. Request for extension of 
approval.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Indian Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to take this 
opportunity to comment on the information collection Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 0917-0041, titled, 
Information Security Ticketing and Incident Reporting. The purpose of 
this notice is to allow 30 days for public comment submitted directly 
to OMB. A copy of the draft supporting statement is available at 
www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID IHS_FRDOC_001).

DATES: Comment Due Date: May 31, 2022. Your comments regarding this 
information collection are best assured of having full effect if 
received within 30 days of the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Direct Your Comments to OMB: Send your comments and 
suggestions regarding the proposed information collection contained in 
this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and 
associated response time to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information, 
please contact Evonne Bennett, Information Collection Clearance Officer 
at: [email protected] or 301-443-4750.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This previously approved information 
collection project was last published in the Federal Register on 
February 17, 2022 (87 FR 9071), and allowed 60 days for public comment. 
No public comment was received in response to the notice. This notice 
announces our intent to submit this collection, which expires April 30, 
2022, to OMB for approval of an extension, and to solicit comments on 
specific aspects for the proposed information collection.
    Title: 0917-0041, ``Information Security Ticketing and Incident 
Reporting.''
    Form(s) and Form number(s): Incident Reporting Form, Form F07-02b.
    OMB Control Number: 0917-0041.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This information collection 
activity provides a means for federal employees, Tribal employees, 
contractors, and other non-federal employees to report IHS information 
technology (IT) security and privacy incidents. This information 
collection has three purposes: To notify the CSIRT of an incident, 
provide updates about an open incident, and indicate resolution of an 
existing incident. The information collection furthers the IHS's 
ability to use secure IT, to enhance response time to IT incidents, and 
to maintain the agency's healthcare information security posture. This 
information collection also allows IHS to process privacy incidents and 
breaches within the IHS, in keeping with internal and external 
requirements.
    Members of Affected Public: Federal employees, Tribal employees, 
contractors, and other non-federal employees accessing IHS IT systems.
    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Extension request.
    Type of Respondents: Individuals.
    The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, 
estimation of the number of respondents, number of responses per 
respondent, annual number of responses, average burden hour per 
response, and total annual burden hours.

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                                     Estimated                                    Average burden
  Data collection instrument(s)      number of     Responses per   Annual number     hour per      Total annual
                                    respondents     respondent     of responses     response *     burden hours
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IHS Federal and Non-Federal                 1700               1            1700           15/60             425
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    Total.......................            1700               1            1700           15/60             425
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*For ease of understanding, the average burden per response is 15 minutes. There are no direct costs to
  respondents to report.

    Requests for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points:
    (a) whether the information collection activity is necessary to 
carry out an agency function;
    (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in a 
useful and timely fashion;
    (c) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (the estimated 
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the 
requested information);
    (d) whether the methodology and assumptions used to determine the 
estimates are logical;
    (e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information being collected; and
    (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

Elizabeth A. Fowler,
Acting Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-09055 Filed 4-27-22; 8:45 am]
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