[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15990-15991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05320]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Technical Information Service


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Limited Access Death Master File (LADMF) 
Accredited Conformity Assessment Body Application for Firewalled Status 
Form

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on December 27, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Technical Information Service, Commerce.
    Title: Limited Access Death Master File Accredited Conformity 
Assessment Body Application for Firewalled Status Form.
    OMB Control Number: 0692-0015.
    Form Number(s): NTIS FM101.
    Type of Request: Regular submission. Extension of currently 
approved collection.
    Number of Respondents: 65.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 65.
    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 must submit a written attestation from an ``Accredited 
Conformity Assessment Body'' (ACAB), as defined in the final rule, that 
such Person has systems, facilities, and procedures in place to protect 
the security of the Limited Access DMF, as required under 15 CFR 
1110.102(a). 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 conformity 
assessment body that qualifies for

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``firewalled status'' pursuant to 15 CFR 1110.502.
    The Firewalled Status Application Form collects information that 
NTIS will use to evaluate whether the respondent qualifies for 
``firewalled status'' under the regulations, and, therefore, can 
provide a written attestation in lieu of an independent ACAB's 
attestation. This information includes specific requirements of 15 CFR 
1110.502(b), which the responding ACAB must certify are satisfied, and 
the provision of specific information by the responding 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: Accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies seeking 
firewalled status under 15 CFR 1110.502 because they are ``owned, 
managed, or controlled by [the] Person or Certified Person that is the 
subject of attestation or audit by the Accredited Conformity Assessment 
Body applying the characteristics set forth under section 
1110.501(a)(1).''
    Frequency: Once a year.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0692-0015.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-05320 Filed 3-14-23; 8:45 am]
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