[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20176-20177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07099]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. CISA-2023-0010]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Sector Outreach and 
Programs Online Meeting Registration Tool

AGENCY: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments; revision, 1670-0019.

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SUMMARY: The Infrastructure Security Division (ISD) within the 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will submit the 
following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance. This notice 
solicits comments on the information collection during a 60-day public 
comment period prior to the submission of this ICR to OMB. The 
submission proposes to renew the information collection for an 
additional three years and update the burden estimates associated with 
collecting information for the purposes of registration for meetings 
and events.

DATES: Comments are due by June 5, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by docket number through 
the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for sending comments.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name `CISA' 
and docket number CISA-2023-0010. Comments received will be posted 
without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided.
    Comments that include protected information such as trade secrets, 
confidential commercial or financial information, Chemical-terrorism 
Vulnerability Information (CVI),\1\ Sensitive Security Information 
(SSI),\2\ or Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) \3\ 
should not be submitted to the public docket. Comments containing 
protected information should be appropriately marked and packaged in 
accordance with all applicable requirements and submission must be 
coordinated with the point of contact for this notice provided in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
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    \1\ For more information about CVI see 6 CFR 27.400 and the CVI 
Procedural Manual at www.dhs.gov/publication/safeguarding-cvi-manual.
    \2\ For more information about SSI see 49 CFR part 1520 and the 
SSI Program web page at www.tsa.gov/for-industry/sensitive-security-information.
    \3\ For more information about PCII see 6 CFR part 29 and the 
PCII Program web page at www.dhs.gov/pcii-program.
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    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ryan Donaghy, 703-603-5000, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act 
of 2001, 42 U.S.C. 5195c, states that any physical or virtual 
disruption of the operation of the critical infrastructures of the 
United States be rare, brief, geographically limited in effect, 
manageable, and minimally detrimental to the economy, human and 
government services, and national security of the United States; and 
that actions necessary to achieve the policy stated be carried out in a 
public-private partnership involving corporate and non-governmental 
organizations. On behalf of the DHS, the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency's Infrastructure Security Division (CISA 
ISD) manages the Department's program

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to protect the Nation's 16 critical infrastructure sectors by 
implementing the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) 2013, 
Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience. 
Pursuant to Presidential Policy Directive 21 on Critical Infrastructure 
Security and Resilience (February 2013), each sector is assigned a 
Sector-Specific Agency (SSA) to oversee Federal interaction with the 
array of sector security partners, both public and private. An SSA is 
responsible for leading a unified public-private sector effort to 
develop, coordinate, and implement a comprehensive physical, human, and 
cyber security strategy for its assigned sector. There are six critical 
infrastructure sectors assigned to CISA ISD, including the Chemical 
sector. In addition to fulfilling the regulatory obligations set forth 
by Congress, the CISA Office of Chemical Security coordinates with and 
builds sustainable partnerships with its public and private sector 
stakeholders to enable more effective coordination, information 
sharing, and program development and implementation. These partnerships 
are sustained through the NIPP Sector Partnership Model.\4\
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    \4\ NIPP 2013 Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security 
and Resilience, pp 10-12.
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    Information sharing is a key component of the NIPP Partnership 
Model, and DHS sponsored conferences are one mechanism for information 
sharing. To facilitate conference planning and organization. This 
voluntary information collection tool for online event registration is 
maintained and leveraged by the Office of Chemical Security within CISA 
ISD. The information collected with this tool is used to register 
public and private sector stakeholders for meetings hosted by the 
Office of Chemical Security, principally the annual Chemical Security 
Summit. This tool is also used for private sector stakeholders to 
register their interest in being contacted by chemical security 
personnel regarding services provided under the voluntary ChemLock 
security program. The Office of Chemical Security uses the information 
collected to ensure that sufficient space and resources are available 
at meetings; to follow up with registrants when required; to develop 
meeting materials for attendees; and efficiently generate attendee and 
speaker nametags. Additionally, it enables the Office of Chemical 
Security to gain a better understanding of the organizations 
participating in chemical security events, and subsequently also 
identify which segments of the sector are underrepresented. This then 
allows for the Office to target these underrepresented sector elements 
through outreach and awareness initiatives.
    The changes to the collection include: changes to the burden costs, 
annual government costs, and revised and added data fields. 
Historically retained fields that collect redundant or unnecessary 
information have been removed and existing fields have been updated for 
accuracy and ease of use. Also, the following wo fields has been added:

 `How did you hear of this event,' a field which was included 
in the original instrument for this collection, and removed in a 
previous revision, has now been re-added to the instrument
 A field for the registrant's company website has been added

    The annual burden cost for the collection has increased by $5,751, 
from $1,802 to $7,553, largely due to an increase in the number of 
respondents associated with the shift to a hybrid event and updated 
compensation rates. Additionally, the scope of the collection has 
increased twofold: (1) the annual Chemical Security Summit, the event 
with which the calculations for this collection have been historically 
based, has moved to a hybrid format that allows for a dramatic increase 
in estimated registration numbers (from 400 previously to 1400), and 
(2) the utilization of this collection for the voluntary ChemLock 
program which adds an estimated 200 users per year. The annual 
government cost for the collection has increased by $53,757, from 
$8,347 to $62,104, due to the shift to a hybrid event format and the 
associated increase in the number of registrations, which increased 
from 1,000 to 7,106.
    This is a revision and renewal of an information collection.
    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,
    3. including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    4. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    5. 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
    6. Other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

Analysis

    Agency: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
    Title of Collection: Sector Outreach and Programs Online Meeting 
Registration Tool.
    OMB Control Number: 1670-0019.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, local, Tribal, and Territorial governments 
and private sector individuals.
    Number of Annualized Respondents: 1,600.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.05 hours.
    Total Annualized Burden Hours: 80 hours.
    Total Annualized Respondent Opportunity Cost: $7,553.33.
    Total Annualized Respondent Out-of-Pocket Cost: $0.
    Total Annualized Government Cost: $62,103.77.

Robert J. Costello,
Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security, 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2023-07099 Filed 4-4-23; 8:45 am]
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