[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42381-42382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13831]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. CISA-CISA-2023-0003]
Agency Information Collection Activities: .gov Registrar
AGENCY: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments; new collection (request
for a new OMB control number).
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SUMMARY: The .gov Registry Program 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 in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. CISA previously published this information
collection request (ICR) in the Federal Register on February 27,
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2023 for a 60-day public comment period. 0 comments were received by
CISA. The purpose of this notice is to allow additional 30 days for
public comments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until July 31,
2023. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to 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.
The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in
comments which:
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Dixon, DHS, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency/Cybersecurity Division, 888-282-0870,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: .gov is a `top-level domain' (TLD), similar
to .com, .org, or .us. Enterprises use a TLD to register a ``domain
name'' (often simply called a domain) for use in their online services,
like a website or email. Well-known .gov domains include
whitehouse.gov, congress.gov, or uscourts.gov, but most .gov domains
are from non-federal governments like ny.gov (State of New York) or
lacounty.gov (LA County).
.gov is only available to bona fide U.S.-based government
organizations and publicly controlled entities. When governments use
.gov, they make it harder for would-be impostors to successfully
impersonate them online.
Under the DOTGOV Act of 2020 (6 U.S.C. 665), CISA is responsible
for the operation and security of the .gov TLD. Pursuant to that law,
the .gov program at CISA works to ``provide simple and secure
registration of .gov internet domains'', ``ensure that domains are
registered and maintained only by authorized individuals'', and
``minimize the risk of .gov internet domains whose names could mislead
or confuse users''. In order to provision .gov domains to eligible
government entities and ensure adherence to the domain requirements
published by CISA pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 665(c), CISA needs to collect
information from requestors of .gov domains.
The information will be collected on an online web portal called
the ``.gov registrar'', which is built and maintained by CISA.
Requestors will be asked to provide information on the characteristics
of their government entity (e.g., name, type, physical location,
current domain), their preferred .gov domain name (e.g., example.gov),
their rationale for the name, organizational contact information
(names, phone numbers, email addresses), and nameserver addresses.
Only U.S.-based government organizations are eligible for .gov
domains; some of these organizations may be small entities. The
collection has been developed to request only the information needed to
confirm eligibility and adjudicate a .gov domain request. Without this
collection, CISA will be unable to assess the eligibility of requestors
nor provision .gov domains to government organizations. That outcome
would decrease cybersecurity for governments across the nation and
minimize the public's ability to identify governments online.
In accordance with 6 U.S.C. 665(c)(4), CISA will ``limit the
sharing or use of any information'' obtained through this collection
``with any other Department component or any other agency for any
purpose other than the administration of the .gov internet domain, the
services described in subsection (e), and the requirements for
establishing a .gov inventory described in subsection (h).'' Certain
metadata for any approved domains (domain name, organization name,
nameserver address, city/state information, security contact) will be
published online.
Analysis
Agency: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Title: .gov registrar.
OMB Number: OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
Frequency: Once per domain registered.
Affected Public: Employees representing State, local, Territorial,
and Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 1500 per year.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 500 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $24,674.
Robert J. Costello,
Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security,
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2023-13831 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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