[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59532-59533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18554]


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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: 30-Day notice and request for comments; revision; 1670-0019.

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SUMMARY: The Infrastructure Security Division (ISD) within 
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. 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. CISA previously 
published this information collection request (ICR) in the Federal 
Register on April 5, 2023 for a 60-day public comment period. No 
comments were received by CISA. The purpose of this notice is to allow 
additional 30-days for public comments.

DATES: The comment period for the information collection request 
published on April, 05, 2023 at 88 FR 20176. Comments are encouraged 
and will be accepted until September 28, 2023.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annie Hunziker Boyer, 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 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 the 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.\1\
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    \1\ 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

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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. In addition 
to the removal of historically retained fields that collect redundant 
or unnecessary information, and updating existing fields for accuracy 
and ease of use, two additional 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: Sector Outreach and Programs Online Meeting Registration 
Tool.
    OMB 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 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. 2023-18554 Filed 8-28-23; 8:45 am]
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