[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 72 (Friday, April 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25891-25892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07811]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; New Collection: API
(Application Programming Interface) Production Access Request
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting 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. The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until
May 13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public
burden and associated response time, must be submitted via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal website at http://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket
ID number USCIS-2023-0017. All submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615-NEW in the body of the letter, the agency name
and Docket ID USCIS-2023-0017. Comments must be submitted in English,
or an English translation must be provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone
number (240) 721-3000 (This is not a toll-free number. Comments are not
accepted via telephone message). Please note contact information
provided here is solely for questions regarding this notice. It is not
for individual case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information
about the status of their individual cases can check Case Status
Online, available at the USCIS website at https://www.uscis.gov, or
call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments:
The information collection notice was previously published in the
Federal Register on December 1, 2023, at 88 FR 83956, allowing for a
60-day public comment period. USCIS did receive one comment in
connection with the 60-day notice.
You may access the information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information by visiting the Federal
eRulemaking Portal site at: https://www.regulations.gov and entering
USCIS-2023-0017 in the search box. The comments submitted to USCIS via
this method are visible to the Office of Management and Budget and
comply with the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.12(c). Comments must be
submitted in English, or an English translation must be provided. All
submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes
it public. You may wish to consider
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limiting the amount of personal information that you provide in any
voluntary submission you make to DHS. DHS may withhold information
provided in comments from public viewing that it determines may impact
the privacy of an individual or is offensive. For additional
information, please read the Privacy Act notice that is available via
the link in the footer of https://www.regulations.gov.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies should address one or more of the following four points:
(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
submission of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: New Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: API (Application Programming
Interface) Production Access Request.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: G-1595; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for-profit. USCIS
has newly established a program to enable third party software
development companies to access sandbox and production environments via
Application Programming Interface (API) to our software systems.
Software development companies would use Form G-1595 to request
production access to USCIS APIs. USCIS will use the information
provided on the form to verify that software development companies'
products are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and
covered by a suitable privacy policy as described in the form.
Organizations must complete and submit this form before scheduling an
application demonstration to present their features that use the API to
which they are requesting production access.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The estimated
total number of respondents for the information collection G-1595 is 20
and the estimated hour burden per response is 0.91 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden associated
with this collection is 18 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public burden (in cost) associated
with the collection: The estimated total annual cost burden associated
with this collection of information is $1,000.
Dated: April 8, 2024.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-07811 Filed 4-11-24; 8:45 am]
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