[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55962-55963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14922]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Docket No. CISA-2024-0019]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Statewide Communication 
Interoperability Plan Template and Progress Report

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

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Emergency Communications Division (ECD) within 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) submits the 
following Information Collection Request (ICR) renewal to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until September 6, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number Docket 
#CISA-2024-0019, by following the instructions below for submitting 
comment via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Instructions: All comments received must include the agency name 
and docket number Docket #CISA-2024-0019. All comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Dalton, 202-809-2747 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Homeland Security, 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), formerly known 
as the National Protection and Programs Directorate, Emergency 
Communications Division (ECD), formed under title XVIII of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 571 et seq., is required, pursuant to 6 
U.S.C. 572, to develop the National Emergency Communications Plan 
(NECP), which includes identification of goals, timeframes, and 
appropriate measures to achieve interoperable communications 
capabilities. The Statewide Communication Interoperability Plan (SCIP) 
Template and Annual SCIP Snapshot Report are designed to meet and 
support these statutory requirements. The ECD SCIP Team will hold 
webinars and a workshop with the State Statewide Interoperability 
Coordinator (SWIC) and their stakeholders to review the states goals 
and objectives in becoming more interoperable over the next two to 
three years. The SCIP Team then puts the information collected from the 
webinars and workshops with the SWIC and stakeholders into the SCIP 
template. The SWIC governance body reviews and approves the documents 
before it is then signed by the state and becomes a state document. 
CISA does not own this document. CISA archives the information 
collected in a tracking system called the CommsCollab until it is time 
for the state to update this document in two to three years as mandated 
by Congress.
    ECD will use the information from the SCIP Template and Annual SCIP 
Snapshot to track the progress States are making in implementing 
milestones and demonstrating goals of the NECP, as required through the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 572. The SCIP Template and 
Annual SCIP Snapshot will provide ECD with broader capability data 
across the lanes of the Interoperability Continuum, which are key 
indicators of consistent success in response-level communications.
    In addition, the SCIP Template and the SCIP Snapshot will assist 
States in their strategic planning for interoperable and emergency 
communications while demonstrating each State's achievements and 
challenges in accomplishing optimal interoperability for emergency 
responders. Moreover, certain government grants may require States to 
update their SCIP Templates and SCIP Snapshot to include

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broadband efforts to receive funding for interoperable and emergency 
communications.
    Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (SWICs) will be responsible 
for collecting this information from their respective stakeholders and 
governance bodies and will complete and submit the SCIP Snapshots 
directly to ECD through unclassified electronic submission.
    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.

Analysis

    Agency: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
    Title: Statewide Communication Interoperability Plan (SCIP) 
Template and Annual SCIP Snapshot.
    OMB Number: 1670-0017.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, local, Tribal, and Territorial governments.
    Number of Respondents: 56.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 6.
    Total Burden Hours: 336.
    Annualized Respondent Cost: $29,950.
    Total Annualized Government Cost: $18,208.

Robert J. Costello,
Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security, 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2024-14922 Filed 7-5-24; 8:45 am]
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