[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76125-76126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21050]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Intent To Request Extension From OMB of One Public Collection of 
Information: Exercise Information System

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites 
public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request 
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0057, 
abstracted below that we will submit to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for an extension in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden for the TSA Exercise Information 
System (EXIS[supreg]). EXIS[supreg] is a web portal that assists 
stakeholders to build and manage exercise planning teams, and share 
best practices & lessons learned. Using and inputting information into 
EXIS[supreg] is completely voluntary.

DATES: Send your comments by November 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed to [email protected] or delivered to 
the TSA PRA Officer, Information Technology (IT), TSA-11, 
Transportation Security Administration, 6595 Springfield Center Drive, 
Springfield, VA 20598-6011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Christina A. Walsh at the above 
address, or by telephone 571-227-2062.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is 
not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it 
displays a valid OMB control number. The ICR documentation will be made 
available at https://www.reginfo.gov upon its submission to OMB. 
Therefore, in preparation for OMB review and approval of the following 
information collection, TSA is soliciting comments to--
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed information requirement 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;

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    (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 using appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.

Information Collection Requirement

    OMB Control Number 1652-0057; Exercise Information System. 
EXIS[supreg] is an internet-accessible knowledge-management system 
developed by TSA to serve its relevant stakeholders (such as members of 
the transportation industry, port authorities, Federal agencies, and 
State, local, territorial, and Tribal governments). EXIS[supreg] 
integrates security-related training and exercise components 
constituting sensitive security information (SSI).\1\ It gives 
stakeholders valuable security exercise scenarios and objectives, best 
practices and lessons learned, and a repository of the users' own 
historical exercise data for use in future exercises. Transportation 
industry stakeholders can choose scenarios and objectives based on 
their vulnerabilities, mode of transportation, and the size of their 
operation.
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    \1\ SSI is information which, if publicly released, would be 
detrimental to transportation security, and is defined at 49 U.S.C. 
114(r) and 49 CFR part 1520.
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    TSA will collect five types of information through EXIS[supreg]. 
The collection is voluntary. While EXIS[supreg] users are not required 
to provide all information requested, if users choose to withhold 
information, they may not receive the benefits of EXIS[supreg] 
associated with that information collection.
    1. User registration information. Because EXIS[supreg] includes SSI 
information, TSA must collect information upon registration to ensure 
only those members of the transportation community with a relevant 
interest in conducting security training exercises, and with an 
appropriate level of need to access security training information, are 
provided access to EXIS[supreg].
    TSA collects: The User's Name, Agency/Organization Name and Type, 
Job Title, Supervisor or other Sponsor's Name, Professional Phone 
Number, Professional Email Address, Employment Verification Contact 
Name, Employment Verification Contact Information, and the Reason for 
Needing an EXIS[supreg] account. In addition, the following optional 
registration information can be added by the user: Professional 
(business), Country, City, State, Zip Code, Mobile Phone Number, 
Alternate Email, and Preferred Transportation Sector.
    2. Desired nature and scope of the exercise. TSA collects this 
information to generate an EXIS[supreg] training exercise appropriate 
for the particular user. Users are asked to submit their desired 
transportation mode, exercise properties, objectives, scenario events, 
and participating agencies/attendees.
    3. Corrective actions/lessons learned/best practices. TSA collects 
this information to document and share the users' ideas and methods for 
improving transportation security with other transportation 
stakeholders in the wider EXIS[supreg] user base. The TSA Intermodal 
Security Training and Exercise Program office may send lessons learned 
and best practices to subject matter experts within TSA for review. 
Once the information is reviewed, any company or user identifying 
information is removed and the content is published to the site for all 
users to access.
    4. Evaluation feedback. TSA collects this information for the 
purpose of evaluating the usefulness of EXIS[supreg] in facilitating 
security training exercises for the users. TSA can then modify 
EXIS[supreg] to better suit its users' needs.
    5. After-Action Reports (AARs). EXIS[supreg] automatically 
summarizes information from items (2) and (3) mentioned above in order 
to create formal AARs for users. These AARs include an exercise 
overview, goals and objectives, scenario event synopsis, analysis of 
critical issues, exercise design characteristics, conclusions, and the 
executive summary. The AAR is the output of the exercise process. 
Stakeholders use the report to identify strengths or areas in which 
they can assign resources to mitigate risk and enhance the security 
posture within their organization.
    Based on industry population estimates and growth rates, and 
interest generated amongst the transportation modes during the years 
following EXIS's[supreg] release to the public, TSA estimates that the 
respondents will be approximately 16,713 full access and limited access 
users. TSA estimates a proportion of these respondents will 
participate; 2,006.7 full access users and 74.1 limited access users 
will spend approximately 3.5 hours per EXIS[supreg] user inputting the 
information described above, totaling, 7,282.7 burden hours. TSA 
estimates 12,065 limited access users will also spend approximately 
0.25 hours completing a survey, totaling 3,016.3 burden hours. Given 
this information, the annual hourly burden for EXIS's[supreg] 
collection of information is 10,299 hours (7,282.7 + 3,016.3).

    Dated: September 11, 2024.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2024-21050 Filed 9-16-24; 8:45 am]
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