[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25355-25356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11003]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. CISA-2025-0005]
Agency Information Collection Activities: SAFECOM Membership
Questionnaire
AGENCY: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments; Request for extension.
OMB Control Number, 1670-0046.
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SUMMARY: DHS CISA Emergency Communications Division (ECD) 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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until August 15,
2025. Submissions received after the deadline for receiving comments
may not be considered.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number CISA-
2025-0005, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Please follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the
words ``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for
this action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided.
Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available
to the public through relevant websites. For this reason, please do not
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send
an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the internet. Please note that responses to this
public comment request containing any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comments
that may be made available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion
of the routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Ralph Barnett III, at (703) 705-
6130, or email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 16, 2018, Congress passed Public
Law 115-278, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101
et seq.), enacted and authorized the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
CISA enhances public safety interoperable communications at all levels
of government to help partners across the country develop their
emergency communications capabilities. Working with stakeholders across
the country, CISA conducts extensive, nationwide outreach to support
and promote the ability of emergency response providers and relevant
government officials to continue to communicate in the event of a
natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster. 6
U.S.C. 571(c)(2) mandates DHS through CISA to administrate and manage
SAFECOM, a state, local, tribal, and territorial stakeholder-driven
public safety communications program. In an effort to resolve major
communications issues identified during the September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks, SAFECOM was created as a Presidential EGovernment
Initiative to improve interoperability, allowing emergency responders
to communicate more effectively before, during, and after emergencies
and disasters.
Through collaboration with emergency responders and elected
officials across all levels of government, SAFECOM works to improve
emergency response providers' inter-jurisdictional and
interdisciplinary emergency communications interoperability across
local, regional, tribal, State, territorial, international borders, and
with Federal government entities. SAFECOM works with existing Federal
communications programs and key emergency response stakeholders to
address the need to develop better technologies and processes for the
coordination of existing communications systems and future networks.
The SAFECOM Membership Questionnaire is an internal SAFECOM
document disseminated only to active SAFECOM Members. SAFECOM uses the
Questionnaire to identify membership gaps, obtain updated information
on SAFECOM's membership body (e.g., public safety communications
experience, accolades, acquired skills/certifications, etc.), update
SAFECOM marketing materials, and to assist SAFECOM when
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responding General Accounting Office (GAO) inquiries.
The DHS/CISA/ECD will disseminate the SAFECOM Membership
Questionnaire to active SAFECOM Members as a fillable PDF document.
SAFECOM intends to use the Questionnaire to examine its Membership
body, identify membership gaps, obtain updated information on SAFECOM's
membership body (e.g., public safety communications experience,
accolades, acquired skills/certifications, etc.), update SAFECOM
marketing materials, and assist SAFECOM when responding to General
Accounting Office (GAO) inquiries.
The Questionnaire will encompass eight interdependent sections of
questions. The SAFECOM Internal Membership section requests each Member
to provide their name, state of residence, and the number of hours per
month he/she contributes SAFECOM led initiatives (e.g., conference
calls and deliverable development). SAFECOM consists of public safety
association representatives and at-large members. The Association
Representative Information section pertains to public safety
associations represented in SAFECOM. Association Representatives
serving in SAFECOM are asked to provide the name of their Association,
approximate Association size, Association contact, and addition
Association point-of-contact (POC) information. At-large members are
instructed to skip to the next section. Public Safety Service section
will focus on questions related to each Member's public safety and
first responder career. Members are asked to designate their current
public safety status (i.e., active, retired, other), to identify their
public safety discipline(s), to provide level of government for current
employment (e.g., state, local, tribal, territorial, federal), to
provide years of service, to list current agency and agency's contact
information, to provide a brief description on their current role and
responsibilities, to select the population range that best describes
the population of your current organization's jurisdiction serviced, to
indicate the number of public safety personnel employed at your current
organization, to indicate the number of responses your current
organization responds to each year, and if current position entails
collaborating with Tribal Nations. The Volunteer Experience section
asks Members to provide details on their volunteer experience. The
Public Safety Experience section asks Members to identify the public
safety events he/she responded to throughout their career, and to
identify the communications technology he/she has used. The Education
section focuses on the education (e.g., which is an optional question),
proficiencies, and professional certifications. External Conference
Attendance section focuses on Member's experience at public safety
conferences as well as their interest in representing SAFECOM in the
future at a conference. The final section focuses on Members public
safety usage.
This was a previously approved information collection request was
approved by OMB on 07/21/2022 with an expiration date of 07/31/2025.
This is a request for an extension.
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: SAFECOM Membership Questionnaire.
OMB Number: 1670-0046.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Governments.
Number of Respondents: 36.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 hours.
SLTT Burden Hours: 9 hours.
Annualized SLTT Respondent Cost: $847.82.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
Number of Respondents: 55.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 13.75 hours.
Annualized Private Sector Respondent Cost: $1,314.58.
Total Annualized Respondent Cost: $2,162.39.
Total Annualized Government Cost: $268.75.
Robert J. Costello,
Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security,
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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