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Federal advisory committee under 5
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
New Emergency Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
Department of Homeland Security—
Vulnerability Identification SelfAssessment Tool—Transportation
(DHS–VISAT–T)
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of emergency clearance
request.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces that
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
new Information Collection Request
(ICR) abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
emergency processing and approval
under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
burden.
DATES: Send your comments by
September 9, 2005. A comment to OMB
is most effective if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be faxed to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
PO 00000
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Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: DHS–TSA Desk
Officer, at (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katrina Wawer, Information Collection
Specialist, Office of Transportation
Security Policy, TSA–9, Transportation
Security Administration, 601 South
12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202–4220;
telephone (571) 227–1995; facsimile
(571) 227–2594.
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. 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;
(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
Title: Department of Homeland
Security—Vulnerability Identification
Self-Assessment Tool—Transportation
(DHS–VISAT–T).
Type of Request: Emergency
processing request of new collection.
OMB Control Number: Not yet
assigned.
Forms(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Owners and
operators within the transportation
sector. The affected modes of
transportation include Aviation, Rail,
Pipelines, Highway and Bridges, and
Mass Transit.
Abstract: After its inception, TSA
faced the challenge of securing all of the
different modes within the
transportation sector. A methodology
was required in order to support interand intra-modal analysis and decisionmaking. Millions of assets exist within
the transportation sector, ranging from
over 500,000 highway-bridges to over
19,000 general aviation airports. Given
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this population of assets, it became
apparent that a mechanism was needed
to solicit data from the asset owners/
operators. TSA needs this data, such as
the assets’ security measures currently
deployed, along with a high-level
assessment of system security
effectiveness, in order to prioritize
resources.
In response to this need, TSA’s Office
of Threat Assessment and Risk
Management (OTRM) developed the
Department of Homeland Security—
Vulnerability Identification SelfAssessment Tool—Transportation
(DHS–VISAT–T), formerly called the
TSA Self-Assessment Risk Module
(TSARM), as a means to gather securityrelated data. TSA designed this tool to
be flexible to support the unique
characteristics of each transportation
mode, while still providing a common
framework from which analysis and
trends can be identified. DHS–VISAT–T
represents the U.S. Government’s first
self-assessment tool that provides the
following features:
• The tool is provided to users at no
cost;
• The tool is voluntary;
• The tool is Web-based, easily
accessible; and
• All ratings are determined by the
user.
The self-assessment tool contains two
sections. In the first section of the tool,
users answer a series of questions
divided into seven countermeasure
categories to develop a comprehensive
picture of the asset’s security system
posture. The countermeasure categories
include:
• Plans, Policies, and Procedures;
• Security Training;
• Access Control;
• Physical Security Assets;
• Security Technologies and
Equipment;
• Communications Security; and
• Information Security.
The second section of the tool focuses
on the prevention and the mitigation of
a base array of threat scenarios
developed for different categories of
assets. Users rate their asset in terms of
target attractiveness (from a terrorist’s
perspective) and several consequence
categories that describe health and wellbeing, economic consequences, and
symbolic value of the asset. Users first
list the asset’s baseline security
countermeasures that apply for each of
the threat scenarios, and then rate the
effectiveness of the countermeasures in
detecting and/or preventing the
terrorist’s actions against each threat
scenario. Descriptive guidance for the
effectiveness rating is provided for each
of the countermeasure categories. The
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performance-based effectiveness ratings
describe the asset’s ability to thwart the
threat.
After the tool is applied considering
baseline countermeasures, users apply
the tool two additional times to assess
the impact of adding new
countermeasures or enhancing existing
countermeasures. The first additional
assessment assumes a general increase
in the national threat level (orange). The
second additional assessment assumes
that the asset is known to be a specific
target (red). The intent is that the
enhanced countermeasures will increase
the security effectiveness compared to
the baseline effectiveness ratings.
Upon completion of the tool
assessment, users receive a report that
summarizes their inputs. They may then
use this report to develop a security
plan or to identify areas of potential
vulnerability. Users have the option to
submit the completed assessment to
DHS. If submitted, DHS reviews the
assessment for consistency and provides
feedback to the users.
Number of Respondents: Of the
possible 3,002,450 respondents, TSA
expects that approximately 10 percent,
or 300,245, will use the tool.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on August 3,
2005.
Lisa S. Dean,
Privacy Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–4975–N–23]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request; Local
Appeals to Single-Family Mortgage
Limits
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 11,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
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Wayne Eddins, Reports Management
Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., L’Enfant Plaza Building, Room
8001, Washington, DC 20410 or
Wayne_Eddins@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margaret Burns, (Acting) Director, Office
of Single Family Program Development,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)
708–2121 (this is not a toll free number)
for copies of the proposed forms and
other available information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35, as amended).
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed
collection of information to: (1) Evaluate
whether the proposed collection 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) 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
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
This notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: Local Appeals to
Single-Family Mortgage Limits.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2502–0302.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
National Housing Act permits HUD to
raise the maximum mortgage amount up
to eighty-seven percent of the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
(Freddie Mac) loan limits in areas with
high prevailing sales prices to reflect
regional differences in the cost of
housing. Any party who believes that
the present limit does not accurately
reflect the higher sales price in that area
may request an increase. The request
must be accompanied by sufficient
housing sales price data to support the
request. The data should be a listing of
all the one- or nearly all the one-family
sales in the area for a prescribed period
of time, depending on the volume of
sales. HUD will use the information
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
New Emergency Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: Department of Homeland Security--Vulnerability Identification
Self-Assessment Tool--Transportation (DHS-VISAT-T)
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of emergency clearance request.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the new Information Collection
Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for emergency processing and approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The ICR describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden.
DATES: Send your comments by September 9, 2005. A comment to OMB is
most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be faxed to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: DHS-TSA
Desk Officer, at (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katrina Wawer, Information Collection
Specialist, Office of Transportation Security Policy, TSA-9,
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 22202-4220; telephone (571) 227-1995; facsimile (571)
227-2594.
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. 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;
(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
Title: Department of Homeland Security--Vulnerability
Identification Self-Assessment Tool--Transportation (DHS-VISAT-T).
Type of Request: Emergency processing request of new collection.
OMB Control Number: Not yet assigned.
Forms(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Owners and operators within the transportation
sector. The affected modes of transportation include Aviation, Rail,
Pipelines, Highway and Bridges, and Mass Transit.
Abstract: After its inception, TSA faced the challenge of securing
all of the different modes within the transportation sector. A
methodology was required in order to support inter- and intra-modal
analysis and decision-making. Millions of assets exist within the
transportation sector, ranging from over 500,000 highway-bridges to
over 19,000 general aviation airports. Given
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this population of assets, it became apparent that a mechanism was
needed to solicit data from the asset owners/operators. TSA needs this
data, such as the assets' security measures currently deployed, along
with a high-level assessment of system security effectiveness, in order
to prioritize resources.
In response to this need, TSA's Office of Threat Assessment and
Risk Management (OTRM) developed the Department of Homeland Security--
Vulnerability Identification Self-Assessment Tool--Transportation (DHS-
VISAT-T), formerly called the TSA Self-Assessment Risk Module (TSARM),
as a means to gather security-related data. TSA designed this tool to
be flexible to support the unique characteristics of each
transportation mode, while still providing a common framework from
which analysis and trends can be identified. DHS-VISAT-T represents the
U.S. Government's first self-assessment tool that provides the
following features:
The tool is provided to users at no cost;
The tool is voluntary;
The tool is Web-based, easily accessible; and
All ratings are determined by the user.
The self-assessment tool contains two sections. In the first
section of the tool, users answer a series of questions divided into
seven countermeasure categories to develop a comprehensive picture of
the asset's security system posture. The countermeasure categories
include:
Plans, Policies, and Procedures;
Security Training;
Access Control;
Physical Security Assets;
Security Technologies and Equipment;
Communications Security; and
Information Security.
The second section of the tool focuses on the prevention and the
mitigation of a base array of threat scenarios developed for different
categories of assets. Users rate their asset in terms of target
attractiveness (from a terrorist's perspective) and several consequence
categories that describe health and well-being, economic consequences,
and symbolic value of the asset. Users first list the asset's baseline
security countermeasures that apply for each of the threat scenarios,
and then rate the effectiveness of the countermeasures in detecting
and/or preventing the terrorist's actions against each threat scenario.
Descriptive guidance for the effectiveness rating is provided for each
of the countermeasure categories. The performance-based effectiveness
ratings describe the asset's ability to thwart the threat.
After the tool is applied considering baseline countermeasures,
users apply the tool two additional times to assess the impact of
adding new countermeasures or enhancing existing countermeasures. The
first additional assessment assumes a general increase in the national
threat level (orange). The second additional assessment assumes that
the asset is known to be a specific target (red). The intent is that
the enhanced countermeasures will increase the security effectiveness
compared to the baseline effectiveness ratings.
Upon completion of the tool assessment, users receive a report that
summarizes their inputs. They may then use this report to develop a
security plan or to identify areas of potential vulnerability. Users
have the option to submit the completed assessment to DHS. If
submitted, DHS reviews the assessment for consistency and provides
feedback to the users.
Number of Respondents: Of the possible 3,002,450 respondents, TSA
expects that approximately 10 percent, or 300,245, will use the tool.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on August 3, 2005.
Lisa S. Dean,
Privacy Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-15771 Filed 8-9-05; 8:45 am]
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