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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
National Institutes of Health
[Docket No. DHS–2008–0026]
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development; Notice of Closed
Meeting
Science and Technology Directorate;
Submission for Review; Information
Collection Request for the DHS S&T
Bio-Knowledge Center Expert
Database
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice
is hereby given of the following
meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development
Special Emphasis Panel, Pathogenesis of Rett
Syndrome.
Date: April 1, 2008.
Time: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6100
Executive Boulevard, 5B01, Rockville, MD
20852. (Telephone Conference Call)
Contact Person: Norman Chang, PhD,
Scientific Review Administrator, Division of
Scientific Review, National Institute Of Child
Health And Human Development, NIH, 6100
Executive Blvd., Room 5B01, Bethesda, MD
20892, (301) 496–1485,
changn@mail.nih.gov.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.864, Population Research;
93.865, Research for Mothers and Children;
93.929, Center for Medical Rehabilitation
Research; 93.209, Contraception and
Infertility Loan Repayment Program, National
Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: March 6, 2008.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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Science and Technology
Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day Notice and request for
comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) invites the general
public to comment on a new data
collection form for the Bio-Knowledge
Center Expert Database: Subject Matter
Expert (SME) Registration Form (DHS
Form 10043). The Bio-Knowledge
Center Database will collect SME
information in order to understand who
can provide scientific expertise for peer
review of scientific programs, and who
can provide expertise in the event of a
perceived biothreat. In addition, the
directory will make it easier to identify
scientific specialty areas for which there
is a shortage of SMEs with appropriate
security clearances. SME contact
information, scientific expertise, and
level of education will be collected
electronically through a web portal
currently being developed by DHS S&T.
The SME information will be shared
with U.S. Government program
managers and other members of the
biodefense community who have a
legitimate need to identify biological
SMEs. Cleared SMEs are necessary to
accomplish scientific reviews, attend
topical meetings, and to consult in the
event of a perceived biothreat.
This notice and request for comments
is required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. Law 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until May 13, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number [DHS–
2008–0026], by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail: ken.rogers@dhs.gov. Include
docket number [DHS–2008–0026] in the
subject line of the message.
• Mail: Science and Technology
Directorate, ATTN: OCIO/Kenneth D.
Rogers, 245 Murray Drive, Bldg. 410,
Washington, DC 20528.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth D. Rogers (202) 254–6185 (this
is not a toll free number).
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The
National Counterproliferation Center
has identified the need for a
comprehensive and readily available list
of biological agent SMEs that includes
security clearance status. In particular,
there is no database that contains
security clearance information,
biological domain expertise, and contact
information. Therefore, the SME
Directory is being coordinated at the
national level to address this need. If a
similar database is identified in the
future, we will work with the identified
collection agent to ensure a cooperative
partnership is developed.
The SME Directory will use electronic
(web-based) technology to collect,
maintain, and transmit SME
information. The SMEs will have access
to their own data and will be able to edit
and update the information
electronically.
DHS is particularly interested in
comments that:
(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) Suggest ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Suggest ways to minimize the
burden of the data collection on those
who respond, including 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
New information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: BioKnowledge Center Expert Database.
Agency Form Number, if any, and the
applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: DHS Form
10043 (2/08), DHS Science &
Technology Directorate.
(3) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Individuals; the data will be
gathered from individual SMEs and
stored in a central database, accessible
through a Web-based portal. The SME
information will be shared with U.S.
Government program managers and
other members of the biodefense
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community who have a legitimate need
to identify biological SMEs.
(4) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond:
a. Estimate of the total number of
respondents: 4000.
b. An estimate of the time for an
average respondent to respond: .25
burden hours.
Dated: February 26, 2008.
Kenneth D. Rogers,
Chief Information Officer, Science and
Technology Directorate.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2008–0028]
Science and Technology Directorate;
Submission for Review; Information
Collection Request for the DHS S&T
Protected Repository for the Defense
of Infrastructure Against Cyber Threats
(PREDICT)
Science and Technology
Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 30-day Notice and request for
comment.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) invites the general
public to comment on new data
collection forms for the Protected
Repository for the Defense of
Infrastructure Against Cyber Threats
(PREDICT) initiative. The PREDICT
initiative facilitates the accessibility of
computer and network operational data
for use in cyber defense research and
development through the establishment
of distributed repositories of securityrelevant network operations data, and
the application procedures, protection
policies, and review processes necessary
to make this data available to the cyber
defense research community. The forms
will allow the PREDICT initiative to
provide a central repository, accessible
through a Web-based portal
(<SECAUTH>) that catalogs current
computer network operational data,
provide secure access to multiple
sources of data collected as a result of
use and traffic on the Internet, and
facilitate data flow among PREDICT
participants for the purpose of
developing new models, technologies
and products that support effective
threat assessment and increase cyber
security capabilities. The Department is
committed to improving its PREDICT
initiative and invites interested persons
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to comment on the following forms and
instructions (hereinafter ‘‘Forms
Package’’) for the PREDICT initiative: (1)
Account Request Form (DHS Form
10029); (2) Add a New Dataset Form
(DHS Form 10030); (3) Annotate Dataset
Form (DHS Form 10031); (4) Request a
Dataset Form (DHS Form 10032); (5)
Update Host Data Form (DHS Form
10033); (6) Update Provider Data Form
(DHS Form 10034); (7) Memorandum of
Agreement—PREDICT (PCC)
Coordinating Center and Researcher/
User (DHS Form 10035); (8)
Memorandum of Agreement—PCC and
Data Provider (DP)(DHS Form 10036);
(9) Memorandum of Agreement—PCC
and Data Host (DH)(DHS Form 10037);
(10) Authorization Letter for Data Host
(DHS Form 10038); (11) Authorization
Letter for Data Provider (DHS Form
10039); (12) Sponsorship Letter (DHS
Form 10040); (13) Notice of Dataset
Access/Application Expiration (DHS
Form 10041); (14) Certificate of Data
Destruction (DHS Form 10042).
This notice and request for comments
is required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until April 14, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number [DHS–
2008–0028], by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail: ken.rogers@dhs.gov. Include
docket number [DHS–2008–0028] in the
subject line of the message.
• Mail: Science and Technology
Directorate, ATTN: OCIO/Kenneth D.
Rogers, 245 Murray Drive, Bldg 410,
Washington, DC 20528.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth D. Rogers (202) 254–6185 (this
is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
request for comment was previously
published in the Federal Register on
December 28, 2007, for a 60-day public
comment period ending February 26,
2008. No comments were received by
DHS during the 60-day comment period.
The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comments.
The content of PREDICT is
proprietary datasets that will be used by
the Research community in its efforts to
build products and technologies that
will better protect America’s computing
infrastructure.
Using a secure Web portal, accessible
through https://www.predict.org/, the
PREDICT Coordinating Center manages
a centralized repository that identifies
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the datasets and their sources and
location, and acts as gatekeeper for
access and release of the data. All data
input to the system is either keyed in by
users (Data Providers) or migrated (via
upload of XML files).
DHS is particularly interested in
comments that:
(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) Suggest ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Suggest ways to minimize the
burden of the data collection on those
who respond, including 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.
Overview of this Information
Collection:
(1) Type of Information Collection:
New information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: DHS
S&T PREDICT Initiative Agency Form
Number, if any, and the applicable
component of the Department of
Homeland Security sponsoring the
collection: DHS S&T Protected
Repository for the Defense of
Infrastructure Against Cyber Threats
(PREDICT) (1) Account Request Form
(DHS Form 10029); (2) Add a New
Dataset Form (DHS Form 10030); (3)
Annotate Dataset Form (DHS Form
10031); (4) Request a Dataset Form (DHS
Form 10032); (5) Update Host Data Form
(DHS Form 10033); (6) Update Provider
Data Form (DHS Form 10034); (7)
Memorandum of Agreement—PREDICT
(PCC) Coordinating Center and
Researcher/User (DHS Form 10035); (8)
Memorandum of Agreement—PCC and
Data Provider (DP)(DHS Form 10036);
(9) Memorandum of Agreement—PCC
and Data Host (DH)(DHS Form 10037);
(10) Authorization Letter for Data Host
(DHS Form 10038); (11) Authorization
Letter for Data Provider (DHS Form
10039); (12) Sponsorship Letter (DHS
Form 10040); (13) Notice of Dataset
Access/Application Expiration (DHS
Form 10041); (14) Certificate of Data
Destruction (DHS Form 10042).
(3) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Individuals or households,
Business or other for-profit, Not-for-
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2008-0026]
Science and Technology Directorate; Submission for Review;
Information Collection Request for the DHS S&T Bio-Knowledge Center
Expert Database
AGENCY: Science and Technology Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) invites the general
public to comment on a new data collection form for the Bio-Knowledge
Center Expert Database: Subject Matter Expert (SME) Registration Form
(DHS Form 10043). The Bio-Knowledge Center Database will collect SME
information in order to understand who can provide scientific expertise
for peer review of scientific programs, and who can provide expertise
in the event of a perceived biothreat. In addition, the directory will
make it easier to identify scientific specialty areas for which there
is a shortage of SMEs with appropriate security clearances. SME contact
information, scientific expertise, and level of education will be
collected electronically through a web portal currently being developed
by DHS S&T. The SME information will be shared with U.S. Government
program managers and other members of the biodefense community who have
a legitimate need to identify biological SMEs. Cleared SMEs are
necessary to accomplish scientific reviews, attend topical meetings,
and to consult in the event of a perceived biothreat.
This notice and request for comments is required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until May 13, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number [DHS-
2008-0026], by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: ken.rogers@dhs.gov. Include docket number [DHS-
2008-0026] in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Science and Technology Directorate, ATTN: OCIO/
Kenneth D. Rogers, 245 Murray Drive, Bldg. 410, Washington, DC 20528.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth D. Rogers (202) 254-6185 (this
is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Counterproliferation Center has
identified the need for a comprehensive and readily available list of
biological agent SMEs that includes security clearance status. In
particular, there is no database that contains security clearance
information, biological domain expertise, and contact information.
Therefore, the SME Directory is being coordinated at the national level
to address this need. If a similar database is identified in the
future, we will work with the identified collection agent to ensure a
cooperative partnership is developed.
The SME Directory will use electronic (web-based) technology to
collect, maintain, and transmit SME information. The SMEs will have
access to their own data and will be able to edit and update the
information electronically.
DHS is particularly interested in comments that:
(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) Suggest ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
(4) Suggest ways to minimize the burden of the data collection on
those who respond, including 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.
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: New information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Bio-Knowledge Center Expert
Database.
Agency Form Number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: DHS Form
10043 (2/08), DHS Science & Technology Directorate.
(3) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Individuals; the data will be gathered from
individual SMEs and stored in a central database, accessible through a
Web-based portal. The SME information will be shared with U.S.
Government program managers and other members of the biodefense
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community who have a legitimate need to identify biological SMEs.
(4) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
a. Estimate of the total number of respondents: 4000.
b. An estimate of the time for an average respondent to respond:
.25 burden hours.
Dated: February 26, 2008.
Kenneth D. Rogers,
Chief Information Officer, Science and Technology Directorate.
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