Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program (NEDCTP) Handler Training Assessment Survey (Formerly Named: Graduate Training Feedback Form), 4578-4579 [2010-1724]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• Transportation Security Administration

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4578-4579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1724]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program (NEDCTP) 
Handler Training Assessment Survey (Formerly Named: Graduate Training 
Feedback Form)

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 30-day Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request 
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0041 
abstracted below, to OMB for review and approval of an extension of the 
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments, of the following collection of information 
on October 27, 2009, 74 FR 55248. The collection involves the 
electronic submission of numerical ratings and written comments about 
the quality of training instruction from students who graduate from the 
NEDCTP Explosives Detection Canine Handlers Course.

DATES: Send your comments by March 1, 2010. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to Desk Officer, Department of Homeland Security/TSA, and 
sent via electronic mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to 
(202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Johnson, TSA Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) Officer, Office of Information Technology (OIT), 
TSA-40, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 
Arlington, VA 20598-6040; telephone (571) 227-3651; e-mail 
TSAPRA@dhs.gov.

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 is available 
at https://www.reginfo.gov. 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: Handler Training Assessment Survey.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0041.
    Forms(s): TSA Form 1935-1.
    Affected Public: State and local employees, as well as TSA 
personnel who are trained to be TSA NEDCTP canine handlers.
    Abstract: The Handler Training Assessment Survey captures from 
graduating students (State and local personnel, as well as TSA 
personnel trained to be TSA NEDCTP canine handlers) numerical ratings 
and written comments about the quality of training instruction at the 
NEDCTP Explosives Detection Canine Handlers Course. The State and local 
personnel participate in

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the TSA Grant program, which falls under the National Explosives 
Detection Canine Team Program. The data is collected electronically 
through the NEDCTP secure Canine Website (accessible by authorized 
personnel only) and provides valuable feedback to the Chief of the 
National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program and instructional 
staff and supervisors on how the training material was presented and 
received. Once reviewed, the feedback is used to improve the course 
curriculum and course of instruction.
    Number of Respondents: Average 180 students per calendar year.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: Approximately one hour per 
participant, 180 hours per calendar year.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on January 21, 2010.
Joanna Johnson,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010-1724 Filed 1-27-10; 8:45 am]
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