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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[DHS–2013–0037]
Homeland Security Information
Network Advisory Committee
(HSINAC); Meeting
OPS/OCIO, DHS.
Committee Management; Notice
of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Homeland Security
Information Network Advisory
Committee (HSINAC) will meet on
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 from 1 p.m.–
3 p.m. EST by teleconference. The
HSINAC provides advice and
recommendations to the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) on matters relating to the HSIN
Program. These matters include system
requirements, operating policies,
community organization, knowledge
management, interoperability and
federation with other systems, and any
other aspect of HSIN that supports the
operations of DHS and its federal, state,
territorial, local, tribal, international,
and private sector mission partners. The
purpose of this next meeting is for the
committee to receive an interim status
update on the HSIN Program and
progress made since the last meeting in
February 2013. Specifically, the HSIN
Program would like to request advice
and recommendations on the user
experience regarding the identity
proofing process, HSIN Legacy to HSIN
Release 3 migration process, and discuss
communication tactics regarding the
HSIN value proposition. The meeting
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will be conducted virtually through a
teleconference line provided below. The
meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: HSINAC will meet Tuesday, June
25th, 2013 from 1 p.m.–3 p.m. EST via
teleconference. Please note that the
meeting may end early if the committee
has completed its business.
ADDRESSES: Members of the public may
monitor the meeting by calling: 1–800–
320–4330 Conference Pin: 673978. The
teleconference lines will be open for the
public and the meeting brief will be
posted beforehand at this link: https://
www.dhs.gov/homeland-securityinformation-network-advisorycommittee. There is a meeting room
reserved at 131 M St. NE., Washington,
DC, Floor 3, Room 03Q15, whereas
members of the public may come to
participate. The building is a Federal
facility and all guests will need to show
official government-issued photo
identification to the security guards
upon entrance. Guests will also be
required to process through a metal
detector and have their bags scanned. If
the Federal government is closed, the
meeting will be rescheduled.
For information on facilities or
services for individuals with disabilities
or to request special assistance at the
meeting, contact Michael Brody,
michael.brody@hq.dhs.gov, 202–357–
7661, as soon as possible.
To facilitate public participation, we
are inviting public comment on the
issues to be considered by the
committee as listed in the ‘‘Summary’’
section below. Comments must be
submitted in writing no later than June
20th and must be identified by DHS–
2013–0037 and may be submitted by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: Michael Brody,
michael.brody@hq.dhs.gov. Please also
include the docket number in the
subject line of the message.
• Fax: 202–357–7678
• Mail: Michael Brody, Department of
Homeland Security, OPS CIO–D Stop
0426, 245 Murray Lane SW., BLDG 410,
Washington, DC 20528–0426.
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 https://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received by the HSINAC go
to https://www.regulations.gov.
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A public comment period will be held
during the meeting on Tuesday, June
25th from 2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., and
speakers are requested to limit their
comments to 3 minutes. Please note that
the public comment period may end
before the time indicated, following the
last call for comments. Contact the
individual listed below to register as a
speaker.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Designated Federal Officer, Michael
Brody, Michael.brody@hq.dhs.gov,
Phone: 202–357–7661, Fax: 202–357–
7678, or Alternate Designated Federal
Officer, Sarah Schwettman,
sarah.schwettman@hq.dhs.gov, Phone:
202–357–7882.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
this meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 United
States Code Appendix. (Pub. L. 92–463).
The HSINAC will meet to review,
discuss and make recommendations on
key messaging to stakeholder
community showcasing the vision of
HSIN and its progressive development
efforts.
Agenda
• Review the HSINAC members’
HSIN Release 3 (R3) registration
experiences
Æ Discuss the results of the HSIN
Policy/HSIN Development informal
analysis and capture feedback from the
HSINAC members
• Update On HSIN R3 Migration
Status, Latest advances in system
development, and the HSIN
Communications Implementation
Strategy
• Obtain recommendations from the
HSINAC on key messaging and delivery
tactics regarding the following
communication topics:
Æ Identity Proofing (IDP) Process
• An electronic based process
whereas HSIN Release 3 applicants are
required to answer knowledge-based
questions pertaining to their personal
financial history, credit history, etc. in
order to successfully verify their
identity before gaining access into HSIN
Release 3. This new requirement
advances overall system security. The
HSIN Program would like to obtain
advice on how to best communicate this
IDP process to the user communities.
Æ HSIN Legacy to HSIN Release 3
Migration Process
• HSIN Legacy users are being
migrated to the HSIN Release 3
platform. The objective for this
discussion topic is for the HSIN
Program to identify how well the user
experience transition was implemented
and ways that the process can be
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enhanced going forward. Additionally,
the HSIN Program will obtain advice
from the HSINAC on the current
communication efforts regarding
migration and how these efforts could
be more effective.
Æ HSIN Release 3 Value Proposition
• The HSIN Release 3 platform has
advanced features and functionalities
associated with the upgrade. The HSIN
Program is seeking advice from the
HSINAC on how to best communicate
the value proposition—including its
advanced features/functionalities,
enhanced security measures, and
advanced information sharing
capabilities—to the enterprise-wide user
community.
Æ 15 minute public comment period
Æ HSINAC deliberation session and
vote on recommendations
Dated: June 3, 2013.
James Lanoue,
HSIN Acting Program Manager.
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Section 8 Housing Assistance
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2013 Inflation Factors for Public
Housing Agency (PHA) Renewal
Funding
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The FY 2013 HUD
Appropriations Act requires that HUD
apply ‘‘an inflation factor as established
by the Secretary, by notice published in
the Federal Register’’ to adjust FY 2013
renewal funding for the Tenant-based
Rental Assistance Program or Housing
Choice Voucher (HCV) Program of each
PHA. For FY 2011 and FY 2010,
renewal funding was based on annual
adjustment factors (AAFs) and HUD
published separate Renewal Funding
AAFs for this purpose. These Renewal
Funding AAFs, based only on Consumer
Price Index (CPI) data for rents and
utilities, were replaced for FY 2012 by
inflation factors that incorporate
additional economic indices to measure
the expected change in the per unit cost
(PUC) for the HCV program. The
methodology for FY 2013 remains
unchanged from that used in FY 2012.
DATES: Effective Date: June 10, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael S. Dennis, Director, Housing
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Voucher Programs, Office of Public
Housing and Voucher Programs, Office
of Public and Indian Housing, telephone
number 202–708–1380; or Peter B.
Kahn, Director, Economic and Market
Analysis Division, Office of Policy
Development and Research, telephone
number 202–402–2409, for technical
information regarding the development
of the schedules for specific areas or the
methods used for calculating the
inflation factors, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or
speech-impaired persons may contact
the Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
8339 (TTY). (Other than the ‘‘800’’ TTY
number, the above-listed telephone
numbers are not toll free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Tables showing Renewal Funding
Inflation Factors will be available
electronically from the HUD data
information page at: https://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/rfif/
FY2013/FY2013_IF_Table.pdf.
In prior years, the Department of
Housing and Urban Development has
been using Renewal Funding AAFs
based on Consumer Price Index data
published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics on ‘‘rent of primary residence’’
and ‘‘fuels and utilities’’ as the inflation
factor to calculate the renewal funding
for each PHA. During this period, HUD
undertook several projects to better
understand the drivers of the annual
change in housing subsidy costs for the
tenant-based voucher program. Division
F, Title VIII, Consolidated and Further
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013
(Pub. L. 113–6, approved March 26,
2013) requires that the HUD Secretary,
for the calendar year 2013 funding
cycle, provide renewal funding for each
public housing agency (PHA) based on
validated voucher management system
(VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior
calendar year and by applying an
inflation factor as established by the
Secretary, by notice published in the
Federal Register. This notice provides
the FY 2013 inflation factors and
describes the methodology for
calculating them.
II. Methodology
The Department has focused on
measuring the change in average PUC as
captured in HUD’s administrative data
in VMS. In order to predict the likely
path of PUC over time, HUD has
implemented a model that uses several
economic indices that capture key
components of the economic climate
and assist in explaining the changes in
PUC. These economic components are
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the seasonally-adjusted unemployment
rate (lagged twelve months) and the
Consumer Price Index from the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, and the ‘‘wages and
salaries’’ component of personal income
from the National Income and Product
Accounts from the Bureau of Economic
Analysis. This model subsequently
forecasts the expected annual change in
average PUC from Calendar Year (CY)
2012 to CY 2013 for the voucher
program on a national basis by
incorporating comparable economic
variables from the Administration’s
economic assumptions. For reference,
these economic assumptions are
described in the FY 2014 Budget.
The inflation factor for an individual
geographic area is based on the change
in the area’s Fair Market Rent (FMR)
between FY 2012 and FY 2013. These
changes in FMR are then scaled such
that the voucher-weighted average of all
individual area inflation factors is equal
to the expected annual change in
national PUC from FY 2012 to FY 2013,
and also such that no area has a negative
factor. HUD subsequently applies these
calculated individual area inflation
factors to eligible renewal funding for
each PHA based on VMS leasing and
cost data for the prior calendar year. For
the CY 2013 PHA HCV allocation uses
0.41 percent as the annual change in
PUC. This figure was calculated by
using VMS data through December of
2012 and actual performance of
economic indices through the December
of 2012.
III. The Use of Inflation Factors
The inflation factors have been
developed to account for relative
differences in the PUC of vouchers so
that HCV funds can be allocated among
PHAs. HUD will continue to update the
current model with available data in
order to assess the expected annual
change in PUC and intends to update
the methodology for future funding
estimates. HUD is also continuing to
review and refine the methodology,
especially for area differences in the
factors, which will be described in
future inflation factor notices.
IV. Geographic Areas
Inflation factors based on PUC
forecasts are produced for all Class A
CPI cities (CPI cities with a population
of 1.5 million or more) and for the four
Census Regions. They are applied to
core-based statistical areas (CBSAs), as
defined by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), according to how
much of the CBSA is covered by the CPI
city-survey. If more than 75 percent of
the CBSA is covered by the CPI citysurvey, the inflation factor that is based
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[DHS-2013-0037]
Homeland Security Information Network Advisory Committee
(HSINAC); Meeting
AGENCY: OPS/OCIO, DHS.
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Homeland Security Information Network Advisory Committee
(HSINAC) will meet on Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. EST
by teleconference. The HSINAC provides advice and recommendations to
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on matters relating to
the HSIN Program. These matters include system requirements, operating
policies, community organization, knowledge management,
interoperability and federation with other systems, and any other
aspect of HSIN that supports the operations of DHS and its federal,
state, territorial, local, tribal, international, and private sector
mission partners. The purpose of this next meeting is for the committee
to receive an interim status update on the HSIN Program and progress
made since the last meeting in February 2013. Specifically, the HSIN
Program would like to request advice and recommendations on the user
experience regarding the identity proofing process, HSIN Legacy to HSIN
Release 3 migration process, and discuss communication tactics
regarding the HSIN value proposition. The meeting will be conducted
virtually through a teleconference line provided below. The meeting
will be open to the public.
DATES: HSINAC will meet Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. EST
via teleconference. Please note that the meeting may end early if the
committee has completed its business.
ADDRESSES: Members of the public may monitor the meeting by calling: 1-
800-320-4330 Conference Pin: 673978. The teleconference lines will be
open for the public and the meeting brief will be posted beforehand at
this link: https://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-information-network-advisory-committee. There is a meeting room reserved at 131 M St. NE.,
Washington, DC, Floor 3, Room 03Q15, whereas members of the public may
come to participate. The building is a Federal facility and all guests
will need to show official government-issued photo identification to
the security guards upon entrance. Guests will also be required to
process through a metal detector and have their bags scanned. If the
Federal government is closed, the meeting will be rescheduled.
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact
Michael Brody, michael.brody@hq.dhs.gov, 202-357-7661, as soon as
possible.
To facilitate public participation, we are inviting public comment
on the issues to be considered by the committee as listed in the
``Summary'' section below. Comments must be submitted in writing no
later than June 20th and must be identified by DHS-2013-0037 and may be
submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: Michael Brody, michael.brody@hq.dhs.gov. Please
also include the docket number in the subject line of the message.
Fax: 202-357-7678
Mail: Michael Brody, Department of Homeland Security, OPS
CIO-D Stop 0426, 245 Murray Lane SW., BLDG 410, Washington, DC 20528-
0426.
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 https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received by the HSINAC go to https://www.regulations.gov.
A public comment period will be held during the meeting on Tuesday,
June 25th from 2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., and speakers are requested to
limit their comments to 3 minutes. Please note that the public comment
period may end before the time indicated, following the last call for
comments. Contact the individual listed below to register as a speaker.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Designated Federal Officer, Michael
Brody, Michael.brody@hq.dhs.gov, Phone: 202-357-7661, Fax: 202-357-
7678, or Alternate Designated Federal Officer, Sarah Schwettman,
sarah.schwettman@hq.dhs.gov, Phone: 202-357-7882.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 United States Code Appendix. (Pub. L.
92-463).
The HSINAC will meet to review, discuss and make recommendations on
key messaging to stakeholder community showcasing the vision of HSIN
and its progressive development efforts.
Agenda
Review the HSINAC members' HSIN Release 3 (R3)
registration experiences
[cir] Discuss the results of the HSIN Policy/HSIN Development
informal analysis and capture feedback from the HSINAC members
Update On HSIN R3 Migration Status, Latest advances in
system development, and the HSIN Communications Implementation Strategy
Obtain recommendations from the HSINAC on key messaging
and delivery tactics regarding the following communication topics:
[cir] Identity Proofing (IDP) Process
An electronic based process whereas HSIN Release 3
applicants are required to answer knowledge-based questions pertaining
to their personal financial history, credit history, etc. in order to
successfully verify their identity before gaining access into HSIN
Release 3. This new requirement advances overall system security. The
HSIN Program would like to obtain advice on how to best communicate
this IDP process to the user communities.
[cir] HSIN Legacy to HSIN Release 3 Migration Process
HSIN Legacy users are being migrated to the HSIN Release 3
platform. The objective for this discussion topic is for the HSIN
Program to identify how well the user experience transition was
implemented and ways that the process can be
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enhanced going forward. Additionally, the HSIN Program will obtain
advice from the HSINAC on the current communication efforts regarding
migration and how these efforts could be more effective.
[cir] HSIN Release 3 Value Proposition
The HSIN Release 3 platform has advanced features and
functionalities associated with the upgrade. The HSIN Program is
seeking advice from the HSINAC on how to best communicate the value
proposition--including its advanced features/functionalities, enhanced
security measures, and advanced information sharing capabilities--to
the enterprise-wide user community.
[cir] 15 minute public comment period
[cir] HSINAC deliberation session and vote on recommendations
Dated: June 3, 2013.
James Lanoue,
HSIN Acting Program Manager.
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