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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2013–0064]
Cooperative Research and
Development Agreement (CRADA)
Opportunity With the Department of
Homeland Security for the Production
and Associated Research of Purpose
Bred Explosive Detection Canines
Science and Technology
Directorate, Transportation Security
Administration Office of Law
Enforcement—Federal Air Marshal
Service, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The Department of Homeland
Security Science and Technology
Directorate (DHS S&T), located in
Washington, DC, and the Transportation
Security Administration/Office of Law
Enforcement—Federal Air Marshal
Service (TSA/OLE–FAMS), specifically
the Canine Training and Evaluation
Section at Lackland Air Force Base in
San Antonio, TX, are seeking industry
collaborators to aid in continuing the
use of selective breeding and data
gathering to determine the most
significant genetic and behavioral
characteristics of explosive detection
canines. The role of the industry
collaborator(s) in this CRADA will be to
continue breeding a colony of 8
Labrador Retrievers based on approved
selective criteria, gather data based on
existing Government established
protocols, and to partner with other
institutions to scientifically advance the
selective breeding of purpose bred
explosives detection canines based on
existing data supplemented by the
continued gathering of data associated
with the observation and measurement
of canine health and performance.
DHS S&T and TSA/OLE–FAMS are
seeking CRADA collaborators that own
or have access to the technological
components for, have the technological
expertise in, and have proven track
records of success in the fields of: High
quality husbandry for the breeding of
canines; understanding, collection and
analysis of quantitative behavior trait
measurement; application of
quantitative techniques to improve
genetic lines (Inbreeding Coefficients,
Estimated Breeding Values, Linkage
Analysis, Selection Indexes, etc);
knowledge of advanced techniques
(prenatal imprinting, olfactory
imprinting, maternal oriented social
learning, litter oriented social learning,
early environmental conditioning, self
search-self reward) to ensure proper
canine development and its potential
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epigenetic impact, and experience in
preparing dogs for consignment
evaluations by TSA/OLE–FAMS, and
other DHS stakeholder community
operational canine program evaluators.
The proposed term of the CRADA can
be up to thirty-six (36) months.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
October 18, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Mail comments and
requests to participate to Mr. Don
Roberts, (ATTN: Don Roberts, Mailing
Address: S&T EXD Stop 0206,
Department of Homeland Security, 245
Murray Lane, Washington, DC 20528–
0202).
Submit electronic comments and
other data to don.roberts@hq.dhs.gov.
The preferred method of
communication for this Notice is
through electronic correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information on DHS CRADAs: Marlene
Owens, (202) 254–6671.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
population of dogs (Estimated Breeding
Values, Linkage Analysis, Inbreeding
Coefficients, Selection Indexes,
Quantitative Genetic analysis,
Molecular Genetic analysis).
7. Should be able to demonstrate
knowledge of and the ability to maintain
computer databases to track all data
associated with this population.
DHS S&T/TSA/OLE–FAMS Role
(includes but not limited to):
1. Provide existing data in the form of
paper record and/or database
information on over 500 dogs bred since
2002;
2. Provide TSA subject matter experts
to demonstrate, coordinate, and educate
on how prior data was collected;
3. Provide previously written reports
that suggest new and improved
methodology of collecting future canine
behavior data; and
4. Provide 8 breeding female Labrador
Retrievers from proven stock of
detection canines.
Period of Performance: 36 months
from date of Agreement.
Requirements
Selection Criteria
DHS S&T/TSA/OLE–FAMS reserves
the right to select CRADA collaborators
for all, some, or none of the proposals
in response to this notice. DHS S&T/
TSA/OLE–FAMS will provide no
funding for reimbursement of proposal
development costs. Proposals (or any
other material) submitted in response to
this notice will not be returned.
Proposals submitted are expected to be
unclassified.
DHS S&T/TSA/OLE–FAMS will select
proposals at their sole discretion on the
basis of:
1. How well the proposal
communicates the collaborators’
understanding of and ability to meet the
CRADAs goals and proposed timeline.
2. How well the proposal addresses
the following criteria:
a. Capability of the collaborator to
provide equipment, materials, and
personnel for the proposed effort.
b. Capability of the collaborator to
meet the requirements for canine
development, behavioral testing, data
analysis, and submission of supporting
data and documents fulfilling the stated
requirements.
c. Preliminary data or results which
support the requirements outlined
above.
Participation in this CRADA does not
imply the future purchase of any
materials, equipment, or services from
the collaborating entities, and nonFederal CRADA participants will not be
excluded from any future DHS S&T/
TSA/OLE–FAMS procurements based
solely on their participation in this
CRADA.
Potential Collaborators
1. Should possess facilities to safely
provide for the care and housing of 8
adult breeding females and up to 50
puppies each year. This should include
housing areas, working/search areas,
exercise areas, and separate whelping/
weaning areas.
2. Should have experience and
knowledge in how to properly rear a dog
from birth to a year of age specifically
to enhance its potential to be an
effective explosives detection dog.
3. Should be veterinarians or have
close working relationships with
veterinarians familiar with canine
reproduction and maintaining the
health of developing working detection
dogs. This should include veterinary
expertise in screening for genetic faults
that would preclude such dogs from
being future working dogs (hip
structure, elbow structure, no ocular
anomalies or other genetic disease
known to impact this breed).
4. Should be able to demonstrate their
involvement and understanding in
current behavioral canine research and
be able to adapt their rearing schemes
based on DHS S&T sponsored research
by other academic institutions.
5. Should be able to demonstrate
familiarity with and the ability to
conduct ongoing behavioral testing of
developing canines in the context of
their potential to be working explosives
detection dogs.
6. Should be able to demonstrate the
skill and knowledge required to perform
advanced genetic analysis on this
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Authority: CRADAs are authorized by the
Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, as
amended and codified by 15 U.S.C. 3710a.
DHS, as an executive agency under 5
U.S.C. 105, is a Federal agency for the
purposes of 15 U.S.C. 3710a and may
enter into a CRADA. DHS delegated the
authority to conduct CRADAs to the
Science and Technology Directorate and
its laboratories.
Dated: September 12, 2013.
Stephen Hancock,
Director, Public Private Partnerships.
[FR Doc. 2013–22639 Filed 9–17–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
Privacy Act of 1974; Department of
Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and
Border Protection—019 Air and Marine
Operations Surveillance System
(AMOSS) System of Records
Privacy Office, DHS.
Notice of Privacy Act system of
AGENCY:
records.
In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of
Homeland Security proposes to
establish a new Department of
Homeland Security system of records
titled, ‘‘Department of Homeland
Security/U.S. Customs and Border
Protection—019 Air and Marine
Operations Surveillance System
(AMOSS) System of Records.’’ This
system of records allows the Department
of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to collect and
maintain records on publicly available
aircraft and airport data provided by the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
requests from law enforcement about
suspects, tips from the public, and
recordings of event and operations data
in a watch log or event tracking log.
Additionally, the Department of
Homeland Security is issuing a Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking to exempt this
system of records from certain
provisions of the Privacy Act, elsewhere
in the Federal Register. This newly
established system will be included in
the Department of Homeland Security’s
inventory of record systems.
Dates And Comments: Submit
comments on or before October 18,
2013. This new system will be effective
October 18, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number DHS–
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For
general questions please contact:
Laurence Castelli, (202) 325–0280,
Privacy Officer, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, Washington, DC
20229. For privacy issues please
contact: Jonathan R. Cantor, (202) 343–
1717, Acting Chief Privacy Officer,
Privacy Office, Department of Homeland
Security, Washington, DC 20528.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[Docket No. DHS–2013–0021]
ACTION:
2013–0021 by one of the following
methods:
• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–343–4010.
• Mail: Jonathan R. Cantor, Acting
Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy Office,
Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC 20528.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number for this rulemaking. All
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to https://
www.regulations.gov.
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I. Background
In accordance with the Privacy Act of
1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS)/U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) proposes to
establish a new DHS system of records
titled, ‘‘DHS/CBP—019 Air and Marine
Operations Surveillance System
(AMOSS) System of Records.’’
This System of Records Notice
(SORN) is being published because
AMOSS stores personally identifiable
information in a system of records.
AMOSS is a sophisticated radar
processing system that supports the
concerted and cooperative effort of air,
land, and sea vehicles; field offices; and
command and control centers staffed by
law enforcement officers (LEO),
detection enforcement officers (DEO),
pilots, crew, and Air and Marine
Operations Center (AMOC) support staff
in monitoring approaches to the U.S.
border to detect illicit trafficking and
direct interdiction actions, as
appropriate. AMOSS also supports
domestic operations in conjunction with
other domestic law enforcement
agencies by tracking domestic flights, as
well as providing air traffic monitoring
for air defense purposes. By processing
a collection of external data imposed
over a zooming-capable screen, AMOSS
provides a real-time picture of air
activity over a wide portion of North
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America, thus allowing system
operators to discriminate between
normal and suspicious air, ground, and
marine vehicle movement. Much of the
external data processed by AMOSS does
not contain Personally Identifiable
Information (PII) and is supplied to
AMOSS by means of networked external
sources. For instance, global positioning
systems (GPS) from CBP vehicles or law
enforcement investigations, maps,
datasets from radar plot data, track data,
and flight plan data are all incorporated
to enhance the system operator’s ability
to differentiate between normal and
suspicious aviation movement.
AMOSS collects PII principally from
the following sources:
(1) Aircraft registration and owner
information, which is downloaded to
AMOSS weekly from the publicly
available Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) Registration
Database (DOT/FAA–801—Aircraft
Registration System (April 11, 2000, 65
FR 19518));
(2) Airport manager contact
information, which is contained in a
larger download of airport and
aeronautical navigation data obtained
from the FAA National Flight Data
Center Web site (DOT/FAA- 847—
Aviation Records on Individuals
(November 9, 2010, 75 FR 68849));
(3) Suspect information entered into
the AMOC watch or event track logs
received from other CBP personnel or
law enforcement agencies; and
(4) Information from members of the
public who call in to report suspicious
activity to a tip line.
The majority of the PII contained in
AMOSS is publicly available data,
which AMOSS downloads from the
FAA Registration Database. The FAA
Registration Database contains airport
and runway information, aircraft
registration (ownership) information on
U.S. registered aircraft, flight plan/route
information, special use airspace
identification, and navigation aids
identification. The information that
AMOSS extracts from the FAA
Registration Database contains PII in the
form of aircraft owner names and
addresses and airport manager names
and phone numbers.
AMOSS also contains event and
operations data, which DEOs or other
AMOC staff record in a watch log or
event tracking log. The watch log
contains records of operational activities
on the floor of the AMOC. The event
tracking log contains active event logs of
all investigative and law enforcement
actions in response to suspicious
activity. The watch log and event
tracking log are similar to a police
blotter or journal and can include
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2013-0064]
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)
Opportunity With the Department of Homeland Security for the Production
and Associated Research of Purpose Bred Explosive Detection Canines
AGENCY: Science and Technology Directorate, Transportation Security
Administration Office of Law Enforcement--Federal Air Marshal Service,
Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology
Directorate (DHS S&T), located in Washington, DC, and the
Transportation Security Administration/Office of Law Enforcement--
Federal Air Marshal Service (TSA/OLE-FAMS), specifically the Canine
Training and Evaluation Section at Lackland Air Force Base in San
Antonio, TX, are seeking industry collaborators to aid in continuing
the use of selective breeding and data gathering to determine the most
significant genetic and behavioral characteristics of explosive
detection canines. The role of the industry collaborator(s) in this
CRADA will be to continue breeding a colony of 8 Labrador Retrievers
based on approved selective criteria, gather data based on existing
Government established protocols, and to partner with other
institutions to scientifically advance the selective breeding of
purpose bred explosives detection canines based on existing data
supplemented by the continued gathering of data associated with the
observation and measurement of canine health and performance.
DHS S&T and TSA/OLE-FAMS are seeking CRADA collaborators that own
or have access to the technological components for, have the
technological expertise in, and have proven track records of success in
the fields of: High quality husbandry for the breeding of canines;
understanding, collection and analysis of quantitative behavior trait
measurement; application of quantitative techniques to improve genetic
lines (Inbreeding Coefficients, Estimated Breeding Values, Linkage
Analysis, Selection Indexes, etc); knowledge of advanced techniques
(prenatal imprinting, olfactory imprinting, maternal oriented social
learning, litter oriented social learning, early environmental
conditioning, self search-self reward) to ensure proper canine
development and its potential epigenetic impact, and experience in
preparing dogs for consignment evaluations by TSA/OLE-FAMS, and other
DHS stakeholder community operational canine program evaluators.
The proposed term of the CRADA can be up to thirty-six (36) months.
DATES: Submit comments on or before October 18, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Mail comments and requests to participate to Mr. Don
Roberts, (ATTN: Don Roberts, Mailing Address: S&T EXD Stop 0206,
Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, Washington, DC 20528-
0202).
Submit electronic comments and other data to
don.roberts@hq.dhs.gov. The preferred method of communication for this
Notice is through electronic correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information on DHS CRADAs: Marlene
Owens, (202) 254-6671.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Requirements
Potential Collaborators
1. Should possess facilities to safely provide for the care and
housing of 8 adult breeding females and up to 50 puppies each year.
This should include housing areas, working/search areas, exercise
areas, and separate whelping/weaning areas.
2. Should have experience and knowledge in how to properly rear a
dog from birth to a year of age specifically to enhance its potential
to be an effective explosives detection dog.
3. Should be veterinarians or have close working relationships with
veterinarians familiar with canine reproduction and maintaining the
health of developing working detection dogs. This should include
veterinary expertise in screening for genetic faults that would
preclude such dogs from being future working dogs (hip structure, elbow
structure, no ocular anomalies or other genetic disease known to impact
this breed).
4. Should be able to demonstrate their involvement and
understanding in current behavioral canine research and be able to
adapt their rearing schemes based on DHS S&T sponsored research by
other academic institutions.
5. Should be able to demonstrate familiarity with and the ability
to conduct ongoing behavioral testing of developing canines in the
context of their potential to be working explosives detection dogs.
6. Should be able to demonstrate the skill and knowledge required
to perform advanced genetic analysis on this population of dogs
(Estimated Breeding Values, Linkage Analysis, Inbreeding Coefficients,
Selection Indexes, Quantitative Genetic analysis, Molecular Genetic
analysis).
7. Should be able to demonstrate knowledge of and the ability to
maintain computer databases to track all data associated with this
population.
DHS S&T/TSA/OLE-FAMS Role (includes but not limited to):
1. Provide existing data in the form of paper record and/or
database information on over 500 dogs bred since 2002;
2. Provide TSA subject matter experts to demonstrate, coordinate,
and educate on how prior data was collected;
3. Provide previously written reports that suggest new and improved
methodology of collecting future canine behavior data; and
4. Provide 8 breeding female Labrador Retrievers from proven stock
of detection canines.
Period of Performance: 36 months from date of Agreement.
Selection Criteria
DHS S&T/TSA/OLE-FAMS reserves the right to select CRADA
collaborators for all, some, or none of the proposals in response to
this notice. DHS S&T/TSA/OLE-FAMS will provide no funding for
reimbursement of proposal development costs. Proposals (or any other
material) submitted in response to this notice will not be returned.
Proposals submitted are expected to be unclassified.
DHS S&T/TSA/OLE-FAMS will select proposals at their sole discretion
on the basis of:
1. How well the proposal communicates the collaborators'
understanding of and ability to meet the CRADAs goals and proposed
timeline.
2. How well the proposal addresses the following criteria:
a. Capability of the collaborator to provide equipment, materials,
and personnel for the proposed effort.
b. Capability of the collaborator to meet the requirements for
canine development, behavioral testing, data analysis, and submission
of supporting data and documents fulfilling the stated requirements.
c. Preliminary data or results which support the requirements
outlined above.
Participation in this CRADA does not imply the future purchase of
any materials, equipment, or services from the collaborating entities,
and non-Federal CRADA participants will not be excluded from any future
DHS S&T/TSA/OLE-FAMS procurements based solely on their participation
in this CRADA.
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Authority: CRADAs are authorized by the Federal Technology
Transfer Act of 1986, as amended and codified by 15 U.S.C. 3710a.
DHS, as an executive agency under 5 U.S.C. 105, is a Federal agency
for the purposes of 15 U.S.C. 3710a and may enter into a CRADA. DHS
delegated the authority to conduct CRADAs to the Science and Technology
Directorate and its laboratories.
Dated: September 12, 2013.
Stephen Hancock,
Director, Public Private Partnerships.
[FR Doc. 2013-22639 Filed 9-17-13; 8:45 am]
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