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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2018–0031]
Office for Interoperability and
Compatibility Seeks Nominations for
the Project 25 Compliance Assessment
Program (P25 CAP) Advisory Panel
Science and Technology
Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) is seeking nominations
and expressions of interest for filling
two open positions on the Project 25
(P25) Compliance Assessment Program
(CAP) Advisory Panel (AP). The P25
CAP AP holds quarterly meetings with
the public on topics related to P25 CAP.
The next meeting is scheduled for
August 2018 timeframe.
DATES: All responses must be received
by July 19, 2018 at the address listed
below.
ADDRESSES: Expressions of interest and
nominations shall be submitted to
P25CAP@hq.dhs.gov.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the words ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security’’ and DHS–2018–
0031.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sridhar Kowdley, Program Manager,
Office for Interoperability and
Compatibility, Science and Technology
Directorate, Department of Homeland
Security, 202–254–8804,
Sridhar.Kowdley@hq.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background
P25 is a standards development
process for the design, manufacture, and
evaluation of interoperable digital twoway land mobile radio communications
products created by and for public
safety professionals. The goal of P25 is
to specify formal standards for
interfaces and features between the
various components of a land mobile
radio system commonly used by public
safety agencies in portable handheld
and mobile vehicle-mounted devices.
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The P25 standard enables
interoperability among different
suppliers’ products.
P25 CAP was developed by DHS to
test equipment designed to comply with
P25 standards. P25 CAP ensures that
communications equipment that is
declared by the supplier to be P25compliant, in fact, is tested against the
standards with publicly published
results. The program provides public
safety agencies with evidence that the
communications equipment they are
purchasing is tested against and
complies with the P25 standards for
performance, conformance, and
interoperability. The P25 CAP AP
provides a resource by which DHS gains
insight into the collective interest of
organizations that procure P25compliant equipment and a resource for
DHS to continue to establish the
policies of the P25 CAP, along with
assisting the DHS Office for
Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC)
in the administration of the program.
P25 CAP is a voluntary program that
provides a mechanism for the
recognition of testing laboratories based
on internationally accepted standards. It
identifies competent P25 CAP testing
laboratories for DHS-recognition
through a robust assessment process and
promotes the acceptance of compliant
test results from these laboratories.
As a voluntary program, P25 CAP
allows suppliers to publicly attest to
their products’ compliance with a
selected group of requirements through
Summary Test Report (STR) and
Supplier’s Declaration of Compliance
(SDOC) documents based on the
Detailed Test Report (DTR) from the
DHS-recognized laboratory (ies) that
performed the product testing. In turn,
DHS makes these documents available
to the first response community to
inform their purchasing decisions via
the dhs.gov/science-and-technology/
p25-cap website.
Membership
The Science and Technology
Directorate (S&T) of DHS formed the
P25 CAP AP to provide S&T with the
views of active local, state, tribal,
territorial and Federal government
officials who use or whose offices use
portable handheld and mobile vehiclemounted radios. Those government
officials selected to participate in the
P25 CAP AP are selected based on their
experience with the management and
procurement of land mobile radio
systems or knowledge of conformity
assessment programs and methods. The
OIC selection process balances
viewpoints required to effectively
address P25 CAP issues under
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consideration. To fill two open
positions on the P25 CAP AP, OIC is
particularly interested in receiving
nominations and expressions of interest
from individuals in the following
categories:
• State, tribal, territorial, or local
government agencies and organizations
with expertise in communications
issues and technologies.
• Federal government agencies with
expertise in communications or
homeland security matters.
While OIC can call for a meeting of
the P25 CAP AP as it deems necessary
and appropriate, for member
commitment and planning purposes, it
is anticipated that the P25 CAP AP will
meet approximately 3–4 times annually
in their role of providing guidance and
support to the P25 CAP.
Those selected to serve on the P25
CAP AP will be required to sign a
gratuitous services agreement and will
not be paid or reimbursed for their
participation; however, DHS S&T will,
subject to the availability of funds,
reimburse the travel expenses associated
with the participation of non-Federal
members in accordance with Federal
Travel Regulations. OIC reserves the
right to select primary and alternate
members to the P25 CAP AP for terms
appropriate for the accomplishment of
the Board’s mission. Members serve at
the pleasure of the OIC Director.
Registered lobbyists pursuant to the
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are not
eligible for membership on the P25 CAP
AP and will not be considered.
Roles and Responsibilities
The duties of the P25 CAP AP will
include providing recommendations of
its individual members to OIC regarding
actions and steps OIC could take to
promote the P25 CAP. The duties of the
P25 CAP AP may include but are not
limited to its members reviewing,
commenting on, and advising on:
a. The laboratory component of the
P25 CAP under established,
documented laboratory recognition
guidelines.
b. Proposed Compliance Assessment
Bulletins (CABs).
c. Proposed updates to previously
approved CABs, as Notices of Proposed
CABs, to enable comment and input on
the proposed CAB modifications.
d. OIC updates to existing test
documents or establishing new test
documents for new types of P25
equipment.
e. Best practices associated with
improvement of the policies and
procedures by which the P25 CAP
operates.
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f. Existing test documents including
but not limited to SDOCs and STRs
posted on the dhs.gov/science-andtechnology/p25-cap website.
g. Proposed P25 user input for
improving functionality through the
standards-making process.
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Nominations/Expressions of Interest
Procedures and Deadline
Nominations and expressions of
interest shall be received by OIC no later
than July 19, 2018 at the address
P25CAP@hq.dhs.gov. Nominations and
expressions of interest received after
this date shall not be considered. All
submissions received must include the
words ‘‘Department of Homeland
Security’’ and DHS–2018–0031. Each
nomination and expression of interest
must provide the following information
as part of the submission:
• A cover letter that highlights a
history of proven leadership within the
public safety community including, if
applicable, a description of prior
experience with law enforcement, fire
response, emergency medical services,
emergency communications, National
Guard, or other first responder roles and
how the use of communications in those
roles qualifies the nominee to
participate on the P25 CAP AP.
• Name, title, and organization of the
nominee.
• A resume summarizing the
nominee’s contact information
(including the mailing address, phone
number, facsimile number, and email
address), qualifications, and expertise to
explain why the nominee should be
appointed to the P25 CAP AP.
• The resume must demonstrate a
minimum of ten years (10) years of
experience directly using P25 systems
in an operational environment in
support of established public safety
communications or from a system
implementer/administrator perspective;
a bachelor’s or associate degree with an
emphasis in communications and
engineering may be substituted for three
(3) years, a master’s/professional
certification for seven (7) years, and a
Ph.D. for ten (10) years of the
requirement.
• The resume must discuss the
nominee’s familiarity with the current
P25 CAP, including documents that are
integral to the process such as the
SDOCs, STRs, and CABs referenced in
this notice.
• A letter from the nominee’s
supervisor indicating the nominee’s
agency’s support for the nominee to
participate on the P25 CAP AP as a
representative from their respective
agency.
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• Disclosure of Federal boards,
commissions, committees, task forces,
or work groups on which the nominee
currently serves or has served within
the past 12 months.
• A statement confirming that the
nominee is not registered as a lobbyist
pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure Act
of 1995.
Additional information can be found
as follows: Project 25 Compliance
Assessment Program and Compliance
Assessment Bulletins https://
www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/
bulletins.
William N. Bryan,
Senior Official Performing the Duties of Under
Secretary for Science and Technology,
Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2018–0022]
Soft Target Countermeasure Surveys
Office of Infrastructure
Protection (IP), National Protection and
Programs Directorate (NPPD),
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments; new collection, 1670—NEW.
AGENCY:
DHS NPPD IP will submit the
following information collection request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. NPPD IP is
contracting a study to analyze a broad
set of business security measures in
terms of their costs and spillover effects,
with an emphasis on identifying
security measures that had a positive
effect. Additionally, NPPD IP will
survey the businesses’ customers to
evaluate the public’s perceptions of the
security measures, and evaluate the
enhanced security measures on business
operations and customers’ responses.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until August 20, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number DHS–
2018–0022, by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: Bill.Schweigart@
HQ.DHS.GOV. Please include docket
number DHS–2018–0022 in the subject
line of the message.
SUMMARY:
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• Mail: Written comments and
questions about this Information
Collection Request should be forwarded
to DHS/NPPD/IP, ATTN: 1670—NEW,
245 Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 0608,
Bill Schweigart, Arlington, VA 20528.
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.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through relevant websites. For
this reason, please do not include in
your comments information of a
confidential nature, such as sensitive
personal information or proprietary
information. If you send an email
comment, your email address will be
automatically captured and included as
part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the
internet. Please note that responses to
this public comment request containing
any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication
will be treated as public comments that
may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Bill Schweigart
at 703–603–5148 or at Bill.Schweigart@
HQ.DHS.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(Pub. L. 107–296), as amended (2006),
directs the DHS to coordinate all
Federal homeland security activities,
including infrastructure protection. On
behalf of DHS, NPPD IP manages the
Department’s program to protect and
enhance the resilience of the Nation’s
physical and cyber infrastructure within
the 16 critical infrastructure sectors
designated by Presidential Policy
Directive 21 Critical Infrastructure
Security and Resilience (PPD–21)
(February 2013) by implementing the
National Infrastructure Protection Plan
(NIPP) 2013: Partnering for Critical
Infrastructure Security and Resilience.
NPPD IP accomplishes their mission by
building sustainable partnerships with
its public and private sector
stakeholders to enable more effective
sector coordination, information
sharing, and program development and
implementation.
The Homeland Security Act of 2002,
as amended (2006), also grants DHS the
authority to create university-based
Centers of Excellence (COEs) using
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2018-0031]
Office for Interoperability and Compatibility Seeks Nominations
for the Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP) Advisory
Panel
AGENCY: Science and Technology Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking
nominations and expressions of interest for filling two open positions
on the Project 25 (P25) Compliance Assessment Program (CAP) Advisory
Panel (AP). The P25 CAP AP holds quarterly meetings with the public on
topics related to P25 CAP. The next meeting is scheduled for August
2018 timeframe.
DATES: All responses must be received by July 19, 2018 at the address
listed below.
ADDRESSES: Expressions of interest and nominations shall be submitted
to [email protected].
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and DHS-2018-0031.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sridhar Kowdley, Program Manager,
Office for Interoperability and Compatibility, Science and Technology
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 202-254-8804,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
P25 is a standards development process for the design, manufacture,
and evaluation of interoperable digital two-way land mobile radio
communications products created by and for public safety professionals.
The goal of P25 is to specify formal standards for interfaces and
features between the various components of a land mobile radio system
commonly used by public safety agencies in portable handheld and mobile
vehicle-mounted devices. The P25 standard enables interoperability
among different suppliers' products.
P25 CAP was developed by DHS to test equipment designed to comply
with P25 standards. P25 CAP ensures that communications equipment that
is declared by the supplier to be P25-compliant, in fact, is tested
against the standards with publicly published results. The program
provides public safety agencies with evidence that the communications
equipment they are purchasing is tested against and complies with the
P25 standards for performance, conformance, and interoperability. The
P25 CAP AP provides a resource by which DHS gains insight into the
collective interest of organizations that procure P25-compliant
equipment and a resource for DHS to continue to establish the policies
of the P25 CAP, along with assisting the DHS Office for
Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) in the administration of the
program.
P25 CAP is a voluntary program that provides a mechanism for the
recognition of testing laboratories based on internationally accepted
standards. It identifies competent P25 CAP testing laboratories for
DHS-recognition through a robust assessment process and promotes the
acceptance of compliant test results from these laboratories.
As a voluntary program, P25 CAP allows suppliers to publicly attest
to their products' compliance with a selected group of requirements
through Summary Test Report (STR) and Supplier's Declaration of
Compliance (SDOC) documents based on the Detailed Test Report (DTR)
from the DHS-recognized laboratory (ies) that performed the product
testing. In turn, DHS makes these documents available to the first
response community to inform their purchasing decisions via the
dhs.gov/science-and-technology/p25-cap website.
Membership
The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) of DHS formed the P25
CAP AP to provide S&T with the views of active local, state, tribal,
territorial and Federal government officials who use or whose offices
use portable handheld and mobile vehicle-mounted radios. Those
government officials selected to participate in the P25 CAP AP are
selected based on their experience with the management and procurement
of land mobile radio systems or knowledge of conformity assessment
programs and methods. The OIC selection process balances viewpoints
required to effectively address P25 CAP issues under consideration. To
fill two open positions on the P25 CAP AP, OIC is particularly
interested in receiving nominations and expressions of interest from
individuals in the following categories:
State, tribal, territorial, or local government agencies
and organizations with expertise in communications issues and
technologies.
Federal government agencies with expertise in
communications or homeland security matters.
While OIC can call for a meeting of the P25 CAP AP as it deems
necessary and appropriate, for member commitment and planning purposes,
it is anticipated that the P25 CAP AP will meet approximately 3-4 times
annually in their role of providing guidance and support to the P25
CAP.
Those selected to serve on the P25 CAP AP will be required to sign
a gratuitous services agreement and will not be paid or reimbursed for
their participation; however, DHS S&T will, subject to the availability
of funds, reimburse the travel expenses associated with the
participation of non-Federal members in accordance with Federal Travel
Regulations. OIC reserves the right to select primary and alternate
members to the P25 CAP AP for terms appropriate for the accomplishment
of the Board's mission. Members serve at the pleasure of the OIC
Director.
Registered lobbyists pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of
1995 are not eligible for membership on the P25 CAP AP and will not be
considered.
Roles and Responsibilities
The duties of the P25 CAP AP will include providing recommendations
of its individual members to OIC regarding actions and steps OIC could
take to promote the P25 CAP. The duties of the P25 CAP AP may include
but are not limited to its members reviewing, commenting on, and
advising on:
a. The laboratory component of the P25 CAP under established,
documented laboratory recognition guidelines.
b. Proposed Compliance Assessment Bulletins (CABs).
c. Proposed updates to previously approved CABs, as Notices of
Proposed CABs, to enable comment and input on the proposed CAB
modifications.
d. OIC updates to existing test documents or establishing new test
documents for new types of P25 equipment.
e. Best practices associated with improvement of the policies and
procedures by which the P25 CAP operates.
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f. Existing test documents including but not limited to SDOCs and
STRs posted on the dhs.gov/science-and-technology/p25-cap website.
g. Proposed P25 user input for improving functionality through the
standards-making process.
Nominations/Expressions of Interest Procedures and Deadline
Nominations and expressions of interest shall be received by OIC no
later than July 19, 2018 at the address [email protected]. Nominations
and expressions of interest received after this date shall not be
considered. All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and DHS-2018-0031. Each nomination
and expression of interest must provide the following information as
part of the submission:
A cover letter that highlights a history of proven
leadership within the public safety community including, if applicable,
a description of prior experience with law enforcement, fire response,
emergency medical services, emergency communications, National Guard,
or other first responder roles and how the use of communications in
those roles qualifies the nominee to participate on the P25 CAP AP.
Name, title, and organization of the nominee.
A resume summarizing the nominee's contact information
(including the mailing address, phone number, facsimile number, and
email address), qualifications, and expertise to explain why the
nominee should be appointed to the P25 CAP AP.
The resume must demonstrate a minimum of ten years (10)
years of experience directly using P25 systems in an operational
environment in support of established public safety communications or
from a system implementer/administrator perspective; a bachelor's or
associate degree with an emphasis in communications and engineering may
be substituted for three (3) years, a master's/professional
certification for seven (7) years, and a Ph.D. for ten (10) years of
the requirement.
The resume must discuss the nominee's familiarity with the
current P25 CAP, including documents that are integral to the process
such as the SDOCs, STRs, and CABs referenced in this notice.
A letter from the nominee's supervisor indicating the
nominee's agency's support for the nominee to participate on the P25
CAP AP as a representative from their respective agency.
Disclosure of Federal boards, commissions, committees,
task forces, or work groups on which the nominee currently serves or
has served within the past 12 months.
A statement confirming that the nominee is not registered
as a lobbyist pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
Additional information can be found as follows: Project 25
Compliance Assessment Program and Compliance Assessment Bulletins
https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/bulletins.
William N. Bryan,
Senior Official Performing the Duties of Under Secretary for Science
and Technology, Department of Homeland Security.
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