Telecommunications Service Priority System, 4517-4518 [2019-02568]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4517-4518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02568]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


Telecommunications Service Priority System

AGENCY: Emergency Communications Division (ECD), Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security 
(DHS).

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments; Extension, 1670-0005.

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SUMMARY: DHS CISA ECD 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. 
DHS previously published this ICR in the Federal Register on Wednesday, 
October 17, 2018 for a 60-day public comment period. 0 comments were 
received by DHS. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 
30 days for public comments. To provide greater transparency, CISA is 
making an adjustment from the 60 day notice to show all related costs 
in the 30 day notice.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until March 18, 
2019.

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 OMB Desk Officer, Department of Homeland Security and sent 
via electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@omb.eop.gov. All submissions must 
include the words ``Department of Homeland Security'' and the OMB 
Control Number 1670-0005--Telecommunications Service Priority System.
    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 Deborah Bea at 703.705.6302 or at 
deborah.bea@HQ.DHS.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) is 
authorized by E.O. 12472, E.O. 13618 and 47 CFR part 64. The DHS 
Emergency Communications Division (ECD) uses the TSP Program to 
authorize national security and emergency preparedness organizations to 
receive priority treatment for vital voice and data circuits or other 
telecommunications service, under National Security or Emergency 
Preparedness telecommunications (NS/EP). The TSP Program provides 
service vendors a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandate to 
prioritize requests by identifying those services critical to national 
security and emergency preparedness. A TSP assignment ensures that it 
will receive priority attention by the service vendor before any non-
TSP service.
    Four broad categories serve as guidelines for determining whether a 
circuit or telecommunications service is eligible for priority 
provisioning or restoration. TSP service user organizations may be in 
the Federal, State, local, or tribal government, critical 
infrastructure sectors in industry, non-profit organizations that 
perform critical NS/EP functions, or

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foreign governments. Typical TSP service users are responsible for the 
command and control functions critical to management of and response to 
NS/EP situations, particularly during the first 24 to 72 hours 
following an event.
    Information to request a priority, to obtain a sponsor for 
requesting a priority, and for other administrative requirements of the 
program is required from any person or organization having an NS/EP 
service for which they wish priority restoration from the vendor 
providing the service. Information is also required to allow immediate 
installation of a new service to support NS/EP requirements. 
Information is required from vendors to allow the ECD to track and 
identify the telecommunications services that are being provided 
priority treatment.
    The forms used are the SF314 (Revalidation for Service Users), 
SF315 (TSP Request for Service Users), SF317 (TSP Action Appeal for 
Service Users), SF318 (TSP Service Confirmation for Service Vendors), 
and the SF319 (TSP Service Reconciliation for Service Vendors). The 
SF314 is for users to request that their existing TSP codes be 
revalidated for three more years. The SF315 is used to request 
restoration and/or provisioning for an organization's critical 
circuits. The SF317 is for organizations to appeal the denial of TSP 
restoration and/or provisioning. The SF318 is for service vendors to 
provide circuit ID information associated with TSP codes they've been 
given by their customers. The SF319 is for service vendors to provide 
data to the program office in order to reconcile their TSP data with 
the TSP database. Participants request TSP priorities via email in 
order to reduce the use of the paper forms. The paper forms will also 
be available for download via the TSP home page.
    There have been no changes to the information being collected. The 
burden for the SF315 Form has increased due to better estimates, and 
the annual cost burden to respondents and annual government cost has 
increased due to increased wage rates and compensation factors.
    This is a renewal of an information collection.
    OMB 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. 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 through 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.
    Title of Collection: Telecommunications Service Priority System.
    OMB Control Number: 1670-0005.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Governments 
and Private Sector.
    Number of Annualized Respondents: 38,666.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.64 hours.
    Total Annualized Burden Hours: 10,354 hours.
    Total Annualized Respondent Opportunity Cost: $503,681.
    Total Annualized Respondent Out-of-Pocket Cost: $0.
    Total Annualized Government Cost: $377,036.

Scott Libby,
Deputy Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-02568 Filed 2-14-19; 8:45 am]
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