Technical Assistance Request and Evaluation, 4516-4517 [2019-02569]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4516-4517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02569]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


Technical Assistance Request and Evaluation

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, 1670-0023.

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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 Tuesday, 
October 9, 2018 at 83 FR 50675 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 1670-0023--Technical Assistance Request and Evaluation.
    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 Kendall Carpenter at 703.705.6376 
or at Kendall.Carpenter@HQ.DHS.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Emergency Communications Division (ECD) 
formed under Title XVIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 
571 et seq., as amended, provides emergency communications-related 
technical assistance at no charge to State, regional, local, and tribal 
government officials. To receive this technical assistance, 
stakeholders must submit a request form identifying their priorities. 
In order for ECD to assess the

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value of the services it provides through technical assistance, an 
evaluation form is also requested of those receiving technical 
assistance.
    ECD uses the Technical Assistance Request Form (DHS Form 9043) to 
identify the number and type of technical assistance services needed by 
the State, territory, local, and tribal agencies. This information 
enables ECD to plan and align resources accordingly. ECD considers each 
request based on the priority indicated by the State, as well as the 
anticipated impact of the service offering on the implementation of the 
Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan (SCIP) and the 
applicability to National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP). The 
evaluation form (DHS Form 9042) is completed by stakeholders at the 
completion of ECD technical assistance services and enables ECD to 
assess the quality of technical assistance services provided and, in a 
holistic fashion, measure the value of the services. The information 
collected through these evaluations is used by ECD for continued 
improvement planning.
    Approximately 100 percent of request and evaluation forms are 
submitted electronically by logging into the portal at https://www.dhs.gov/ictapscip-resources. From the website, users are able to 
select the appropriate form, either the Technical Assistance Requests 
(DHS Form 9043) and/or the TA Evaluation forms (DHS Form 9042), to 
complete as a fillable PDF. Each form is then submitted by email to 
either TARequest@hq.dhs.gov or TAevaluations@hq.dhs.gov, respectively.
    The changes to the collection since the previous OMB approval 
include: updating the web address, decreasing the estimated number of 
responses, decreasing the burden time, and increasing the cost 
estimates.
    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: Technical Assistance Request and Evaluation.
    OMB Control Number: 1670-0023.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Governments.
    Number of Annualized Respondents: 175.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 hours.
    Total Annualized Burden Hours: 50 hours.
    Total Annualized Respondent Opportunity Cost: $2,072.
    Total Annualized Respondent Out-of-Pocket Cost: $0.
    Total Annualized Government Cost: $3,697.

Scott Libby,
Deputy Chief Information Officer.
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