Agency Information Collection Activities: .gov Registrar, 42381-42382 [2023-13831]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42381-42382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13831]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. CISA-CISA-2023-0003]


Agency Information Collection Activities: .gov Registrar

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

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments; new collection (request 
for a new OMB control number).

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SUMMARY: The .gov Registry Program within the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) 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. CISA previously published this information 
collection request (ICR) in the Federal Register on February 27,

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2023 for a 60-day public comment period. 0 comments were received by 
CISA. The purpose of this notice is to allow additional 30 days for 
public comments.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until July 31, 
2023. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain . Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in 
comments which:
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Dixon, DHS, Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency/Cybersecurity Division, 888-282-0870, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: .gov is a `top-level domain' (TLD), similar 
to .com, .org, or .us. Enterprises use a TLD to register a ``domain 
name'' (often simply called a domain) for use in their online services, 
like a website or email. Well-known .gov domains include 
whitehouse.gov, congress.gov, or uscourts.gov, but most .gov domains 
are from non-federal governments like ny.gov (State of New York) or 
lacounty.gov (LA County).
    .gov is only available to bona fide U.S.-based government 
organizations and publicly controlled entities. When governments use 
.gov, they make it harder for would-be impostors to successfully 
impersonate them online.
    Under the DOTGOV Act of 2020 (6 U.S.C. 665), CISA is responsible 
for the operation and security of the .gov TLD. Pursuant to that law, 
the .gov program at CISA works to ``provide simple and secure 
registration of .gov internet domains'', ``ensure that domains are 
registered and maintained only by authorized individuals'', and 
``minimize the risk of .gov internet domains whose names could mislead 
or confuse users''. In order to provision .gov domains to eligible 
government entities and ensure adherence to the domain requirements 
published by CISA pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 665(c), CISA needs to collect 
information from requestors of .gov domains.
    The information will be collected on an online web portal called 
the ``.gov registrar'', which is built and maintained by CISA. 
Requestors will be asked to provide information on the characteristics 
of their government entity (e.g., name, type, physical location, 
current domain), their preferred .gov domain name (e.g., example.gov), 
their rationale for the name, organizational contact information 
(names, phone numbers, email addresses), and nameserver addresses.
    Only U.S.-based government organizations are eligible for .gov 
domains; some of these organizations may be small entities. The 
collection has been developed to request only the information needed to 
confirm eligibility and adjudicate a .gov domain request. Without this 
collection, CISA will be unable to assess the eligibility of requestors 
nor provision .gov domains to government organizations. That outcome 
would decrease cybersecurity for governments across the nation and 
minimize the public's ability to identify governments online.
    In accordance with 6 U.S.C. 665(c)(4), CISA will ``limit the 
sharing or use of any information'' obtained through this collection 
``with any other Department component or any other agency for any 
purpose other than the administration of the .gov internet domain, the 
services described in subsection (e), and the requirements for 
establishing a .gov inventory described in subsection (h).'' Certain 
metadata for any approved domains (domain name, organization name, 
nameserver address, city/state information, security contact) will be 
published online.

Analysis

    Agency: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
    Title: .gov registrar.
    OMB Number: OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
    Frequency: Once per domain registered.
    Affected Public: Employees representing State, local, Territorial, 
and Tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 1500 per year.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 500 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $24,674.

Robert J. Costello,
Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security, 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2023-13831 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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