Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) Program, 43421-43422 [2024-10889]

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[FR Doc. 2024–10868 Filed 5–16–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9112–FN–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Transportation Security Administration Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) Program Transportation Security Administration, DHS. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ACTION: 43421 30-Day notice. This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652–0062, abstracted below, to OMB for review and approval of a revision to the currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The collection allows TSA to conduct transportation security-related assessments during site visits with surface transportation security and operating officials. DATES: Send your comments by June 17, 2024. A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. 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 Review—Open for Public Comments’’ and by using the find function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Raymond, TSA PRA Officer, Information Technology, TSA–11, Transportation Security Administration, 6595 Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, VA 20598–6011; telephone (571) 227–2526; email TSAPRA@ tsa.dhs.gov. SUMMARY: TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following collection of information on November 13, 2023, 88 FR 77602. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments Invited In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The ICR documentation will be available at https://www.reginfo.gov upon its submission to OMB. Therefore, in preparation for OMB review and approval of the following information collection, TSA is soliciting comments to— (1) Evaluate whether the proposed information requirement is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; E:\FR\FM\17MYN1.SGM 17MYN1 43422 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 97 / Friday, May 17, 2024 / Notices khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden; (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 using appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Information Collection Requirement Title: Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) Program. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. OMB Control Number: 1652–0062. Form(s): BASE electronic checklist. Affected Public: Highway transportation asset owners and operators; and, public transportation agencies, including mass transit bus, rail transit, and less common types of service (such as cable cars, inclined planes, funiculars, and automated guideway systems). Abstract: TSA’s BASE program works with transportation asset and system owner/operators to identify their current security posture, identify security gaps, and encourage implementation of countermeasures applicable to the specific surface mode of transportation. Through a series of establish questions, data and results collected through the BASE program will inform TSA’s policy and program initiatives and allow TSA to provide focused resources and tools to enhance the overall security posture within these sectors of the surface transportation community. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), audit GAO–20–404, ‘‘Passenger Rail Security: TSA Engages with Stakeholders but Could Better Identify and Share Standards and Key Practices (April 2020),’’ recommended TSA update the BASE cybersecurity questions to ensure they reflect key practices.1 TSA concurred with this recommendation and revised the collection to include questions that cover all five core functions of the National Institute of Standards and Technology cybersecurity framework. All core functions and a majority of the subcategories are integrated with Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency guidelines and established industry best practices in the newly-developed cybersecurity questions and cybersecurity BASE 1 Additional information regarding this audit and the GAO’s recommendations are available on the GAO’s website using the audit number (GAO–20– 0404) or at the following link: https://www.gao.gov/ products/gao-20-404. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:20 May 16, 2024 Jkt 262001 question sets, strengthening the cybersecurity health for the transportation sector. Number of Respondents: 185. Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 885 hours annually.2 Dated: May 14, 2024. Nicole Raymond, TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology. [FR Doc. 2024–10889 Filed 5–16–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–05–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [OMB Control Number 1615–0023] Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Application To Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: 30-Day notice. AGENCY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments. DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until June 17, 2024. ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time, must be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal website at https:// www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS–2009–0020. All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number 1615–0023 in the body of the letter, the agency name and Docket ID USCIS–2009–0020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone number (240) 721–3000 (This is not a toll-free number; comments are not SUMMARY: 2 The annual burden has decreased since the publication of the 60-day notice, which reported 1,708 annual hour burden (MT/PR BASE 1,196 hours annually + HWY BASE 512 hours annually). PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 accepted via telephone message.). Please note contact information provided here is solely for questions regarding this notice. It is not for individual case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information about the status of their individual cases can check Case Status Online, available at the USCIS website at https://www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS Contact Center at 800–375–5283 (TTY 800–767–1833). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments The information collection notice was previously published in the Federal Register on September 8, 2023, at 88 FR 62102, allowing for a 60-day public comment period. USCIS received eight comments in connection with the 60day notice. You may access the information collection instrument with instructions, or additional information by visiting the Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: https://www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS–2009–0020 in the search box. Comments must be submitted in English, or an English translation must be provided. The comments submitted to USCIS via this method are visible to the Office of Management and Budget and comply with the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.12(c). All submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https:// www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal information that you provide in any voluntary submission you make to DHS. DHS may withhold information provided in comments from public viewing that it determines may impact the privacy of an individual or is offensive. For additional information, please read the Privacy Act notice that is available via the link in the footer of https://www.regulations.gov. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies should address one or more of the following four points: (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 E:\FR\FM\17MYN1.SGM 17MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 2024)]
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[FR Doc No: 2024-10889]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) Program

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request 
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0062, 
abstracted below, to OMB for review and approval of a revision to the 
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
expected burden. The collection allows TSA to conduct transportation 
security-related assessments during site visits with surface 
transportation security and operating officials.

DATES: Send your comments by June 17, 2024. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

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 Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' and by using the find function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Raymond, TSA PRA Officer, 
Information Technology, TSA-11, Transportation Security Administration, 
6595 Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, VA 20598-6011; telephone 
(571) 227-2526; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA published a Federal Register notice, 
with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following 
collection of information on November 13, 2023, 88 FR 77602.

Comments Invited

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is 
not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it 
displays a valid OMB control number. The ICR documentation will be 
available at https://www.reginfo.gov upon its submission to OMB. 
Therefore, in preparation for OMB review and approval of the following 
information collection, TSA is soliciting comments to--
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed information requirement is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;

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    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden;
    (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 using appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.

Information Collection Requirement

    Title: Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) Program.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0062.
    Form(s): BASE electronic checklist.
    Affected Public: Highway transportation asset owners and operators; 
and, public transportation agencies, including mass transit bus, rail 
transit, and less common types of service (such as cable cars, inclined 
planes, funiculars, and automated guideway systems).
    Abstract: TSA's BASE program works with transportation asset and 
system owner/operators to identify their current security posture, 
identify security gaps, and encourage implementation of countermeasures 
applicable to the specific surface mode of transportation. Through a 
series of establish questions, data and results collected through the 
BASE program will inform TSA's policy and program initiatives and allow 
TSA to provide focused resources and tools to enhance the overall 
security posture within these sectors of the surface transportation 
community.
    The Government Accountability Office (GAO), audit GAO-20-404, 
``Passenger Rail Security: TSA Engages with Stakeholders but Could 
Better Identify and Share Standards and Key Practices (April 2020),'' 
recommended TSA update the BASE cybersecurity questions to ensure they 
reflect key practices.\1\ TSA concurred with this recommendation and 
revised the collection to include questions that cover all five core 
functions of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
cybersecurity framework. All core functions and a majority of the 
subcategories are integrated with Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency guidelines and established industry best practices in 
the newly-developed cybersecurity questions and cybersecurity BASE 
question sets, strengthening the cybersecurity health for the 
transportation sector.
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    \1\ Additional information regarding this audit and the GAO's 
recommendations are available on the GAO's website using the audit 
number (GAO-20-0404) or at the following link: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-20-404.
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    Number of Respondents: 185.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 885 hours annually.\2\
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    \2\ The annual burden has decreased since the publication of the 
60-day notice, which reported 1,708 annual hour burden (MT/PR BASE 
1,196 hours annually + HWY BASE 512 hours annually).

    Dated: May 14, 2024.
Nicole Raymond,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2024-10889 Filed 5-16-24; 8:45 am]
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