Notice2023-03915
Agency Information Collection Activities: .gov Registrar
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Published
February 27, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security Department
Abstract
The .gov Registry Program within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12399-12400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03915]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. CISA-2023-0003]
Agency Information Collection Activities: .gov Registrar
AGENCY: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: 60-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 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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until April 28,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number Docket
# CISA-2023-0003, at:
[cir] Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number Docket # CISA-2023-0003. All comments received will
be posted without change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
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
<a href="http://whitehouse.gov">whitehouse.gov</a>, <a href="http://congress.gov">congress.gov</a>, or <a href="http://uscourts.gov">uscourts.gov</a>, but most .gov domains
are from non-federal governments like <a href="http://ny.gov">ny.gov</a> (State of New York) or
<a href="http://lacounty.gov">lacounty.gov</a> (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., <a href="http://example.gov">example.gov</a>),
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
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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.
This is a new collection.
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.
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: 1,500 per year.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 500 hours.
Robert J. Costello,
Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security,
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2023-03915 Filed 2-24-23; 8:45 am]
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