Notice2023-05004
Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection for the State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector (SLTPS) Clearance Program
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Published
March 13, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security Department
Abstract
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 Novemebr 21, 2022 for a 60-day public comment period. Zero comments were received by CISA. The purpose of this notice is to allow additional 30-days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15426-15427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05004]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. CISA-2022-0015]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection
for the State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector (SLTPS) Clearance
Program
AGENCY: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments; reinstatment and
revision of information collection request: 1670-0013.
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SUMMARY: 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 Novemebr 21, 2022 for a 60-day public comment period. Zero
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 April 12, 2023.
This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6f0b071c0b0a1c04000909060c0a1d2f00020d410a001f41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f2b273c2b2a3c24202929262c2a3d0f20222d612a203f61282039">[email protected]</span></a>. All submissions must
include the words ``Department of Homeland Security'' and the OMB
Control Number 1670-0013--replace 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: If additional information is required
contact: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Quintin Whitaker,
202-805-4959 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6636352536260e1748020e1548010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="beeeedfdeefed6cf90dad6cd90d9d1c8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Partnerships between the U.S. Government and
the state, local, tribal and private sector at times necessitate the
sharing of classified information. The State, Local, Tribal and Private
Sector (SLTPS) Clearance Request Form facilitates this sharing by
sponsoring security clearances for certain members of each sector based
on either their membership on a Sector Coordinating Council (SCC)/
association or their infrastructure protection job-related duties and
their need-to-know. The SLTPS is designed to sponsor security
clearances for state, local, tribal and private sector officials
involved in the infrastructure protection mission. These partners are
subject matter experts within specific industries and have specialized
knowledge not available within the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) and other Federal Departments or Agencies. Private citizens do
not receive monetary compensation for their time. CISA created this
program to sponsor clearances for these individuals who are not
employed by or contracted with another Federal agency (the traditional
means of obtaining a clearance) and must have clearances.
The Cyber Information Sharing and Collaboration Agreement (CISCA)
and Classified Critical Infrastructure Protection Program (CCIPP)
nominees will also use the form in the same manner as the SLTPS. The
form updates will include adding State and Local, CISCA and CCIPP to
the drop-down capabilities. Type of submission will have a dropdown
capability added. Subsectors will be added to some of the Sectors. A
generic approving signature title will be added.
CISA collects necessary information through 1670-0013 to facilitate
security clearances needed for sharing classified information with the
vetted SLTPS Stakeholders.
The U.S. Government is authorized to ask for this information under
sections 201 and 229 of the Homeland Security Act (Pub. L. 107-296, 6
U.S.C. 121, 150), and Executive Orders 12968, 13526, 13549, 13636, and
13691 which authorize the collection of this information.
In order to begin this process of adjudicating a nominee to
participate in the clearance program, Federal nominators will complete
the DHS Form 9014, State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector Clearance
Request Form, excluding their date of birth, place of birth and social
security number. The Federal nominator will sign the form and have it
approved by a senior-level official from the corresponding Federal
Department or Agency. Before being submitted to the CISA Office of the
Chief Security Officer (OCSO) SLTPS Administrator via the CISA Action
Task Tracker (CATT), the nominee would have been deemed to have a CISA
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mission and meet the requirements and criteria as outlined in Executive
Order (E.O.) 13549, the Department of Homeland Security, Classified
National Security Information Program for SLTPS Implementing Directive
and E.O. 13691, Sec. 4(c), and 32 CFR part 117, Sec. 117.22 of the
National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM). The
SLTPS Administrator will extract the application from the electronic
tracking system and will capture first and last name, clearance level
being requested, sector or subsector they are involved in, company, job
title, city and state the company is located, work and personal email
and work phone number. This information is entered into a SharePoint
system in order to track the clearance process and to provide a real-
time status of a nominee [and Stakeholders] to Federal nominators and
DHS employees who have a need to know. The OCSO Security Specialist is
informed that the nominee is ready to start the clearance process and
the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is requested and input
into the Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (e-
QIP) system, the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) secure portal
for investigation processing. Once the data is entered into e-QIP, the
nominee is provided a password and can access the system and complete
the online security questionnaire.
This information is only available to Security Specialists within
OCSO working on the program and is maintained in the Integrated
Security Management System (ISMS), which is ``owned'' by the OCSO. The
two-part PII request process helps minimize the collection of sensitive
PII for only those nominees who meet the threshold and are sponsored by
CISA.
Number of Respondents
The current estimate of annual respondents is 660, however, based
on recent program data, CISA is revising the estimate to 550.
Estimated Time per Response
CISA is choosing to retain the estimate of 10 minutes (0.1667
hours) per response in the current information collection.
Annual Burden Hours
In the current information collection, the estimated annual burden
is 110 hours. To estimate the annual burden hours for this collection,
the CISA multiplied the number of annual respondents by the estimated
time burden of 0.1667 hours (10 minutes), for an estimated annual
burden of 91.67 hours (i.e., 0.1667 hours multiplied by 550 annual
respondents).
Total Annual Burden
To estimate the total annual burden, CISA multiplied the annual
burden of 24,879 hours by the average loaded hourly wage rate computer
and information systems managers of $110.66 \1\ per hour. Therefore,
the total annual burden cost for the collection is $10,144 (91.67 hours
x $110.66). For the three-year period for which this collection will be
approved, the total cost burden would be $6,603,456 ($2,201,152 annual
cost multiplied by 3 years). This is a revised information collection.
OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
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\1\ The above Average Hourly Wage Rate is the May 2021 Bureau of
Labor Statistics average wage for Computer and Information Systems
Managers (11-3021) of $78.33 times the wage rate benefit multiplier
of 1.4127 (to account for fringe benefits) equaling $110.66. The
benefits multiplier is estimated by dividing total compensation of
$37.24 by salaries and wages of $26.36, based on Employer Cost for
Employee Compensation, September 2021, released December 16, 2021
(<a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_12162021.pdf">https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_12162021.pdf</a>).
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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.
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: State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector (SLTPS) Clearance
Request Program.
OMB Number: CISA-1670-0013.
Instrument: DHS Form 9014: State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector
(SLTPS) Clearance Request Form.
Frequency: ``Other''.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 550 respondents.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.1667 hours (10 minutes).
Total Burden Hours: 91.67 annual burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost: $10,144.
Robert J. Costello,
Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security,
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2023-05004 Filed 3-10-23; 8:45 am]
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