Notice2023-23406
Agency Information Collection Activities: Contractor Fitness/Security Screening Request Form; OMB Control No. 1601-NEW
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Published
October 24, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security Department
Abstract
The Department of Homeland Security 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 information collection request (ICR) in the Federal Register on August 15, 2023, for a 60-day public comment period. No comments were received by DHS. The purpose of this notice is to allow additional 30-days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73038-73039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23406]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Agency Information Collection Activities: Contractor Fitness/
Security Screening Request Form; OMB Control No. 1601-NEW
AGENCY: Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security 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 information
collection request (ICR) in the Federal Register on August 15, 2023,
for a 60-day public comment period. No comments were received by DHS.
The purpose of this notice is to allow additional 30-days for public
comments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until November 24,
2023. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection will be used to
initiate the fitness screening process for determining if a person
invited to perform work under a contract for the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), is fit to perform such work and eligible for access to
DHS resources, based on the risk levels of the designated position. The
respondent provides and/or verifies biographical information to
complete Section II of DHS Form 11000-25.
This collection of information is necessary to initiate the
contractor fitness screening process for determining whether a person
(i.e., the respondent) who has been invited to perform work under a
contract for, or on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), should be deemed fit to perform such work and eligible for
logical and/or physical access to DHS resources based on the risk
levels of the designated position. The respondent is responsible for
providing and/or verifying information to complete Section II of DHS
Form 11000-25; the remaining sections of DHS Form 11000-25 (Sections I,
III, and IV) are completed by DHS federal employees. Authorities that
that support this information collection include:
<bullet> Executive Order (E.O.) 9397, Numbering System for Federal
Accounts Relating to Individual Persons, as amended by E.O. 13478,
Amendments to E.O. 9397 Relating to Federal Agency Use of Social
Security Numbers
<bullet> E.O. 10577, Amending the Civil Service Rules and Authorizing a
New Appointment System for the Competitive Service
<bullet> E.O. 13467, Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for
Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and
Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information
<bullet> E.O. 13764, Amending the Civil Service Rules, Executive Order
13488, and Executive Order 13467 To Modernize the Executive Branch-Wide
Governance Structure and Processes for Security Clearances, Suitability
and Fitness for Employment, and Credentialing, and Related Matters
<bullet> Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 731,
Suitability
<bullet> Title 5, CFR, Part 732, National Security Positions
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<bullet> Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.204-2, Security
Requirements
<bullet> FAR 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor
Personnel
<bullet> Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12
This is a new information collection. DHS collects this information
from the respondent, so Personnel Security entities can initiate the
appropriate screening process for determining whether the respondent
should be deemed fit to perform work under a contract for, or on behalf
of DHS, and eligible for logical and/or physical access to DHS
resources based on the risk levels of the designated position.
This information collection utilizes an automated technological
solution (i.e., Personnel Security Forms application) which negates the
need for a paper-based DHS Form 11000-25, thereby reducing the burden
on the respondent during the initiation phase of the contractor fitness
screening process. After receiving an invitation to perform work under
a contact, the respondent (i.e., DHS contractor applicant) submits and
verifies certain biographical information (e.g., full name, position
title, SSN, gender, date and place of birth, U.S. citizenship status,
telephone number, and email address) through a public facing web
portal. Once the information intake is complete, the Personnel Security
Forms application produces an automated electronic version of the DHS
Form 11000-25 for use by the appropriate Personnel Security entities to
make a fitness determination. This information collection does not have
an impact on small businesses or other small entities.
The information collection for DHS Form 11000-25 is voluntary;
however, failure to provide this information may delay or prevent an
individual's fitness determination and eligibility for physical and
logical access to federally controlled facilities or information
systems.
There is no assurance of confidentiality provided to the
respondents. Consistent with DHS' information sharing mission, all or a
portion of the information collection may be disclosed outside DHS
consistent with the routine uses set forth in Privacy Impact
Assessment, DHS/ALL/PIA-038, Integrated Security Management System
(ISMS), and System of Record Notice, DHS/ALL-023 Department of Homeland
Personnel Security Management.
This is a new collection.
The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in
comments which:
5. 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;
6. 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;
7. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
8. 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: Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Title: Contractor Fitness/Security Screening Request Form.
OMB Number: 1601-NEW.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Number of Respondents: 45,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 mins.
Total Burden Hours: 11,250 hrs.
Robert Porter Dorr,
Executive Director, Business Management Directorate.
[FR Doc. 2023-23406 Filed 10-23-23; 8:45 am]
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