Notice2024-01689
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request; Limited Access Death Master File Systems Safeguards Attestation Forms
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Published
January 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Technical Information Service
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5499-5500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01689]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Technical Information Service
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval;
Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment
Request; Limited Access Death Master File Systems Safeguards
Attestation Forms
The Department of Commerce will submit 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, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on November 1, 2023, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Commerce.
Title: NTIS Limited Access Death Master Files (LADMF) Systems
Safeguards Attestation Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0692-0016.
Form Number(s): NTIS FM100A and NTIS FM100B.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: NTIS expects to receive approximately 260
applications and renewals for certification every three (3) years for
access to the Limited Access Death Master File.
Average Hours per Response: 3 hours.
Burden Hours: 780.
Needs and Uses: NTIS issued a final rule establishing a program
through which persons may become eligible to obtain access to Death
Master File (DMF) information about an individual within three years of
that individual's death. The final rule was promulgated under section
203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, Public Law 113-67 (Act). The
Act prohibits the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) from disclosing DMF
information during the three-year period following an individual's
death (Limited Access DMF), unless the person requesting the
information has been certified to access the Limited Access DMF
pursuant to certain criteria in a program that the Secretary
establishes. The Secretary delegated the authority to carry out section
203 to the Director of NTIS.
To accommodate the requirements of the final rule, NTIS is using
both the ACAB Systems Safeguards Attestation Form and the AG or IG
Systems Safeguards Attestation Form.
The ACAB Systems Safeguards Attestation Form requires an
``Accredited Conformity Assessment Body'' (ACAB), as defined in the
final rule, to attest that a Person seeking certification or a
Certified Person seeking renewal of certification has information
security systems, facilities and procedures in place to protect the
security of the Limited Access DMF, as required under section
1110.102(a)(2) of the final rule. The ACAB Systems Safeguards
Attestation Form collects information based on an assessment by the
ACAB conducted within three years prior to the date of the Person or
Certified Person's submission of a completed certification statement
under section 1110.101(a) of the final rule. This collection includes
specific requirements of the final rule, which the ACAB must certify
are satisfied, and the provision of specific information by the ACAB,
such as the date of the assessment and the auditing standard(s) used
for the assessment.
Section 1110.501(a)(2) of the final rule provides that a State or
local government office of AG or IG and a Person or Certified Person
that is a department or agency of the same State or local government,
respectively, are not considered to be owned by a common ``parent''
entity under section 1110.501(a)(1)(ii) for the purpose of determining
independence, and attestation by the AG or IG is possible. The AG or IG
Systems Safeguards
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Attestation Form is for the use of a State or local government AG or IG
to attest on behalf of a State or local government department or agency
Person or Certified Person. The AG or IG Systems Safeguards Attestation
Form requires the State or local government AG or IG to attest that a
Person seeking certification or a Certified Person seeking renewal of
certification has information security systems, facilities and
procedures in place to protect the security of the Limited Access DMF,
as required under section 1110.102(a)(2) of the final rule. The AG or
IG Systems Safeguards Attestation Form collects information based on an
assessment by the State or local government AG or IG conducted within
three years prior to the date of the Person or Certified Person's
submission of a completed certification statement under section
1110.101(a) of the final rule. This collection includes specific
requirements of the final rule, which the State or local government AG
or IG must certify are satisfied, and the provision of specific
information by the State or local government AG or IG, such as the date
of the assessment.
Affected Public: Accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies and State
or local government Auditors General or Inspectors General attesting
that a Person seeking certification or a Certified Person seeking
renewal of certification under the final rule for the ``Certification
Program for Access to the Death Master File'' has information security
systems, facilities and procedures in place to protect the security of
the Limited Access DMF, as required by the final rule.
Frequency: Every three (3) years.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Section 203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013,
Public Law 113-67.
This information collection request may be viewed at <a href="http://reginfo.gov">reginfo.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
on the following website <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 and
entering either the title of the collection or the OMB control number
0692-0016.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-01689 Filed 1-26-24; 8:45 am]
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