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Frequency: Once.
Affected Public: Federal, State, Local,
Tribal.
Number of Respondents: 150.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 12
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 30 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): None.
Description: The C/ACAMS program
uses the CAPTAP Train the Trainer
survey to assess participant satisfaction
with the training. The survey supports
data-based decision-making by
identifying actionable training data to
reallocate resources to address it. The
Train the Trainer survey collects data
about participants satisfaction with the
instructors, materials, course
curriculum, activities and applicability
to effect cost savings by prioritizing
training improvements.
Dated: July 25, 2008.
Matt Coose,
Acting Chief Information Officer, National
Protection and Programs Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E8–17644 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2008–0075]

Science and Technology Directorate;
Submission for Review; Information
Collection Request for the DHS S&T
Tech Clearinghouse Program
Science and Technology
Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 30-day Notice and request for
comment.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) invites the general
public to comment on new data
collection forms for the Tech
Clearinghouse program: Consent Form,
Entrance Form, Structured Assessment
Case #1, Structured Assessment Case #2,
Structured Assessment Case #3,
Structured Assessment Case #4, and
Exit Form. The Homeland Security Act
of 2002 requires the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) Science and
Technology Directorate (S&T) to
establish a Technology Clearinghouse to
encourage and support innovative
technical solutions to enhance
homeland security and the mission of
the Department (Pub. L. 107–296,
Section 313). This requirement responds
to long-standing requests by the first
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resource for information and technology
that would assist them in support of
their mission. In order to assess the
current version of the DHS Tech
Clearinghouse, a National Online
Electronic Assessment (NOEA) will be
administered. This notice and request
for comments is required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
Previously, a 60-day Notice for public
comment was published on May 19,
2008.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until September 2,
2008.
Comments: 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 Desk Officer for the Department of
Homeland Security, Science &
Technology Directorate, and sent via
electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–6974. Please include
docket number [DHS–2008–0075] in the
subject line of the message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Bowerbank (202) 254–6895
(this is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tech
Clearinghouse National On-line
Assessment (NOEA) will collect
information via a secure Web site. The
data will be used by DHS S&T to: (1)
Assess the overall usability of the Tech
Clearinghouse, (2) Assess the specific
functions of the Tech Clearinghouse, (3)
Assess the relevancy and usefulness of
the content of the Tech Clearinghouse to
first responders, (4) Assess the ease with
which users navigate the Tech
Clearinghouse, and (5) Provide general
feedback on the Tech Clearinghouse.
Information technology will be used
in the collection of this information to
reduce the data gathering and records
management burden. The National
Online Electronic Assessment will be
conducted with approximately 100
currently employed or recently retired
individuals from the first responder
disciplines. An invitation to participate
in the National Online Electronic
Assessment will be distributed through
sources such as the First Responder
Technologies (R-Tech) User Working
Group (UWG), the R-Tech Newsletter,
and national and state-level associations
representing all first responder
disciplines. The sources will announce
the opportunity for participation in the
NOEA.
The assessment will be completely
Web-based. DHS S&T will provide a

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secure Web site, through which
individuals can participate in the
assessment. DHS has opted to conduct
this collection electronically in order to
minimize the burden on participants.
Individuals that choose to participate
will take part in the assessment over a
4-week period, at locations of their
choice where an Internet connection is
available. The assessment will require a
total of two and a half (2.5) hours of the
respondent’s time, thus presenting a
minimal burden to each respondent.
Participants will be asked to read and
sign an electronic consent form granting
their consent to participate in the
assessment. Participants will then
complete an online Entrance Form,
which addresses their familiarity with
computers, computer use in
employment and leisure, common Web
sites they visit and/or use, and
expectations of the Tech Clearinghouse.
They will then utilize and assess the
Tech Clearinghouse by conducting
specified and general searches and
providing feedback through online
assessment instruments (Structured
Assessment Cases). After completing the
Structured Assessment Cases,
participants will complete an online
Exit Form, which addresses the
participant’s satisfaction with and the
overall usability of the Tech
Clearinghouse and specific functions
included in the Tech Clearinghouse.
The electronic data collection forms will
standardize the collection of
information that is both necessary and
sufficient for assessing the Tech
Clearinghouse. All online assessment
instruments were created using
mrInterviewTM 4.0 software, which
works in conjunction with the
Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences (SPSSTM). Data collected from
online assessment instruments will be
analyzed using SPSSTM 15.0. Data will
be stored in password-protected
computers accessible only to authorized
personnel, and no data will be
associated in any way with personally
identifiable information (PII).
Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
New information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Tech
Clearinghouse.
Agency Form Number, if any, and the
applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: DHS Science
& Technology Directorate.
(3) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Individuals; the data will be
gathered from individuals who receive

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an invitation to participate in the
National Online Electronic Assessment
through sources such as the First
Responder Technologies (R-Tech) User
Working Group (UWG), the R-Tech
Newsletter, and national and state-level
associations representing all first
responder disciplines.
(4) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond:
a. Estimate of the total number of
respondents: 100.
b. An estimate of the time for an
average respondent to respond: 2.5
burden hours.
Dated: July 18, 2008.
Kenneth D. Rogers,
Chief Information Officer, Science and
Technology Directorate.
[FR Doc. E8–17617 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am]
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Federal Emergency Management
Agency

Illinois; Amendment No. 5 to Notice of
a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Illinois (FEMA–1771–DR),
dated June 24, 2008, and related
determinations.

Effective Date: July 22, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that the incident period for
this disaster is closed effective July 22,
2008.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidential
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidential
Declared Disaster Assistance—Disaster
Housing Operations for Individuals and
Households; 97.050, Presidential Declared
Disaster Assistance to Individuals and

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Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidential
Declared Disaster Assistance—Disaster
Housing Operations for Individuals and
Households; 97.050 Presidential Declared
Disaster Assistance to Individuals and
Households—Other Needs, 97.036, Disaster
Grants—Public Assistance (Presidentially
Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard
Mitigation Grant.)
R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E8–17691 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am]
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Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[FEMA–1773–DR]

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY

Missouri; Amendment No. 7 to Notice
of a Major Disaster Declaration

Federal Emergency Management
Agency

Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.

[FEMA–1773–DR]

AGENCY:

Missouri; Amendment No. 6 to Notice
of a Major Disaster Declaration

Effective Date: July 25, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Missouri is hereby amended to
include the following areas among those
areas determined to have been adversely
affected by the catastrophe declared a
major disaster by the President in his
declaration of June 25, 2008.
DATES:

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R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E8–17685 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am]

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Missouri (FEMA–1773–DR),
dated June 25, 2008, and related
determinations.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY

DATES:

Households—Other Needs; 97.036, Disaster
Grants—Public Assistance (Presidentially
Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard
Mitigation Grant.)

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Audrain, Carroll, Chariton, Christian,
Howard, Macon, Miller, Morgan, Pettis, Ray,
Shelby, and Sullivan Counties for Public
Assistance. Linn, Stone, Taney, and Vernon
Counties for Public Assistance (already
designated for Individual Assistance.)
Nodaway County for Public Assistance
(already designated for Individual Assistance
and emergency protective measures [Category
B], limited direct Federal assistance, under
the Public Assistance program.)
Cape Girardeau County for Public
Assistance (already designated for emergency
protective measures [Category B], limited
direct Federal assistance, under the Public
Assistance program.)
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
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Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of Missouri (FEMA–1773–DR),
dated June 25, 2008, and related
determinations.
DATES:

Effective Date: July 18, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that the incident period for
this disaster is closed effective July 18,
2008.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidential
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidential
Declared Disaster Assistance—Disaster
Housing Operations for Individuals and
Households; 97.050, Presidential Declared
Disaster Assistance to Individuals and
Households—Other Needs; 97.036, Disaster
Grants—Public Assistance (Presidentially
Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard
Mitigation Grant.)
R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E8–17692 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am]
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