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contacting the DHS S&T PRA
Coordinator. 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).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until August 12, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments, identified
by docket number DHS–2011–0041, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail: [email protected].
Please include docket number DHS–
2011–0041 in the subject line of the
message.
• Fax: (202) 254–6171. (Not a toll-free
number).
• Mail: Science and Technology
Directorate, ATTN: Chief Information
Office—Daniel Purcell, 245 Murray
Drive, Mail Stop 0202, Washington, DC
20528.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DHS
S&T PRA Coordinator Daniel Purcell
(202) 254–5664 (Not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information will be collected via the
DHS S&T E–STCS secure Web site at
https://eshare.st.dhs.gov. The E–STCS
Web site will only employ secure Webbased technology (i.e., electronic
registration form) to collect information
from users to both reduce the burden
and increase the efficiency of this
collection.
The Department is committed to
improving its information collection
and urges all interested parties to
suggest how these materials can further
reduce burden while seeking necessary
information under the Act.
DHS is particularly interested in
comments that:
(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) Suggest ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Suggest ways to 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
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Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
New Information Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Science and Technology, External S&T
Collaboration Site (E–STCS) program.
(3) Agency Form Number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: Department of
Homeland Security, Science &
Technology Directorate—1) Request an
E–STCS Account (DHS Form 10074).
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Individuals, consisting of
Federal, state and local law
enforcement, private sector and
academia practitioners. The information
collected will be leveraged to determine
the authenticity and suitability of the
practitioner requesting access. Once
approved, users will utilize the
collaborative environment to exchange
information, network with other users,
as well as post blogs and comments.
(5) 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: 1000.
b. An estimate of the time for an
average respondent to respond: .083
burden hours.
c. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 83 burden hours.
Dated: June 3, 2011.
Tara O’Toole,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2011–0042]

Agency Information Collection
Activities, Submission for Review;
Information Collection Extension
Request for the DHS S&T First
Responders Community of Practice
Program
Science and Technology
Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 30-day Notice and request for
comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) invites the general
public to comment on the data
collection form for the DHS Science &
Technology (S&T) First Responders
Community of Practice (FRCoP): User

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Registration Page (DHS Form 10059 (9/
09)). The FRCoP web based tool collects
profile information from first responders
and select authorized non-first
responder users to facilitate networking
and formation of online communities.
All users are required to authenticate
prior to entering the site. In addition,
the tool provides members the
capability to create wikis, discussion
threads, blogs, documents, etc., allowing
them to enter and upload content in
accordance with the site’s Rules of
Behavior. Members are able to
participate in threaded discussions and
comment on other member’s content.
The DHS S&T FRCoP program is
responsible for providing a collaborative
environment for the first responder
community to share information, best
practices, and lessons learned. Section
313 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (Pub. L. 107–296) established this
requirement. 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).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until July 13, 2011.
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: Desk Officer for the Department of
Homeland Security, Science and
Technology Directorate, and sent via
electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–6974. Please include
docket number DHS–2011–0042 in the
subject line of the message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DHS
S&T PRA Coordinator Daniel Purcell
(202) 254–5664 (Not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DHS S&T
currently has approval to collect
information utilizing the User
Registration Form until July 31, 2011
with OMB approval number 1640–0016.
The User Registration Form will be
available on the First Responders
Community of Practice Web site found
at [https://
communities.firstresponder.gov/]. The
user will complete the form online and
submit it through the Web site.
The Department is committed to
improving its information collection
and urges all interested parties to
suggest how these materials can further
reduce burden while seeking necessary
information under the Act.
DHS is particularly interested in
comments that:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary

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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) Suggest ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Suggest ways to 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.
Overview of this Information Collection

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(1) Type of Information Collection:
Renewal of Information Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: First
Responders Community of Practice:
User Registration Form.
(3) Agency Form Number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: DHS Science
& Technology Directorate, DHS Form
10059 (09/09).
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Individuals; the data will be
gathered from individual first
responders who wish to participate in
the First Responders Community of
Practice.
(5) 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: 5000.
b. An estimate of the time for an
average respondent to respond: 0.25
burden hours.
c. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 2500 burden hours.
Dated: June 3, 2011.
Tara O’Toole,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DHS–2011–0048]

Privacy Act of 1974; U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, Customs
and Border Protection—001 Alien File,
Index, and National File Tracking
System of Records
Privacy Office, DHS.
Notice of Update and
Reissuance of Privacy Act System of
Records.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Homeland
Security is updating and re-publishing
the previously established Privacy Act
system of records notice published in
the Federal Register on January 16,
2007 for the Department of Homeland
Security U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, and the Customs
and Border Protection Alien File, Index,
and National File Tracking System of
Records. This system of records
contains information regarding
transactions involving an individual as
he/she passes through the U.S.
immigration and inspection process,
some of which may also be covered by
separate systems of records notices. This
system of records contains personally
identifiable information such as the
individual’s name, Alien Registration
Number, receipt file number, date and
place of birth, date and port of entry, as
well as the location of each official
Alien File. It may also contain other
personal identifiers such as an
individual’s social security number. The
Department of Homeland Security is
updating the Department of Homeland
Security United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services—001 Alien File
and Central Index System to be renamed
Department of Homeland Security U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Customs and Border Protection—001
Alien File, Index, and National File
Tracking System of Records with the
following substantive changes: (1) The
addition of new routine uses to allow
the Department of Homeland Security to
share information from the system; (2)
an update to the classification level of
the system and to provide notice that
the system may contain classified
records; and (3) a proposed exemption
from certain provisions of the Privacy
Act for records that are classified.
Additionally, this notice includes nonsubstantive changes to simplify the
formatting and text of the previously

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published notice and improve the
public’s understanding of the system.
To propose the additional exemption,
the Department of Homeland Security is
also giving concurrent notice of
proposed rulemaking pursuant to the
Privacy Act of 1974 for the Department
of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, Customs and
Border Protection—001 Alien File,
Index, and National File Tracking
System of Records. The legacy final rule
exempting the Immigration and
Naturalization Service Alien File and
Central Index System, JUSTICE/INS–
001A legacy system of records from
certain portions of the Privacy Act
remains in effect until publication of a
final rule by the Department of
Homeland Security.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
July 13, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by DHS–2011–0048 by one of
the following methods:
• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 703–483–2999.
• Mail: Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief
Privacy Officer, Privacy Office,
Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC 20528.
• Instructions: All submissions
received must include Department of
Homeland Security as the agency name
and docket number for this rulemaking.
All comments received will be posted
without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided by the
submitter.
• Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions, please contact:
Donald K. Hawkins (202–272–8000),
Privacy Officer, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, 20 Massachusetts
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20529.
For privacy issues please contact: Mary
Ellen Callahan (703–235–0780), Chief
Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC 20528.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) implements U.S.
immigration law and policy through the
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Service’s (USCIS) processing and
adjudication of applications and
petitions submitted for citizenship,

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