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exceeding $1 billion are required to
participate in the STTR Program.
Federal agencies who participate in
the SBIR and STTR programs must
collect information from the public to:
(1) Meet their reporting requirements
under 15 U.S.C. 638 (b)(7), (g)(8), (i),
(j)(1)(E), (j)(3)(C), (l), (o)(10), and (v); (2)
Meet the requirement to maintain both
a publicly accessible database of SBIR/
STTR award information and a
government database of SBIR/STTR
award information for SBIR and STTR
program evaluation under 15 U.S.C. 638
g(10), (k), (o)(9), and (o)(15); and (3)
Meet requirements for public outreach
under 15 U.S.C. 638 (j)(2)(F), (o)(14),
and (s).
DHS is not asking for anything
outside of what is already required in
the FAR. Should anything outside the
FAR arise, DHS will submit a request for
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. The prior information
collect request for OMB No. 1600–005
was approved through October 31, 2011
by OMB in a Notice of OMB Action.
The information being collected is
used by the Government’s contracting
officers and other acquisition personnel,
including technical and legal staffs to
determine adequacy of technical and
management approach, experience,
responsibility, responsiveness, expertise
of the firms submitting offers,
identification of members of the public
(i.e., small businesses) who qualify for,
and are interested in participating in,
the DHS SBIR Program, facilitate SBIR
outreach to the public, and provide the
DHS SBIR Program Office necessary and
sufficient information to determine that
proposals submitted by the public to the
DHS SBIR Program meet criteria for
consideration under the program.
Failure to collect this information
would adversely affect the quality of
products and services DHS receives
from contractors. Potentially, contracts
would be awarded to firms without
sufficient experience and expertise,
thereby placing the Department’s
operations in jeopardy. Defective and
inadequate contractor deliverables
would adversely affect DHS’s
fulfillment of the mission requirements
in all areas. Additionally, the
Department would be unsuccessful in
identifying small businesses with
research and development (R&D)
capabilities, which would adversely
affect the mission requirements in this
area.
Many sources of the requested
information use automated word
processing systems, databases, emails,
and, in some cases, web portals to
facilitate preparation of material to be
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information. It is commonplace within
many of DHS’s Components for
submissions to be electronic as a result
of implementation of e-Government
initiatives.
DHS S&T uses information technology
(i.e., electronic web portals) in the
collection of information to reduce the
data gathering and records management
burden. DHS S&T uses a secure Web site
which the public can propose SBIR
research topics and submit proposals in
response to SBIR solicitations. In
addition, DHS uses a web portal to
review RFIs and register to submit a
white paper or proposal in response to
a specific BAA. The data collection
forms standardize the collection of
information that is necessary and
sufficient for the DHS SBIR Program
Office to meet its requirements under 15
U.S.C. 638.
According to Federal Procurement
Data System (FPDS) and Federal
Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps),
the number of competitive solicitations
and award actions has increased each
over the past three years, thereby
increasing the universe of possible
respondents to DHS and its
Components’ solicitations. However, an
increase in the information collection
burden associated with the gathering of
additional information to support the
evaluation of solicitation responses has
been offset, by the use of electronic web
portals, such as CCR, FAPIIS, those used
to submit SBIR research topics and
submit response to DHS SBIR
solicitations. Additionally, electronic
web portals are used to collect
unclassified white papers and proposals
to reduce the data gathering and records
management burden for BAAs.
In addition to issuance of solicitations
over the Internet or electronic systems;
increased use of oral presentations in
lieu of written proposals, permitted
under FAR 15.102; and increased use of
combined contract action notices/
requests for proposals, as encouraged by
FAR 12.603, are contributing to the
relative stability of DHS’s information
collection burden to the public. There is
no change in the information being
collected.
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
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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.
Analysis:
Agency: Office of the Chief
Procurement Officer, DHS.
Title: Solicitation of Proposal
Information for Award of Public
Contracts.
OMB Number: 1600–0005.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Number of Respondents: 17,180.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 13
hours.
Total Burden Hours: 721,560.
Dated: August 22, 2011.
Richard Spires,
Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2011–0043]

Telecommunications Service Priority
System
National Protection and
Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for
comments; Extension, without change,
of a currently approved collection.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), National Protection and
Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of
Cybersecurity and Communications
(CS&C), National Communications
System (NCS) 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 (Pub. L. 104–13,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). DHS is soliciting
comments concerning Extension,
without change, of a currently approved
collection: 1670–0005,
Telecommunications Service Priority
(TSP) System. DHS previously
published this information collection
request (ICR) in the Federal Register, 76
FR 2011–13953 (June 7, 2011), for a 60day public comment period. No

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comments were received by DHS. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until September 30,
2011. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
questions about this ICR should be
forwarded to DHS/NPPD/CS&C/NCS,
245 Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0615,
Arlington, VA 20598–0615. E-mailed
requests should go to Deborah Bea,
[email protected]. Comments must
be identified by DHS–2011–0043 and
may also be submitted by one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov.
• E-mail:
[email protected]. Include
the docket number in the subject line of
the message.
• Fax: (202) 395–5806.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the words ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security’’ and the docket
number for this action. Comments
received will be posted without
alteration at http://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided.
OMB 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. 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: The
purpose of the TSP System is to provide
a legal basis for telecommunications
vendors to provide priority provisioning
and restoration of telecommunications
services supporting national security
and emergency preparedness functions.
The information gathered via the TSP
System forms is the minimum necessary
for the DHS/NCS to effectively manage
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Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland
Security, National Protection and
Programs Directorate, Office of
Cybersecurity and Communications,
National Communications System.
Title: Telecommunications Service
Priority System.
OMB Number: 1670–0005.
Frequency: Information is required on
particular occasions when an
organization decides it wants TSP on its
critical circuits. It is occasional/
situational—the program office is not
able to determine when this will occur.
Affected Public: Business and state,
local, or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 28,161
respondents.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 3
hours, 17 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 7,727.42 annual
burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$251,141.15.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $0.00.
Dated: August 24, 2011.
David Epperson,
Chief Information Officer, National Protection
and Programs Directorate, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2011–0013; OMB No.
1660–0106]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Integrated
Public Alert and Warning Systems
(IPAWS) Inventory
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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Comments must be submitted on
or before September 30, 2011.
ADDRESSES: 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 the Desk Officer
for the Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and sent via
electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Records
Management Division, 1800 South Bell
Street, Arlington, VA 20598–3005,
facsimile number (202) 646–3347, or
e-mail address [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Presidential Executive Order 13407
establishes the policy for an effective,
reliable, integrated, flexible, and
comprehensive system to alert and warn
the American people in situations of
war, terrorist attack, natural disaster, or
other hazards to public safety and wellbeing. The Executive Order requires that
DHS establish an inventory of public
alert and warning resources,
capabilities, and the degree of
integration at the Federal, State,
territorial, Tribal, and local levels of
government. The Integrated Public Alert
and Warning System (IPAWS)
implements the requirements of the
Executive Order. The information
collected has, and will continue to
consist of the public alert and warning
systems, as well as the communication
systems being used for collaboration
and situational awareness at the Local
Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
level and higher. This information will
help FEMA identify the technologies
currently in use or desired for inclusion
into IPAWS.
DATES:

Collection of Information

The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) will
submit the information collection
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget for review and
clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
will describe the nature of the
information collection, the categories of
respondents, the estimated burden (i.e.,
the time, effort and resources used by
respondents to respond) and cost, and
the actual data collection instruments
FEMA will use.

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Title: Integrated Public Alert and
Warning Systems (IPAWS) Inventory.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0106.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA
Form 142–1–1, IPAWS Inventory.
Abstract: FEMA will be conducting an
inventory, evaluation and assessment of
the capabilities of Federal, State,
territorial, Tribal, and local government
alert and warning systems. The IPAWS
Inventory and Evaluation Survey
collects data that will facilitate the

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