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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 168 / Thursday, August 29, 2013 / Notices

[Docket No. DHS–2012–0013]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for Review;
Information Collection Extension
Request for the Department of
Homeland Security Science and
Technology First Responders
Community of Practice Program
Science and Technology
Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 60-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
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 established this requirement. This
notice and request for comments is
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until October 28, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments, identified
by docket number DHS–2012–0013, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: [email protected].
Please include docket number DHS–
2012–0013 in the subject line of the
message.
• Fax: (202) 254–6171. (Not a toll-free
number).
• Mail: Science and Technology
Directorate, ATTN: Chief Information
Officer—Rick Stevens, 1120 Vermont
Ave., Mail Stop 0202, Washington, DC
20005.

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DHS
FRCoP Contact Kathy Higgins (202)
254–2293 (Not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DHS S&T
currently has approval to collect
information utilizing the User
Registration Form until September 30,
2013 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
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY

Overview of This Information
Collection
(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, R-Tech
(RTD), 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

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estimated for an average respondent to
respond:
a. Estimate of the total number of
respondents: 2000.
b. An estimate of the time for an
average respondent to respond: 0.5
burden hours.
c. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 1000 burden hours.
Dated: August 1, 2013.
Rick Stevens,
Chief Information Officer for Science and
Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2013–0017; OMB No.
1660–0086]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 30, 2013.
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 oira.submission@
omb.eop.gov 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,
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