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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 68 / Monday, April 10, 2023 / Notices
Dated: April 5, 2023.
Carlos Castillo,
Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. CISA–2023–0008]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Telecommunications
Service Priority System
Emergency Communications
Division, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments; extension, 1670–0005.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) invites the general
public and other federal agencies the
opportunity to comment on approved
information collection request (ICR)
OMB 1670–0005, Telecommunications
Service Priority (TSP) System.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until June 9, 2023.
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 sent to
[email protected].
Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number Docket # CISA–2022–
0008. All comments received will be
posted without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
SUMMARY:

TSP is
authorized by E.O. 13618 and 47 CFR
part 64. The Emergency
Communications Division (ECD) of the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA), uses the TSP
Program to authorize national security
and emergency preparedness
organizations to receive priority
treatment for vital voice and data
circuits or other telecommunications
service, under National Security or
Emergency Preparedness
telecommunications (NS/EP). The TSP

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Program provides service vendors a
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) mandate to prioritize requests by
identifying those services critical to
national security and emergency
preparedness. A TSP assignment
ensures that it will receive priority
attention by the service vendor before
any non-TSP service.
Four broad categories serve as
guidelines for determining whether a
circuit or telecommunications service is
eligible for priority provisioning or
restoration. TSP service user
organizations may be in the Federal,
State, local, or tribal government,
critical infrastructure sectors in
industry, non-profit organizations that
perform critical NS/EP functions, or
foreign governments. Typical TSP
service users are responsible for the
command-and-control functions critical
to management of and response to NS/
EP situations, particularly during the
first 24 to 72 hours following an event.
Information to request a priority, to
obtain a sponsor for requesting a
priority, and for other administrative
requirements of the program is required
from any person or organization having
an NS/EP service for which they wish
priority restoration from the vendor
providing the service. Information is
also required to allow immediate
installation of a new service to support
NS/EP requirements. Information is
required from vendors to allow the ECD
to track and identify the
telecommunications services that are
being provided priority treatment.
The forms used are the SF314
(Revalidation for Service Users), SF315
(TSP Request for Service Users), SF317
(TSP Action Appeal for Service Users),
SF318 (TSP Service Confirmation for
Service Vendors), and the SF319 (TSP
Service Reconciliation for Service
Vendors). The SF314 is for users to
request that their existing TSP codes be
revalidated for three more years. The
SF315 is used to request restoration
and/or provisioning for an
organization’s critical circuits. The
SF317 is for organizations to appeal the
denial of TSP restoration and/or
provisioning. The SF318 is for service
vendors to provide circuit ID
information associated with TSP codes
they’ve been given by their customers.
The SF319 is for service vendors to
provide data to the program office in
order to reconcile their TSP data with
the TSP database. Participants request
TSP priorities via email in order to
reduce the use of the paper forms. The
paper forms will also be available for
download via the CISA website.
There have been no changes to the
information being collected. The annual

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government cost has increased due to
increased wage rates/compensation
factors and IT system security
requirements. This is a renewal of an
information collection.
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
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.
Analysis
Agency: Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
Title: Telecommunications Service
Priority System.
OMB Number: 1670–0005.
Frequency: Information is required
when an organization decides they want
TSP priority on their critical circuits.
These requests are situational and made
at the discretion of the
telecommunications user therefore the
program office is not able to determine
when or how often such requests will
occur.
Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal,
and Territorial Governments and Private
Sector.
Number of Respondents: 25,911.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.28
hours.
Total Annualized Burden Hours:
7,165 hours.
Total Annualized Respondent
Opportunity Cost: $372,408.
Total Annualized Government Cost:
$1,145,896.
Robert J. Costello,
Chief Information Officer, Department of
Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency.
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