81_FR_86608 81 FR 86378 - Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Service for National Critical Infrastructure Resiliency

81 FR 86378 - Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Service for National Critical Infrastructure Resiliency

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 230 (November 30, 2016)

Page Range86378-86380
FR Document2016-28805

This RFI provides an outline for the potential use by the Federal Government of one or more Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technologies to back up signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS) and to ensure resiliency of PNT for U.S. Critical Infrastructure (CI) operations. As a co-chair and member of the National Executive Committee for Space-based PNT, and a provider and user of U.S. critical infrastructure services, the Department of Transportation is investigating opportunities by which the Federal Government may make use of service(s) which can provide the necessary backup capability or capabilities to ensure PNT continuity for U.S. CI in the event of a temporary disruption in GPS availability. Further, as the lead civil agency for PNT in the Federal Government, the Department of Transportation is interested in leveraging PNT service technology initiatives under consideration or currently undertaken by industry. The Federal Government is presently documenting civil requirements for PNT capabilities to serve as the basis for potential future acquisition activity. The initial objective is to support sustainment of domestic CI timing continuity with the capability to extend service(s) in the future to provide positioning/navigation continuity as well.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary of Transportation

[DOT-OST-2016-0227]


Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Service for National 
Critical Infrastructure Resiliency

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Request for information (RFI).

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SUMMARY: This RFI provides an outline for the potential use by the 
Federal Government of one or more Positioning, Navigation, and Timing 
(PNT) technologies to back up signals from the Global Positioning 
System (GPS) and to ensure resiliency of PNT for U.S. Critical 
Infrastructure (CI) operations. As a co-chair and member of the 
National Executive Committee for Space-based PNT, and a provider and 
user of U.S. critical infrastructure services, the Department of 
Transportation is investigating opportunities by which the Federal 
Government may make use of service(s) which can provide the necessary 
backup capability or capabilities to ensure PNT continuity for U.S. CI 
in the event of a temporary disruption in GPS availability. Further, as 
the lead civil agency for PNT in the Federal Government, the Department 
of Transportation is interested in leveraging PNT service technology 
initiatives under consideration or currently undertaken by industry.
    The Federal Government is presently documenting civil requirements 
for PNT capabilities to serve as the basis for potential future 
acquisition activity. The initial objective is to support sustainment 
of domestic CI timing continuity with the capability to extend 
service(s) in the future to provide positioning/navigation continuity 
as well.

DATES: Responses should be filed by January 30, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may file responses identified by the docket number DOT-
OST-2016-0227 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: (202) 493-2251.
    Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number 
DOT-OST-2016-0227 at the beginning of your submission. All submissions 
received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, 
including any personal information provided.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
submissions received in any of our dockets by the name of the 
individual submitting the document (or signing the submission, if 
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78), or you may visit 
http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
    Docket: For access to the docket and comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov or to the street address listed above. 
Follow the online instructions for accessing the docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen L. Van Dyke, Director, 
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing & Spectrum Management, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC, 20590, 202-
366-3180, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Overview

    This RFI provides an outline for the potential use by the Federal 
Government of one or more PNT technologies to back up signals from GPS 
and to ensure resiliency of PNT for U.S. critical infrastructure 
operations. The national policy requirement to ensure resilient PNT 
capabilities is expressed in two Presidential policy documents. The 
National Space Policy of the United States of America, dated June 28, 
2010, states, ``. . . the United States shall . . . Invest in domestic 
capabilities and support international activities to detect, mitigate, 
and increase resiliency to harmful interference to GPS, and identify 
and implement, as necessary and appropriate, redundant and back-up 
systems or approaches for critical infrastructure, key resources, and 
mission-essential functions.'' This follows a statement in U.S. Space-
based PNT Policy dated December 15, 2004 (National Security 
Presidential Directive (NSPD)-39) that, ``. . . the United States 
Government shall . . . Improve the performance of space-based 
positioning, navigation, and timing services, including more robust 
resistance to interference for, and consistent with, U.S. and allied 
national security purposes, homeland security, and civil, commercial, 
and scientific users worldwide . . . and, Promote the use of U.S. 
space-based positioning, navigation, and timing services and 
capabilities for applications at the Federal, State, and local level, 
to the maximum practical extent.''
    As defined in NSPD-39, the responsibility to ``. . . advise and 
coordinate with and among the Departments and Agencies responsible for 
the strategic decisions regarding policies, architectures, 
requirements, and resource allocation for maintaining and improving 
U.S. space-based PNT infrastructures, including the GPS, its 
augmentations, [and] security for these services . . .'' rests with the 
National Space-Based PNT Executive Committee, co-chaired by the Deputy 
Secretaries of the Department of Defense and the Department of 
Transportation. NSPD-39 also specifically requires that the Secretary 
of Transportation, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, ``. . . develop, acquire, operate, and maintain backup 
position, navigation, and timing capabilities that can support critical 
transportation, homeland security, and other critical civil and 
commercial infrastructure applications within the United States, in the 
event of a disruption of the GPS or other space-based positioning, 
navigation, and timing services . . .''
    As a co-chair and member of the National Executive Committee for 
Space-based PNT, and a provider and user of U.S. CI services, the 
Department of Transportation is investigating opportunities by which 
the Federal

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Government may make use of service(s) which can provide the necessary 
backup capability or capabilities to ensure PNT continuity for U.S. CI 
in the event of a temporary disruption in GPS availability. Further, as 
the lead civil agency for PNT in the Federal Government, the Department 
of Transportation is interested in leveraging PNT service technology 
initiatives under consideration or currently undertaken by industry.
    The Federal Government is presently documenting civil requirements 
for PNT capabilities to serve as the basis for potential future 
acquisition activity. The initial objective is to support sustainment 
of domestic CI timing continuity with the capability to extend 
service(s) in the future to provide positioning/navigation continuity 
as well.
    The government would be open to suggestions from industry regarding 
methods of accessing such services and associated cost-sharing 
arrangements, including, but not limited to Public-Private-
Partnerships, Service Level Agreements, or other Cooperative 
Arrangements to alleviate or eliminate constraints to meet the general 
continuity requirements below. The government would also be interested 
in industry assessment of user participation in the backup GPS market. 
If a proposed solution or solutions assumes legislative and/or 
regulatory action on the part of the Federal Government, that should be 
noted in any response.

2. Technical Information

    The Presidential Policy Directive on Critical Infrastructure 
Security and Resilience (PPD-21; February 12, 2013) designates sixteen 
CI sectors: Chemical; Commercial Facilities; Communications; Critical 
Manufacturing; Dams; Defense Industrial Base; Emergency Services; 
Energy; Financial Services; Food and Agriculture; Government 
Facilities; Healthcare and Public Health; Information Technology; 
Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste; Transportation Systems; and 
Water and Wastewater Systems. To support the initial objective, CI 
sectors need access to timing information for both nationwide 
applications and, in some cases, for more stringent regional and local 
applications.
    The Federal Government is interested in services which could be 
implemented to provide the following capabilities and ensure timing 
continuity for the domestic CI outlined below. Respondents must include 
information related to nationwide and regional CI Timing application 
coverage for GPS backup capabilities as described below. Respondents 
may also include information on CI timing applications additional to 
GPS capabilities if desired:

Nationwide CI Timing Application Coverage for a GPS Backup

[cir] Timing Continuity--Sustained accuracy at 1 microsecond with 
respect to UTC
[cir] Frequency Stability--Stratum 1 level or better 
(1x10-11 over 24 hours)
[cir] System Availability--95%-99%
[cir] System Reliability/Holdover Capability (no access to GPS)--90 
days
[cir] Extent of service coverage area as a function of system 
architecture
[cir] Considerations for receive antennas and integration with GPS 
devices (include estimated costs, user equipage requirements, and time-
to-market information)
[cir] Considerations for service to mobile vs. fixed users
[cir] Rough order of magnitude cost estimate for service implementation 
and operation for at least ten years
[cir] How quickly a demonstration of service functionality could be 
performed
[cir] Scalability and considerations for extending service to a 
nationwide positioning/navigation capability
[cir] Any off-shore coverage capability

Regional/Local CI Timing Application Coverage for a GPS Backup

[cir] Timing Continuity--Sustained accuracy at 100 nanoseconds with 
respect to UTC
[cir] Frequency Stability--Stratum 1 level or better 
(1x10-11 over 24 hours)
[cir] System Availability--99%
[cir] System Reliability/Holdover Capability (no access to GPS)--30 
days
[cir] Extent of service coverage area as a function of system 
architecture
[cir] Considerations for receive antennas and integration with GPS 
devices (include estimated costs, user equipage requirements, and time-
to-market information)
[cir] Considerations for service to mobile vs. fixed users
[cir] Rough order of magnitude cost estimate for service implementation 
and operation for at least ten years
[cir] How quickly a demonstration of service functionality could be 
performed
[cir] Considerations for extending service to include positioning/
navigation capability
[cir] Any off-shore coverage capability

Nationwide or Regional/Local CI Timing Application Coverage Additional 
to GPS Capabilities

[cir] Considerations for messaging capabilities in terms of data rate 
and message content (support operations, emergency notifications, etc.)
[cir] Service availability in environments such as indoors, underwater, 
underground, and urban canyons not feasible with GPS
[cir] Rough order of magnitude cost estimate for service implementation 
and operation for at least ten years

Respondents please advise if your company has developed and/or offered 
PNT services in the past and if you are marketing or providing similar 
services today in foreign markets.

3. Requested Information

    Interested companies who believe they are capable of providing all 
or part of the information requested above are invited to indicate 
their interest by providing company information to include:

(a) Company name
(b) Company address
(c) CAGE code [if applicable]
(d) Business Point of Contact (POC) name, email address, and telephone
(e) Technical Point of Contact (POC) name, email address, and telephone

    4. Responses may be submitted in respondent's preferred format. 
Abbreviations should be defined either on first use or in a glossary. 
Charts and graphics should have quantitative data clearly labeled. 
Assumptions should be clearly identified.
    5. Proprietary and other sensitive information should be so marked 
with requested disposition instructions. Submitted materials will not 
be returned.
    6. Responses are limited to fifteen (15) 8.5'' x 11'' pages with 
1'' margins, and 12-point font (Arial or Times New Roman). Pages must 
be numbered and submitted electronically via email as Microsoft Word or 
Adobe Acrobat files. Please send responses to the contact information 
provided in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of the notice.
    7. Submitted responses shall be UNCLASSIFIED unless prior 
arrangements are made with the Contracting Office.
    This is a Request For Information (RFI) only. This request is for 
planning purposes, and shall not be construed as a solicitation 
announcement, invitation for bids, request for proposals, quotes or an 
indication that the Government will contract for the items contained in 
this notice. After reviewing the descriptions

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currently posted to FEDBIZOPS, interested capable vendors are invited 
to provide responses. The Government will not reimburse respondents for 
any costs associated with the submission of the information being 
requested or reimburse expenses incurred to the interested parties for 
responses.
    Additionally, your response will be treated only as information for 
the Government to consider. As previously stated, respondents will not 
be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that are incurred 
in responding to this RFI. Further, this request does not constitute a 
solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations 
to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or 
received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the 
Federal Government in developing an acquisition strategy, Statements of 
Work/Performance Work Statements and/or Statements of Objectives. 
Interested parties are responsible to adequately mark proprietary, 
restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their 
response accordingly.

    Issued this day of November 23, 2016, in Washington, DC.
Sophie Shulman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology.
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                                                MOU when making its decision on                         sustainment of domestic CI timing                     The national policy requirement to
                                                whether to execute this renewal MOU.                    continuity with the capability to extend              ensure resilient PNT capabilities is
                                                The FHWA will make the final,                           service(s) in the future to provide                   expressed in two Presidential policy
                                                executed MOU publicly available.                        positioning/navigation continuity as                  documents. The National Space Policy
                                                (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance                 well.                                                 of the United States of America, dated
                                                Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning                 DATES: Responses should be filed by
                                                                                                                                                              June 28, 2010, states, ‘‘. . . the United
                                                and Construction. The regulations                       January 30, 2017.                                     States shall . . . Invest in domestic
                                                implementing Executive Order 12372                                                                            capabilities and support international
                                                regarding intergovernmental consultation on             ADDRESSES: You may file responses
                                                                                                                                                              activities to detect, mitigate, and
                                                Federal programs and activities apply to this           identified by the docket number DOT–                  increase resiliency to harmful
                                                program)                                                OST–2016–0227 by any of the following                 interference to GPS, and identify and
                                                  Authority: 23 U.S.C. 326; 42 U.S.C. 4331,             methods:                                              implement, as necessary and
                                                4332; 23 CFR 771.117; 49 CFR 1.85; 40 CFR                 • Federal eRulemaking Portal: go to
                                                                                                                                                              appropriate, redundant and back-up
                                                1507.3, 1508.4.                                         http://www.regulations.gov and follow
                                                                                                                                                              systems or approaches for critical
                                                                                                        the online instructions for submitting                infrastructure, key resources, and
                                                  Issued on: November 23, 2016.
                                                                                                        comments.                                             mission-essential functions.’’ This
                                                Vincent Mammano,                                          • Mail: Docket Management Facility,
                                                California Division Administrator, Federal                                                                    follows a statement in U.S. Space-based
                                                                                                        U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
                                                Highway Administration.                                                                                       PNT Policy dated December 15, 2004
                                                                                                        New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building
                                                [FR Doc. 2016–28800 Filed 11–29–16; 8:45 am]                                                                  (National Security Presidential Directive
                                                                                                        Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
                                                                                                                                                              (NSPD)–39) that, ‘‘. . . the United States
                                                BILLING CODE 4910–22–P                                  Washington, DC 20590–0001.                            Government shall . . . Improve the
                                                                                                          • Hand Delivery or Courier: West
                                                                                                                                                              performance of space-based positioning,
                                                                                                        Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
                                                DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                                                                                  navigation, and timing services,
                                                                                                        1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9:00
                                                                                                                                                              including more robust resistance to
                                                                                                        a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday through
                                                Office of the Secretary of                                                                                    interference for, and consistent with,
                                                                                                        Friday, except Federal holidays.
                                                Transportation                                                                                                U.S. and allied national security
                                                                                                          • Fax: (202) 493–2251.
                                                                                                          Instructions: You must include the                  purposes, homeland security, and civil,
                                                [DOT–OST–2016–0227]
                                                                                                        agency name and docket number DOT–                    commercial, and scientific users
                                                Positioning, Navigation, and Timing                                                                           worldwide . . . and, Promote the use of
                                                                                                        OST–2016–0227 at the beginning of
                                                (PNT) Service for National Critical                                                                           U.S. space-based positioning,
                                                                                                        your submission. All submissions
                                                Infrastructure Resiliency                                                                                     navigation, and timing services and
                                                                                                        received will be posted without change
                                                                                                                                                              capabilities for applications at the
                                                AGENCY:  Office of the Secretary (OST),                 to http://www.regulations.gov, including
                                                                                                                                                              Federal, State, and local level, to the
                                                U.S. Department of Transportation                       any personal information provided.
                                                                                                          Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search               maximum practical extent.’’
                                                (DOT).                                                                                                           As defined in NSPD–39, the
                                                                                                        the electronic form of all submissions
                                                ACTION: Request for information (RFI).                                                                        responsibility to ‘‘. . . advise and
                                                                                                        received in any of our dockets by the
                                                                                                                                                              coordinate with and among the
                                                SUMMARY:    This RFI provides an outline                name of the individual submitting the                 Departments and Agencies responsible
                                                for the potential use by the Federal                    document (or signing the submission, if               for the strategic decisions regarding
                                                Government of one or more Positioning,                  submitted on behalf of an association,                policies, architectures, requirements,
                                                Navigation, and Timing (PNT)                            business, labor union, etc.). You may                 and resource allocation for maintaining
                                                technologies to back up signals from the                review DOT’s complete Privacy Act                     and improving U.S. space-based PNT
                                                Global Positioning System (GPS) and to                  statement in the Federal Register                     infrastructures, including the GPS, its
                                                ensure resiliency of PNT for U.S.                       published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR                    augmentations, [and] security for these
                                                Critical Infrastructure (CI) operations.                19477–78), or you may visit http://                   services . . .’’ rests with the National
                                                As a co-chair and member of the                         DocketsInfo.dot.gov.                                  Space-Based PNT Executive Committee,
                                                National Executive Committee for                          Docket: For access to the docket and                co-chaired by the Deputy Secretaries of
                                                Space-based PNT, and a provider and                     comments received, go to http://                      the Department of Defense and the
                                                user of U.S. critical infrastructure                    www.regulations.gov or to the street                  Department of Transportation. NSPD–39
                                                services, the Department of                             address listed above. Follow the online               also specifically requires that the
                                                Transportation is investigating                         instructions for accessing the docket.                Secretary of Transportation, in
                                                opportunities by which the Federal                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      coordination with the Secretary of
                                                Government may make use of service(s)                   Karen L. Van Dyke, Director,                          Homeland Security, ‘‘. . . develop,
                                                which can provide the necessary backup                  Positioning, Navigation, and Timing &                 acquire, operate, and maintain backup
                                                capability or capabilities to ensure PNT                Spectrum Management, Office of the                    position, navigation, and timing
                                                continuity for U.S. CI in the event of a                Assistant Secretary for Research and                  capabilities that can support critical
                                                temporary disruption in GPS                             Technology, U.S. Department of                        transportation, homeland security, and
                                                availability. Further, as the lead civil                Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave.                  other critical civil and commercial
                                                agency for PNT in the Federal                           SE., Washington, DC, 20590, 202–366–                  infrastructure applications within the
                                                Government, the Department of                           3180, karen.vandyke@dot.gov.                          United States, in the event of a
                                                Transportation is interested in                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            disruption of the GPS or other space-
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                                                leveraging PNT service technology                                                                             based positioning, navigation, and
                                                initiatives under consideration or                      1. Overview
                                                                                                                                                              timing services . . .’’
                                                currently undertaken by industry.                          This RFI provides an outline for the                  As a co-chair and member of the
                                                  The Federal Government is presently                   potential use by the Federal                          National Executive Committee for
                                                documenting civil requirements for PNT                  Government of one or more PNT                         Space-based PNT, and a provider and
                                                capabilities to serve as the basis for                  technologies to back up signals from                  user of U.S. CI services, the Department
                                                potential future acquisition activity. The              GPS and to ensure resiliency of PNT for               of Transportation is investigating
                                                initial objective is to support                         U.S. critical infrastructure operations.              opportunities by which the Federal


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                                                Government may make use of service(s)                   Timing application coverage for GPS                   Nationwide or Regional/Local CI Timing
                                                which can provide the necessary backup                  backup capabilities as described below.               Application Coverage Additional to GPS
                                                capability or capabilities to ensure PNT                Respondents may also include                          Capabilities
                                                continuity for U.S. CI in the event of a                information on CI timing applications                 Æ Considerations for messaging
                                                temporary disruption in GPS                             additional to GPS capabilities if desired:              capabilities in terms of data rate and
                                                availability. Further, as the lead civil                                                                        message content (support operations,
                                                agency for PNT in the Federal                           Nationwide CI Timing Application
                                                                                                        Coverage for a GPS Backup                               emergency notifications, etc.)
                                                Government, the Department of                                                                                 Æ Service availability in environments
                                                Transportation is interested in                         Æ Timing Continuity—Sustained                           such as indoors, underwater,
                                                leveraging PNT service technology                         accuracy at 1 microsecond with                        underground, and urban canyons not
                                                initiatives under consideration or                        respect to UTC                                        feasible with GPS
                                                currently undertaken by industry.                       Æ Frequency Stability—Stratum 1 level                 Æ Rough order of magnitude cost
                                                   The Federal Government is presently                    or better (1x10¥11 over 24 hours)                     estimate for service implementation
                                                documenting civil requirements for PNT                  Æ System Availability—95%–99%                           and operation for at least ten years
                                                capabilities to serve as the basis for                  Æ System Reliability/Holdover
                                                potential future acquisition activity. The                                                                    Respondents please advise if your
                                                                                                          Capability (no access to GPS)—90                    company has developed and/or offered
                                                initial objective is to support                           days
                                                sustainment of domestic CI timing                                                                             PNT services in the past and if you are
                                                                                                        Æ Extent of service coverage area as a                marketing or providing similar services
                                                continuity with the capability to extend
                                                                                                          function of system architecture                     today in foreign markets.
                                                service(s) in the future to provide
                                                positioning/navigation continuity as                    Æ Considerations for receive antennas
                                                                                                          and integration with GPS devices                    3. Requested Information
                                                well.
                                                   The government would be open to                        (include estimated costs, user                         Interested companies who believe
                                                suggestions from industry regarding                       equipage requirements, and time-to-                 they are capable of providing all or part
                                                methods of accessing such services and                    market information)                                 of the information requested above are
                                                associated cost-sharing arrangements,                   Æ Considerations for service to mobile                invited to indicate their interest by
                                                including, but not limited to Public-                     vs. fixed users                                     providing company information to
                                                Private-Partnerships, Service Level                     Æ Rough order of magnitude cost                       include:
                                                Agreements, or other Cooperative                          estimate for service implementation                 (a) Company name
                                                Arrangements to alleviate or eliminate                    and operation for at least ten years                (b) Company address
                                                constraints to meet the general                         Æ How quickly a demonstration of                      (c) CAGE code [if applicable]
                                                continuity requirements below. The                        service functionality could be                      (d) Business Point of Contact (POC)
                                                government would also be interested in                    performed                                              name, email address, and telephone
                                                industry assessment of user                             Æ Scalability and considerations for                  (e) Technical Point of Contact (POC)
                                                participation in the backup GPS market.                   extending service to a nationwide                      name, email address, and telephone
                                                If a proposed solution or solutions                       positioning/navigation capability                      4. Responses may be submitted in
                                                assumes legislative and/or regulatory                   Æ Any off-shore coverage capability                   respondent’s preferred format.
                                                action on the part of the Federal                                                                             Abbreviations should be defined either
                                                Government, that should be noted in                     Regional/Local CI Timing Application                  on first use or in a glossary. Charts and
                                                any response.                                           Coverage for a GPS Backup                             graphics should have quantitative data
                                                                                                        Æ Timing Continuity—Sustained                         clearly labeled. Assumptions should be
                                                2. Technical Information                                                                                      clearly identified.
                                                                                                          accuracy at 100 nanoseconds with
                                                   The Presidential Policy Directive on                   respect to UTC                                         5. Proprietary and other sensitive
                                                Critical Infrastructure Security and                    Æ Frequency Stability—Stratum 1 level                 information should be so marked with
                                                Resilience (PPD–21; February 12, 2013)                    or better (1x10¥11 over 24 hours)                   requested disposition instructions.
                                                designates sixteen CI sectors: Chemical;                Æ System Availability—99%                             Submitted materials will not be
                                                Commercial Facilities;                                                                                        returned.
                                                                                                        Æ System Reliability/Holdover
                                                Communications; Critical                                                                                         6. Responses are limited to fifteen (15)
                                                                                                          Capability (no access to GPS)—30
                                                Manufacturing; Dams; Defense                                                                                  8.5″ x 11″ pages with 1″ margins, and
                                                                                                          days
                                                Industrial Base; Emergency Services;                                                                          12-point font (Arial or Times New
                                                Energy; Financial Services; Food and                    Æ Extent of service coverage area as a                Roman). Pages must be numbered and
                                                Agriculture; Government Facilities;                       function of system architecture                     submitted electronically via email as
                                                Healthcare and Public Health;                           Æ Considerations for receive antennas                 Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat files.
                                                Information Technology; Nuclear                           and integration with GPS devices                    Please send responses to the contact
                                                Reactors, Materials, and Waste;                           (include estimated costs, user                      information provided in the FOR
                                                Transportation Systems; and Water and                     equipage requirements, and time-to-                 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
                                                Wastewater Systems. To support the                        market information)                                 the notice.
                                                initial objective, CI sectors need access               Æ Considerations for service to mobile                   7. Submitted responses shall be
                                                to timing information for both                            vs. fixed users                                     UNCLASSIFIED unless prior
                                                nationwide applications and, in some                    Æ Rough order of magnitude cost                       arrangements are made with the
                                                cases, for more stringent regional and                    estimate for service implementation                 Contracting Office.
                                                                                                          and operation for at least ten years                   This is a Request For Information
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                                                local applications.
                                                   The Federal Government is interested                 Æ How quickly a demonstration of                      (RFI) only. This request is for planning
                                                in services which could be implemented                    service functionality could be                      purposes, and shall not be construed as
                                                to provide the following capabilities and                 performed                                           a solicitation announcement, invitation
                                                ensure timing continuity for the                        Æ Considerations for extending service                for bids, request for proposals, quotes or
                                                domestic CI outlined below.                               to include positioning/navigation                   an indication that the Government will
                                                Respondents must include information                      capability                                          contract for the items contained in this
                                                related to nationwide and regional CI                   Æ Any off-shore coverage capability                   notice. After reviewing the descriptions


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                                                currently posted to FEDBIZOPS,                          ADDRESSES:   Send comments regarding                  investigation, and two representation
                                                interested capable vendors are invited to               the burden estimates, or any other                    requirements may avail itself of the safe
                                                provide responses. The Government                       aspect of the information collections,                harbor by satisfying either the formula
                                                will not reimburse respondents for any                  including suggestions for reducing the                test or asset test.
                                                costs associated with the submission of                 burden, to (1) Office of Information and                 Affected Public: Businesses or other
                                                the information being requested or                      Regulatory Affairs, Office of                         for-profits.
                                                reimburse expenses incurred to the                      Management and Budget, Attention:                        Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                                interested parties for responses.                       Desk Officer for Treasury, New                        Hours: 470.
                                                   Additionally, your response will be                  Executive Office Building, Room 10235,                   OMB Control Number: 1545–1856.
                                                treated only as information for the                     Washington, DC 20503, or email at                        Type of Review: Extension without
                                                Government to consider. As previously                   OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.gov and                       change of a currently approved
                                                stated, respondents will not be entitled                (2) Treasury PRA Clearance Officer,                   collection.
                                                to payment for direct or indirect costs                 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite                        Title: Consent To Disclosure of Return
                                                that are incurred in responding to this                 8142, Washington, DC 20220, or email                  Information.
                                                RFI. Further, this request does not                     at PRA@treasury.gov.                                     Form: 13362.
                                                constitute a solicitation for proposals or              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                         Abstract: The Consent Form is
                                                the authority to enter into negotiations                Copies of the submissions may be                      provided to external applicant that will
                                                to award a contract. No funds have been                 obtained by emailing PRA@treasury.gov,                allow the Service the ability to conduct
                                                authorized, appropriated or received for                calling (202) 622–0934, or viewing the                tax checks to determine if an applicant
                                                this effort. The information provided                   entire information collection request at              is suitability for employment once they
                                                may be used by the Federal Government                   www.reginfo.gov.                                      are determined qualified and within
                                                in developing an acquisition strategy,                                                                        reach to receive an employment offer.
                                                Statements of Work/Performance Work                     Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
                                                                                                                                                              Form 13362 can be sent and received
                                                Statements and/or Statements of                            OMB Control Number: 1545–1487.                     electronically.
                                                Objectives. Interested parties are                         Type of Review: Reinstatement                         Affected Public: Individuals or
                                                responsible to adequately mark                          without change of a previously                        Households.
                                                proprietary, restricted or competition                  approved collection.                                     Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                                sensitive information contained in their                   Title: Failure To File Gain                        Hours: 7,664.
                                                response accordingly.                                   Recognition Agreements or Satisfy                        OMB Control Number: 1545–2219.
                                                  Issued this day of November 23, 2016, in              Other Reporting Obligations.                             Type of Review: Reinstatement with
                                                Washington, DC.                                            Abstract: Sections 367(e)(1) and                   change of a previously approved
                                                Sophie Shulman,                                         367(e)(2) provide for gain recognition on             collection.
                                                Acting Assistant Secretary for Research and
                                                                                                        certain transfers to foreign persons                     Title: Form 14242—Reporting
                                                Technology.                                             under sections 355 and 332. Section                   Abusive Tax Promotions or Preparer’s, &
                                                [FR Doc. 2016–28805 Filed 11–29–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        6038B(a) requires U.S. persons                        Form 14242 (SP)—Informe las Presuntas
                                                                                                        transferring property to foreign persons              Promociones de Planes.
                                                BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P
                                                                                                        in exchanges described in sections 332                   Forms: 14242, 14242 (SP).
                                                                                                        and 355 to furnish information                           Abstract: Form 14242 and Form
                                                                                                        regarding such transfers.                             14242 (SP) are both used to report an
                                                DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY                                 Affected Public: Businesses or other               abusive tax avoidance scheme and tax
                                                                                                        for-profits.                                          return preparer’s who promote such
                                                Submission for OMB Review;                                 Estimated Total Annual Burden                      schemes (Form 14242 (SP) is the
                                                Comment Request                                         Hours: 2,471.                                         Spanish translation of Form 14242). The
                                                                                                           OMB Control Number: 1545–1675.                     information is collected to combat
                                                November 25, 2016.                                         Type of Review: Reinstatement with                 abusive tax promoters. Respondents can
                                                  The Department of the Treasury will                   change of a previously approved                       be individuals, businesses and tax
                                                submit the following information                        collection.                                           return preparer’s.
                                                collection requests to the Office of                       Title: Treatment of taxable income of                 Affected Public: Individuals or
                                                Management and Budget (OMB) for                         a residual interest holder in excess of               Households.
                                                review and clearance in accordance                      daily accruals.                                          Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                                with the Paperwork Reduction Act of                        Abstract: Sections 1.860E–1(c)(4)–(10)             Hours: 77.
                                                1995, Public Law 104–13, on or after the                of the Treasury Regulations provide
                                                date of publication of this notice.                     circumstances under which a transferor                Bob Faber,
                                                DATES: Comments should be received on                   of a noneconomic residual interest in a               Acting Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
                                                or before December 30, 2016 to be                       Real Estate Mortgage Investment                       [FR Doc. 2016–28813 Filed 11–29–16; 8:45 am]
                                                assured of consideration.                               Conduit (REMIC) meeting the                           BILLING CODE 4830–01–P
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionRequest for information (RFI).
DatesResponses should be filed by January 30, 2017.
ContactKaren L. Van Dyke, Director, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing & Spectrum Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC, 20590, 202- 366-3180, [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 86378 

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