81_FR_94568 81 FR 94321 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; Revision of the Confidentiality Pledge Under Title 13 United States Code, Section 9

81 FR 94321 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; Revision of the Confidentiality Pledge Under Title 13 United States Code, Section 9

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 247 (December 23, 2016)

Page Range94321-94324
FR Document2016-30959

Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e) and 13 U.S.C. Section 9, the U.S. Census Bureau is seeking comments on revisions to the confidentiality pledge it provides to its respondents under Title 13, United States Code, Section 9. These revisions are required by the passage and implementation of provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle B, Sec. 223), which permit and require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide Federal civilian agencies' information technology systems with cybersecurity protection for their Internet traffic. More details on this announcement are presented in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; 
Revision of the Confidentiality Pledge Under Title 13 United States 
Code, Section 9

AGENCY: Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e) and 13 U.S.C. Section 9, the U.S. 
Census Bureau is seeking comments on revisions to the confidentiality 
pledge it provides to its respondents under Title 13, United States 
Code, Section 9. These revisions are required by the passage and 
implementation of provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement 
Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle B, Sec. 223), 
which permit and require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide 
Federal civilian agencies' information technology systems with 
cybersecurity protection for their Internet traffic. More details on 
this announcement are presented in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section below.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on 
or before February 21, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Robin J. Bachman, Policy Coordination Office, 
Census Bureau, HQ-8H028, Washington, DC 20233; 301-763-6440 (or via 
email at [email protected]). Due to delays in the receipt of 
regular mail related to security screening, respondents are encouraged 
to use electronic communications.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Federal statistics provide key information that the Nation uses to 
measure its performance and make informed choices about budgets, 
employment, health, investments, taxes, and a host of other significant 
topics. The overwhelming majority of Federal surveys are conducted on a 
voluntary basis. Respondents, ranging from businesses to households to 
institutions, may choose whether or not to provide the requested 
information. Many of the

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most valuable Federal statistics come from surveys that ask for highly 
sensitive information such as proprietary business data from companies 
or particularly personal information or practices from individuals. 
Strong and trusted confidentiality and exclusively statistical use 
pledges under Title 13, U.S.C. and similar statistical confidentiality 
pledges are effective and necessary in honoring the trust that 
businesses, individuals, and institutions, by their responses, place in 
statistical agencies.
    Under the authority of Title 13, U.S.C. and similar statistical 
confidentiality protection statutes, many Federal statistical agencies 
make statutory pledges that the information respondents provide will be 
seen only by statistical agency personnel or their sworn agents, and 
will be used only for statistical purposes. Title 13, U.S.C. and 
similar statutes protect the confidentiality of information that 
agencies collect solely for statistical purposes and under a pledge of 
confidentiality. These acts protect such statistical information from 
administrative, law enforcement, taxation, regulatory, or any other 
non-statistical use and immunize the information submitted to 
statistical agencies from legal process. Moreover, many of these 
statutes carry criminal penalties of a Class E felony (fines up to 
$250,000, or up to five years in prison, or both) for conviction of a 
knowing and willful unauthorized disclosure of covered information.
    As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
signed on December 17, 2015, the Congress included the Federal 
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, 
Subtitle B, Sec. 223). This Act, among other provisions, permits and 
requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide Federal civilian 
agencies' information technology systems with cybersecurity protection 
for their Internet traffic. The technology currently used to provide 
this protection against cyber malware is known as Einstein 3A; it 
electronically searches Internet traffic in and out of Federal civilian 
agencies in real time for malware signatures.
    When such a signature is found, Department of Homeland Security 
(DHS) personnel shunt the Internet packets that contain the malware 
signature aside for further inspection. Since it is possible that such 
packets entering or leaving a statistical agency's information 
technology system may contain a small portion of confidential 
statistical data, statistical agencies can no longer promise their 
respondents that their responses will be seen only by statistical 
agency personnel or their sworn agents. However, they can promise, in 
accordance with provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act 
of 2015, that such monitoring can be used only to protect information 
and information systems from cybersecurity risks, thereby, in effect, 
providing stronger protection to the integrity of the respondents' 
submissions.
    Consequently, with the passage of the Federal Cybersecurity 
Enhancement Act of 2015, the Federal statistical community has an 
opportunity to welcome the further protection of its confidential data 
offered by DHS' Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection program. The DHS 
cybersecurity program's objective is to protect Federal civilian 
information systems from malicious malware attacks. The Federal 
statistical system's objective is to ensure that the DHS Secretary 
performs those essential duties in a manner that honors the 
Government's statutory promises to the public to protect their 
confidential data. Given that the Department of Homeland Security is 
not a Federal statistical agency, both DHS and the Federal statistical 
system have been successfully engaged in finding a way to balance both 
objectives and achieve these mutually reinforcing objectives.
    Accordingly, DHS and Federal statistical agencies, in cooperation 
with their parent departments, have developed a Memorandum of Agreement 
for the installation of Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection technology 
to monitor their Internet traffic and have incorporated an associated 
Addendum on Highly Sensitive Agency Information that provides 
additional protection and enhanced security handling of confidential 
statistical data. However, many current Title 13, U.S.C. and similar 
statistical confidentiality pledges promise that respondents' data will 
be seen only by statistical agency personnel or their sworn agents. 
Since it is possible that DHS personnel could see some portion of those 
confidential data in the course of examining the suspicious Internet 
packets identified by Einstein 3A sensors, statistical agencies need to 
revise their confidentiality pledges to reflect this process change.
    Therefore, the U.S. Census Bureau is providing this notice to alert 
the public to the confidentiality pledge revisions in an efficient and 
coordinated fashion and to request public comments on the revisions. 
The following section contains the revised confidentiality pledge and a 
listing of the U.S. Census Bureau's current PRA OMB numbers and 
information collection titles for the Information Collections whose 
confidentiality pledges will change to reflect the statutory 
implementation of DHS' Einstein 3A monitoring for cybersecurity 
protection purposes.

II. Method of Collection

    The following is the revised statistical confidentiality pledge for 
the Census Bureau's data collections:
    The U.S. Census Bureau is required by law to protect your 
information. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release 
your responses in a way that could identify you. Per the Federal 
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from 
cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your 
data.
    The following listing includes Census Bureau information 
collections which are confidential under 13 U.S.C. Section 9, as well 
as information collections that the Census Bureau conducts on behalf of 
other agencies which are confidential under 13 U.S.C. Section 9 and for 
which the confidentiality pledge will also be revised.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           OMB No.                  Title of information collection
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0607-0008....................  Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories,
                                and Orders Survey.
0607-0013....................  Annual Retail Trade Report.
0607-0049....................  Current Population Survey (CPS) Basic
                                Demographics.
0607-0104....................  Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey
                                (MARTS).
0607-0110....................  Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and
                                Completions.
0607-0117....................  U.S. Census-Age Search.
0607-0151....................  The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)
                                & Boundary Validation Program (BVP).
0607-0153....................  Construction Progress Reporting Surveys.
0607-0175....................  Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity
                                Utilization.
0607-0179....................  Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS).

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0607-0189....................  Business and Professional Classification
                                Report.
0607-0190....................  Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey.
0607-0195....................  Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS).
0607-0354....................  Annual Social and Economic Supplement to
                                the Current Population Survey.
0607-0368....................  Special Census Program.
0607-0422....................  Service Annual Survey.
0607-0432....................  Quarterly Financial Report (QFR).
0607-0444....................  2014-2016 Company Organization Survey.
0607-0449....................  Annual Survey of Manufactures.
0607-0464....................  October School Enrollment Supplement to
                                the Current Population Survey.
0607-0466....................  Current Population Survey, Voting and
                                Registration Supplement.
0607-0561....................  Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders Survey.
0607-0610....................  Current Population Survey June Fertility
                                Supplement.
0607-0717....................  Monthly Retail Trade Survey.
0607-0725....................  Generic Clearance for Questionnaire
                                Pretesting Research.
0607-0757....................  2017 New York City Housing and Vacancy
                                Survey.
0607-0782....................  Annual Capital Expenditures Survey.
0607-0795....................  Generic Clearance for Geographic
                                Partnership Programs.
0607-0809....................  Generic Clearance for MAF and TIGER
                                Update Activities.
0607-0810....................  The American Community Survey.
0607-0907....................  Quarterly Services Survey.
0607-0909....................  Information and Communication Technology
                                Survey.
0607-0912....................  Business R&D and Innovation Survey.
0607-0921....................  2017 Economic Census--Commodity Flow
                                Survey (CFS)--Advance Questionnaire.
0607-0932....................  2017 Economic Census--Commodity Flow
                                Survey.
0607-0936....................  American Community Survey Methods Panel
                                Tests.
0607-0963....................  2015 Management and Organizational
                                Practices Survey.
0607-0969....................  Federal Statistical System Public Opinion
                                Survey.
0607-0971....................  Generic Clearance for 2020 Census Tests
                                to Research the Use of Automation in
                                Field Data Collection Activities.
0607-0977....................  2014 Survey of Income and Program
                                Participation (SIPP) Panel.
0607-0978....................  Generic Clearance for Internet
                                Nonprobability Panel Pretesting.
0607-0983....................  Comparing Health Insurance Measurement
                                Error (CHIME).
0607-0986....................  Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs.
0607-0987....................  The School District Review Program
                                (SDRP).
0607-0988....................  The Redistricting Data Program.
0607-0989....................  2016 Census Test.
0607-0990....................  National Survey of Children's Health.
0607-0991....................  2017 Economic Census Industry
                                Classification Report.
0607-0992....................  Address Canvassing Testing.
0607-XXXX....................  2017 Census Test--currently submitted for
                                clearance.
0607-0760....................  Economic Census Round 3 Focus Group
                                Discussion--currently submitted for
                                clearance.
0607-XXXX....................  Collection of State Administrative
                                Records Data--currently submitted for
                                clearance.
0607-XXXX....................  2020 Census Local Update of Census
                                Addresses Operation (LUCA)--currently
                                submitted for clearance.
2528-0017....................  2015 American Housing Survey.
1220-0175....................  American Time Use Survey (ATUS).
1220-0050....................  Consumer Expenditure Quarterly and Diary
                                Surveys (CEQ/CED).
1220-0100....................  Current Population Survey (CPS)--Basic
                                Labor Force.
1121-0317....................  Identify Theft Supplement to the NCVS.
1121-0111....................  National Crime Victimization Survey 2015-
                                2018.
3145-0141....................  National Survey of College Graduates
                                (NSCG).
1018-0088....................  National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and
                                Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
1121-0260....................  2015 Police Public Contact Supplement.
1121-0184....................  2017 School Crime Supplement to the NCVS.
1121-0302....................  Supplemental Victimization Survey.
2528-0013....................  Survey of Market Absorption (SOMA).
2528-0276....................  Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS).
1905-0169....................  Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey
                                (MECSA).
2528-0029....................  Manufactured Housing Survey (MHS).
0935-0110....................  Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
1220-0187....................  ATUS-Eating and Health Supplement.
0536-0043....................  Food Security Supplement to the Current
                                Population Survey.
1220-0153....................  Contingent Worker Supplement to the
                                Current Population Survey--(Currently in
                                Federal Register Notice Stage--has not
                                been fully approved).
1220-0102....................  Veterans Supplement to the Current
                                Population Survey.
0970-0416....................  Child Support Supplement to the Current
                                Population Survey.
3064-0167....................  National Survey of Unbanked and
                                Underbanked Households.
1220-0102....................  Volunteers Supplement.
1220-0104....................  Displaced Workers Supplement.
3135-0136....................  Survey of Public Participation in the
                                Arts.
0660-0221....................  Computer and Internet Use.
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III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0607-0993.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Affected Public: All survey respondents to Census Bureau data 
collections.
    Legal Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(e) and 13 U.S.C. Section 9.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on the necessity and efficacy of the Census 
Bureau's revised confidentiality pledge above. Comments submitted in 
response to this notice will become a matter of public record.

Sheleen Dumas,
PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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                                                  would benefit all parties, they would be                Economic Research Service                             DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                  expected to provide particular assistance to
                                                  self-represented parties.                                  Title: Risk Preferences and Demand                 Census Bureau
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–31047 Filed 12–22–16; 8:45 am]            for Crop Insurance and Cover Crop
                                                                                                          Program.                                              Agency Information Collection
                                                  BILLING CODE 6110–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                Activities; Request for Comments;
                                                                                                             OMB Control Number: 0536–NEW.
                                                                                                                                                                Revision of the Confidentiality Pledge
                                                                                                             Summary of Collection: Federal crop                Under Title 13 United States Code,
                                                                                                          insurance programs and soil                           Section 9
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                               conservation programs, including those
                                                                                                          that promote use of cover crops, can                  AGENCY: Census Bureau, U.S.
                                                  Submission for OMB Review;                                                                                    Department of Commerce.
                                                                                                          significantly alter the farm revenue risk
                                                  Comment Request                                                                                               ACTION: Notice.
                                                                                                          profile for the farmers who adopt them.
                                                  December 19, 2016.                                      The Economic Research Service (ERS)                   SUMMARY:    Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e) and
                                                                                                          currently models the demand for federal               13 U.S.C. Section 9, the U.S. Census
                                                    The Department of Agriculture has
                                                                                                          crop insurance and cover crop                         Bureau is seeking comments on
                                                  submitted the following information
                                                                                                          promotion programs as part of multiple                revisions to the confidentiality pledge it
                                                  collection requirement(s) to OMB for
                                                                                                          research objectives. These economic                   provides to its respondents under Title
                                                  review and clearance under the
                                                                                                          models rely on traditional theories of                13, United States Code, Section 9. These
                                                  Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
                                                                                                          farmer decision-making under risk, and                revisions are required by the passage
                                                  Public Law 104–13. Comments are                                                                               and implementation of provisions of the
                                                  requested regarding (1) whether the                     over-predict participation rates for all
                                                                                                          crop insurance and cover crop                         Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
                                                  collection of information is necessary                                                                        of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II,
                                                  for the proper performance of the                       programs. This data collection will use
                                                                                                          an experiment with university students                Subtitle B, Sec. 223), which permit and
                                                  functions of the agency, including                                                                            require the Secretary of Homeland
                                                  whether the information will have                       to test alternate theories of decision-
                                                                                                          making under risk. ERS will be using a                Security to provide Federal civilian
                                                  practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the                                                                    agencies’ information technology
                                                  agency’s estimate of burden including                   laboratory experiment to (1) characterize
                                                                                                                                                                systems with cybersecurity protection
                                                  the validity of the methodology and                     the relationship between cover crop
                                                                                                                                                                for their Internet traffic. More details on
                                                  assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance                   usage and crop insurance purchase, and                this announcement are presented in the
                                                  the quality, utility and clarity of the                 (2) explore how this relationship                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
                                                  information to be collected; and (4)                    depends on individuals risk preferences               below.
                                                  ways to minimize the burden of the                      and demographic characteristics. Data
                                                                                                                                                                DATES: To ensure consideration, written
                                                  collection of information on those who                  collection for this project is authorized
                                                                                                          by the 7 U.S.C. 2204(a).                              comments must be submitted on or
                                                  are to respond, including through the                                                                         before February 21, 2017.
                                                  use of appropriate automated,                              Need and Use of the Information: The               ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
                                                  electronic, mechanical, or other                        information to be collected under this                to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
                                                  technological collection techniques or                  proposed study is needed to provide                   Paperwork Clearance Officer,
                                                  other forms of information technology.                  evidence as to which theories best                    Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
                                                    Comments regarding this information                   predict joint adoption of cover crop and              14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                  collection received by January 23, 2017                 crop insurance programs. This research                Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
                                                  will be considered. Written comments                    will be exploratory in nature, and will               Internet at jjessup@doc.gov).
                                                  should be addressed to: Desk Officer for                be used to gain insights into specific                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  Agriculture, Office of Information and                  economic behaviors regarding decision-                Requests for additional information
                                                  Regulatory Affairs, Office of                           making under risk. This research will                 should be directed to Robin J. Bachman,
                                                  Management and Budget (OMB), New                        not be used to generate population                    Policy Coordination Office, Census
                                                  Executive Office Building, 725 17th                     estimates, and the results from the                   Bureau, HQ–8H028, Washington, DC
                                                  Street NW., Washington, DC 20502.                       proposed study design are not intended                20233; 301–763–6440 (or via email at
                                                  Commenters are encouraged to submit                     to be generalizable outside of the study              pco.policy.office@census.gov). Due to
                                                  their comments to OMB via email to:                     participants. Results from this                       delays in the receipt of regular mail
                                                  OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or                          experiment will be used to inform                     related to security screening,
                                                  fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental                  future experimental research studies for              respondents are encouraged to use
                                                  Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail                      risk management decision-making with                  electronic communications.
                                                  Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–                        more representative samples.                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  7602. Copies of the submission(s) may                      Description of Respondents:                        I. Abstract
                                                  be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.                  Individuals or households.                               Federal statistics provide key
                                                    An agency may not conduct or                             Number of Respondents: 2,000.                      information that the Nation uses to
                                                  sponsor a collection of information                                                                           measure its performance and make
                                                                                                             Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
                                                  unless the collection of information                                                                          informed choices about budgets,
                                                                                                          On occasion.
                                                  displays a currently valid OMB control                                                                        employment, health, investments, taxes,
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                                                  number and the agency informs                              Total Burden Hours: 861.                           and a host of other significant topics.
                                                  potential persons who are to respond to                 Ruth Brown,                                           The overwhelming majority of Federal
                                                  the collection of information that such                                                                       surveys are conducted on a voluntary
                                                                                                          Departmental Information Collection
                                                  persons are not required to respond to                                                                        basis. Respondents, ranging from
                                                                                                          Clearance Officer.
                                                  the collection of information unless it                                                                       businesses to households to institutions,
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                                                  displays a currently valid OMB control                                                                        may choose whether or not to provide
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                                                  most valuable Federal statistics come                    Internet traffic in and out of Federal                associated Addendum on Highly
                                                  from surveys that ask for highly                         civilian agencies in real time for                    Sensitive Agency Information that
                                                  sensitive information such as                            malware signatures.                                   provides additional protection and
                                                  proprietary business data from                              When such a signature is found,                    enhanced security handling of
                                                  companies or particularly personal                       Department of Homeland Security                       confidential statistical data. However,
                                                  information or practices from                            (DHS) personnel shunt the Internet                    many current Title 13, U.S.C. and
                                                  individuals. Strong and trusted                          packets that contain the malware                      similar statistical confidentiality
                                                  confidentiality and exclusively                          signature aside for further inspection.               pledges promise that respondents’ data
                                                  statistical use pledges under Title 13,                  Since it is possible that such packets                will be seen only by statistical agency
                                                  U.S.C. and similar statistical                           entering or leaving a statistical agency’s            personnel or their sworn agents. Since
                                                  confidentiality pledges are effective and                information technology system may                     it is possible that DHS personnel could
                                                  necessary in honoring the trust that                     contain a small portion of confidential               see some portion of those confidential
                                                  businesses, individuals, and                             statistical data, statistical agencies can            data in the course of examining the
                                                  institutions, by their responses, place in               no longer promise their respondents                   suspicious Internet packets identified by
                                                  statistical agencies.                                    that their responses will be seen only by             Einstein 3A sensors, statistical agencies
                                                     Under the authority of Title 13, U.S.C.               statistical agency personnel or their                 need to revise their confidentiality
                                                  and similar statistical confidentiality                  sworn agents. However, they can                       pledges to reflect this process change.
                                                  protection statutes, many Federal                        promise, in accordance with provisions
                                                  statistical agencies make statutory                      of the Federal Cybersecurity                             Therefore, the U.S. Census Bureau is
                                                  pledges that the information                             Enhancement Act of 2015, that such                    providing this notice to alert the public
                                                  respondents provide will be seen only                    monitoring can be used only to protect                to the confidentiality pledge revisions in
                                                  by statistical agency personnel or their                 information and information systems                   an efficient and coordinated fashion and
                                                  sworn agents, and will be used only for                  from cybersecurity risks, thereby, in                 to request public comments on the
                                                  statistical purposes. Title 13, U.S.C. and               effect, providing stronger protection to              revisions. The following section
                                                  similar statutes protect the                             the integrity of the respondents’                     contains the revised confidentiality
                                                  confidentiality of information that                      submissions.                                          pledge and a listing of the U.S. Census
                                                  agencies collect solely for statistical                     Consequently, with the passage of the              Bureau’s current PRA OMB numbers
                                                  purposes and under a pledge of                           Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act                 and information collection titles for the
                                                  confidentiality. These acts protect such                 of 2015, the Federal statistical                      Information Collections whose
                                                  statistical information from                             community has an opportunity to                       confidentiality pledges will change to
                                                  administrative, law enforcement,                         welcome the further protection of its                 reflect the statutory implementation of
                                                  taxation, regulatory, or any other non-                  confidential data offered by DHS’                     DHS’ Einstein 3A monitoring for
                                                  statistical use and immunize the                         Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection                  cybersecurity protection purposes.
                                                  information submitted to statistical                     program. The DHS cybersecurity                        II. Method of Collection
                                                  agencies from legal process. Moreover,                   program’s objective is to protect Federal
                                                  many of these statutes carry criminal                    civilian information systems from                        The following is the revised statistical
                                                  penalties of a Class E felony (fines up to               malicious malware attacks. The Federal                confidentiality pledge for the Census
                                                  $250,000, or up to five years in prison,                 statistical system’s objective is to ensure           Bureau’s data collections:
                                                  or both) for conviction of a knowing and                 that the DHS Secretary performs those
                                                                                                                                                                    The U.S. Census Bureau is required by
                                                  willful unauthorized disclosure of                       essential duties in a manner that honors
                                                                                                                                                                 law to protect your information. The
                                                  covered information.                                     the Government’s statutory promises to
                                                                                                                                                                 Census Bureau is not permitted to
                                                     As part of the Consolidated                           the public to protect their confidential
                                                                                                                                                                 publicly release your responses in a way
                                                  Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016                  data. Given that the Department of
                                                                                                                                                                 that could identify you. Per the Federal
                                                  signed on December 17, 2015, the                         Homeland Security is not a Federal
                                                  Congress included the Federal                            statistical agency, both DHS and the                  Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015,
                                                  Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015                    Federal statistical system have been                  your data are protected from
                                                  (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle               successfully engaged in finding a way to              cybersecurity risks through screening of
                                                  B, Sec. 223). This Act, among other                      balance both objectives and achieve                   the systems that transmit your data.
                                                  provisions, permits and requires the                     these mutually reinforcing objectives.                   The following listing includes Census
                                                  Secretary of Homeland Security to                           Accordingly, DHS and Federal                       Bureau information collections which
                                                  provide Federal civilian agencies’                       statistical agencies, in cooperation with             are confidential under 13 U.S.C. Section
                                                  information technology systems with                      their parent departments, have                        9, as well as information collections that
                                                  cybersecurity protection for their                       developed a Memorandum of                             the Census Bureau conducts on behalf
                                                  Internet traffic. The technology                         Agreement for the installation of                     of other agencies which are confidential
                                                  currently used to provide this protection                Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection                  under 13 U.S.C. Section 9 and for which
                                                  against cyber malware is known as                        technology to monitor their Internet                  the confidentiality pledge will also be
                                                  Einstein 3A; it electronically searches                  traffic and have incorporated an                      revised.

                                                      OMB No.                                                                  Title of information collection

                                                  0607–0008    ......   Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey.
                                                  0607–0013    ......   Annual Retail Trade Report.
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                                                  0607–0049    ......   Current Population Survey (CPS) Basic Demographics.
                                                  0607–0104    ......   Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS).
                                                  0607–0110    ......   Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and Completions.
                                                  0607–0117    ......   U.S. Census-Age Search.
                                                  0607–0151    ......   The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) & Boundary Validation Program (BVP).
                                                  0607–0153    ......   Construction Progress Reporting Surveys.
                                                  0607–0175    ......   Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization.
                                                  0607–0179    ......   Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS).



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                                                      OMB No.                                                                  Title of information collection

                                                  0607–0189 ......      Business and Professional Classification Report.
                                                  0607–0190 ......      Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey.
                                                  0607–0195 ......      Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS).
                                                  0607–0354 ......      Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
                                                  0607–0368 ......      Special Census Program.
                                                  0607–0422 ......      Service Annual Survey.
                                                  0607–0432 ......      Quarterly Financial Report (QFR).
                                                  0607–0444 ......      2014–2016 Company Organization Survey.
                                                  0607–0449 ......      Annual Survey of Manufactures.
                                                  0607–0464 ......      October School Enrollment Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
                                                  0607–0466 ......      Current Population Survey, Voting and Registration Supplement.
                                                  0607–0561 ......      Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders Survey.
                                                  0607–0610 ......      Current Population Survey June Fertility Supplement.
                                                  0607–0717 ......      Monthly Retail Trade Survey.
                                                  0607–0725 ......      Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research.
                                                  0607–0757 ......      2017 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey.
                                                  0607–0782 ......      Annual Capital Expenditures Survey.
                                                  0607–0795 ......      Generic Clearance for Geographic Partnership Programs.
                                                  0607–0809 ......      Generic Clearance for MAF and TIGER Update Activities.
                                                  0607–0810 ......      The American Community Survey.
                                                  0607–0907 ......      Quarterly Services Survey.
                                                  0607–0909 ......      Information and Communication Technology Survey.
                                                  0607–0912 ......      Business R&D and Innovation Survey.
                                                  0607–0921 ......      2017 Economic Census—Commodity Flow Survey (CFS)—Advance Questionnaire.
                                                  0607–0932 ......      2017 Economic Census—Commodity Flow Survey.
                                                  0607–0936 ......      American Community Survey Methods Panel Tests.
                                                  0607–0963 ......      2015 Management and Organizational Practices Survey.
                                                  0607–0969 ......      Federal Statistical System Public Opinion Survey.
                                                  0607–0971 ......      Generic Clearance for 2020 Census Tests to Research the Use of Automation in Field Data Collection Activities.
                                                  0607–0977 ......      2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Panel.
                                                  0607–0978 ......      Generic Clearance for Internet Nonprobability Panel Pretesting.
                                                  0607–0983 ......      Comparing Health Insurance Measurement Error (CHIME).
                                                  0607–0986 ......      Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs.
                                                  0607–0987 ......      The School District Review Program (SDRP).
                                                  0607–0988 ......      The Redistricting Data Program.
                                                  0607–0989 ......      2016 Census Test.
                                                  0607–0990 ......      National Survey of Children’s Health.
                                                  0607–0991 ......      2017 Economic Census Industry Classification Report.
                                                  0607–0992 ......      Address Canvassing Testing.
                                                  0607–XXXX ....        2017 Census Test—currently submitted for clearance.
                                                  0607–0760 ......      Economic Census Round 3 Focus Group Discussion—currently submitted for clearance.
                                                  0607–XXXX ....        Collection of State Administrative Records Data—currently submitted for clearance.
                                                  0607–XXXX ....        2020 Census Local Update of Census Addresses Operation (LUCA)—currently submitted for clearance.
                                                  2528–0017 ......      2015 American Housing Survey.
                                                  1220–0175 ......      American Time Use Survey (ATUS).
                                                  1220–0050 ......      Consumer Expenditure Quarterly and Diary Surveys (CEQ/CED).
                                                  1220–0100 ......      Current Population Survey (CPS)—Basic Labor Force.
                                                  1121–0317 ......      Identify Theft Supplement to the NCVS.
                                                  1121–0111 ......      National Crime Victimization Survey 2015–2018.
                                                  3145–0141 ......      National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG).
                                                  1018–0088 ......      National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
                                                  1121–0260 ......      2015 Police Public Contact Supplement.
                                                  1121–0184 ......      2017 School Crime Supplement to the NCVS.
                                                  1121–0302 ......      Supplemental Victimization Survey.
                                                  2528–0013 ......      Survey of Market Absorption (SOMA).
                                                  2528–0276 ......      Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS).
                                                  1905–0169 ......      Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECSA).
                                                  2528–0029 ......      Manufactured Housing Survey (MHS).
                                                  0935–0110 ......      Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
                                                  1220–0187 ......      ATUS-Eating and Health Supplement.
                                                  0536–0043 ......      Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
                                                  1220–0153 ......      Contingent Worker Supplement to the Current Population Survey—(Currently in Federal Register Notice Stage—has not been
                                                                           fully approved).
                                                  1220–0102    ......   Veterans Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
                                                  0970–0416    ......   Child Support Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
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                                                  3064–0167    ......   National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households.
                                                  1220–0102    ......   Volunteers Supplement.
                                                  1220–0104    ......   Displaced Workers Supplement.
                                                  3135–0136    ......   Survey of Public Participation in the Arts.
                                                  0660–0221    ......   Computer and Internet Use.




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                                                  94324                       Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 247 / Friday, December 23, 2016 / Notices

                                                  III. Data                                               permit number in the subject line of                  Chinook, CCC and CCV steelhead, and
                                                    OMB Control Number: 0607–0993.                        email).                                               sDPS green sturgeon in the San
                                                    Form Number(s): None.                                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      Francisco Bay Area and tributaries. The
                                                    Affected Public: All survey                           Shivonne Nesbit, Portland, OR (ph.:                   purpose of this research is to determine
                                                  respondents to Census Bureau data                       503–231–6741), email:                                 the degree to which Longfin Smelt use
                                                                                                          Shivonne.Nesbit@noaa.gov). Permit                     tributaries of San Pablo and San
                                                  collections.
                                                                                                          application instructions are available                Francisco bays as spawning and rearing
                                                    Legal Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(e) and
                                                                                                          from the address above, or online at                  habitat. This information would
                                                  13 U.S.C. Section 9.
                                                                                                          https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov.                           improve the understanding of how bay
                                                  IV. Request for Comments                                                                                      tributaries contribute to the overall
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                    Comments are invited on the                                                                                 population of Longfin Smelt. Although
                                                  necessity and efficacy of the Census                    Species Covered in This Notice                        this study principally targets longfin
                                                  Bureau’s revised confidentiality pledge                   The following listed species are                    smelt, SRWR and CVSR Chinook, CCC
                                                  above. Comments submitted in response                                                                         and CCV steelhead and sDPS green
                                                                                                          covered in this notice:
                                                  to this notice will become a matter of                    Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus                        sturgeon may be encountered during
                                                                                                          tshawytscha): threatened California                   sampling. Fish would be captured with
                                                  public record.
                                                                                                          Coastal (CC); endangered Sacramento                   beach seines, fyke nets, and trawls (otter
                                                  Sheleen Dumas,
                                                                                                          River winter-run (SRWR); threatened                   and Kodiak). Captured fish would be
                                                  PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief              Central Valley spring-run (CVSR).                     identified by species, enumerated, and
                                                  Information Officer.                                      Coho salmon (O. kisutch): threatened                released. A sub-sample of 30
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–30959 Filed 12–22–16; 8:45 am]            Southern Oregon/Northern California                   individuals per species would be
                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–07–P                                  Coast (SONCC); endangered Central                     measured. The researchers do not
                                                                                                          California Coast (CCC).                               propose to kill any fish but a small
                                                                                                            Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened                   number may die as an unintended result
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  Northern California (NC); threatened                  of research activities. This research will
                                                                                                          Central California Coast (CCC);                       enhance the knowledge of the
                                                  National Oceanic and Atmospheric                                                                              distribution of the species in bay
                                                                                                          threatened California Central Valley
                                                  Administration                                                                                                tributaries that have not been previously
                                                                                                          (CCV); threatened South-Central
                                                                                                          California Coast (S–CCC); endangered                  monitored.
                                                  RIN 0648–XF090
                                                                                                          Southern California (SC).                             Permit 17292
                                                  Endangered and Threatened Species;                        North American green sturgeon                          NMFS’ Southwest Fisheries Science
                                                  Take of Anadromous Fish                                 (Acipenser medirostris): threatened                   Center (SWFSC) is seeking a five-year
                                                                                                          southern distinct population segment                  research permit to annually take adult
                                                  AGENCY:   National Marine Fisheries                     (sDPS).
                                                  Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                                                                          and juvenile CC Chinook, CCC and
                                                                                                            Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus):                  SONCC coho, NC, S–CCC, SC and CCC
                                                  Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                      threatened sDPS.
                                                  Commerce.                                                                                                     steelhead. Sampling would be
                                                                                                          Authority                                             conducted in California on a variety of
                                                  ACTION: Applications for four new
                                                                                                                                                                coastal salmonid populations. The
                                                  scientific research permits, two permit                    Scientific research permits are issued
                                                                                                                                                                purposes of this study are to: (1)
                                                  modifications, and four permit                          in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A)
                                                                                                                                                                Estimate population abundance and
                                                  renewals.                                               of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and
                                                                                                                                                                dynamics; (2) evaluate factors affecting
                                                                                                          regulations governing listed fish and
                                                  SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given that                                                                        growth, survival, reproduction and life-
                                                                                                          wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–226).
                                                  NMFS has received ten scientific                                                                              history patterns; (3) assess life-stage
                                                                                                          NMFS issues permits based on findings
                                                  research permit application requests                                                                          specific habitat use and movement; (4)
                                                                                                          that such permits: (1) Are applied for in
                                                  relating to Pacific salmon, steelhead,                                                                        evaluate physiological performance and
                                                                                                          good faith; (2) if granted and exercised,
                                                  eulachon, and green sturgeon. The                                                                             tolerance; (5) determine the genetic
                                                                                                          would not operate to the disadvantage
                                                  proposed research is intended to                                                                              structure of populations; (6) evaluate the
                                                                                                          of the listed species that are the subject            effects of water management and habitat
                                                  increase knowledge of species listed                    of the permit; and (3) are consistent                 restoration; and (7) develop improved
                                                  under the Endangered Species Act                        with the purposes and policy of section               sampling and monitoring methods. The
                                                  (ESA) and to help guide management                      2 of the ESA. The authority to take                   SWFSC proposes to capture fish using
                                                  and conservation efforts. The                           listed species is subject to conditions set           backpack electrofishing, hook and line
                                                  applications may be viewed online at:                   forth in the permits.                                 angling, hand and/or dipnets, beach
                                                  https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/                        Anyone requesting a hearing on an                  seines, fyke nets, panel, pipe or screw
                                                  preview_open_for_comment.cfm.                           application listed in this notice should              traps, and weirs. The SWFSC also
                                                  DATES: Comments or requests for a                       set out the specific reasons why a                    proposes to observe adult and juvenile
                                                  public hearing on the applications must                 hearing on that application would be                  salmonids during spawning ground
                                                  be received at the appropriate address or               appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such                     surveys and snorkel surveys. Some fish
                                                  fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later                     hearings are held at the discretion of the            would anesthetized, measured,
                                                  than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on                    Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,                weighed, tagged (coded wire, elastomer,
                                                  January 23, 2017.                                       NMFS.                                                 radio, acoustic, passive integrated
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                                                  ADDRESSES: Written comments on the                      Applications Received                                 transponder (PIT) or sonic), and tissue
                                                  applications should be sent to the                                                                            sampled for genetics identification.
                                                  Protected Resources Division, NMFS,                     Permit 19820                                          Intentional lethal take is proposed to
                                                  1201 NE., Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100,                        Dr. James Hobbs, Professor at the                   support laboratory experiments using
                                                  Portland, OR 97232–1274. Comments                       University of California in Davis, CA is              hatchery-origin fish whenever possible
                                                  may also be sent by email to                            seeking a five-year research permit to                to examine fish physiology,
                                                  nmfs.swr.apps@noaa.gov (include the                     annually take juvenile SRWR and CVSR                  environmental tolerance, and as part of


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Document Created: 2016-12-23 12:30:03
Document Modified: 2016-12-23 12:30:03
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
ActionNotice.
DatesTo ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on or before February 21, 2017.
ContactRequests for additional information should be directed to Robin J. Bachman, Policy Coordination Office, Census Bureau, HQ-8H028, Washington, DC 20233; 301-763-6440 (or via email at [email protected]). Due to delays in the receipt of regular mail related to security screening, respondents are encouraged to use electronic communications.
FR Citation81 FR 94321 

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