82 FR 56260 - Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Exercise Information System

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 227 (November 28, 2017)

This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0057, abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of a revision of the currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden for the TSA Exercise Information System (EXIS).

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56260-56261]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25669]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Exercise Information System

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request 
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0057, 
abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of a revision of the 
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
expected burden for the TSA Exercise Information System (EXIS).

DATES: Send your comments by December 28, 2017. A comment to OMB is 
most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, OMB. Comments should be addressed to Desk Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, 
Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA-11, Transportation Security 
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6011; 
telephone (571) 227-2062; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA published a Federal Register notice, 
with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following 
collection of information on August 22, 2017, 82 FR 39900. EXIS is a 
web portal designed to serve stakeholders in the transportation 
industry in regard to security training exercises. EXIS provides 
stakeholders with transportation security exercise scenarios and 
objectives, best practices and lessons learned, and a repository of the 
user's own historical exercise data for use in future exercises. It 
also allows stakeholders to design and evaluate their own security 
exercises based on the unique needs of their specific transportation 
mode or method of operation. Utilizing and inputting information into 
EXIS is completely voluntary.

Comments Invited

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is 
not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it 
displays a valid OMB control number. The ICR documentation will be 
available at http://www.reginfo.gov upon its submission to OMB. 
Therefore, in preparation for OMB review and approval of the following 
information collection, TSA is soliciting comments to--
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed information requirement is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including using appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    Consistent with the requirements of Executive Order (E.O.) 13771, 
Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs, and E.O. 13777, 
Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also requesting comments 
on the extent to which this request for information could be modified 
to reduce the burden on respondents.

Information Collection Requirement

    Title: Exercise Information System (EXIS).
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0057.
    Forms(s): NA.
    Affected Public: Transportation System Sector.
    Abstract: The Exercise Information System (EXIS) is a voluntary, 
online tool developed by TSA to support the mission of a program 
developed and implemented by TSA to fulfill requirements of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 911

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Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Act).\1\ These statutory programs led to 
the development of the Intermodal Security Training Exercise Program 
(I-STEP) for the Transportation Systems Sector (TSS). Within the I-STEP 
program, EXIS is an interactive resource for the TSS.
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    \1\ See 9/11 Act secs. 1407 (public transportation, codified at 
6 U.S.C. 1136(a)), 1516 (railroads, codified at 6 U.S.C. 1166), and 
1533 (over-the-road buses, codified at 6 U.S.C. 1183).
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    Number of Respondents: 9,551.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 4,804 hours 
annually.\2\
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    \2\ TSA made an error in its calculations and reported the 
burden in the 60-day notice as 4,820 hours annually. The correct 
calculation is 4,804.

    Dated: November 22, 2017.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2017-25669 Filed 11-27-17; 8:45 am]
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