83 FR 28440 - Soft Target Countermeasure Surveys

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 118 (June 19, 2018)

Page Range		28440-28441
FR Document		2018-13067

DHS NPPD IP will submit the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. NPPD IP is contracting a study to analyze a broad set of business security measures in terms of their costs and spillover effects, with an emphasis on identifying security measures that had a positive effect. Additionally, NPPD IP will survey the businesses' customers to evaluate the public's perceptions of the security measures, and evaluate the enhanced security measures on business operations and customers' responses.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 118 (Tuesday, June 19, 2018)

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[FR Doc No: 2018-13067]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2018-0022]

Soft Target Countermeasure Surveys

AGENCY: Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP), National Protection
and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments; new collection, 1670--
NEW.

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SUMMARY: DHS NPPD IP will submit the following information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
NPPD IP is contracting a study to analyze a broad set of business
security measures in terms of their costs and spillover effects, with
an emphasis on identifying security measures that had a positive
effect. Additionally, NPPD IP will survey the businesses' customers to
evaluate the public's perceptions of the security measures, and
evaluate the enhanced security measures on business operations and
customers' responses.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until August 20,
2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number DHS-
2018-0022, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Please follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: Bill.Schweigart@HQ.DHS.GOV. Please include docket
number DHS-2018-0022 in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Written comments and questions about this
Information Collection Request should be forwarded to DHS/NPPD/IP,
ATTN: 1670--NEW, 245 Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 0608, Bill Schweigart,
Arlington, VA 20528.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this
action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available
to the public through relevant websites. For this reason, please do not
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send
an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the internet. Please note that responses to this
public comment request containing any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comments
that may be made available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion
of the routine notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Bill Schweigart at 703-603-5148
or at Bill.Schweigart@HQ.DHS.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (Pub. L. 107-296), as amended (2006), directs the DHS to
coordinate all Federal homeland security activities, including
infrastructure protection. On behalf of DHS, NPPD IP manages the
Department's program to protect and enhance the resilience of the
Nation's physical and cyber infrastructure within the 16 critical
infrastructure sectors designated by Presidential Policy Directive 21
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (PPD-21) (February
2013) by implementing the National Infrastructure Protection Plan
(NIPP) 2013: Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and
Resilience. NPPD IP accomplishes their mission by building sustainable
partnerships with its public and private sector stakeholders to enable
more effective sector coordination, information sharing, and program
development and implementation.
The Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended (2006), also grants
DHS the authority to create university-based Centers of Excellence
(COEs) using

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grants, cooperative agreements and contracts. The COEs are authorized
by Congress and selected by DHS Science and Technology Directorate
(S&T) through a competitive selection process. Among the COEs is The
National Center for Risk & Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events
(CREATE) at The University of Southern California. The Strategic
Sourcing Program Office for DHS has approved the Basic Ordering
Agreements (BOAs) for DHS-wide use. Any and all DHS Components
requiring the research, analysis, and/or services of the COEs described
in the COE BOAs may issue Task Orders under the BOAs through their
assigned warranted Contracting Officers.
NPPD IP is contracting a study through the approved BOA with CREATE
to analyze a broad set of security measures in terms of their costs and
spillover effects, with an emphasis on identifying security measures
that had a positive effect. This includes examining a broad range of
measures including increased police/security guard presence and other
non- or less-invasive options. NPPD IP will work with business leaders
to identify locations that have implemented various security measures
already, and develop and administer surveys for statistical analysis
and modeling. Additionally, NPPD IP will survey the businesses'
customers to evaluate the public's perceptions of the security
measures, and evaluate the enhanced security measures on business
operations and customers' responses.
CREATE will work with NPPD personnel to identify locations that
have implemented various security measures already, and develop and
administer surveys for statistical analysis and modeling. Management
professionals (Chief Operating Officers, Head of Marketing, and Head of
Security) from five selected businesses will be asked questions
tailored to the five specific businesses regarding current and planned
safety measures, management understanding of customer perceptions of
security measures, management beliefs about the impacts of security
measures, management beliefs about how security measures change
customer behaviors and business volume, and some select demographic
information. This will be conducted as a structured interview, herein
referred to as ``Business Structured Interview'', and is needed to
obtain necessary and relevant data for subsequent economic analyses.
The purpose of these analyses is to evaluate whether specific
counterterrorism efforts have a negative or positive impact on the
company in question.
CREATE will administer a customer survey, herein referred to as
``Customer Survey'', regarding awareness of countermeasures in the
Commercial Facilities sector, attitudes and perceptions toward safety,
impacts (physical, psychological, and monetary) countermeasures have on
customers, and select demographic and individual difference questions.
There will be five variations of this survey targeted to each of the
five specific businesses with slight variations in the language as a
result, however the same information is being sought from the groups.
These surveys are intended to create an understanding of the impacts of
security countermeasures on customers/visitors' perceptions and
behaviors at each of the specific target businesses selected.
Information will be analyzed to determine whether the spillover
effects are positive and negative and to what extent. Statistical
analysis of the results will identify the direct impacts. These will be
fed into an economy-wide modeling approach known as computable general
equilibrium (CGE) analysis to determine the ``ripple'' effects on the
entire local economy. The analysis will be performed with an eye toward
uncertainty analysis, as well in terms of the framing of survey
questions and, rigorously specifying the confidence intervals for the
statistical results.
The DHS and CREATE research team will use the information being
collected in order to inform the study described above.
The Business Structured Interview will be conducted as interviews,
either in-person or via video conferencing that will have a list of
questions to help structure and guide discussions. The Customer Survey
will be created and sent utilizing a professional-grade software,
``Research Core,'' by Qualtrics. The software allows the researchers to
send customized email invitations to respondents, track their progress,
and prevent fraud and abuse of the survey.
This is a new information collection.
OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
Title of Collection: Soft Target Countermeasure Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 1670--NEW.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Private and Public Sector.
Number of Respondents: 2,020.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 25 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 677 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.

David Epperson,
Chief Information Officer.
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f. Existing test documents including • Disclosure of Federal boards, • Mail: Written comments and
but not limited to SDOCs and STRs commissions, committees, task forces, questions about this Information
posted on the dhs.gov/science-and- or work groups on which the nominee Collection Request should be forwarded
technology/p25-cap website. currently serves or has served within to DHS/NPPD/IP, ATTN: 1670—NEW,
g. Proposed P25 user input for the past 12 months. 245 Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 0608,
improving functionality through the • A statement confirming that the Bill Schweigart, Arlington, VA 20528.
standards-making process. nominee is not registered as a lobbyist Instructions: All submissions received
pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure Act must include the words ‘‘Department of
Nominations/Expressions of Interest Homeland Security’’ and the docket
of 1995.
Procedures and Deadline number for this action. Comments
Additional information can be found
Nominations and expressions of as follows: Project 25 Compliance received will be posted without
interest shall be received by OIC no later Assessment Program and Compliance alteration at http://www.regulations.gov,
than July 19, 2018 at the address Assessment Bulletins https:// including any personal information
P25CAP@hq.dhs.gov. Nominations and www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/ provided.
expressions of interest received after bulletins. Comments submitted in response to
this date shall not be considered. All this notice may be made available to the
William N. Bryan,
submissions received must include the public through relevant websites. For
words ‘‘Department of Homeland Senior Official Performing the Duties of Under this reason, please do not include in
Secretary for Science and Technology,
Security’’ and DHS–2018–0031. Each your comments information of a
Department of Homeland Security.
nomination and expression of interest confidential nature, such as sensitive
[FR Doc. 2018–13095 Filed 6–18–18; 8:45 am]
must provide the following information personal information or proprietary
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as part of the submission: information. If you send an email
• A cover letter that highlights a comment, your email address will be
history of proven leadership within the automatically captured and included as
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
public safety community including, if part of the comment that is placed in the
SECURITY
applicable, a description of prior public docket and made available on the
experience with law enforcement, fire internet. Please note that responses to
[Docket No. DHS–2018–0022]
response, emergency medical services, this public comment request containing
emergency communications, National Soft Target Countermeasure Surveys any routine notice about the
Guard, or other first responder roles and confidentiality of the communication
how the use of communications in those AGENCY: Office of Infrastructure will be treated as public comments that
roles qualifies the nominee to Protection (IP), National Protection and may be made available to the public
participate on the P25 CAP AP. Programs Directorate (NPPD), notwithstanding the inclusion of the
• Name, title, and organization of the Department of Homeland Security routine notice.
nominee. (DHS). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
• A resume summarizing the ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for specific questions related to collection
nominee’s contact information comments; new collection, 1670—NEW. activities, please contact Bill Schweigart
(including the mailing address, phone at 703–603–5148 or at Bill.Schweigart@
number, facsimile number, and email SUMMARY: DHS NPPD IP will submit the HQ.DHS.GOV.
address), qualifications, and expertise to following information collection request SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of
explain why the nominee should be (ICR) to the Office of Management and the Homeland Security Act of 2002
appointed to the P25 CAP AP. Budget (OMB) for review and clearance (Pub. L. 107–296), as amended (2006),
• The resume must demonstrate a in accordance with the Paperwork directs the DHS to coordinate all
minimum of ten years (10) years of Reduction Act of 1995. NPPD IP is Federal homeland security activities,
experience directly using P25 systems contracting a study to analyze a broad including infrastructure protection. On
in an operational environment in set of business security measures in behalf of DHS, NPPD IP manages the
support of established public safety terms of their costs and spillover effects, Department’s program to protect and
communications or from a system with an emphasis on identifying enhance the resilience of the Nation’s
implementer/administrator perspective; security measures that had a positive physical and cyber infrastructure within
a bachelor’s or associate degree with an effect. Additionally, NPPD IP will the 16 critical infrastructure sectors
emphasis in communications and survey the businesses’ customers to designated by Presidential Policy
engineering may be substituted for three evaluate the public’s perceptions of the Directive 21 Critical Infrastructure
(3) years, a master’s/professional security measures, and evaluate the Security and Resilience (PPD–21)
certification for seven (7) years, and a enhanced security measures on business (February 2013) by implementing the
Ph.D. for ten (10) years of the operations and customers’ responses. National Infrastructure Protection Plan
requirement. DATES: Comments are encouraged and (NIPP) 2013: Partnering for Critical
• The resume must discuss the will be accepted until August 20, 2018. Infrastructure Security and Resilience.
nominee’s familiarity with the current ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, NPPD IP accomplishes their mission by
P25 CAP, including documents that are identified by docket number DHS– building sustainable partnerships with
integral to the process such as the 2018–0022, by one of the following its public and private sector
SDOCs, STRs, and CABs referenced in methods: stakeholders to enable more effective
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this notice. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// sector coordination, information
• A letter from the nominee’s www.regulations.gov. Please follow the sharing, and program development and
supervisor indicating the nominee’s instructions for submitting comments. implementation.
agency’s support for the nominee to • Email: Bill.Schweigart@ The Homeland Security Act of 2002,
participate on the P25 CAP AP as a HQ.DHS.GOV. Please include docket as amended (2006), also grants DHS the
representative from their respective number DHS–2018–0022 in the subject authority to create university-based
agency. line of the message. Centers of Excellence (COEs) using

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grants, cooperative agreements and CREATE will administer a customer 4. Minimize the burden of the
contracts. The COEs are authorized by survey, herein referred to as ‘‘Customer collection of information on those who
Congress and selected by DHS Science Survey’’, regarding awareness of are to respond, including through the
and Technology Directorate (S&T) countermeasures in the Commercial use of appropriate automated,
through a competitive selection process. Facilities sector, attitudes and electronic, mechanical, or other
Among the COEs is The National Center perceptions toward safety, impacts technological collection techniques or
for Risk & Economic Analysis of (physical, psychological, and monetary) other forms of information technology,
Terrorism Events (CREATE) at The countermeasures have on customers, e.g., permitting electronic submissions
University of Southern California. The and select demographic and individual of responses.
Strategic Sourcing Program Office for difference questions. There will be five Title of Collection: Soft Target
DHS has approved the Basic Ordering variations of this survey targeted to each Countermeasure Surveys.
Agreements (BOAs) for DHS-wide use. of the five specific businesses with OMB Control Number: 1670—NEW.
Any and all DHS Components requiring slight variations in the language as a Frequency: Annually.
the research, analysis, and/or services of result, however the same information is Affected Public: Private and Public
the COEs described in the COE BOAs being sought from the groups. These Sector.
may issue Task Orders under the BOAs surveys are intended to create an Number of Respondents: 2,020.
through their assigned warranted understanding of the impacts of security Estimated Time per Respondent: 25
Contracting Officers. countermeasures on customers/visitors’ minutes.
NPPD IP is contracting a study perceptions and behaviors at each of the Total Burden Hours: 677 hours.
through the approved BOA with specific target businesses selected. Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
CREATE to analyze a broad set of Information will be analyzed to $0.
security measures in terms of their costs determine whether the spillover effects Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
and spillover effects, with an emphasis are positive and negative and to what Total Burden Cost (operating/
on identifying security measures that extent. Statistical analysis of the results maintaining): $0.
had a positive effect. This includes will identify the direct impacts. These
examining a broad range of measures will be fed into an economy-wide David Epperson,
including increased police/security modeling approach known as Chief Information Officer.
guard presence and other non- or less- computable general equilibrium (CGE) [FR Doc. 2018–13067 Filed 6–18–18; 8:45 am]
invasive options. NPPD IP will work analysis to determine the ‘‘ripple’’ BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P
with business leaders to identify effects on the entire local economy. The
locations that have implemented analysis will be performed with an eye
various security measures already, and toward uncertainty analysis, as well in DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
develop and administer surveys for terms of the framing of survey questions SECURITY
statistical analysis and modeling. and, rigorously specifying the
Additionally, NPPD IP will survey the confidence intervals for the statistical Transportation Security Administration
businesses’ customers to evaluate the results.
public’s perceptions of the security Extension of Agency Information
The DHS and CREATE research team Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
measures, and evaluate the enhanced will use the information being collected
security measures on business Law Enforcement (LEO)
in order to inform the study described Reimbursement Request
operations and customers’ responses. above.
CREATE will work with NPPD The Business Structured Interview AGENCY: Transportation Security
personnel to identify locations that have will be conducted as interviews, either Administration, DHS.
implemented various security measures in-person or via video conferencing that ACTION: 30-Day notice.
already, and develop and administer will have a list of questions to help
surveys for statistical analysis and structure and guide discussions. The SUMMARY: This notice announces that
modeling. Management professionals Customer Survey will be created and the Transportation Security
(Chief Operating Officers, Head of sent utilizing a professional-grade Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Marketing, and Head of Security) from software, ‘‘Research Core,’’ by Qualtrics. Information Collection Request (ICR),
five selected businesses will be asked The software allows the researchers to Office of Management and Budget
questions tailored to the five specific send customized email invitations to (OMB) control number 1652–0063,
businesses regarding current and respondents, track their progress, and abstracted below to OMB for review and
planned safety measures, management prevent fraud and abuse of the survey. approval of an extension of the
understanding of customer perceptions This is a new information collection. currently approved collection under the
of security measures, management OMB is particularly interested in Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The
beliefs about the impacts of security comments that: ICR describes the nature of the
measures, management beliefs about 1. Evaluate whether the proposed information collection and its expected
how security measures change customer collection of information is necessary burden. The collection involves the
behaviors and business volume, and for the proper performance of the reimbursement of expenses incurred by
some select demographic information. functions of the agency, including airport operators for the provision of
This will be conducted as a structured whether the information will have law enforcement officers (LEOs) to
interview, herein referred to as practical utility; support airport security checkpoint
‘‘Business Structured Interview’’, and is 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the screening.
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needed to obtain necessary and relevant agency’s estimate of the burden of the
data for subsequent economic analyses. proposed collection of information, DATES: Send your comments by July 19,
The purpose of these analyses is to including the validity of the 2018. A comment to OMB is most
evaluate whether specific methodology and assumptions used; effective if OMB receives it within 30
counterterrorism efforts have a negative 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and days of publication.
or positive impact on the company in clarity of the information to be ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
question. collected; and invited to submit written comments on

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Section		Notices
Action		60-Day notice and request for comments; new collection, 1670-- NEW.
Dates		Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until August 20, 2018.
Contact		For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Bill Schweigart at 703-603-5148 or at [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 28440