83 FR 52500 - Telecommunications Service Priority System

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 201 (October 17, 2018)

DHS NPPD CS&C 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.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52500-52501]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22549]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2018-0058]


Telecommunications Service Priority System

AGENCY: Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C), National 
Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Department of Homeland 
Security (DHS).

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for comments; Extension, 1670-0005.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: DHS NPPD CS&C 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.

[[Page 52501]]


DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until December 17, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number DHS-
2018-0058, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Please follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Please include docket 
number DHS-2018-0058 in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Written comments and questions about this 
Information Collection Request should be forwarded to DHS/NPPD/CS&C/
OEC, ATTN: 1670-0005, 245 Murray Lane, SW, Mail Stop 0615, Deborah Bea, 
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 Deborah Bea at 703.705.6302 or at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) is 
authorized by E.O. 12472, E.O. 13618 and 47 CFR part 64. The DHS Office 
of Emergency Communications (OEC) uses the TSP Program to authorize 
national security and emergency preparedness organizations to receive 
priority treatment for vital voice and data circuits or other 
telecommunications service, under National Security or Emergency 
Preparedness telecommunications (NS/EP). The TSP Program provides 
service vendors a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandate to 
prioritize requests by identifying those services critical to national 
security and emergency preparedness. A TSP assignment ensures that it 
will receive priority attention by the service vendor before any non-
TSP service.
    Four broad categories serve as guidelines for determining whether a 
circuit or telecommunications service is eligible for priority 
provisioning or restoration. TSP service user organizations may be in 
the Federal, State, local, or tribal government, critical 
infrastructure sectors in industry, non-profit organizations that 
perform critical NS/EP functions, or foreign governments. Typical TSP 
service users are responsible for the command and control functions 
critical to management of and response to NS/EP situations, 
particularly during the first 24 to 72 hours following an event.
    Information to request a priority, to obtain a sponsor for 
requesting a priority, and for other administrative requirements of the 
program is required from any person or organization having an NS/EP 
service for which they wish priority restoration from the vendor 
providing the service. Information is also required to allow immediate 
installation of a new service to support NS/EP requirements. 
Information is required from vendors to allow the OEC to track and 
identify the telecommunications services that are being provided 
priority treatment.
    The forms used are the SF314 (Revalidation for Service Users), 
SF315 (TSP Request for Service Users), SF317 (TSP Action Appeal for 
Service Users), SF318 (TSP Service Confirmation for Service Vendors), 
and the SF319 (TSP Service Reconciliation for Service Vendors). The 
SF314 is for users to request that their existing TSP codes be 
revalidated for three more years. The SF315 is used to request 
restoration and/or provisioning for an organization's critical 
circuits. The SF317 is for organizations to appeal the denial of TSP 
restoration and/or provisioning. The SF318 is for service vendors to 
provide circuit ID information associated with TSP codes they've been 
given by their customers. The SF319 is for service vendors to provide 
data to the program office in order to reconcile their TSP data with 
the TSP database. Participants request TSP priorities via email in 
order to reduce the use of the paper forms. The paper forms will also 
be available for download via the TSP home page.
    There have been no changes to the information being collected. The 
burden for the SF315 Form has increased due to better estimates, and 
the annual cost burden to respondents and annual government cost has 
increased due to increased wage rates and compensation factors.
    This is a renewal of an 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: Telecommunications Service Priority System.
    OMB Control Number: 1670-0005.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Governments 
and Private Sector.
    Number of Respondents: 38,666.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.64 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 10,354 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.

David Epperson,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-22549 Filed 10-16-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 9110-9P-P