Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Collection for the State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector (SLTPS) Clearance Program
The Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO) within Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) submits the following information collection request (ICR) to the ...
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION:
30-Day notice of information collection; request for comment; extension of previously approved collection 1670-0013.
SUMMARY:
The Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO) within Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) submits the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance. CISA previously published this information collection request (ICR) in the
Federal Register
on September 10, 2026 for a 60-day public comment period. No comments were received by CISA. The purpose of this notice is to allow additional 30-days for public comments.
DATES:
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until December 4, 2026. Submissions received after the deadline for receiving comments may not be considered.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in comments which:
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.
Partnerships between the U.S. Government and the state, local tribal and private sector at times necessitate the sharing of classified information. The State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector (SLTPS) Clearance Request Form facilitates this sharing by sponsoring security clearances for certain members of each sector based on either their membership on a Sector Coordinating Council (SCC)/association or their infrastructure protection job-related duties and their need-to-know. The SLTPS is designed to sponsor security clearances for state, local, tribal and private sector officials involved in the infrastructure protection mission. These partners are subject matter experts within specific industries and have specialized knowledge not available within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other Federal Departments or Agencies. Private citizens do not receive monetary compensation for their time. CISA created this program to sponsor clearances for these individuals who are not employed by or contracted with another Federal agency (the traditional means of obtaining a clearance) and must have clearances.
CISA collects necessary information through 1670-0013 to facilitate security clearances needed for sharing classified information with the vetted SLTPS Stakeholders.
The U.S. Government is authorized to ask for this information under Sections 201 and 229 of the Homeland Security Act (Pub. L. 107-296, 6 U.S.C. 121, 150), and Executive Orders 12968, 13526, 13549, 13636, and 13691 which authorize the collection of this information.
In order to begin this process of adjudicating a nominee to participate in the clearance program, federal nominators will complete the DHS Form 9014, State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector Clearance Request Form. The federal nominator will sign the form and have it approved by a senior-level official from the corresponding Federal Department or Agency. The signatures indicate the nominator and senior-level official have deemed the applicant has a CISA mission and meets the requirements and criteria as outlined in Executive Order (E.O.) 13549, the Department of Homeland Security, Classified National Security Information Program for SLTPS Implementing Directive and E.O. 13691, Sec. 4(c), and 32 CFR, Part 117, Sec. 117.22 of the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM). Once submitted to the CISA OCSO the SLTPS Administrator will request the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and a record is created into the Integrated Security Management System (ISMS). The Security Specialist will initiate an eApplication (eAPP), the
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Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency secure portal for investigation processing. Once the data is entered into e-App, the nominee is provided a password and can access the system and complete the online security questionnaire.
This information is only available to Security Specialists within OCSO working on the program and is maintained in ISMS, which is “owned” by the OCSO. The two-part PII request process helps minimize the collection of sensitive PII for only those nominees who meet the threshold and are sponsored by CISA.
This is an extension of a previously approved information collection.
Analysis
Agency:
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Title:
State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector Clearance Request.
OMB Number:
1670-0013.
Frequency:
Annually.
Affected Public:
State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector Stakeholders; Critical Infrastructure Owners and Operators.
Number of Respondents:
550.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
0.1667 hours (10 minutes).
Total Burden Hours:
91.67 Annual Burden Hours.
Total Annual Burden Cost:
$11,816.
Total Annual Government Burden Cost:
$357,879.
Winfield P. Werntz,
Acting Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 69569
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Collection for the State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector (SLTPS) Clearance Program,” thefederalregister.org (November 4, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-22489/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for-review-and-approval-comme.
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain
Pub. L. 107-296
32 CFR