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Publications and Data. The document is 

available to the public via http://

www.phe.gov/Preparedness/planning/

science/Pages/AccessPlan.aspx. The 

public comment period will end 30 days 

after posting in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please submit comments via email to 

Lorian Smith at lorian.smith@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 103 of the America 

COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 

(Pub. L. 111–358), the Executive Office 

of the President, Office of Science and 

Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a 

memorandum on February 22, 2013 to 

the heads of federal agencies directing 

them to develop plans to enhance access 

to the results of federally-funded 

scientific research. ASPR is voluntarily 

developing a public access plan in order 

to maximize availability of digitallyformatted scientific data resulting from 

research supported wholly or in part by 

federal funding that will improve the 

public’s ability to locate and access this 

data. 

Background: This plan considers the 

interests and needs of various 

stakeholders, including, but not limited 

to, federally funded researchers, 

universities, libraries, publishers, data 

users and civil society groups. 

Availability of Materials: The draft 

copy of the ASPR Public Access Plan 

will be posted on the phe.gov Web site: 

http://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/

planning/science/Documents/

AccessPlan.pdf. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

All comments must be received within 

30 days of the publication of notice. 

Please submit comments to Lorian 

Smith via email lorian.smith@hhs.gov. 

Dated: May 15, 2015. 

Nicole Lurie, 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2015–0017] 

Notice of Request for Public Comment 

Regarding Information Sharing and 

Analysis Organizations 

AGENCY: Office of Cybersecurity and 

Communications, National Protection 

and Programs Directorate, Department 

of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Request for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces a 

public comment period to allow input 

from the public on the formation of 

Information Sharing and Analysis 

Organizations (ISAOs) for cybersecurity 

information sharing, as directed by 

Executive Order 13691. DHS is 

soliciting public comments and 

questions from all citizens and 

organizations related to the provisions 

of E.O. 13691 ‘‘Promoting Private Sector 

Cybersecurity Information Sharing’’ of 

February 13, 2015. The purpose of this 

request for comment is to gather public 

input and considerations related to 

DHS’ public engagements and 

implementation of E.O. 13691 including 

the selection of a ‘‘standards 

organizations’’ and approved activities 

of the selected standards organization. 

DATES: The comment period will be 

held until July 10, 2015. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

the address to submit written or 

electronic comments. 

Specific Comments Sought 

Individuals and organizations 

providing comment to this DHS request 

are requested to address the following 

questions during this open comment 

period. However, all comments related 

to E.O. 13691 will be accepted. As such, 

submitted comments are not required to 

address the following five questions to 

receive due consideration by the 

Government. At the conclusion of this 

comment period a DHS will compile 

and address these comments to the 

extent practicable in a document which 

will be made broadly available and may 

result in further dialog via this forum or 

other means. 

1. Describe the overarching goal and 

value proposition of Information 

Sharing and Analysis Organizations 

(ISAOs) for your organization. 

2. Identify and describe any 

information protection policies that 

should be implemented by ISAOs to 

ensure that they maintain the trust of 

participating organizations. 

3. Describe any capabilities that 

should be demonstrated by ISAOs, 

including capabilities related to 

receiving, analyzing, storing, and 

sharing information. 

4. Describe any potential attributes of 

ISAOs that will constrain their 

capability to best serve the information 

sharing requirements of member 

organizations. 

5. Identify and comment on proven 

methods and models that can be 

emulated to assist in promoting 

formation of ISAOs and how the ISAO 

‘‘standards’’ body called for by E.O. 

13691 can leverage such methods and 

models in developing its guidance. 

6. How can the U.S. government best 

foster and encourage the organic 

development of ISAOs, and what should 

the U.S. government avoid when 

interacting with or supporting ISAOs? 

7. Identify potential conflicts with 

existing laws, authorities that may 

inhibit organizations from participating 

in ISAOS and describe potential 

remedies to these conflicts. 

8. Please identify other potential 

challenges and issues that you believe 

may affect the development and 

maturation of effective ISAOs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive 

Order 13691 can be found at: https://

www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/

2015/02/13/executive-order-promotingprivate-sector-cybersecurityinformation-shari. 

Background and Purpose 

On February 13, 2015, President 

Obama signed Executive Order 13691 

intended to enable and facilitate 

‘‘private companies, nonprofit 

organizations, and executive 

departments and agencies . . . to share 

information related to cybersecurity 

risks and incidents and collaborate to 

respond in as close to real time as 

possible.’’ The order addresses two 

concerns the private sector has raised: 

• How can companies share 

information if they do not fit neatly into 

the sector-based structure of the existing 

Information Sharing and Analysis 

Centers (ISACs)? 

• If a group of companies wants to 

start an information sharing 

organization, what model should they 

follow? What are the best practices for 

such an organization? 

ISAOs may allow organizations to 

robustly participate in DHS information 

sharing programs even if they do not fit 

into an existing critical infrastructure 

sector, seek to collaborate with other 

companies in different ways (regionally, 

for example), or lack sufficient resources 

to share directly with the government. 

ISAOs may participate in existing DHS 

cybersecurity information sharing 

programs and contribute to near-realtime sharing of cyber threat indicators. 

Submitting Written Comments 

You may also submit written 

comments to the docket using any one 

of the following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

comments are being submitted to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal, this is a 

tool to provide transparency to the 

general public, not because this is a 

rulemaking action. 

(2) Email: ISAO@hq.dhs.gov. Include 

the docket number in the subject line of 

the message. 

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(3) Fax: 703–235–4981, Attn: Michael 

A. Echols. 

(4) Mail: Michael A. Echols, Director, 

JPMO–ISAO Coordinator, NPPD, 

Department of Homeland Security, 245 

Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0615, Arlington 

VA 20598–0615. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. All 

comments must either be submitted to 

the online docket on or before July 10, 

2015, or reach the Docket Management 

Facility by that date. 

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 131–134; 6 CFR. 29; 

E.O. 13691. 

Dated: May 13, 2015. 

Andy Ozment, 

Assistant Secretary, Cybersecurity and 

Communications, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2015–0025] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security Office of 

Operations Coordination and 

Planning–004 Publicly Available Social 

Media Monitoring and Situational 

Awareness Initiative System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of an updated Privacy 

Act system of records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 

Homeland Security proposes to update 

and reissue a current Department of 

Homeland Security system of records 

titled, ‘‘Department of Homeland 

Security/Office of Operations 

Coordination and Planning–004 

Publicly Available Social Media 

Monitoring and Situational Awareness 

Initiative System of Records.’’ The 

Office of Operations Coordination and 

Planning National Operations Center 

created the Publicly Available Social 

Media Monitoring and Situational 

Awareness Initiative to assist the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) and its Components involved in 

fulfilling DHS’s statutory responsibility 

to provide situational awareness. As a 

result of a biennial review of this 

system, the Department of Homeland 

Security/Office of Operations 

Coordination and Planning is updating 

this system of records notice to (1) 

clarify the information that may be 

collected about anchors, newscasters, or 

other on-scene reporters; (2) permit the 

collection of information about current 

and former public officials who are 

potential victims of incidents or 

activities related to Homeland Security; 

(3) clarify the system classification 

level; and (4) clarify the record source 

categories. This updated system will 

continue to be included in the 

Department of Homeland Security’s 

inventory of record systems. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

June 26, 2015. This updated system will 

be effective June 26, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2015–0025 by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 343–4010. 

• Mail: Karen L. Neuman, Chief 

Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this rulemaking. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, please visit http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions, please contact: 

Michael Page, (202) 357–7626, Privacy 

Point of Contact, Office of Operations 

Coordination and Planning, Department 

of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528. For privacy questions, please 

contact: Karen L. Neuman, (202) 343– 

1717, Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy 

Office, Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) Office of 

Operations Coordination and Planning 

(OPS) proposes to update and reissue a 

current DHS system of records titled, 

‘‘DHS/OPS–004 Publicly Available 

Social Media Monitoring and 

Situational Awareness Initiative System 

of Records.’’ 

The DHS/OPS–004 Publicly Available 

Social Media Monitoring and 

Situational Awareness Initiative System 

of Records allows the DHS/OPS 

National Operations Center (NOC) to 

fulfill its mandate to provide situational 

awareness and a common operating 

picture for the entire Federal 

Government, and for state, local, and 

tribal governments as appropriate, and 

to ensure that critical terrorism and 

disaster-related information reaches 

government decision-makers. 6 U.S.C. 

321d(b). As a result of a biennial review 

of this system, DHS is updating this 

SORN to (1) clarify that the fifth 

category of individuals may include any 

of the categories of records for anchors, 

newscasters, or on-scene reporters; (2) 

expand the sixth category of individuals 

to include current and former public 

officials who are potential victims of 

incidents or activities related to 

Homeland Security; (3) limit the system 

classification to Unclassified and For 

Official Use Only; and (4) update the 

record source categories to clarify that 

all records within this system are 

collected from publicly available social 

media Web sites. 

As described in the DHS/OPS/PIA– 

004 Publicly Available Social Media 

Monitoring and Situational Awareness 

Initiative Privacy Impact Assessment 

and associated updates (which are 

available on the DHS Privacy Office 

Web site at http://www.dhs.gov/

privacy), the NOC monitors publicly 

available online forums, blogs, public 

Web sites, and message boards. Through 

the use of publicly available search 

engines and content aggregators, the 

NOC monitors activities on social media 

for information it can use to provide 

situational awareness and establish a 

common operating picture. The NOC 

gathers, stores, analyzes, and 

disseminates relevant and appropriate 

de-identified information to federal, 

state, local, and foreign governments, 

and private sector partners authorized to 

receive situational awareness and a 

common operating picture. Under this 

initiative, OPS generally does not: (1) 

Actively seek personally identifiable 

information (PII); (2) post any 

information; (3) actively seek to connect 

with other internal/external personal 

users; (4) accept other internal/external 

personal users’ invitations to connect; or 

(5) interact on social media sites. 

However, OPS is permitted to establish 

user names and passwords to form 

profiles and follow relevant 

government, media, and subject matter 

experts on social media sites in order to 

use search tools under established 

criteria and search terms for monitoring 

that supports providing situational 

awareness and establishing a common 

operating picture. Furthermore, PII on 

the following categories of individuals 

may be collected when it lends 

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