[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 176 (Monday, September 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 47014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22047]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

National Protection and Programs Directorate


Constellation Automated Critical Asset Management System 
Functional Survey

AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of 
Homeland Security.

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, has submitted 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 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until November 13, 
2009. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and questions about this Information 
Collection Request should be forwarded to Department of Homeland 
Security, National Protection and Programs Directorate, Infrastructure 
Protection, Attn.: Veronica Heller, Team Lead, Planning and Policy 
Integration, Ballston One, 4601 N. Fairfax Drive 5th Floor, Arlington, 
Virginia 22203.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The C/ACAMS program offers State and local 
first responders, emergency managers, and other homeland security 
officials access to the Constellation/Automated Critical Asset 
Management System (C/ACAMS) tools for using CIKR asset data, prevention 
and protection information, and incident response and recovery plans to 
make their communities safer. Efficient and effective use of the C/
ACAMS tools helps all State and local first responders and emergency 
managers nationwide reach their goal of making their communities safer. 
To ensure that interested stakeholders achieve this mission, C/ACAMS 
requests supporting information from users seeking to use its tool.
    The C/ACAMS Program Management Office (PMO) evaluates the 
Functional Survey to determine levels of customers' satisfaction with 
the user experience with the C/ACAMS tool. The survey supports data-
based decision-making because it evaluates quantitative and qualitative 
data to identify improvements and identify significant issues based on 
experienced customer assessments of key tool functions. Obtaining 
current fact-based actionable data about tool features allows the 
program to appropriate funds cost-effectively based on user need, 
saving costs while improving the tool.
    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.

Analysis

    Agency: Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate.
    Title: Constellation Automated Critical Asset Management System 
Functional Survey.
    Form: Not Applicable.
    OMB Number: 1670-NEW.
    Affected Public: Federal, State, Local, Tribal.
    Number of Respondents: 650.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 163 annual burden hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $1,800.00.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $1,250.00.

    Dated: August 28, 2009.
Thomas Chase Garwood, III,
Chief Information Officer, National Protection and Programs 
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E9-22047 Filed 9-11-09; 8:45 am]
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