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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 submission of 

responses. 

Maile Rasco-Arthur, 

Deputy Director for Information Management, 

Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 

Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18586 Filed 8–28–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. CISA–2023–0021] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Gratuitous Services 

Agreement, Volunteer Release and 

Hold Harmless, and OBP Interest SignUp Sheet 

AGENCY: Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; Extension without changes, 

1670–0031. 

SUMMARY: The Office for Bombing 

Prevention (OBP) within Cybersecurity 

and Infrastructure Security Agency 

(CISA) 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. The following 

forms of information collection to 

include the Voluntary Participation 

Release of Liability Agreement, the 

Gratuitous Services Agreement and the 

OBP interest sign-up sheet are renewals 

of an existing collection and no changes 

were made to the collection 

instruments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until October 30, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number Docket # 

CISA–2023–0021, at: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Please 

follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number Docket # CISA–2023– 

0021. All comments received will be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Homeland Security Presidential 

Directive-19: Combating Terrorist Use of 

Explosives in the United States, the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) was mandated to educate private 

sector security providers about IED 

threats, including tactics, techniques, 

and procedures relevant to their usage, 

so they are knowledgeable about 

terrorist use of explosives and 

contribute to a layered security 

approach. 

The President’s Policy Directive-17: 

Countering Improvised Explosive 

Devices (PPD–17) reaffirms the 2007 

Strategy for Combating Terrorist Use of 

Explosives in the United States. It 

provides guidance to update and gives 

momentum to our ability to counter 

threats involving impro-vised explosive 

devices (IEDs). DHS was mandated to 

deliver standardized IED awareness and 

familiarization training for federal, state 

and local responders and public safety 

personnel. 

Over the past 10 years, incidents 

involving IEDs has increased 

worldwide. This highlights the existing 

threat of IED attacks by terrorists, 

transnational criminal organizations, 

and individuals domestically that have 

radical political, environmental, or 

international viewpoints. IEDs have 

been used in the theater of war, mass 

transit systems overseas (London, 

Spain), in global aviation plots 

(December 2009), assignation attempts 

against political leaders, and other 

attempts here within the United States 

(Portland, Times Square, Boston 

Marathon 2013). They have also been 

used to threaten our ability in the secure 

movement of goods in accordance with 

the National Strategy for Global Supply 

Chain Security (print cartridge). 

The Office for Bombing Prevention 

(OBP) must collect this information to 

effectively deliver training without 

concern that an individual who acts as 

a volunteer role player in support of 

official OBP training sustains an injury 

or death during the performance of his 

or her supporting role. Additionally, 

OBP must collect conference attendee 

information to properly identify key 

stakeholder segments and to ensure 

ongoing engagement and dissemination 

of OBP products to those who desire 

them. 

The purpose of the Volunteer 

Participant Release of Liability 

Agreement is to collect necessary 

information in case an individual who 

acts as a volunteer role player in 

support of official OBP training sustains 

an injury or death during the 

performance of his or her supporting 

role. If legal action is taken, this 

information can serve as a ‘‘hold 

harmless’’ statement/agreement by the 

Government. In the unlikely event that 

an injury or death is sustained in the 

performance of support for training, this 

information will be used by CISA/IP/ 

PSCD/OBP to protect against legal 

action by the volunteer or their family. 

If legal action is taken, this information 

can serve as a ‘‘hold harmless’’ 

statement/agreement by the 

Government. 

The purpose of the Gratuitous 

Services Agreement is to establish that 

no monies, favors or other 

compensation will be given or received 

by either party involved. The 

information from the Gratuitous 

Services Agreement will be used by 

CISA/IP/PSCD/OBP in the event that 

questions arise regarding remuneration 

or payment for volunteer participation 

in training events. 

The purpose of the OBP interest signup sheet is to collect basic contact 

information, on a voluntary basis, of 

those who attend the OBP conference 

booth and desire further engagement or 

additional products from OBP. The 

information is used by OBP to followup with the individuals who provide 

their contact information. 

Additional considerations for these 

forms: 

• The two training forms are best 

delivered as hard copies to volunteer 

participants that attend the courses to 

ensure the right audiences are targeted 

in an environment where last-minute 

changes to the participant list are 

common. However, it is feasible that 

these forms will transition to a Learning 

Management System (LMS) enabling 

participants to complete online. 

• The OBP interest sheet is a hard 

copy form laid on OBP’s booth table for 

attendees to provide their contact 

information. There has been some 

consideration to shifting this to an 

electronic format, but current booth 

technology does not fully support this 

transition. 

• These forms do not negatively affect 

small businesses. 

• Failure to collect this information 

could result in questions of liability 

and/or remuneration for volunteers in 

IP/OBP and reluctance to seek volunteer 

involvement as a result. This would 

negatively affect the overall quality of 

the program in delivering these 

trainings to private sector security 

providers, federal, state and local 

responders, and public safety personnel. 

• Failure to collect contact 

information from those who visit the 


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1NIPP 2013 Partnering for Critical Infrastructure 

Security and Resilience, pp 10–12. 

OBP booth would greatly limit OBP’s 

ability to stay engaged with or grow its 

stakeholder base or provide the most 

relevant products/services to those 

stakeholders. 

• This collection does not include a 

pledge of confidentiality that is not 

supported by established authority in 

statute or regulation. This collection of 

information is covered by PIA DHS/ 

ALL/PIA–006 DHS General Contact List. 

• This is a renewal of an existing 

collection. No changes were made to the 

collection instruments. 

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: Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

Title: Gratuitous Services Agreement, 

Volunteer Release and Hold Harmless, 

and OBP Interest Sign-up Sheet. 

OMB Number: 1670–0031. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: STATE, LOCAL, 

TRIBAL, AND TERRITORIAL 

GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE 

SECTOR INDIVIDUALS. 

Number of Respondents: 950. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 

MIN. 

Total Burden Hours: 160. 

Total Annualized Respondent Cost: 

$6,812. 

Total Annualized Respondent Out-ofPocket Cost: $0. 

Total Annualized Government Cost: 

$21,204. 

Robert J. Costello, 

Chief Information Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18556 Filed 8–28–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. CISA–2023–0010] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Sector Outreach and 

Programs Online Meeting Registration 

Tool 

AGENCY: Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments; revision; 1670–0019. 

SUMMARY: The Infrastructure Security 

Division (ISD) within Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) 

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. The submission proposes to 

renew the information collection for an 

additional three years and update the 

burden estimates associated with 

collecting information for the purposes 

of registration for meetings and events. 

CISA previously published this 

information collection request (ICR) in 

the Federal Register on April 5, 2023 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: The comment period for the 

information collection request 

published on April, 05, 2023 at 88 FR 

20176. Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until September 28, 

2023. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Annie Hunziker Boyer, 703–603–5000, 

CISARegulations@cisa.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 

2001, 42 U.S.C. 5195c, states that any 

physical or virtual disruption of the 

operation of the critical infrastructures 

of the United States be rare, brief, 

geographically limited in effect, 

manageable, and minimally detrimental 

to the economy, human and government 

services, and national security of the 

United States; and that actions 

necessary to achieve the policy stated be 

carried out in a public-private 

partnership involving corporate and 

non-governmental organizations. On 

behalf of the DHS, the Cybersecurity 

and Infrastructure Security Agency’s 

Infrastructure Security Division (CISA 

ISD) manages the Department’s program 

to protect the Nation’s 16 critical 

infrastructure sectors by implementing 

the National Infrastructure Protection 

Plan (NIPP) 2013, Partnering for Critical 

Infrastructure Security and Resilience. 

Pursuant to Presidential Policy Directive 

21 on Critical Infrastructure Security 

and Resilience (February 2013), each 

sector is assigned a Sector-Specific 

Agency (SSA) to oversee Federal 

interaction with the array of sector 

security partners, both public and 

private. An SSA is responsible for 

leading a unified public-private sector 

effort to develop, coordinate, and 

implement a comprehensive physical, 

human, and cyber security strategy for 

its assigned sector. There are six critical 

infrastructure sectors assigned to CISA 

ISD, including the Chemical sector. In 

addition to fulfilling the regulatory 

obligations set forth by Congress, the 

CISA Office of Chemical Security 

coordinates with the builds sustainable 

partnerships with its public and private 

sector stakeholders to enable more 

effective coordination, information 

sharing, and program development and 

implementation. These partnerships are 

sustained through the NIPP Sector 

Partnership Model.1

Information sharing is a key 

component of the NIPP Partnership 

Model, and DHS sponsored conferences 

are one mechanism for information 

sharing. To facilitate conference 

planning and organization. This 

voluntary information collection tool for 

online event registration is maintained 

and leveraged by the Office of Chemical 

Security within CISA ISD. The 

information collected with this tool is 

used to register public and private 

sector stakeholders for meetings hosted 

by the Office of Chemical Security, 

principally the annual Chemical 

Security Summit. This tool is also used 

for private sector stakeholders to register 

their interest in being contacted by 


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