Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 180 / Friday, September 16, 2011 / Notices 57723 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Election 

Assistance Commission’s Voting 

System Test Laboratory Program 

Manual, Version 1.0 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice; comment request. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

U.S. Election Assistance Commission 

(EAC) invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on EAC’s 

request to renew an existing information 

collection, EAC’s Voting System Test 

Laboratory Program Manual, Version 

1.0. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for approval of this 

information collection by the Office of 

Management and Budget; they also will 

become a matter of public record. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 11:59 p.m. E.D.T. 

on October 17, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection must be 

submitted in writing through either: (1) 

Electronically to 

votingsystemguidelines@eac.gov; via 

mail to Mr. Brian Hancock, Director of 

Voting System Testing and Certification, 

U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 

1201 New York Avenue, NW., Suite 

300, Washington, DC 20005; or via fax 

to (202) 566–1392. An electronic copy of 

the manual, version 1.0, may be found 

on EAC’s Web site at http:// 

www.eac.gov/open/comment.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection, please 

contact Mr. Brian Hancock, Director, 

Voting System Testing and Certification, 

Washington, DC, (202) 566–3100, Fax: 

(202) 566–1392. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In this notice, EAC seeks comments 

on the paperwork burdens contained in 

the current version of the Voting System 

Test Laboratory Manual, Version 1.0 

OMB Control Number 3265–0004 only. 

Version 1.0 is the original version of the 

Manual without changes or updates. 

Current Information Collection 

Request, Version 1.0 

Title: Voting System Test Laboratory 

Manual, Version 1.0. 

OMB Number: 3265–0013. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Needs and Uses: Section 231(a) of the 

Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), 

42 U.S.C. 15371(a), requires EAC to 

‘‘provide for the testing, certification, 

decertification, and recertification of 

voting system hardware and software by 

accredited laboratories.’’ To fulfill this 

mandate, EAC has developed and 

implemented the Voting System Test 

Laboratory Program Manual, Version 

1.0. This version is currently in use 

under OMB Control Number 3265–0013. 

Although participation in the program 

in voluntary, adherence to the program’s 

procedural requirements is mandatory 

for participants. 

Affected Public: Voting system 

manufacturers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 8. 

Total Annual Responses: 8. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 200 hours. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Electricity Sector Cybersecurity Risk 

Management Process Guideline 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) invites public comment on DOE’s 

intent to publish the Electricity Sector 

Cybersecurity Risk Management Process 

Guideline. The guideline describes a 

risk management process that is targeted 

to the specific needs of electricity sector 

organizations and adds to the body of 

resources that help refine the definition 

and application of effective 

cybersecurity for all organizations in the 

Electricity Sector. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before Friday, October 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted to Matthew Light, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, 1000 Independence Ave., 

SW., Washington, DC 20585.; Fax 202– 

586–2623; E-mail: 

matthew.light@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Request for additional information 

should be directed to Matthew Light at 

matthew.light@hq.doe.gov, phone 202– 

316–5115. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

invites public comment on DOE’s intent 

to publish a guidance document 

entitled: Electricity Sector Cybersecurity 

Risk Management Process Guideline. 

The primary goal of this guideline is to 

describe a risk management process that 

is targeted to the specific needs of 

electricity sector organizations. This 

document is designed to add to the body 

of resources that help refine the 

definition and application of effective 

cybersecurity for all organizations in the 

Electricity Sector. 

The Electricity Sector Cybersecurity 

Risk Management Process Guideline 

was developed by the DOE, in 

collaboration with the National Institute 

of Standards and Technology (NIST), 

the North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC), and representatives 

from both the public and private sector. 

The NIST Special Publication 800–39, 

Managing Information Security Risk 

provides the foundational methodology 

for this document. 

The Electricity Sector Cybersecurity 

Risk Management Process Guideline is 

available for review at https://public.

commentworks.com/CW_DOE_AWF/. 

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 101 note. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 8, 

2011. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary, Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability. 

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