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and Households; 97.050 Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

Brock Long, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13093 Filed 6–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2018–0031] 

Office for Interoperability and 

Compatibility Seeks Nominations for 

the Project 25 Compliance Assessment 

Program (P25 CAP) Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Science and Technology 

Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) is seeking nominations 

and expressions of interest for filling 

two open positions on the Project 25 

(P25) Compliance Assessment Program 

(CAP) Advisory Panel (AP). The P25 

CAP AP holds quarterly meetings with 

the public on topics related to P25 CAP. 

The next meeting is scheduled for 

August 2018 timeframe. 

DATES: All responses must be received 

by July 19, 2018 at the address listed 

below. 

ADDRESSES: Expressions of interest and 

nominations shall be submitted to 

P25CAP@hq.dhs.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and DHS–2018– 

0031. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sridhar Kowdley, Program Manager, 

Office for Interoperability and 

Compatibility, Science and Technology 

Directorate, Department of Homeland 

Security, 202–254–8804, 

Sridhar.Kowdley@hq.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

P25 is a standards development 

process for the design, manufacture, and 

evaluation of interoperable digital twoway land mobile radio communications 

products created by and for public 

safety professionals. The goal of P25 is 

to specify formal standards for 

interfaces and features between the 

various components of a land mobile 

radio system commonly used by public 

safety agencies in portable handheld 

and mobile vehicle-mounted devices. 

The P25 standard enables 

interoperability among different 

suppliers’ products. 

P25 CAP was developed by DHS to 

test equipment designed to comply with 

P25 standards. P25 CAP ensures that 

communications equipment that is 

declared by the supplier to be P25- 

compliant, in fact, is tested against the 

standards with publicly published 

results. The program provides public 

safety agencies with evidence that the 

communications equipment they are 

purchasing is tested against and 

complies with the P25 standards for 

performance, conformance, and 

interoperability. The P25 CAP AP 

provides a resource by which DHS gains 

insight into the collective interest of 

organizations that procure P25- 

compliant equipment and a resource for 

DHS to continue to establish the 

policies of the P25 CAP, along with 

assisting the DHS Office for 

Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) 

in the administration of the program. 

P25 CAP is a voluntary program that 

provides a mechanism for the 

recognition of testing laboratories based 

on internationally accepted standards. It 

identifies competent P25 CAP testing 

laboratories for DHS-recognition 

through a robust assessment process and 

promotes the acceptance of compliant 

test results from these laboratories. 

As a voluntary program, P25 CAP 

allows suppliers to publicly attest to 

their products’ compliance with a 

selected group of requirements through 

Summary Test Report (STR) and 

Supplier’s Declaration of Compliance 

(SDOC) documents based on the 

Detailed Test Report (DTR) from the 

DHS-recognized laboratory (ies) that 

performed the product testing. In turn, 

DHS makes these documents available 

to the first response community to 

inform their purchasing decisions via 

the dhs.gov/science-and-technology/ 

p25-cap website. 

Membership 

The Science and Technology 

Directorate (S&T) of DHS formed the 

P25 CAP AP to provide S&T with the 

views of active local, state, tribal, 

territorial and Federal government 

officials who use or whose offices use 

portable handheld and mobile vehiclemounted radios. Those government 

officials selected to participate in the 

P25 CAP AP are selected based on their 

experience with the management and 

procurement of land mobile radio 

systems or knowledge of conformity 

assessment programs and methods. The 

OIC selection process balances 

viewpoints required to effectively 

address P25 CAP issues under 

consideration. To fill two open 

positions on the P25 CAP AP, OIC is 

particularly interested in receiving 

nominations and expressions of interest 

from individuals in the following 

categories: 

• State, tribal, territorial, or local 

government agencies and organizations 

with expertise in communications 

issues and technologies. 

• Federal government agencies with 

expertise in communications or 

homeland security matters. 

While OIC can call for a meeting of 

the P25 CAP AP as it deems necessary 

and appropriate, for member 

commitment and planning purposes, it 

is anticipated that the P25 CAP AP will 

meet approximately 3–4 times annually 

in their role of providing guidance and 

support to the P25 CAP. 

Those selected to serve on the P25 

CAP AP will be required to sign a 

gratuitous services agreement and will 

not be paid or reimbursed for their 

participation; however, DHS S&T will, 

subject to the availability of funds, 

reimburse the travel expenses associated 

with the participation of non-Federal 

members in accordance with Federal 

Travel Regulations. OIC reserves the 

right to select primary and alternate 

members to the P25 CAP AP for terms 

appropriate for the accomplishment of 

the Board’s mission. Members serve at 

the pleasure of the OIC Director. 

Registered lobbyists pursuant to the 

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are not 

eligible for membership on the P25 CAP 

AP and will not be considered. 

Roles and Responsibilities 

The duties of the P25 CAP AP will 

include providing recommendations of 

its individual members to OIC regarding 

actions and steps OIC could take to 

promote the P25 CAP. The duties of the 

P25 CAP AP may include but are not 

limited to its members reviewing, 

commenting on, and advising on: 

a. The laboratory component of the 

P25 CAP under established, 

documented laboratory recognition 

guidelines. 

b. Proposed Compliance Assessment 

Bulletins (CABs). 

c. Proposed updates to previously 

approved CABs, as Notices of Proposed 

CABs, to enable comment and input on 

the proposed CAB modifications. 

d. OIC updates to existing test 

documents or establishing new test 

documents for new types of P25 

equipment. 

e. Best practices associated with 

improvement of the policies and 

procedures by which the P25 CAP 

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f. Existing test documents including 

but not limited to SDOCs and STRs 

posted on the dhs.gov/science-andtechnology/p25-cap website. 

g. Proposed P25 user input for 

improving functionality through the 

standards-making process. 

Nominations/Expressions of Interest 

Procedures and Deadline 

Nominations and expressions of 

interest shall be received by OIC no later 

than July 19, 2018 at the address 

P25CAP@hq.dhs.gov. Nominations and 

expressions of interest received after 

this date shall not be considered. All 

submissions received must include the 

words ‘‘Department of Homeland 

Security’’ and DHS–2018–0031. Each 

nomination and expression of interest 

must provide the following information 

as part of the submission: 

• A cover letter that highlights a 

history of proven leadership within the 

public safety community including, if 

applicable, a description of prior 

experience with law enforcement, fire 

response, emergency medical services, 

emergency communications, National 

Guard, or other first responder roles and 

how the use of communications in those 

roles qualifies the nominee to 

participate on the P25 CAP AP. 

• Name, title, and organization of the 

nominee. 

• A resume summarizing the 

nominee’s contact information 

(including the mailing address, phone 

number, facsimile number, and email 

address), qualifications, and expertise to 

explain why the nominee should be 

appointed to the P25 CAP AP. 

• The resume must demonstrate a 

minimum of ten years (10) years of 

experience directly using P25 systems 

in an operational environment in 

support of established public safety 

communications or from a system 

implementer/administrator perspective; 

a bachelor’s or associate degree with an 

emphasis in communications and 

engineering may be substituted for three 

(3) years, a master’s/professional 

certification for seven (7) years, and a 

Ph.D. for ten (10) years of the 

requirement. 

• The resume must discuss the 

nominee’s familiarity with the current 

P25 CAP, including documents that are 

integral to the process such as the 

SDOCs, STRs, and CABs referenced in 

this notice. 

• A letter from the nominee’s 

supervisor indicating the nominee’s 

agency’s support for the nominee to 

participate on the P25 CAP AP as a 

representative from their respective 

agency. 

• Disclosure of Federal boards, 

commissions, committees, task forces, 

or work groups on which the nominee 

currently serves or has served within 

the past 12 months. 

• A statement confirming that the 

nominee is not registered as a lobbyist 

pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure Act 

of 1995. 

Additional information can be found 

as follows: Project 25 Compliance 

Assessment Program and Compliance 

Assessment Bulletins https://

www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/ 

bulletins. 

William N. Bryan, 

Senior Official Performing the Duties of Under 

Secretary for Science and Technology, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13095 Filed 6–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9F–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2018–0022] 

Soft Target Countermeasure Surveys 

AGENCY: Office of Infrastructure 

Protection (IP), National Protection and 

Programs Directorate (NPPD), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; new collection, 1670—NEW. 

SUMMARY: DHS NPPD IP 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. NPPD IP is 

contracting a study to analyze a broad 

set of business security measures in 

terms of their costs and spillover effects, 

with an emphasis on identifying 

security measures that had a positive 

effect. Additionally, NPPD IP will 

survey the businesses’ customers to 

evaluate the public’s perceptions of the 

security measures, and evaluate the 

enhanced security measures on business 

operations and customers’ responses. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until August 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2018–0022, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: Bill.Schweigart@

HQ.DHS.GOV. Please include docket 

number DHS–2018–0022 in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Mail: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to DHS/NPPD/IP, ATTN: 1670—NEW, 

245 Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 0608, 

Bill Schweigart, Arlington, VA 20528. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and the docket 

number for this action. Comments 

received will be posted without 

alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant websites. For 

this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. If you send an email 

comment, your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comments that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Bill Schweigart 

at 703–603–5148 or at Bill.Schweigart@

HQ.DHS.GOV. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of 

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

(Pub. L. 107–296), as amended (2006), 

directs the DHS to coordinate all 

Federal homeland security activities, 

including infrastructure protection. On 

behalf of DHS, NPPD IP manages the 

Department’s program to protect and 

enhance the resilience of the Nation’s 

physical and cyber infrastructure within 

the 16 critical infrastructure sectors 

designated by Presidential Policy 

Directive 21 Critical Infrastructure 

Security and Resilience (PPD–21) 

(February 2013) by implementing the 

National Infrastructure Protection Plan 

(NIPP) 2013: Partnering for Critical 

Infrastructure Security and Resilience. 

NPPD IP accomplishes their mission by 

building sustainable partnerships with 

its public and private sector 

stakeholders to enable more effective 

sector coordination, information 

sharing, and program development and 

implementation. 

The Homeland Security Act of 2002, 

as amended (2006), also grants DHS the 

authority to create university-based 

Centers of Excellence (COEs) using 


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