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grants, cooperative agreements and 

contracts. The COEs are authorized by 

Congress and selected by DHS Science 

and Technology Directorate (S&T) 

through a competitive selection process. 

Among the COEs is The National Center 

for Risk & Economic Analysis of 

Terrorism Events (CREATE) at The 

University of Southern California. The 

Strategic Sourcing Program Office for 

DHS has approved the Basic Ordering 

Agreements (BOAs) for DHS-wide use. 

Any and all DHS Components requiring 

the research, analysis, and/or services of 

the COEs described in the COE BOAs 

may issue Task Orders under the BOAs 

through their assigned warranted 

Contracting Officers. 

NPPD IP is contracting a study 

through the approved BOA with 

CREATE to analyze a broad set of 

security measures in terms of their costs 

and spillover effects, with an emphasis 

on identifying security measures that 

had a positive effect. This includes 

examining a broad range of measures 

including increased police/security 

guard presence and other non- or lessinvasive options. NPPD IP will work 

with business leaders to identify 

locations that have implemented 

various security measures already, and 

develop and administer surveys for 

statistical analysis and modeling. 

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. 

CREATE will work with NPPD 

personnel to identify locations that have 

implemented various security measures 

already, and develop and administer 

surveys for statistical analysis and 

modeling. Management professionals 

(Chief Operating Officers, Head of 

Marketing, and Head of Security) from 

five selected businesses will be asked 

questions tailored to the five specific 

businesses regarding current and 

planned safety measures, management 

understanding of customer perceptions 

of security measures, management 

beliefs about the impacts of security 

measures, management beliefs about 

how security measures change customer 

behaviors and business volume, and 

some select demographic information. 

This will be conducted as a structured 

interview, herein referred to as 

‘‘Business Structured Interview’’, and is 

needed to obtain necessary and relevant 

data for subsequent economic analyses. 

The purpose of these analyses is to 

evaluate whether specific 

counterterrorism efforts have a negative 

or positive impact on the company in 

question. 

CREATE will administer a customer 

survey, herein referred to as ‘‘Customer 

Survey’’, regarding awareness of 

countermeasures in the Commercial 

Facilities sector, attitudes and 

perceptions toward safety, impacts 

(physical, psychological, and monetary) 

countermeasures have on customers, 

and select demographic and individual 

difference questions. There will be five 

variations of this survey targeted to each 

of the five specific businesses with 

slight variations in the language as a 

result, however the same information is 

being sought from the groups. These 

surveys are intended to create an 

understanding of the impacts of security 

countermeasures on customers/visitors’ 

perceptions and behaviors at each of the 

specific target businesses selected. 

Information will be analyzed to 

determine whether the spillover effects 

are positive and negative and to what 

extent. Statistical analysis of the results 

will identify the direct impacts. These 

will be fed into an economy-wide 

modeling approach known as 

computable general equilibrium (CGE) 

analysis to determine the ‘‘ripple’’ 

effects on the entire local economy. The 

analysis will be performed with an eye 

toward uncertainty analysis, as well in 

terms of the framing of survey questions 

and, rigorously specifying the 

confidence intervals for the statistical 

results. 

The DHS and CREATE research team 

will use the information being collected 

in order to inform the study described 

above. 

The Business Structured Interview 

will be conducted as interviews, either 

in-person or via video conferencing that 

will have a list of questions to help 

structure and guide discussions. The 

Customer Survey will be created and 

sent utilizing a professional-grade 

software, ‘‘Research Core,’’ by Qualtrics. 

The software allows the researchers to 

send customized email invitations to 

respondents, track their progress, and 

prevent fraud and abuse of the survey. 

This is a new information collection. 

OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

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. 

Title of Collection: Soft Target 

Countermeasure Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 1670—NEW. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Private and Public 

Sector. 

Number of Respondents: 2,020. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 25 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 677 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $0. 

David Epperson, 

Chief Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

Extension of Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 

Law Enforcement (LEO) 

Reimbursement Request 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration, DHS. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA) has forwarded the 

Information Collection Request (ICR), 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number 1652–0063, 

abstracted below to OMB for review and 

approval of an extension of the 

currently approved collection under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

burden. The collection involves the 

reimbursement of expenses incurred by 

airport operators for the provision of 

law enforcement officers (LEOs) to 

support airport security checkpoint 

screening. 

DATES: Send your comments by July 19, 

2018. A comment to OMB is most 

effective if OMB receives it within 30 

days of publication. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 


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1The estimates have been updated since the 

publication of the 60-day notice, which reported 

294 respondents and 3,528 annual burden hours. 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, OMB. Comments should be 

addressed to Desk Officer, Department 

of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via 

electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@

omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, 

Office of Information Technology (OIT), 

TSA–11, Transportation Security 

Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 

Arlington, VA 20598–6011; telephone 

(571) 227–2062; email TSAPRA@

tsa.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA 

published a Federal Register notice, 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments, of the following collection of 

information on March 14, 2018, at 83 FR 

11240. 

Comments Invited 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a valid OMB control 

number. The ICR documentation will be 

available at http://www.reginfo.gov 

upon its submission to OMB. Therefore, 

in preparation for OMB review and 

approval of the following information 

collection, TSA is soliciting comments 

to— 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information requirement 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; 

(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 using 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Consistent with the requirements of 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13771, Reducing 

Regulation and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs, and E.O. 13777, Enforcing the 

Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also 

requesting comments on the extent to 

which this request for information could 

be modified to reduce the burden on 

respondents. 

Information Collection Requirement 

Title: LEO Reimbursement Request. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

OMB Control Number: 1652–0063. 

Form(s): LEO Reimbursement 

Request-Invoice. 

Affected Public: Airport operators. 

Abstract: TSA has authority to enter 

into agreements with airport operators 

to reimburse expenses they incur for the 

provision of LEOs in support of 

screening at airport security 

checkpoints. See 49 U.S.C. 106(m) and 

114(m). To implement this authority, 

TSA created the LEO Reimbursement 

Program. TSA requires that participants 

in the LEO Reimbursement Program 

record the details of all reimbursements 

sought on the LEO Reimbursement 

Request-Invoice form. TSA will use this 

form to provide for the orderly tracking 

of reimbursements. 

Number of Respondents: 297.1

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An 

estimated 3,564 hours annually. 

Dated: June 13, 2018. 

Christina A. Walsh, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office 

of Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13145 Filed 6–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

[Docket No. TSA–2005–20118] 

Revision of Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 

Maryland Three Airports: Enhanced 

Security Procedures for Operations at 

Certain Airports in the Washington, 

DC, Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted 

Zone 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration, DHS. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA) has forwarded the 

Information Collection Request (ICR), 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number 1652–0029, 

abstracted below to OMB for review and 

approval of revision of the currently 

approved collection under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

burden. The collection is necessary to 

comply with a requirement for 

individuals to successfully complete a 

security threat assessment before 

operating an aircraft to or from the three 

Maryland airports (Maryland Three 

Airports) that are located within the 

Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area 

Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ), or serving 

as an airport security coordinator at one 

of these three airports. 

DATES: Send your comments by July 19, 

2018. A comment to OMB is most 

effective if OMB receives it within 30 

days of publication. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, OMB. Comments should be 

addressed to Desk Officer, Department 

of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via 

electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@

omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, 

Office of Information Technology (OIT), 

TSA–11, Transportation Security 

Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 

Arlington, VA 20598–6011; telephone 

(571) 227–2062; email TSAPRA@

tsa.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA 

published a Federal Register notice, 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments, of the following collection of 

information on March 9 2018, 83 FR 

10510. 

Comments Invited 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a valid OMB control 

number. The ICR documentation will be 

available at http://www.reginfo.gov 

upon its submission to OMB. Therefore, 

in preparation for OMB review and 

approval of the following information 

collection, TSA is soliciting comments 

to— 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information requirement 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; 

(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 using 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Consistent with the requirements of 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13771, Reducing 

Regulation and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs, and E.O. 13777, Enforcing the 


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