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Title: General Meeting Registration 

and Evaluation. 

OMB Number: 1670–NEW. 

General Registration Form 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 5,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 850 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $22,457. 

Pre-Meeting Survey 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 5,000. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 10 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 850 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $22,457. 

Post-Meeting/Workshop/Training 

Evaluation 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 5,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,250 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $33,025. 

Dated: November 21, 2013. 

Scott Libby, 

Deputy Chief Information Officer, National 

Protection and Programs Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28702 Filed 11–27–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9910–9P–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[DHS–2013–0037] 

Committee Name: Homeland Security 

Information Network Advisory 

Committee (HSINAC) 

AGENCY: Operation Coordination and 

Planning/Office of Chief Information 

Officer (OPS/OCIO) 

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice 

of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Homeland Security 

Information Network Advisory Council 

(HSINAC) will meet December 17, 2013 

from 1 p.m.–3 p.m. EST virtually 

through HSIN Connect, an online webconferencing tool and via 

teleconference. The meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: The HSINAC will meet Tuesday, 

December 17, 2013 from 1 p.m.—3 p.m. 

EST via conference call and HSIN 

Connect, an online web-conferencing 

tool, both of which will be made 

available to members of the general 

public. Please note that the meeting may 

end early if the committee has 

completed its business. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually via HSIN Connect, an online 

web-conferencing tool at https:// 

share.dhs.gov/hsinac, and available via 

teleconference at 1–800–320–4330 

Conference Pin: 673978 for all public 

audience members. To access the web 

conferencing tool go to https:// 

share.dhs.gov/hsinac, click on ‘‘enter as 

a guest’’, type in your name as a guest 

and click ‘‘submit.’’ The teleconference 

lines will be open for the public and the 

meeting brief will be posted beforehand 

on the Federal Register site (https:// 

www.federalregister.gov/). If the federal 

government is closed, the meeting will 

be rescheduled. 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact Michael Brody, 

michael.brody@hq.dhs.gov, 202–343– 

4211, as soon as possible. 

To facilitate public participation, we 

are inviting public comment on the 

issues to be considered by the 

committee. Comments must be 

submitted in writing no later than 

December 13th and must be identified 

by the docket number—DHS–2013– 

0037—and may be submitted by one of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: Michael Brody, 

michael.brody@hq.dhs.gov. Please also 

include the docket number in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 202–343–4294 

• Mail: Michael Brody, Department of 

Homeland Security, OPS CIO–D Stop 

0426, 245 Murray Lane, SW., BLDG 410, 

Washington, DC 20528–0426. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and the docket 

number (DHS–2013–0037) for this 

action. Comments received will be 

posted without alteration at http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the HSINAC go 

to http://www.regulations.gov and type 

the docket number of DHS–2013–0037 

into the ‘‘search’’ field at the top right 

of the Web site. 

A public comment period will be held 

during the meeting on Tuesday, 

December 17, 2013 from 2:45 p.m. to 3 

p.m., and speakers are requested to limit 

their comments to 3 minutes. Please 

note that the public comment period 

may end before the time indicated, 

following the last call for comments. 

Contact one of the individuals listed 

below to register as a speaker. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Designated Federal Officer, Michael 

Brody, Michael.brody@hq.dhs.gov, 

Phone: 202–343–4211, Fax: 202–343– 

4294, Or Alternate Designated Federal 

Officer, Sarah Schwettman, 

sarah.schwettman@hq.dhs.gov, Phone: 

202–343–4212. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Homeland Security Information 

Network Advisory Committee (HSINAC) 

is an advisory body to the Homeland 

Security Information Network (HSIN) 

Program Office. This committee 

provides advice and recommendations 

to the U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) on matters relating to 

HSIN. These matters include system 

requirements, operating policies, 

community organization, knowledge 

management, interoperability and 

federation with other systems, and any 

other aspect of HSIN that supports the 

operations of DHS and its federal, state, 

territorial, local, tribal, international, 

and private sector mission partners. 

Notice of this meeting is given under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. Appendix. The HSINAC provides 

advice and recommendations to DHS on 

matters relating to HSIN. 

Agenda 

• HSIN Program Update 

Æ New Hires—How the HSIN 

program has increased the quantity 

and quality of its Federal workforce. 

Æ New Development Contract—How 

the HSIN Program has implemented 

a new contract for the engineering 

and architecture team that builds 

the HSIN system. 

Æ New Outreach Contract—How the 

HSIN Program has implemented a 

new engagement to maintain and 

improve upon its mission advocate 

team for all HSIN users. 

Æ Budget/Investment Requirements— 

A summary of HSIN’s current 

financial position, and expenditures 

for the upcoming fiscal year. 


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• HSIN Optimization and Development 

Vision 

Æ Improving System Performance and 

Service Operations—A summary of 

the steps the program has and will 

be taking to ensure the current 

platform meets user service 

requirements and agreements. 

Æ Interoperability and Federation—A 

discussion of the program’s plans to 

link HSIN to a series of partner 

networks that will provide all users 

with greater access to new 

collaborative partners and their 

content. 

Æ Large List—A summary of how the 

program is implementing new ways 

to ensure the validation of users is 

fast and efficient. 

Æ New Development Environments— 

A discussion on how HSIN is 

creating a set of new virtual 

environments for its new 

development team to use that are 

stable and accurately replicate the 

actual network, to ensure, final, 

new developments work as planned 

and meet requirements. 

Æ DHS Suspicious Activity Reporting 

(SAR)—An introduction to how 

HSIN is developing a new 

capability for the quick and 

efficient delivery and sharing of 

suspicious activity reports by users 

of all kinds including those from 

the private sector. 

• Portal Consolidation Update—A 

review of HSIN’s efforts to save 

resources across the Federal 

government by consolidating a 

series of systems into the single, 

HSIN platform. 

• Public comment period 

• Deliberation/Voting/Obtain guidance 

from HSINAC on: 

Æ Stakeholder Management 

Strategy—A review of HSIN’s new 

strategy for ensuring managed 

growth, user self-sufficiency, and 

prioritized engagements with 

critical partners in the coming year. 

Æ Messaging/Communications 

Strategy—An update on HSIN’s 

work to define its place in the 

information sharing market, what 

defines it, its value proposition, and 

the best way to communicate these 

terms. 

Æ HSIN Mobile Use/Application 

Policy—An opportunity for 

HSINAC members to comment on 

the development of a new policy 

that will define the rights, duties 

and privileges to use HSIN on 

mobile devices ensuring security 

and accessibility. 

• Closing remarks 

• Adjournment of the meeting 

James Lanoue, 

HSIN Acting Program Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28703 Filed 11–27–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9910–9B–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2013–0078] 

Cooperative Research and 

Development Agreement (CRADA) 

Opportunity With the Department of 

Homeland Security for the Testing of 

Reusable Electronic Conveyance 

Security Device (RECONS) Solutions 

AGENCY: Borders and Maritime Security 

Division (BMD), Homeland Advanced 

Research Projects Agency, Science and 

Technology Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: BMD is initiating a project to 

demonstrate that commercially available 

conveyance security solutions can be 

utilized with a common data 

management system in the following 

Government operations (described in 

detail later): 

• Centralized Examination Station 

(CES) 

• In-bond 

• National Capital Region Secure 

Delivery 

• Cross-border Commerce 

BMD is looking to enter into a 

Cooperative Research and Development 

Agreement (CRADA) with interested 

partner(s) to test the interoperability and 

conveyance security capabilities of their 

solutions in a lab environment and then 

assess their ability to support CES, Inbond, National Capital Region Secure 

Delivery, and Cross-border Commerce 

operations in a technology 

demonstration. 

The results of the project are intended 

to serve as a data point for the standard 

under development for reusable 

electronic conveyance security devices 

(RECONS). The RECONS Standard will 

support certification of partner solutions 

to be used by industry for their crossborder commerce shipments (described 

in detail later) in addition to the 

Government in their aforementioned 

operations. 

The proposed term of the CRADA can 

be up to twenty-four (24) months. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 30, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Mail comments and 

requests to participate to Jonathan 

McEntee, (ATTN: Jonathan McEntee, 

245 Murray Lane SW., Washington, DC 

20528–0075). Submit electronic 

comments and other data with the 

subject line ‘‘RECONS Notice of Intent’’ 

to jonathan.mcentee@dhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information on DHS CRADAs: 

Marlene Owens, (202) 254–6671. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Ensuring cargo security as it flows 

through supply chains is a challenge 

faced by industry and governments, 

both domestically and internationally. 

There is a need to identify illegal 

activity introduced into the supply 

chain while facilitating the flow of legal 

commerce. 

A solution that provides greater 

security and facilitation of legal 

commerce is tracking the cargo 

conveyance as it moves through the 

supply chain and reporting any security 

breaches. The additional data is critical 

in assessing the risk level of cargo 

shipments and determining which 

shipments require more scrutiny rather 

than expedited processing. 

Operational Context 

Each operation requiring conveyance 

security is slightly different and it is 

important to understand the 

environment in which they will be 

employed to ensure understanding of 

the unique characteristics. 

Centralized Examination Stations 

(CES) Operations: Ports of entry (POEs) 

often are constrained in the physical 

space and resources available to 

conduct physical inspections at the 

facility. In order to prevent arriving 

conveyances awaiting inspection from 

negatively impacting the flow of 

shipments through the POEs, shipments 

selected for physical inspection are 

often directed to a facility (i.e. CES) 

located away from the POE. The 

shipments are secured with high 

security International Organization 

Standard (ISO) bolts while they are en 

route between the two facilities and 

legally remain within custody of CBP 

until they are cleared at the CES. 

Using RECONS in CES Operations 

will increase security by providing 

tracking between the POE and CES and 

ensuring they do not deviate from the 

designated route and/or compromise the 

integrity of the conveyance and the 

shipment. In addition, using RECONS 

for repeated trips rather than single-use 

ISO bolts will automate processes 

resulting in cost savings and efficiencies 

in operations. 

In-bond Operations: Duties are 

nominally assessed when a shipment 


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