Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 12, 2023 / Notices 86141 

There will be a public comment 

period from approximately 3 p.m. until 

3:15 p.m. (EST). Speakers are requested 

to limit their comments to 3 minutes. 

Please note that the public comment 

period may end before the period 

allotted, following the last call for 

comments. Please contact the individual 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section above to register as a 

speaker. 

Dated: December 6, 2023. 

Amy M. Beach, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of 

Inspections and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27169 Filed 12–11–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2023–0034; OMB No. 

1660–NW172] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Generic Clearance 

for FEMA’s Preparedness Grant 

Programs 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice of new collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public to take this 

opportunity to comment on a new 

information collection. In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (PRA), this notice seeks comments 

concerning a new generic collection to 

oversee FEMA’s Office of Grants 

Administration programmatic and 

financial stewardship of non-disaster 

grant awards. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate 

submissions to the docket, please 

submit comments at 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

FEMA–2023–0034. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name and Docket ID. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, all 

submissions will be posted, without 

change, to the Federal eRulemaking 

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

and will include any personal 

information you provide. Therefore, 

submitting this information makes it 

public. You may wish to read the 

Privacy and Security Notice that is 

available via a link on the homepage of 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Bulgrien, Senior Advisor, FEMA, 

Office of Grants Administration at 

amy.bulgrien@fema.dhs.gov and 202– 

880–7522. You may contact the 

Information Management Division for 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information at email address: FEMAInformation-Collections-Management@

fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA’s 

Office of Grants Administration was 

created to oversee the programmatic 

management, financial management and 

administration of non-disaster grants. 

These programs help make the country 

more resilient and support the Nation’s 

needs before, during, and after disasters. 

Non-disaster grants also help develop 

and sustain capabilities at the state, 

local, Tribal, and territorial levels to 

mitigate, prevent, protect against, 

respond to, and recover from terrorism 

or other high-consequence disasters and 

emergencies. The instruments in this 

collection are required to apply for 

FEMA funds and the data collected 

through these instruments is used by 

FEMA to evaluate grant applications, 

assess applicant risk, monitor awards 

for compliance, and comply with 

Federal laws and regulations. OGA 

manages and ensures accountability of 

FEMA preparedness grant programs 

under sections 430, 503(b)(2)(G), 

504(a)(12), 2021–2023, and 2220–A of 

the Homeland Security Act of 2002. 

OGA programmatically manages and 

financially administers certain nondisaster and preparedness grants and 

conduct environmental planning and 

historic preservation activities for these 

grants, including homeland security and 

preparedness grants (including statutory 

authority for certain waivers) pursuant 

to titles V, XVIII, and XX of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002; section 

503(b)(2)(B), (G), and (H) of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

U.S.C. 313(b)(2)(B), (G), and (H)); 

section 1809 of the Homeland Security 

Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 579); titles XIV 

and XV of the Implementing 

Recommendations of the 9/11 

Commission Act of 2007; 46 U.S.C. 

70107; sections 635 and 662 of the PostKatrina Emergency Management Reform 

Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 723 and 762); title 

VI of the Stafford Act, as amended; 

Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 5 

U.S.C. app.; sections 33 and 34 of the 

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 

of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2229, 

2229a); section 3006 of the Deficit 

Reduction Act of 2005, as amended; 

section 204 of the REAL ID Act of 2005; 

the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 

Economic Security Act, Div. B (Pub. L. 

116–136); and grant programs 

authorized in annual appropriations 

acts or future preparedness grant 

program authorities. 

FEMA’s Office of Grants 

Administration is submitting this 

request for a generic collection to 

streamline integration of stakeholder 

feedback on instruments. This 

collection will ensure all Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number expiration dates are aligned 

across the OGA portfolio. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Generic Clearance for FEMA’s 

Preparedness Grant Programs. 

Type of Information Collection: New 

Collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–NW172. 

FEMA Forms: Not Applicable. 

Abstract: FEMA’s Office of Grants 

Administration was created to oversee 

the programmatic management, 

financial management, and 

administration of non-disaster grants. 

Non-disaster grant programs help make 

the country more resilient and support 

the nation’s needs before, during, and 

after disasters. Non-disaster grants help 

develop and sustain capabilities at the 

state and local, tribal, and territorial 

levels to mitigate, prevent, protect 

against, respond to, and recover from 

terrorism or other high-consequence 

disasters and emergencies. Instruments 

in this collection are required to apply 

for FEMA funds; data collected via the 

instruments is used by FEMA to 

evaluate grant applications, assess 

applicant risk, monitor awards for 

compliance, and comply with Federal 

laws and regulations. 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Government; Businesses or other Forprofits; Not-for Profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

35,552. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

55,244. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,737,291. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $100,067,963. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $0. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $0. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $3,090,494. 


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86142 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 12, 2023 / Notices 

Comments 

Comments may be submitted as 

indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 

above. Comments are solicited to (a) 

evaluate whether the proposed data 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of the Agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) 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; 

(c) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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 submission of 

responses. 

Millicent Brown Wilson, 

Records Management Branch Chief, Office 

of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission 

Support, Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27196 Filed 12–11–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: ReadySetCyber Initiative 

Questionnaire 

AGENCY: Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments; request for a new OMB 

control number, 1670–NEW. 

SUMMARY: The Cyber Security Division’s 

Vulnerability Management Sub-Division 

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. 

CISA previously published this 

information collection request in the 

Federal Register on August 10, 2023 for 

a 60-day public comment period. 0 

comments were received by CISA. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until January 11, 2024. 

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. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Robinson, 202–740–6114, 

mark.robinson@hq.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent 

with CISA’s authorities to ‘‘carry out 

comprehensive assessments of the 

vulnerabilities of the key resources and 

critical infrastructure of the United 

States’’ at 6 U.S.C. 652(e)(1)(B) and 

provide Federal and non-Federal 

entities with ‘‘operational and timely 

technical assistance’’ at 6 U.S.C. 

659(c)(6) and ‘‘recommendation on 

security and resilience measures’’ at 6 

U.S.C. 659(c)(7), CSD VM’s 

ReadySetCyber initiative will collect 

information in order to provide tailored 

technical assistance, services and 

resources to critical infrastructure 

organizations from all 16 critical 

infrastructure sectors based on the 

maturity of their respective 

cybersecurity programs. 

CISA seeks to collect this information 

from US critical infrastructure 

organizations on a strictly voluntary and 

fully electronic basis so that each 

organization can be best supported in 

meeting the CISA Cybersecurity 

Performance Goals. The CISA 

Cybersecurity Performance Goals are a 

set of 38 voluntary controls which aim 

to reduce the risk of cybersecurity 

threats to critical infrastructure. 

CISA offers a number of services and 

resources to aid critical infrastructure 

organizations in adopting the 

Cybersecurity Performance Goals and 

seeks to make discovery of the 

appropriate services and resources as 

easy as possible, especially for 

organizations that many have 

cybersecurity programs at low levels of 

capability. For example, an organization 

that is unsure of its ability to enumerate 

all its assets with Internet Protocol 

addresses can leverage CISA’s highly 

scalable vulnerability scanning service 

to discover additional assets within its 

network range that may have been 

previously unknown. Organizations 

with more mature cybersecurity 

programs who wish to evaluate their 

network segmentation controls will be 

better positioned to take advantage of 

CISA’s more resource-intensive 

architecture assessments. 

To measure adoption of the 

Cybersecurity Performance Goals and 

assist organizations in finding the best 

possible services and resources for their 

cybersecurity programs, CISA is seeking 

to establish a voluntary information 

collection that uses respondents’ 

answers to tailor a package of services 

and resources most applicable for their 

level of program maturity. 

Without collecting this information, 

CSD VM will be unable to tailor an 

appropriate suite of services, 

recommendations, and resources to 

assist that organization in protecting 

itself against cybersecurity threats, 

thereby creating burdens of inefficiency 

for service requesters and CSD VM 

alike. In addition, this information is 

critical to CSD VM’s ability to measure 

the adoption of CISA’s Cybersecurity 

Performance Goals by critical 

infrastructure organizations and assess 

the maturity of critical infrastructure 

organizations’ cybersecurity programs. 

The information to be collected 

includes: Identity and access 

management, device configuration and 

security, date security, governance and 

training, vulnerability management, 

supply chain risk management, and 

incident response. 

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; 


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