[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5499-5500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01689]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Technical Information Service


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; 
Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment 
Request; Limited Access Death Master File Systems Safeguards 
Attestation Forms

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on November 1, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Commerce.
    Title: NTIS Limited Access Death Master Files (LADMF) Systems 
Safeguards Attestation Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0692-0016.
    Form Number(s): NTIS FM100A and NTIS FM100B.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: NTIS expects to receive approximately 260 
applications and renewals for certification every three (3) years for 
access to the Limited Access Death Master File.
    Average Hours per Response: 3 hours.
    Burden Hours: 780.
    Needs and Uses: NTIS issued a final rule establishing a program 
through which persons may become eligible to obtain access to Death 
Master File (DMF) information about an individual within three years of 
that individual's death. The final rule was promulgated under section 
203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, Public Law 113-67 (Act). The 
Act prohibits the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) from disclosing DMF 
information during the three-year period following an individual's 
death (Limited Access DMF), unless the person requesting the 
information has been certified to access the Limited Access DMF 
pursuant to certain criteria in a program that the Secretary 
establishes. The Secretary delegated the authority to carry out section 
203 to the Director of NTIS.
    To accommodate the requirements of the final rule, NTIS is using 
both the ACAB Systems Safeguards Attestation Form and the AG or IG 
Systems Safeguards Attestation Form.
    The ACAB Systems Safeguards Attestation Form requires an 
``Accredited Conformity Assessment Body'' (ACAB), as defined in the 
final rule, to attest that a Person seeking certification or a 
Certified Person seeking renewal of certification has information 
security systems, facilities and procedures in place to protect the 
security of the Limited Access DMF, as required under section 
1110.102(a)(2) of the final rule. The ACAB Systems Safeguards 
Attestation Form collects information based on an assessment by the 
ACAB conducted within three years prior to the date of the Person or 
Certified Person's submission of a completed certification statement 
under section 1110.101(a) of the final rule. This collection includes 
specific requirements of the final rule, which the ACAB must certify 
are satisfied, and the provision of specific information by the ACAB, 
such as the date of the assessment and the auditing standard(s) used 
for the assessment.
    Section 1110.501(a)(2) of the final rule provides that a State or 
local government office of AG or IG and a Person or Certified Person 
that is a department or agency of the same State or local government, 
respectively, are not considered to be owned by a common ``parent'' 
entity under section 1110.501(a)(1)(ii) for the purpose of determining 
independence, and attestation by the AG or IG is possible. The AG or IG 
Systems Safeguards

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Attestation Form is for the use of a State or local government AG or IG 
to attest on behalf of a State or local government department or agency 
Person or Certified Person. The AG or IG Systems Safeguards Attestation 
Form requires the State or local government AG or IG to attest that a 
Person seeking certification or a Certified Person seeking renewal of 
certification has information security systems, facilities and 
procedures in place to protect the security of the Limited Access DMF, 
as required under section 1110.102(a)(2) of the final rule. The AG or 
IG Systems Safeguards Attestation Form collects information based on an 
assessment by the State or local government AG or IG conducted within 
three years prior to the date of the Person or Certified Person's 
submission of a completed certification statement under section 
1110.101(a) of the final rule. This collection includes specific 
requirements of the final rule, which the State or local government AG 
or IG must certify are satisfied, and the provision of specific 
information by the State or local government AG or IG, such as the date 
of the assessment.
    Affected Public: Accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies and State 
or local government Auditors General or Inspectors General attesting 
that a Person seeking certification or a Certified Person seeking 
renewal of certification under the final rule for the ``Certification 
Program for Access to the Death Master File'' has information security 
systems, facilities and procedures in place to protect the security of 
the Limited Access DMF, as required by the final rule.
    Frequency: Every three (3) years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Section 203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, 
Public Law 113-67.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
on the following website 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 and 
entering either the title of the collection or the OMB control number 
0692-0016.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-01689 Filed 1-26-24; 8:45 am]
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