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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 November 21, 

2024. Submissions received after the 

deadline for receiving comments may 

not be considered. 

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: 

Jonathan Pereira, 202.794.3427, 

vulnerability@cisa.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

Security Agency (CISA) Cybersecurity 

Division (CSD) offers cybersecurity 

assessments to help reduce risk for 

federal, state, local, tribal, territorial and 

private sector critical infrastructure 

partners. Information collected is used 

by CISA CSD staff to engage with 

customers and provide cybersecurity 

assessment services. For more 

information on the specific questions 

asked, please see www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Under 6 U.S.C. 

659(c)(6), CISA provides, upon request, 

‘‘. . . timely technical assistance, risk 

management support, and incident 

response capabilities to Federal and 

non-Federal entities with respect to 

cyber threat indicators, defensive 

measures, cybersecurity risks, and 

incidents, which may include 

attribution, mitigation, and remediation 

. . .’’ 

Number of Respondents: CISA 

estimates the number of respondents 

will be 5,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: CISA 

assumes the majority of individuals who 

will complete this form are Chief 

Information Officers or equivalent. The 

estimated time to complete the form was 

determined to be .11 hours after user 

testing. 

Total Annual Burden Cost: $97,674 

from Economist review. 

Annual Burden Hours: The annual 

burden hours is 825 hours (5,000 

respondents × 1.5 responses per 

respondent × .11 hour per response). 

Analysis 

Agency: Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

Title: Service Request Form for 

Enterprise Assessment Services. 

OMB Number: 1670–NEW. 

Frequency: Information is required 

when an organization would initially 

request cybersecurity assessments or 

requests additional cybersecurity 

assessments. These requests are made at 

the discretion of the requestor therefore 

the program office is not able to 

determine when or how often such 

requests will occur. 

Affected Public: Business or Other 

For-Profit, Not-For-Profit Institutions, 

Federal Government, State, Local or 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 5,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.11 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 825 hours. 

Estimated Annual Industry Cost: 

$97,674. 

Estimated Annual Federal 

Government Cost: $163,150. 

Robert J. Costello, 

Chief Information Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0040] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection: Application for 

Employment Authorization 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) invites 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment upon this 

proposed revision of a currently 

approved collection of information. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the 

information collection notice is 

published in the Federal Register to 

obtain comments regarding the nature of 

the information collection, the 

categories of respondents, the estimated 

burden (i.e. the time, effort, and 

resources used by the respondents to 

respond), the estimated cost to the 

respondent, and the actual information 

collection instruments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until 

December 23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: All submissions received 

must include the OMB Control Number 

1615–0040 in the body of the letter, the 

agency name and Docket ID USCIS– 

2005–0035. Submit comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal website at 

https://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2005–0035. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 

Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone 

number (240) 721–3000 (This is not a 

toll-free number. Comments are not 

accepted via telephone message). Please 

note contact information provided here 

is solely for questions regarding this 

notice. It is not for individual case 

status inquiries. Applicants seeking 

information about the status of their 

individual cases can check Case Status 

Online, available at the USCIS website 

at https://www.uscis.gov, or call the 

USCIS Contact Center at 800–375–5283 

(TTY 800–767–1833). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments: 

You may access the information 

collection instrument with instructions 


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or additional information by visiting the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: 

https://www.regulations.gov and 

entering USCIS–2005–0035 in the 

search box. All comments must be 

submitted in English or be accompanied 

by a translation. All submissions will be 

posted, without change, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov, and will include 

any personal information you provide. 

Therefore, submitting this information 

makes it public. You may wish to 

consider limiting the amount of 

personal information that you provide 

in any voluntary submission you make 

to DHS. DHS may withhold information 

provided in comments from public 

viewing that it determines may impact 

the privacy of an individual or is 

offensive. For additional information, 

please read the Privacy Act notice that 

is available via the link in the footer of 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

should address one or more of the 

following four points: 

(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 submission of 

responses. 

In addition to the specific changes 

proposed to the USCIS Form I–765 and 

accompanying instructions in this 60- 

day notice, USCIS is exploring 

additional technology and internal 

process improvements to further reduce 

the burden to those applying for initial 

employment authorization, seeking 

evidence of existing employment 

authorization, or employment 

authorization incident to status or an 

Employment Authorization Document 

(EAD). USCIS specifically requests 

comments on the submission of 

passport-style photos during the 

application process and expanding the 

options available to filers for submission 

of photos through the use of emerging 

technologies, such as a smartphone 

application that would allow for the 

capture and submission of passportstyle photos necessary to produce an 

EAD. Finally, please provide detailed 

reasons why USCIS should or should 

not consider use of the mobile app or 

alternate technology for photo capture. 

USCIS specifically requests comments 

on providing alternative means to apply 

for employment authorization or 

evidence of existing employment 

authorization that could substitute for 

submitting a separate Form I–765, 

Application for Employment 

Authorization. Comments may also 

address a proposal to provide applicants 

the option to consent to USCIS sharing 

certain information from their benefit 

requests with the Social Security 

Administration (SSA) for the purposes 

of having the SSA assign the applicant 

a Social Security Number and issue the 

applicant a new or replacement Social 

Security Card upon approval of the 

underlying benefit request. USCIS 

anticipates that it would still collect the 

required filing fee associated with any 

alternative request for employment 

authorization or evidence of existing 

employment authorization that does not 

use the Form I–765, Application for 

Employment Authorization, pursuant to 

8 CFR 106.1(a) (The fees established in 

[Part 106] are associated with the 

benefit, the adjudication, or the type of 

request and not solely determined by 

the form number listed in [8 CFR] 

106.2). If there is not an interest, 

provide detailed reasons why there is 

not. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Application for Employment 

Authorization. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–765; USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. Form I–765 collects 

information needed to determine if an 

alien is eligible for an initial EAD, a 

replacement EAD, or a subsequent EAD 

upon the expiration of a previous EAD 

under the same eligibility category. 

Aliens in many immigration statuses are 

required to possess an EAD as evidence 

of work authorization. To be authorized 

for employment, an alien must be 

lawfully admitted for permanent 

residence or authorized to be so 

employed by the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (INA) or under 

regulations issued by DHS. Pursuant to 

statutory or regulatory authorization, 

certain classes of aliens are authorized 

to be employed in the United States 

without restrictions as to location or 

type of employment as a condition of 

their admission or subsequent change to 

one of the indicated classes. USCIS may 

determine the validity period assigned 

to any document issued evidencing an 

alien’s authorization to work in the 

United States. These classes of aliens 

authorized to accept employment are 

listed in 8 CFR 274a.12. USCIS also 

collects biometric information from 

certain EAD applicants to verify the 

applicant’s identity, check or update 

their background information, and 

produce the EAD card. An applicant for 

employment authorization can apply for 

a Social Security Number (SSN) and 

Social Security card using Form I–765. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: The estimated total number of 

respondents for the information 

collection I–765 (paper) is 3,816,321 

and the estimated hour burden per 

response is 4.26 hours; the estimated 

total number of respondents for the 

information collection I–765 (electronic) 

is 2,339,036 and the estimated hour 

burden per response is 3.88 hours; the 

estimated total number of respondents 

for the information collection Form I– 

765WS is 355,790 and the estimated 

hour burden per response is .50 hours; 

the estimated total number of 

respondents for the information 

collection Biometric Processing is 2,242 

and the estimated hour burden per 

response is 1.17 hours; the estimated 

total number of respondents for the 

information collection Passport-Style 

Photographs is 6,153,115 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

.50 hours. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The total estimated annual 

hour burden associated with this 

collection is 28,590,063 hours. 

(7) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in cost) associated with the 

collection: The estimated total annual 

cost burden associated with this 

collection of information is 

$1,079,442,537. 

Dated: October 16, 2024. 

Jerry L. Rigdon, 

Deputy Chief, Regulatory Coordination 

Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

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