Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 18, 2013 / Notices 57401 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2013–0064] 

Cooperative Research and 

Development Agreement (CRADA) 

Opportunity With the Department of 

Homeland Security for the Production 

and Associated Research of Purpose 

Bred Explosive Detection Canines 

AGENCY: Science and Technology 

Directorate, Transportation Security 

Administration Office of Law 

Enforcement—Federal Air Marshal 

Service, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security Science and Technology 

Directorate (DHS S&T), located in 

Washington, DC, and the Transportation 

Security Administration/Office of Law 

Enforcement—Federal Air Marshal 

Service (TSA/OLE–FAMS), specifically 

the Canine Training and Evaluation 

Section at Lackland Air Force Base in 

San Antonio, TX, are seeking industry 

collaborators to aid in continuing the 

use of selective breeding and data 

gathering to determine the most 

significant genetic and behavioral 

characteristics of explosive detection 

canines. The role of the industry 

collaborator(s) in this CRADA will be to 

continue breeding a colony of 8 

Labrador Retrievers based on approved 

selective criteria, gather data based on 

existing Government established 

protocols, and to partner with other 

institutions to scientifically advance the 

selective breeding of purpose bred 

explosives detection canines based on 

existing data supplemented by the 

continued gathering of data associated 

with the observation and measurement 

of canine health and performance. 

DHS S&T and TSA/OLE–FAMS are 

seeking CRADA collaborators that own 

or have access to the technological 

components for, have the technological 

expertise in, and have proven track 

records of success in the fields of: High 

quality husbandry for the breeding of 

canines; understanding, collection and 

analysis of quantitative behavior trait 

measurement; application of 

quantitative techniques to improve 

genetic lines (Inbreeding Coefficients, 

Estimated Breeding Values, Linkage 

Analysis, Selection Indexes, etc); 

knowledge of advanced techniques 

(prenatal imprinting, olfactory 

imprinting, maternal oriented social 

learning, litter oriented social learning, 

early environmental conditioning, self 

search-self reward) to ensure proper 

canine development and its potential 

epigenetic impact, and experience in 

preparing dogs for consignment 

evaluations by TSA/OLE–FAMS, and 

other DHS stakeholder community 

operational canine program evaluators. 

The proposed term of the CRADA can 

be up to thirty-six (36) months. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

October 18, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Mail comments and 

requests to participate to Mr. Don 

Roberts, (ATTN: Don Roberts, Mailing 

Address: S&T EXD Stop 0206, 

Department of Homeland Security, 245 

Murray Lane, Washington, DC 20528– 

0202). 

Submit electronic comments and 

other data to don.roberts@hq.dhs.gov. 

The preferred method of 

communication for this Notice is 

through electronic correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information on DHS CRADAs: Marlene 

Owens, (202) 254–6671. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Requirements 

Potential Collaborators 

1. Should possess facilities to safely 

provide for the care and housing of 8 

adult breeding females and up to 50 

puppies each year. This should include 

housing areas, working/search areas, 

exercise areas, and separate whelping/ 

weaning areas. 

2. Should have experience and 

knowledge in how to properly rear a dog 

from birth to a year of age specifically 

to enhance its potential to be an 

effective explosives detection dog. 

3. Should be veterinarians or have 

close working relationships with 

veterinarians familiar with canine 

reproduction and maintaining the 

health of developing working detection 

dogs. This should include veterinary 

expertise in screening for genetic faults 

that would preclude such dogs from 

being future working dogs (hip 

structure, elbow structure, no ocular 

anomalies or other genetic disease 

known to impact this breed). 

4. Should be able to demonstrate their 

involvement and understanding in 

current behavioral canine research and 

be able to adapt their rearing schemes 

based on DHS S&T sponsored research 

by other academic institutions. 

5. Should be able to demonstrate 

familiarity with and the ability to 

conduct ongoing behavioral testing of 

developing canines in the context of 

their potential to be working explosives 

detection dogs. 

6. Should be able to demonstrate the 

skill and knowledge required to perform 

advanced genetic analysis on this 

population of dogs (Estimated Breeding 

Values, Linkage Analysis, Inbreeding 

Coefficients, Selection Indexes, 

Quantitative Genetic analysis, 

Molecular Genetic analysis). 

7. Should be able to demonstrate 

knowledge of and the ability to maintain 

computer databases to track all data 

associated with this population. 

DHS S&T/TSA/OLE–FAMS Role 

(includes but not limited to): 

1. Provide existing data in the form of 

paper record and/or database 

information on over 500 dogs bred since 

2002; 

2. Provide TSA subject matter experts 

to demonstrate, coordinate, and educate 

on how prior data was collected; 

3. Provide previously written reports 

that suggest new and improved 

methodology of collecting future canine 

behavior data; and 

4. Provide 8 breeding female Labrador 

Retrievers from proven stock of 

detection canines. 

Period of Performance: 36 months 

from date of Agreement. 

Selection Criteria 

DHS S&T/TSA/OLE–FAMS reserves 

the right to select CRADA collaborators 

for all, some, or none of the proposals 

in response to this notice. DHS S&T/ 

TSA/OLE–FAMS will provide no 

funding for reimbursement of proposal 

development costs. Proposals (or any 

other material) submitted in response to 

this notice will not be returned. 

Proposals submitted are expected to be 

unclassified. 

DHS S&T/TSA/OLE–FAMS will select 

proposals at their sole discretion on the 

basis of: 

1. How well the proposal 

communicates the collaborators’ 

understanding of and ability to meet the 

CRADAs goals and proposed timeline. 

2. How well the proposal addresses 

the following criteria: 

a. Capability of the collaborator to 

provide equipment, materials, and 

personnel for the proposed effort. 

b. Capability of the collaborator to 

meet the requirements for canine 

development, behavioral testing, data 

analysis, and submission of supporting 

data and documents fulfilling the stated 

requirements. 

c. Preliminary data or results which 

support the requirements outlined 

above. 

Participation in this CRADA does not 

imply the future purchase of any 

materials, equipment, or services from 

the collaborating entities, and nonFederal CRADA participants will not be 

excluded from any future DHS S&T/ 

TSA/OLE–FAMS procurements based 

solely on their participation in this 

CRADA. 


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57402 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 18, 2013 / Notices 

Authority: CRADAs are authorized by the 

Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, as 

amended and codified by 15 U.S.C. 3710a. 

DHS, as an executive agency under 5 

U.S.C. 105, is a Federal agency for the 

purposes of 15 U.S.C. 3710a and may 

enter into a CRADA. DHS delegated the 

authority to conduct CRADAs to the 

Science and Technology Directorate and 

its laboratories. 

Dated: September 12, 2013. 

Stephen Hancock, 

Director, Public Private Partnerships. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22639 Filed 9–17–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9F–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2013–0021] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection—019 Air and Marine 

Operations Surveillance System 

(AMOSS) System of Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 

Homeland Security proposes to 

establish a new Department of 

Homeland Security system of records 

titled, ‘‘Department of Homeland 

Security/U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection—019 Air and Marine 

Operations Surveillance System 

(AMOSS) System of Records.’’ This 

system of records allows the Department 

of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection to collect and 

maintain records on publicly available 

aircraft and airport data provided by the 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 

requests from law enforcement about 

suspects, tips from the public, and 

recordings of event and operations data 

in a watch log or event tracking log. 

Additionally, the Department of 

Homeland Security is issuing a Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking to exempt this 

system of records from certain 

provisions of the Privacy Act, elsewhere 

in the Federal Register. This newly 

established system will be included in 

the Department of Homeland Security’s 

inventory of record systems. 

Dates And Comments: Submit 

comments on or before October 18, 

2013. This new system will be effective 

October 18, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2013–0021 by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–343–4010. 

• Mail: Jonathan R. Cantor, Acting 

Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this rulemaking. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions please contact: 

Laurence Castelli, (202) 325–0280, 

Privacy Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, Washington, DC 

20229. For privacy issues please 

contact: Jonathan R. Cantor, (202) 343– 

1717, Acting Chief Privacy Officer, 

Privacy Office, Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS)/U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) proposes to 

establish a new DHS system of records 

titled, ‘‘DHS/CBP—019 Air and Marine 

Operations Surveillance System 

(AMOSS) System of Records.’’ 

This System of Records Notice 

(SORN) is being published because 

AMOSS stores personally identifiable 

information in a system of records. 

AMOSS is a sophisticated radar 

processing system that supports the 

concerted and cooperative effort of air, 

land, and sea vehicles; field offices; and 

command and control centers staffed by 

law enforcement officers (LEO), 

detection enforcement officers (DEO), 

pilots, crew, and Air and Marine 

Operations Center (AMOC) support staff 

in monitoring approaches to the U.S. 

border to detect illicit trafficking and 

direct interdiction actions, as 

appropriate. AMOSS also supports 

domestic operations in conjunction with 

other domestic law enforcement 

agencies by tracking domestic flights, as 

well as providing air traffic monitoring 

for air defense purposes. By processing 

a collection of external data imposed 

over a zooming-capable screen, AMOSS 

provides a real-time picture of air 

activity over a wide portion of North 

America, thus allowing system 

operators to discriminate between 

normal and suspicious air, ground, and 

marine vehicle movement. Much of the 

external data processed by AMOSS does 

not contain Personally Identifiable 

Information (PII) and is supplied to 

AMOSS by means of networked external 

sources. For instance, global positioning 

systems (GPS) from CBP vehicles or law 

enforcement investigations, maps, 

datasets from radar plot data, track data, 

and flight plan data are all incorporated 

to enhance the system operator’s ability 

to differentiate between normal and 

suspicious aviation movement. 

AMOSS collects PII principally from 

the following sources: 

(1) Aircraft registration and owner 

information, which is downloaded to 

AMOSS weekly from the publicly 

available Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) Registration 

Database (DOT/FAA–801—Aircraft 

Registration System (April 11, 2000, 65 

FR 19518)); 

(2) Airport manager contact 

information, which is contained in a 

larger download of airport and 

aeronautical navigation data obtained 

from the FAA National Flight Data 

Center Web site (DOT/FAA- 847— 

Aviation Records on Individuals 

(November 9, 2010, 75 FR 68849)); 

(3) Suspect information entered into 

the AMOC watch or event track logs 

received from other CBP personnel or 

law enforcement agencies; and 

(4) Information from members of the 

public who call in to report suspicious 

activity to a tip line. 

The majority of the PII contained in 

AMOSS is publicly available data, 

which AMOSS downloads from the 

FAA Registration Database. The FAA 

Registration Database contains airport 

and runway information, aircraft 

registration (ownership) information on 

U.S. registered aircraft, flight plan/route 

information, special use airspace 

identification, and navigation aids 

identification. The information that 

AMOSS extracts from the FAA 

Registration Database contains PII in the 

form of aircraft owner names and 

addresses and airport manager names 

and phone numbers. 

AMOSS also contains event and 

operations data, which DEOs or other 

AMOC staff record in a watch log or 

event tracking log. The watch log 

contains records of operational activities 

on the floor of the AMOC. The event 

tracking log contains active event logs of 

all investigative and law enforcement 

actions in response to suspicious 

activity. The watch log and event 

tracking log are similar to a police 

blotter or journal and can include 


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