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assistance to the extent allowable under the 

Stafford Act. 

The Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Benigno Bern Ruiz, 

of FEMA is appointed to act as the 

Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

major disaster. 

The following areas of the State of 

Wisconsin have been designated as 

adversely affected by this major disaster: 

Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Jackson, La 

Crosse, Lafayette, Monroe, Richland, 

Trempealeau, and Vernon Counties for 

Public Assistance. 

All areas within the State of Wisconsin are 

eligible for assistance under the Hazard 

Mitigation Grant Program. 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

Brock Long, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–3391– 

EM; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001] 

Puerto Rico; Amendment No. 1 to 

Notice of an Emergency Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of an emergency declaration for the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA– 

3391–EM), dated September 18, 2017, 

and related determinations. 

DATES: The change occurred on October 

10, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, under Executive Order 

12148, as amended, Michael F. Byrne, of 

FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this emergency. 

This action terminates the 

appointment of Alejandro DeLaCampa 

as Federal Coordinating Officer for this 

emergency. 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

Brock Long, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate; Notification of Issuance of 

Binding Operational Directive 18–01 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: Issuance of a binding 

operational directive; notice of 

availability. 

SUMMARY: To safeguard Federal 

information and information systems, 

DHS has issued a binding operational 

directive (BOD) to all Federal, executive 

branch departments and agencies 

relating to enhanced email and web 

security. The BOD requires agencies to 

take specific actions on their 

information systems to improve email 

and web security. DHS is publishing 

this notice of availability to provide 

awareness of the BOD. 

DATES: Binding Operational Directive 

18–01 was issued on October 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: The text of Binding 

Operational Directive 18–01 is available 

at https://cyber.dhs.gov. Submit any 

inquiries about this notice of availability 

to BOD.Feedback@hq.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Homeland Security 

(‘‘DHS’’ or ‘‘the Department’’) has the 

statutory responsibility, in consultation 

with the Office of Management and 

Budget, to administer the 

implementation of agency information 

security policies and practices for 

information systems, which includes 

assisting agencies and providing certain 

government-wide protections. 44 U.S.C. 

3553(b). As part of that responsibility, 

the Department is authorized to 

‘‘develop[] and oversee[] the 

implementation of binding operational 

directives to agencies to implement the 

policies, principles, standards, and 

guidance developed by the Director [of 

the Office of Management and Budget] 

and [certain] requirements of [the 

Federal Information Security 

Modernization Act of 2014.]’’ 44 U.S.C. 

3553(b)(2). A BOD is ‘‘a compulsory 

direction to an agency that (A) is for 

purposes of safeguarding Federal 

information and information systems 

from a known or reasonably suspected 

information security threat, 

vulnerability, or risk; [and] (B) [is] in 

accordance with policies, principles, 

standards, and guidelines issued by the 

Director[.]’’ 44 U.S.C. 3552(b)(1). 

Agencies are required to comply with 

these directives. 44 U.S.C. 

3554(a)(1)(B)(ii). 

Overview of BOD 18–01 

In carrying out this statutory 

responsibility, the Department issued 

BOD 18–01, titled ‘‘Enhance Email and 

Web Security.’’ For email security, the 

BOD requires agencies to take specific 

technical actions to ensure that agency 

email can be encrypted in transit and is 

more difficult to spoof. For web 

security, the BOD requires agencies to 

take specific technical actions to ensure 

publicly accessible Federal Web sites 

and services are provided through 

secure connections. Across both topics, 

the BOD requires that agencies disable 

and discontinue use of certain, 

vulnerable ciphers and Secure Socket 

Layer configurations. 

Jeanette Manfra, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity 

and Communications, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23317 Filed 10–25–17; 8:45 am] 

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