[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 231 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86703-86704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28846]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Limited Access Death Master File Systems Safeguards
Attestation Forms
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Commerce.
Title: (A) ``Limited Access Death Master File (LADMF) Accredited
Conformity Assessment Body Systems Safeguards Attestation Form'' (ACAB
Systems Safeguards Attestation Form).
(B) ``Limited Access Death Master File (LADMF) State or Local
Government Auditor General (AG) or Inspector General (IG) Systems
Safeguards Attestation Form'' (AG or IG Systems Safeguards Attestation
Form).
OMB Control Number: 0692-XXXX.
Form Number(s): NTIS FM100A and NTIS FM100B.
Type of Request: Emergency request (new information collection).
Number of Respondents:
ACAB Systems Safeguards Attestation Form: NTIS expects to receive
approximately 500 ACAB Systems Safeguards Attestation Forms from
Persons and Certified Persons annually.
AG or IG Systems Safeguards Attestation Form: NTIS expects to
receive approximately 60 AG or IG Systems Safeguards Attestation Forms
from Persons and Certified Persons annually.
Average Hours Per Response:
ACAB Systems Safeguards Attestation Form: 3 hours.
AG or IG Systems Safeguards Attestation Form: 3 hours.
Burden Hours:
ACAB Systems Safeguards Attestation Form: 1500 (500 x 3 hours =
1500 hours).
AG or IG Systems Safeguards Attestation Form: 180 (60 x 3 hours =
180 hours).
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.
On December 30, 2014, NTIS initially described a ``Limited Access
Death Master File Systems Safeguards Attestation Form'' in the notice
of proposed rulemaking (79 FR 78314 at 78321). 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
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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 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.
NTIS requires emergency clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act
in time to be able to implement the certification program on November
28, 2016.
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: Once every three years.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory for a Person seeking
certification or renewal of certification for access to the Limited
Access DMF to have an Accredited Conformity Assessment Body or state or
local government Auditor General or Inspector General submit this
attestation.
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
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-28846 Filed 11-30-16; 8:45 am]
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