The Presidential Policy Directive-21
(PPD-21) (2013) and the National Infrastructure Protection Plan
(NIPP) (2013) (Public Law 107-296) highlight the need for a
centrally managed repository of infrastructure attributes capable
of assessing risks and facilitating data sharing. To support this
mission need, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS)
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has
developed the IP Gateway. The IP Gateway contains several
capabilities which support the homeland security mission in the
area of critical infrastructure (CI) protection. The purpose of
this collection is to gather the details pertaining to the users of
the IP Gateway for the purpose of creating accounts to access the
IP Gateway. This information is also used to verify a need to know
to access the IP Gateway. After being vetted and granted access,
users are prompted and required to take an online training course
upon first logging into the system. After completing the training,
users are permitted full access to the system. In addition, this
collection will gather feedback from the users of the IP Gateway to
determine any future system improvements.
The changes to the collection
since the previous OMB approval include: updating the title of the
collection, decrease in burden estimates and decrease in costs. The
title of the collection has been updated to better reflect the
nature of the instruments within the collection package. The
instruments have been separated out in ROCIS. The total annual
burden cost for the collection has decreased by $31,909, from
$37,230 to $5,321 due to a decrease in registrations, as
registration is a one-time burden. The total number of responses
has decreased by 1,150 from 1,500 to 350 since most users are
already registered for the system as well as making updates for the
number of survey responses received. The annual government cost for
the collection has decreased by $95,188 from $107,857 to $12,668,
due to removing the costs associated with designing the
survey.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.