On Tuesday, the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved the three year extension of the TSA’s information collection request for “Cybersecurity Measures for Surface Modes”. This ICR extension was mandated when OIRA approved an emergency revision to the ICR to support the latest version of TSA’s security directives for certain surface transportation organizations. This ICR extension was submitted to OIRA on March 10th, 2023.
Commentary
As I have noted on a number of occasions, the TSA does a
poor job of providing detailed information in their ICR notices. The whole
point of the ICR program is to keep the regulated public involved in the
process of approving the collection of information. Public comments provide the
necessary feedback for agencies to understand the impacts their regulatory actions
have beyond achieving their regulatory goals. It does not seem to me that TSA
understands this purpose and, unfortunately, OIRA does a poor job of ensuring
that agencies fulfill the spirit of the ICR process.
For more information on this ICR, including burden estimate
details and additional commentary on TSA’s ICR performance, see my article at
CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/omb-approves-tsa-surface-transportation
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