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basis. Information is not collected for
commercial marketing. Winners are
permitted to cite that they won this
contest.
General Conditions
The NCI reserves the right to cancel,
suspend, and/or modify the
Competition, or any part of it, for any
reason, at NCI’s sole discretion.
Participation in this Challenge
constitutes a contestant’s full and
unconditional agreement to abide by the
Challenge’s Official Rules found at
http://www.Challenge.gov and http://
www.health2challenge.org/.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: July 18, 2011.
Francis S. Collins,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2011–0059]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for Review;
Information Collection Request for the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), Science and Technology,
Biodefense Knowledge Center (BKC)
Science and Technology
Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day Notice and request for
comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), Science & Technology
(S&T) Directorate invites the general
public to comment on data collection
forms for the Biodefense Knowledge
Center (BKC) program. BKC is
responsible for coordinating the
collection of Life Sciences Subject
Matter Experts (SMEs) information with
the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence (ODNI), which operates
under the authority of the National
Security act of 1947, as amended by the
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004. These
authorities charge the ODNI with
responsibility to coordinate and
rationalize the activities of the
Intelligence Community components.
The SME information is necessary to
understand who can provide scientific
expertise for peer review of life science
programs. In addition, the directory
makes it easier to identify scientific
specialty areas for which there is a
shortage of Subject Matter Experts
(SMEs) with appropriate security
clearances.

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The DHS invites interested persons to
comment on the following form and
instructions (hereinafter ‘‘Forms
Package’’) for the S&T BKC: (1) Subject
Matter Expert Registration Form (DHS
FORM 10043 (2/08)). Interested persons
may receive a copy of the Forms
Package by contacting the DHS S&T
PRA Coordinator. This notice and
request for comments is required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until September 20,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments, identified
by docket number DHS–2011- 0059, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail: Daniel.Purcell@dhs.gov.
Please include docket number DHS–
2011–0059 in the subject line of the
message.
• Fax: (202) 254–6171. (Not a toll-free
number).
• Mail: Science and Technology
Directorate, ATTN: Chief Information
Office—Daniel Purcell, 245 Murray
Drive, Mail Stop 0202, Washington, DC
20528.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DHS
S&T PRA Coordinator Daniel Purcell
(202) 254–5664 (Not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information will be collected via the
DHS S&T BKC secure Web site at
https://bkms.llnl.gov/sme. The BKC
Web site will only employ secure Webbased technology (i.e., electronic
registration form) to collect information
from users to both reduce the burden
and increase the efficiency of this
collection.
The Department is committed to
improving its information collection
and urges all interested parties to
suggest how these materials can further
reduce burden while seeking necessary
information under the Act.
DHS is particularly interested in
comments that:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Suggest ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and

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(4) Suggest ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Renewal of information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Science and Technology, Biodefense
Knowledge Center (BKC) program.
(3) Agency Form Number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: Department of
Homeland Security, Science &
Technology Directorate—(1) Subject
Matter Expert Registration Form (DHS
FORM 10043 (2/08)).
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: The Subject Matter Experts
(SME) information is necessary to
understand who can provide scientific
expertise for peer review of life science
programs. The directory makes it easier
to identify scientific specialty areas for
which there is a shortage of SMEs with
appropriate security clearances. SME
contact information, scientific expertise,
and level of education is collected
electronically through a Web portal
developed by DHS S&T. The SME
information is shared with U.S.
Government program managers and
other members of the biodefense
community who have a legitimate need
to identify life sciences SMEs. Cleared
SMEs are necessary to accomplish
scientific reviews and attend topical
meetings.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond:
a. Estimate of the total number of
respondents: 4,000.
b. An estimate of the time for an
average respondent to respond: 0.25
burden hours.
c. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 1,000 burden hours.
Dated: July 13, 2011.
Tara O’Toole,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
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