There were 12 notices published by the Homeland Security Department in week ending April 1, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Preparedness Activity Registration and Feedback, was submitted on March 31, 2023.

The Homeland Security Department published seven the week before, marking a 71.4 percent increase.

The Department was built out of more than 20 agencies in 2002. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lower taxes and boosting federal efficiency, argued the Department is burdened with "unneeded bureaucracy" which could be handled by other departments or standalone operations.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Homeland Security Department in week ending April 1

Title	Publication Date
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Preparedness Activity Registration and Feedback	03/31/2023
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records	03/31/2023
Request for Information on Coast Guard Vessel Response Plan and Maritime Oil-Spill Response Plan Advisory Group (MORPAG) Recommendations	03/30/2023
Recertification of Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council	03/29/2023
National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee; April 2023 Meetings	03/29/2023
Port Access Route Study: Approaches to Galveston Bay and Sabine Pass, Texas and Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana	03/28/2023
Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations	03/27/2023
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations	03/27/2023
Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations	03/27/2023
Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations	03/27/2023
National Towing Safety Advisory Committee; April 2023 Meeting	03/27/2023
Final Flood Hazard Determinations	03/27/2023