[Federal Register: October 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 201)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
October 10, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject
to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid
control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before December 18, 2006. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting PRA comments but find it difficult to do so within
the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Allison E. Zaleski, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202)
395-6466, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via internet at
Allison_E._Zaleski@eop.omb.gov and to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554 or an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. If you would like to
obtain or view a copy of this information collection after the 60-day
comment period, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at:
http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Rural Health Care Support Mechanism.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions and State, local and
tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 20.
Estimated Time per Response: 25 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this new information
collection to OMB after this 60-day comment period to obtain the full
three-year clearance from them. The Commission is requesting OMB
approval for an Order that establishes a pilot program to assist public
and non-profit health care providers to build station and regionwide
broadband networks dedicated to the provision of health care services,
and connect those networks to Internet2, a dedicated nationwide
backbone. The construction of such networks will bring the benefits of
innovative telehealth, and particularly, telemedicine services, to
those areas of the country where the need for those benefits is most
acute.
The pilot program is designed to encourage health care providers to
join together to aggregate their needs and develop a strategy for
creating statewide and/or regional networks that will connect numerous
health care providers, including rural health care providers, through a
dedicated, broadband network. The pilot program will fund up to 85% of
the costs incurred to deploy state or regional broadband networks
dedicated to health care. The pilot program will also fund up to 85% of
the costs of connecting the regional and/or statewide to Internet2, a
dedicated nationwide backbone that connects a number of government
research institutions, as well as academic, public, and private health
care institutions that are repositories of medical expertise and
information. The information collected will enable the Commission to
select participants for the Pilot Program.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-17342 Filed 10-17-06; 8:45 am]
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