[Federal Register: October 24, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 205)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for
Emergency Review and Approval
October 19, 2007.
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, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act 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
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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 November 23, 2007. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contacts
listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via e-mail to nfraser@omb.eop.gov or via fax at
202-395-5167, and to the Federal Communications Commission via e-mail
to PRA@fcc.gov or by U.S. mail to Leslie F. Smith, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-C216, 445 12th Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection(s), contact Leslie F. Smith via e-mail at
PRA@fcc.gov or call (202) 418-0217. To view a copy of this information
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain
(an OMB/GSA web page), (2) look for
the section of the web page called ``Currently Under Review,'' (3)
click on the downward-pointing arrow in the ``Select Agency'' box below
the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) select ``Federal
Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies presented in the
``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button to the right of
the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB
control number) and then click on the ICR Reference Number to view
detailed information about this ICR.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has requested approval of
these information collection requirements under the emergency
processing provisions of the PRA by December 7, 2007.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0715.
Title: Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary
Network Information (CPNI) and Other Customer Information, CC Docket
No. 96-115.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: 6,017 respondents.
Estimated Time per Response: 58.29 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, and one time reporting
requirements; Recordkeeping; and Third party disclosure.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 350,704 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $3,000,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: The information collection
requirements do not have a direct impact on individuals or households,
and thus there are no impacts under the Privacy Act.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: To the extent that the
customer proprietary network information includes proprietary
information, respondents are required to take adequate measures to
protect this confidentiality.
Needs and Uses: On January 12, 2007, President George W. Bush
signed into law the ``Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of
2006,'' which responded to the problem of ``pretexting,'' or seeking to
obtain unauthorized access to telephone records, by making it a
criminal offense subject to fines and imprisonment. In particular,
pretexting is the practice of pretending to be a particular customer or
other authorized person in order to obtain access to that customer's
call detail or other private communications records. The Telephone
Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006 Act found that such
unauthorized disclosure of telephone records is a problem that ``not
only assaults individual privacy but, in some instances, may further
acts of domestic violence or stalking, compromise the personal safety
of law enforcement officers, their families, victims of crime,
witnesses, or confidential informants, and undermine the integrity of
law enforcement investigations.''
On April 2, 2007, the Commission released the Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Implementation of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996: Telecommunications Carriers' Use of
Customer Proprietary Network Information and Other Customer
Information; IP-Enabled Services, CC Docket No. 96-115, WC Docket No.
04-36, FCC 07-22, which responded to the practice of pretexting by
strengthening its rules to protect the privacy of customer proprietary
network information (CPNI) that is collected and held by providers of
communications services. Section 222 of the Communications Act requires
telecommunications carriers to take specific steps to ensure that CPNI
is adequately protected from unauthorized disclosure. Pursuant to
section 222, the Commission adopted new rules focused on the efforts of
providers of communications services to prevent pretexting. These rules
require providers of communications services to adopt additional
privacy safeguards that, the Commission believes, will sharply limit
pretexters' ability to obtain unauthorized access to the type of
personal customer information from carriers that the Commission
regulates. In addition, in furtherance of the Telephone Records and
Privacy Protection Act of 2006, the Commission's rules help ensure that
law enforcement will have necessary tools to investigate and enforce
prohibitions on illegal access to customer records.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-20936 Filed 10-23-07; 8:45 am]
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