[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 77 (Monday, April 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21346-21347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8458]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[DA 08-752]
Media Bureau Seeks Comments on Possible Changes to FCC Forms 395-
A and 395-B
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Media Bureau seeks comment on possible
changes to its annual reporting forms that request certain employee
data from multichannel video programming distributors (``MVPDs'') (FCC
Form 395-A) (OMB Control No. 3060-0095) and broadcasters (FCC Form 395-
B) (OMB Control No. 3060-0390).
DATES: Comments are due May 22, 2008; Reply comments are due June 6,
2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by MM Docket No. 98-204,
by any of the following methods: (1) The Commission's Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS), (2) the Federal Government's eRulemaking
Portal, or (3) by filing paper copies. See Electronic Filing of
Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (May 1, 1998).
Electronic Filers: Comments and reply comments may be filed
electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/ or the Federal eRulemaking Portal:http://www.regulations.gov. Filers should follow the instructions provided on
the Web site for submitting comments. For ECFS filers, in completing
the transmittal screen, filers should include their full name, U.S.
Postal service mailing address, and the applicable docket number: MM
Docket No. 98-204. Parties may also submit an electronic comment by
Internet e-mail. To get filing instructions, filers should send an e-
mail to [email protected], and include the following words in the body of
the message: ``get form''. A sample form and instructions will be sent
in response.
Paper filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an
original and four copies of each filing. Filings can be sent by hand or
messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class
or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although we continue to
experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail). All filings
must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
The Commission's contractor will receive hand-delivered or
messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at 236
Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, Washington, DC 20002. The filing
hours at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., on business days. All hand
deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any
envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building. Commercial
overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and
Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol
Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and
Priority mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20554.
People with Disabilities: To request information in accessible
formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic
files, and audio format), send an e-mail to [email protected] or call the
FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530
(Voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lewis Pulley of the Policy Division,
Media Bureau, at (202) 418-1450.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Review of the Commission's Broadcast and
Cable Equal Opportunity Rules and Policies, Third Report and Order and
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Fourth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 69 FR 34950, June 23, 2004 (19
FCC Rcd 9973 (2004)), the Commission stated that FCC Forms 395-A and
395-B conformed to the racial and employment categories contained in
the then-existing Form EEO-1 Employer Information Report issued by the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (``EEOC''). It noted that the
EEOC had proposed to revise its EEO-1 form to incorporate new racial
and employment categories adopted by the Office of Management and
Budget (``OMB''), and that, when the revised EEO-1 form was released,
the Commission would review its forms to see what changes were needed
to comply with the new OMB standards, and whether it could so conform
those forms to those standards consistent with Sections 334 and 634 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''). With the
EEOC's release of the revised EEO-1 form incorporating revised racial
and employment categories, the Media Bureau has conducted that review,
and hereby seeks public comment on whether it should so incorporate the
EEOC revised standards and whether such changes are consistent with
Sections 334 and 634 of the Act. The revised EEO-1 form, which
specifies these categories at Section D, and the Instruction Booklet to
the form, which contains the definition of each such category, are
attached to the Commission's Public Notice, which can be accessed at
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/policy/eeo.
FCC Notice Required by the Paperwork Reduction Act
FCC Form 395-A and FCC Form 395-B are approved under OMB control
numbers 3060-0095 and 3060-0390, respectively. Remember--you are not
required to respond to a collection of information sponsored by the
Federal government, and the government may not conduct or sponsor this
collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number or
if we fail to provide you with this notice.
THE FOREGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF
1995, PUBLIC LAW 104-13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.
Federal Communications Commission.
Steven A. Broeckaert,
Deputy Division Chief, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. E8-8458 Filed 4-18-08; 8:45 am]
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