[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 97 (Thursday, May 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28247-28248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12078]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
May 13, 2010.
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, 44 U.S.C. 3501 - 3520. 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; (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, and (e)
ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC 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 currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before July 19, 2010. 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 Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via the Internet at
[email protected] and to the Federal Communications
Commission via email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0214. For additional information, contact Judith B.
Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214 or e-mail [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1139.
Title: Residential Fixed Broadband Services Testing and
Measurement.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 11,000 respondents, 11,000
responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and biennial reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authorities for this
information collection is contained in American Reinvestment and
Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009, Public Law No. 111-5 and the Broadband
Data Improvement Act, Public Law No. 110-385.
Total Annual Burden: 11,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. However, no personally
identifiable information (PII) will be transmitted to the Commission
from the survey
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contract vendor as a matter of vendor policy. SamKnows, Inc. maintains
a series of administrative, technical and physical safeguards to
protect against the transmission of personally identifying information.
At point of registrations, individuals will be given full disclosure,
highlighting what information will be collected, and importantly, what
information will not be collected.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Yes. See Privacy Act Impact
Assessment above.
Needs and Uses: The Commission submitted this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on April 2,
2010 under the emergency processing provisions of 5 CFR 1320.13. The
Commission obtained OMB approval on 4/30/2010. Emergency OMB approvals
are only granted for six months. Therefore the Commission is now
seeking the full three year clearance for this information collection.
There is no change in the Commission' estimated burden. There is no
change in the reporting requirements.
The Commission's Office of Strategic Policy and Planning Analysis
and the Consumer and Intergovernmental Affairs Bureau plan to conduct a
hardware-based test and analysis of 11,000 consumer broadband
connections to examine the performance of services across a number of
parameters. This survey is crucial to comparing what consumers know -
and need to know - about the speeds and performance, and terms and
conditions of broadband and related services to services purchased.
The Commission has contracted with SamKnows, Inc. to measure the
speeds and performance of a representative, cost-effective,
statistically relevant sample of US fixed broadband households across
geographies, technologies and providers. This measurement will occur on
an opt-in, voluntary basis. This representative sample will be used to
create a baseline level of performance and measurements for the FCC.
The third party measurement contractor will deploy testing devices to
begin measurement, and these results will be then used to inform
measurement standards for performance of broadband services, in support
of the FCC-led National Broadband Plan.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-12078 Filed 5-19-10; 8:45 am]
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