[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 113 (Monday, June 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33618-33619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14177]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Comments Requested
June 7, 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 for 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 14, 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]. To view a copy of this information
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web page
http://reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (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, and
(6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for
the title of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, if there is one) and
then click on the ICR Reference Number to view detailed information
about this ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0214. For additional information or copies of the
information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214
or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1134.
Title: Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Program
(``E-rate'') Broadband Survey.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions and state, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 5,100 respondents, 5,100
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 to 20 minutes (.084 - .33 hours).
Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S. C. sections 151 -154,
201-205, 218-220, 254, 303(r) and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 1,675 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Although it is unlikely that
the survey will solicit any confidential information, pursuant to 47
CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules, a respondent may request that
information submitted to the Commission not be put in the public
record. The respondent must state the reasons, and the facts on which
those reasons are based, for withholding the information from the
public record. The appropriate Bureau or Office Chief of the Commission
may grant a confidentiality request that presents, by a preponderance
of the evidence, a case for non-disclosure consistent with the Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA), 4 U.S.C. section 552. If a confidentiality
request is denied, the respondent has five days to appeal the decision
before the Commission. If the appeal before the
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Commission is denied, the respondent has five days to seek a judicial
stay.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during this
comment period to obtain the full three year clearance from them. The
Commission is submitting this expiring information collection as an
extension (no change in the reporting requirement). The Commission is
correcting the number of respondents and burden hours originally
submitted to OMB as an emergency request in January. With this
submission to OMB, we are reporting more accurate estimates.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
authorized the Federal Communications Commission to create the National
Broadband Plan that shall seek to ensure that all people of the United
States have access to broadband capability and shall establish
benchmarks for meeting that goal. Consistent with this effort, the
Wireline Competition Bureau of the Commission seeks to conduct a survey
of all applicants under the Schools and Libraries Universal Service
Program, as known as the ``E-rate program'', to determine the current
state of broadband usage and access within schools and libraries in the
United States in order to determine how to best address their
educational and technological needs as part of the National Broadband
Plan.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-14177 Filed 6-11-10; 8:45 am]
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