[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 70899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29157]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA).
    Title: NTIA Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Post-Award 
Quarterly and Annual Performance Progress Reports.
    OMB Control Number: 0660-0037.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
currently approved information collection).
    Burden Hours:
Infrastructure and Comprehensive Community Infrastructure Reports 
(Quarterly and Annually)
    Number of Respondents: 123.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 615.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: 4.80.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,952.
Public Computer Center Reports (Quarterly and Annually)
    Number of Respondents: 65.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 325.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: 4.1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,333.
Sustainable Broadband Adoption Application Reports (Quarterly and 
Annually)
    Number of Respondents: 45.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 225.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: 3.78.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 851.

    Need and Uses: NTIA collects performance progress information 
specific to Infrastructure and Comprehensive Community Infrastructure, 
Public Computer Center, and Sustainable Broadband Adoption BTOP grant 
recipients in order to effectively monitor, manage and evaluate 
individual projects and the overall success of the program in achieving 
statutory goals and objectives. Quarterly performance progress reports 
ask a series of questions that broadly address project progress and 
monitoring needs of program personnel by obtaining actual information 
on quarterly and cumulative project and milestone progress, and 
potential project barriers, if any. Annual performance progress reports 
ask a series of questions that broadly address BTOP programmatic 
objectives and outcomes, program compliance requirements, and the 
information needs of external audiences, such as OMB.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; and State, local, or Tribal government 
organizations.
    Frequency: Quarterly and annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas Fraser, (202) 395-5887.

    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Nicholas Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5806, or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: November 15, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-29157 Filed 11-18-10; 8:45 am]
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