[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 47 (Thursday, March 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11536-11537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5173]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection Being Submitted for
Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Comments Requested
March 8, 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 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: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection
should submit comments on or before April 12, 2010. 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
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at (202) 395-5167, or via the
Internet at [email protected] and to Judith B. Herman,
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your comments by e-
mail send then to: [email protected]. To view a copy of this information
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to web page: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the web
page called ''Currently Under
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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 FCC list
appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, if
there is one) and then click on the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214.
For additional information about the information collection(s) send an
e-mail to [email protected] or contact Judith B. Herman, 202-418-0214,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No: 3060-0496.
Title: ARMIS Operating Data Report.
Report No.: FCC Report 43-08.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 55 respondents; 55 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 139 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 11, 219(b)
and 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 7,645 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Ordinarily questions of a
sensitive nature are not requested in the ARMIS Operating Data Report.
The Commission contends that areas in which detailed information is
required are fully subject to regulation and the issue of data being
regarded as sensitive will arise in special circumstances only. In such
circumstances, the respondent is instructed on the appropriate
procedures to follow to safeguard sensitive data. Section 0.459 of the
Commission's rules contains procedures for requesting confidential
treatment of data. See 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Need and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
during this comment period in order to obtain the full three year
clearance from them. There is no change in the annual reporting
requirement.
Section 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, allows
the Commission, at its discretion, to prescribe the forms of any and
all accounts, records and memoranda to be kept by carriers subject to
this Act, including any accounts, records, and memoranda of the
movement of traffic, as well as the receipts and expenditures of
moneys.
The Automated Reporting Management and Information System (ARMIS)
was implemented to facilitate the timely and efficient analysis of
revenue requirements, rates of return and price caps; to provide an
improved basis for audits and other oversight functions; and to enhance
the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of alternative policy.
The ARMIS Report 43-08 collects network operating data in a consistent
format. The ARMIS Report 43-08 monitors network growth, usage and
reliability.
In this submission to the OMB, the Commission is adjusting the
number of carriers filing this ARMIS report from 56 to 55 to reflect
the merger of two holding companies. The Commission, in its ARMIS
Forbearance Order, noted that among other things, that the reporting
carriers have committed to collecting and retaining all information/
data internally that was previously reported but will not be reported
during this OMB approval period on the ARMIS Report 43-08, for 24
months.
The information in the ARMIS Report 43-08 provides the necessary
detail to enable this Commission to fulfill its regulatory
responsibilities. Automated reporting of these data greatly enhances
the Commission's ability to receive, process and analyze the extensive
amounts of data that are needed to administer the rules. ARMIS
facilitates the timely and efficient analysis of revenue requirements,
rate of return and price caps, and provides an improved basis for
auditing and oversight functions. It also enhances the Commission's
ability to quantify the effects of policy proposals.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
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