[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 82 (Thursday, April 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22592-22593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9919]
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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
April 22, 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 June 1, 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: 25,000 respondents, 25,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time and on occasion reporting
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
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sections 151 - 154, 201 - 205, 218 - 220, 254, 303(r) and 403 .
Total Annual Burden: 12,500 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), 5 U.S.C. 552. If a confidentiality request
is denied, the respondent has five days to appeal the decision before
the Commission. If the appeal before the Commission is denied, the
respondent has five days to seek a judicial stay.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget to obtain
the full three year clearance from them. The Commission sought and
received emergency OMB approval of this information collection in
January 2010. Emergency OMB approvals are granted for only six months.
Therefore, the Commission is seeking OMB approval for the full three
year clearance. There is no change in the Commissions public reporting
requirements. There is no change in the Commission's public burden
estimates.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009
authorized the FCC to create the national Broadband Plan that shall
seek to ensure hat all people of the United States have access to
broadband capability and shall establish benchmarks for meeting that
goal. Consistent with this effort, the Commission seeks to conduct a
survey of all applicants under the Schools and Libraries Universal
Service Program, also 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 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. 2010-9919 Filed 4-28-10; 8:45 am]
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