[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11779-11780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4700]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office
of Management and Budget
February 23, 2011.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission has received Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
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approval for the following public information collection(s) pursuant to
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control number, and no person is
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, please
contact Cathy Williams on (202) 418-2918 or via e-mail to:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1144.
OMB Approval Date: February 18, 2011.
Expiration Date: February 28, 2014.
Title: Consumer Survey.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents/Responses: 5,000 respondents, 5,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours (15 minutes).
Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 1,250 hours.
Nature of Response: Voluntary. The statutory authority for this
collection of information is contained in Section 202(h) of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this information collection.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No personally identifying
information will be transmitted to the Commission from the survey
contractor as a matter of vendor policy.
Needs and Uses: The information contained under OMB control number
3060-1144 is necessary to prepare one of the Commission's media
ownership studies, Consumer Valuation of Media as a Function of Local
Market Structure. This information collection is critical to the
development and completion of the media ownership rules proceeding
required pursuant to Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of
1996. Specifically, the Commission is required to review its media
ownership rules quadrennially to determine whether its rules ``are
necessary in the public interest as the result of competition.'' The
Commission is then required to repeal or modify any regulation it
determines no longer to serve the public interest. With the Notice of
Inquiry (NOI) released on May 25, 2010, the Commission launched its
fifth proceeding pursuant to the statutory mandate requiring that the
media ownership rules be reviewed. Subsequently, in June 2010, the
Commission's Media Bureau sought Requests for Quotation (RFQ) for nine
studies to be incorporated as part of the 2010 Quadrennial Review. The
survey that is the subject of this review, the Consumer Survey, was
included in the RFQ and a bid was selected on September 30, 2010. The
Consumer Survey will be used in a determination to define a performance
metric related to the public interest goals the Commission seeks to
promote through its media ownership rules. The Consumer Survey will
also be used to examine the impact of local media market structure on
consumer satisfaction with available broadcast radio and television
service. The Consumer Survey will collect information regarding how
much time people spend with various media and how people get news and
information. The Survey will ask respondents to rate, on a numerical
scale, their current satisfaction with the overall local media
environment and with components such as broadcast television, broadcast
radio, and newspapers. The Survey will also include questions asking
respondents to rate their current satisfaction with the local news,
local public affairs, and other locally oriented media content. This
Survey will be distributed via the Internet to a nationwide sample of
consumers, and the Commission anticipates approximately 5,000 responses
to the survey. Based on the results of the Survey, the contractor will
conduct a study to examine the impact of local media market structure
on consumer satisfaction with available broadcast radio and television
service. This collection of data and resulting study will enable the
Commission to adequately review the media ownership rules and determine
whether the rules are necessary in the public interest as a result of
competition, as required by Congress. The Office of Management and
Budget approved this collection on February 18, 2011.
Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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