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and Technology Policy.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
May 29, 2007.
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, Public Law No. 104–
13. An agency 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
that does not display a valid control
number. 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; and
(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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before August 6, 2007.
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: You may submit all
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
comments by e-mail or U.S. post mail.
To submit you comments by e-mail,
send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit
your comments by U.S. mail, mark them
to the attention of Cathy Williams,
Federal Communications Commission,
Room 1–C823, 445 12th Street, SW.,
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Washington, DC 20554 and Jasmeet
Seehra, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Desk Officer, Room
10236 NEOB, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or via Internet at
Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov or via
fax (202) 395–5167.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection(s), send an e-mail
to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Cathy
Williams at 202–418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
Control Number: 3060–1089.
Title: Emergency Access Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and
Internet-Protocol (IP) Relay/ Video
Relay Service (VRS) Fraud Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(FNPRM); VRS Interoperability FNPRM,
CG Docket No. 03–123.
Form No.: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 8—(6 of
which provides VRS and IP Relay
service; 2 of which provides VRS).
Estimated Time per Response: 4 to
1,000 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement; One-time
reporting requirement; On occasion
reporting requirement; Recordkeeping
requirement; Monthly reporting
requirement; Third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 34,688 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
An assurance of confidentiality is not
offered because this information
collection does not require the
collection of personally identifiable
information (PII) from individuals.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Note: The
Commission is revising information
collection 3060–1089 to consolidate/
merge the information collection
requirements of 3060–1091 into this
collection per the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) request. Presently,
the Commission concludes that these
two proposed information collections
are similar because these collections
involve same respondents and contain
similar data of identifiable information
in order: (1) To facilitate 911 emergency
calls; (2) to improve interoperability for
VRS and IP Relay services; and (3) to
curtail misuse of VRS and IP Relay
services. The Commission does not
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collect this information. The
Commission requires respondents to
collect this information. Once OMB
approval is received for the
consolidated/merged information
collection requirements, the
Commission will eliminate OMB
information collection No. 3060–1091.
On November 30 2005, the
Commission released a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), CG
Docket No. 03–123, which addressed
the issue of access to emergency
services for Internet-based forms of
Telecommunications Relay Services
(TRS), namely VRS and IP Relay
Service. The Commission sought to
adopt means to ensure that such calls
promptly reach the appropriate
emergency service provider. By doing
so, the NPRM sought comment on
various issues: (1) Whether the
Commission should require VRS and IP
Relay service providers to establish a
registration process in which VRS and
IP Relay service users provide, in
advance, the primary location from
which they will be making VRS or IP
Relay service calls (the Registered
Location), so that a communication
assistant (CA) can identify the
appropriate Public Safety Answering
Point (PSAP) to contact; (2) should VRS
and IP Relay providers be required to
register their customers and obtain a
Registered Location from their
customers so that they will be able to
make the outbound call to the
appropriate PSAP; (3) whether there are
other means by which VRS and IP Relay
service providers may obtain Registered
Location information, for example, by
linking the serial number of the
customer VRS or IP Relay service
terminal or equipment to their
registered location; (4) any privacy
considerations that might be raised by
requiring VRS and IP Relay service
users to provide location information as
a prerequisite to using these services; (5)
whether, assuming some type of
location registration requirement is
adopted, the Commission should
require specific information or place
limits on the scope of information that
providers should be able to obtain; (6)
whether the Commission should require
VRS and IP Relay providers to provide
appropriate warning labels for
installation on customer premises
equipment (CPE) used in connection
with VRS and IP Relay services; (7)
whether the Commission should require
VRS and IP Relay providers to obtain
and keep a record of affirmative
acknowledgement by every subscriber of
having received and understood the
advisory that E911 service may not be
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available through VRS and IP Relay or
may be in some way limited by
comparison to traditional E911 service;
and (8) how the Commission may
ensure that providers have updated
location information, and the respective
obligations of the providers and the
consumers in this regard.
On May 8, 2006, the Commission
released the Misuse of IP Relay Service
and VRS Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, (IP Relay Fraud FNPRM),
CG Docket No. 03–123, FCC 06–58
which contained the following
information collection requirements
involving user registration, e.g., callers
register to use VRS and IP Relay and
provide their requisite information as
necessary: The IP Relay Fraud FNPRM
sought comment on: (1) Whether IP
Relay and VRS providers should be
required to implement user registration
system in which users provide certain
information to their providers, in
advance, as a means of curbing
illegitimate IP Relay and VRS calls; (2)
what information should be required of
the user; (3) whether there are steps that
could be taken, or technology
implemented, to prevent the wrongful
use of registration information; and (4)
whether the Commission should require
VRS and IP Relay providers to maintain
records of apparently illegitimate calls
that were terminated by the providers.
On May 9, 2006, the Commission
released the VRS Interoperability
Declaratory Ruling and Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking
(Interoperability FNPRM), In the Matter
of Telecommunications Relay Services
and Speech-to-Speech Services for
individuals with Hearing and Speech
Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03–123, FCC
06–57. In the Interoperability FNPRM,
the Commission sought comment on the
feasibility of establishing a single, open,
and global database of proxy numbers
for VRS users that would be available to
all service providers, so that a hearing
person can call a VRS user through any
VRS provider, and without having first
to ascertain the VRS user’s current IP
address. The Commission also sought
comment on nature of the proxy
numbers that might be used and how
they might be administered. The
Commission sought comment on the
role of the Commission in creating and
maintaining the database. In the
Interoperability FNPRM, the
Commission recognized: (a) That when
a hearing person contacts a VRS user by
calling a VRS provider, the calling party
has to know in advance the IP address
of the VRS user so that the calling party
can give that address to the VRS CA (b)
that because most consumers’ IP
addresses are dynamic, the VRS
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consumer may not know the IP address
of his or her VRS equipment at a
particular time; (c) that some VRS
providers have created their own
database of ‘‘proxy’’ or ‘‘alias’’ numbers
that associate with the IP address of
their customers, even if a particular
person’s IP address is dynamic and
changes; (d) that databases are
maintained by the service provider and,
generally, are not shared with other
service providers; and (e) that a person
desiring to call a VRS consumer via the
consumer’s proxy number can only use
the services of the VRS provider that
generates the number. The
Interoperability FNPRM contained the
following information collection
requirements involving an open, global
database of VRS proxy numbers. The
Interoperability FNPRM sought
comment on: (1) Whether VRS providers
should be required to provide
information to populate an open, global
database of VRS proxy numbers and to
keep the information current; (2)
whether the Interstate TRS Fund
administrator, a separate entity, or a
consortium of service providers should
be responsible for the maintenance and
operation of an open, global database of
VRS proxy numbers; (3) whether Deaf
and hard of hearing individuals using
video broadband communication need
uniform and static end-point numbers
should be linked to the North American
Numbering Plan (NANP) that would
remain consistent across all VRS
providers so that they can contact one
another and be contacted to the same
extent that Public Switched Telephone
Network (PSTN) and VoIP users are able
to identify and call one another; (4)
whether participation by service
providers should be mandatory so that
all VRS users can receive incoming
calls.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management
and Budget
May 24, 2007.
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
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
May 29, 2007.
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, Public Law No. 104-13. An agency
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 that does not display a valid
control number. 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; and (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.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before August 6, 2007. 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: You may submit all Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments by
e-mail or U.S. post mail. To submit you comments by e-mail, send them
to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your comments by U.S. mail, mark them to the
attention of Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-
C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554 and Jasmeet Seehra,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer, Room 10236 NEOB,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503 or via Internet at Jasmeet--
K.--Seehra@omb.eop.gov or via fax (202) 395-5167.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection(s), send an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact
Cathy Williams at 202-418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-1089.
Title: Emergency Access Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and
Internet-Protocol (IP) Relay/ Video Relay Service (VRS) Fraud Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM); VRS Interoperability FNPRM, CG
Docket No. 03-123.
Form No.: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 8--(6 of which provides VRS and IP Relay
service; 2 of which provides VRS).
Estimated Time per Response: 4 to 1,000 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement; One-time
reporting requirement; On occasion reporting requirement; Recordkeeping
requirement; Monthly reporting requirement; Third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 34,688 hours.
Total Annual Costs: None.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: An assurance of
confidentiality is not offered because this information collection does
not require the collection of personally identifiable information (PII)
from individuals.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: Note: The Commission is revising information
collection 3060-1089 to consolidate/merge the information collection
requirements of 3060-1091 into this collection per the Office of
Management and Budget's (OMB) request. Presently, the Commission
concludes that these two proposed information collections are similar
because these collections involve same respondents and contain similar
data of identifiable information in order: (1) To facilitate 911
emergency calls; (2) to improve interoperability for VRS and IP Relay
services; and (3) to curtail misuse of VRS and IP Relay services. The
Commission does not
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collect this information. The Commission requires respondents to
collect this information. Once OMB approval is received for the
consolidated/merged information collection requirements, the Commission
will eliminate OMB information collection No. 3060-1091.
On November 30 2005, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM), CG Docket No. 03-123, which addressed the issue of
access to emergency services for Internet-based forms of
Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), namely VRS and IP Relay
Service. The Commission sought to adopt means to ensure that such calls
promptly reach the appropriate emergency service provider. By doing so,
the NPRM sought comment on various issues: (1) Whether the Commission
should require VRS and IP Relay service providers to establish a
registration process in which VRS and IP Relay service users provide,
in advance, the primary location from which they will be making VRS or
IP Relay service calls (the Registered Location), so that a
communication assistant (CA) can identify the appropriate Public Safety
Answering Point (PSAP) to contact; (2) should VRS and IP Relay
providers be required to register their customers and obtain a
Registered Location from their customers so that they will be able to
make the outbound call to the appropriate PSAP; (3) whether there are
other means by which VRS and IP Relay service providers may obtain
Registered Location information, for example, by linking the serial
number of the customer VRS or IP Relay service terminal or equipment to
their registered location; (4) any privacy considerations that might be
raised by requiring VRS and IP Relay service users to provide location
information as a prerequisite to using these services; (5) whether,
assuming some type of location registration requirement is adopted, the
Commission should require specific information or place limits on the
scope of information that providers should be able to obtain; (6)
whether the Commission should require VRS and IP Relay providers to
provide appropriate warning labels for installation on customer
premises equipment (CPE) used in connection with VRS and IP Relay
services; (7) whether the Commission should require VRS and IP Relay
providers to obtain and keep a record of affirmative acknowledgement by
every subscriber of having received and understood the advisory that
E911 service may not be available through VRS and IP Relay or may be in
some way limited by comparison to traditional E911 service; and (8) how
the Commission may ensure that providers have updated location
information, and the respective obligations of the providers and the
consumers in this regard.
On May 8, 2006, the Commission released the Misuse of IP Relay
Service and VRS Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, (IP Relay Fraud
FNPRM), CG Docket No. 03-123, FCC 06-58 which contained the following
information collection requirements involving user registration, e.g.,
callers register to use VRS and IP Relay and provide their requisite
information as necessary: The IP Relay Fraud FNPRM sought comment on:
(1) Whether IP Relay and VRS providers should be required to implement
user registration system in which users provide certain information to
their providers, in advance, as a means of curbing illegitimate IP
Relay and VRS calls; (2) what information should be required of the
user; (3) whether there are steps that could be taken, or technology
implemented, to prevent the wrongful use of registration information;
and (4) whether the Commission should require VRS and IP Relay
providers to maintain records of apparently illegitimate calls that
were terminated by the providers.
On May 9, 2006, the Commission released the VRS Interoperability
Declaratory Ruling and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(Interoperability FNPRM), In the Matter of Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03-123, FCC 06-57. In the
Interoperability FNPRM, the Commission sought comment on the
feasibility of establishing a single, open, and global database of
proxy numbers for VRS users that would be available to all service
providers, so that a hearing person can call a VRS user through any VRS
provider, and without having first to ascertain the VRS user's current
IP address. The Commission also sought comment on nature of the proxy
numbers that might be used and how they might be administered. The
Commission sought comment on the role of the Commission in creating and
maintaining the database. In the Interoperability FNPRM, the Commission
recognized: (a) That when a hearing person contacts a VRS user by
calling a VRS provider, the calling party has to know in advance the IP
address of the VRS user so that the calling party can give that address
to the VRS CA (b) that because most consumers' IP addresses are
dynamic, the VRS consumer may not know the IP address of his or her VRS
equipment at a particular time; (c) that some VRS providers have
created their own database of ``proxy'' or ``alias'' numbers that
associate with the IP address of their customers, even if a particular
person's IP address is dynamic and changes; (d) that databases are
maintained by the service provider and, generally, are not shared with
other service providers; and (e) that a person desiring to call a VRS
consumer via the consumer's proxy number can only use the services of
the VRS provider that generates the number. The Interoperability FNPRM
contained the following information collection requirements involving
an open, global database of VRS proxy numbers. The Interoperability
FNPRM sought comment on: (1) Whether VRS providers should be required
to provide information to populate an open, global database of VRS
proxy numbers and to keep the information current; (2) whether the
Interstate TRS Fund administrator, a separate entity, or a consortium
of service providers should be responsible for the maintenance and
operation of an open, global database of VRS proxy numbers; (3) whether
Deaf and hard of hearing individuals using video broadband
communication need uniform and static end-point numbers should be
linked to the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) that would remain
consistent across all VRS providers so that they can contact one
another and be contacted to the same extent that Public Switched
Telephone Network (PSTN) and VoIP users are able to identify and call
one another; (4) whether participation by service providers should be
mandatory so that all VRS users can receive incoming calls.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-10897 Filed 6-5-07; 8:45 am]
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