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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; State and Local
Implementation Grant Program
Application Documentation and
Reporting Requirements
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before April 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instruments and instructions should be
sent to Laura M. Pettus, Program
Specialist, Office of
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Telecommunications and Information
Applications, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Room 4878, Washington, DC
20230 (or via email at
lpettus@ntia.doc.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job
Creation Act of 2012 (Act, Pub. L. 112–
96, 126 Stat. 156 (2012).) (Act) was
signed by the President on February 22,
2012. The Act meets a long-standing
priority of the Administration, as well
as a critical national infrastructure need,
to create a single nationwide,
interoperable public safety broadband
network (PSBN) that will, for the first
time, allow police officers, fire fighters,
emergency medical service
professionals, and other public safety
officials to effectively communicate
with each other across agencies and
jurisdictions. The Act establishes the
First Responder Network Authority
(FirstNet) as an independent authority
within the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) and authorizes it
to take all actions necessary to ensure
the design, construction, and operation
of a nationwide public safety broadband
network (PSBN), based on a single,
national network architecture.
FirstNet is responsible for, at a
minimum, ensuring nationwide
standards for the use of and access to
the network; issuing open, transparent,
and competitive requests for proposals
(RFPs) to build, operate, and maintain
the network; encouraging these RFPs to
leverage, to the maximum extent
economically desirable, existing
commercial wireless infrastructure to
speed deployment of the network; and
overseeing contracts with non-federal
entities to build, operate, and maintain
the network.
The Act also charges NTIA with
establishing the State and Local Grant
Implementation Program (SLIGP) to
assist State, regional, tribal, and local
jurisdictions with identifying, planning,
and implementing the most efficient
and effective means to use and integrate
the infrastructure, equipment, and other
architecture associated with the
nationwide PSBN to satisfy the wireless
broadband and data services needs of
their jurisdictions.
The Act directed NTIA, in
consultation with FirstNet, to establish
programmatic requirements for SLIGP
by August 22, 2012. NTIA met the Act’s
directive by issuing a Notice that
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described the scope of allowable
activities that SLIGP will fund, defined
eligible costs, and discussed prioritizing
grants for activities that ensure coverage
in rural as well as urban areas. Because
the appointment of the FirstNet Board
occurred on August 20, 2012, NTIA had
only just started to consult with the
Board on the SLIGP requirements at the
time it issued the Notice on August 21,
2012. As a result, NTIA did not
announce procedures for the submission
of grant applications in the August 21
Notice nor did it begin accepting grant
applications at that time. Instead, NTIA
announced that, subject to the activities
of FirstNet, it intended to release a
Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) and
open the application window during the
first quarter of calendar year 2013.
Moreover, the Act’s framework
contemplates that FirstNet will closely
coordinate its activities with State,
regional, tribal, and local governments
and imposes a statutory requirement
that FirstNet consult with these entities
as it takes all actions necessary to build,
deploy, and operate the nationwide
PSBN. Specifically, the Act requires
FirstNet to consult with State, regional,
tribal, and local governments about the
distribution and expenditure of any
amounts required to carry out its
responsibilities, including (i) The
construction of a core network and any
radio access network build-out; (ii)
placement of towers; (iii) coverage areas
of the network; (iv) adequacy of
hardware, security, reliability, and
resiliency requirements; (v) assignment
of priority to local users and selection
of entities seeking network access; and
(vi) training needs of local users.
Additionally, the Act specifies that
these required consultations are to occur
between FirstNet and the single point of
contact that the State is required to
designate in its application for grant
funds under SLIGP. Thus, progress in
meeting FirstNet’s responsibilities
under the Act, including its required
consultations, is inextricably linked to
the establishment of SLIGP. FirstNet
must rely on NTIA to establish SLIGP as
the principal means to facilitate its
required consultations. At the same
time, without funding assistance from
SLIGP, the States will lack the resources
to consult effectively with FirstNet and
provide it with information needed for
it to proceed with the design and
construction of a nationwide PSBN in
an effective and timely manner, as
required by the Act.
In order to meet these objectives,
DOC/NTIA requested an emergency
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). This request was
approved on January 7, 2013; approval
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ends on July 31, 2013. The publication
of this notice allows NTIA to begin the
process to extend the approval for the
standard three years.
II. Method of Collection
Electronically via grants.gov, and
paper format.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0660–0038.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Affected Public: State, regional, local,
and tribal government organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
56.
Estimated Time Per Response:
Application, 10 hours; Quarterly report,
4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,456.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: February 6, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
DoD Board of Actuaries; Notice of
Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
DoD.
Meeting notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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Under the provision of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act of
1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix as amended),
the Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
41 CFR 102–3.150, the Department of
Defense announces that the following
Federal Advisory Committee meeting of
the DoD Board of Actuaries will take
place.
SUMMARY:
July 18, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. and July 19, 2013, from 10:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: 4800 Mark Center Drive,
Conference Room 4, Level B1,
Alexandria, VA 22350.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen Ludwig at the Defense Human
Resource Activity, DoD Office of the
Actuary, 4800 Mark Center Drive, STE
06J25–01, Alexandria, VA 22350–4000.
Phone: (571) 372–1993, Email:
Kathleen.Ludwig@osd.pentagon.mil.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose
of the meeting is for the Board to review
DoD actuarial methods and assumptions
to be used in the valuations of the
Education Benefits Fund, the Military
Retirement Fund, and the Voluntary
Separation Incentive Fund, in
accordance with the provisions of
Section 183, Section 2006, Chapter 74
(10 U.S.C. 1464 et. seq), and Section
1175 of Title 10.
Agenda:
Education Benefits Fund (July 18, from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
1. Briefing on Investment Experience
2. September 30, 2012, Valuation
Proposed Economic Assumptions*
3. September 30, 2012, Valuation
Proposed Methods and
Assumptions—Reserve Programs*
4. September 30, 2012, Valuation
Proposed Methods and
Assumptions—Active Duty
Programs*
5. Developments in Education
Benefits
Military Retirement Fund (July 19, from
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
1. Briefing on Investment Experience
2. September 30, 2012, Valuation of
the Military Retirement Fund*
3. Proposed Methods and
Assumptions for September 30,
2013, Valuation of the Military
Retirement Fund*
4. Proposed Methods and
Assumptions for December 31,
2012, Voluntary Separation
Incentive (VSI) Fund Valuation*
5. Recent and Proposed Legislation
* Board approval required
Public’s accessibility to the meeting:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR
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102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the
availability of space, this meeting is
open to the public. Seating is on a first
come basis. The Mark Center is an
annex of the Pentagon. Those without a
valid DoD Common Access Card must
contact Kathleen Ludwig at 571–372–
1993 no later than June 14, 2013. Failure
to make the necessary arrangements will
result in building access being denied.
It is strongly recommended that
attendees plan to arrive at the Mark
Center at least 30 minutes prior to the
start of the meeting.
Committee’s Designated Federal
Officer or Point of Contact: Persons
desiring to attend the DoD Board of
Actuaries meeting or make an oral
presentation or submit a written
statement for consideration at the
meeting must notify Kathleen Ludwig at
(571) 372–1993, or
Kathleen.Ludwig@osd.pentagon.mil, by
June 14, 2013.
Dated: February 6, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
DoD Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health
Care Board of Actuaries; Notice of
Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
DoD.
Meeting notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Under the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act of
1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended),
the Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
41 CFR 102–3.150, the Department of
Defense announces that the following
Federal Advisory Committee meeting of
the DoD Medicare-Eligible Retiree
Health Care Board of Actuaries will take
place.
DATES: Friday, August 2, 2013, from
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: 4800 Mark Center Drive,
Conference Room 18, Level B1,
Alexandria, VA 22350.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Kathleen
Ludwig at the Defense Human Resource
Activity, DoD Office of the Actuary,
4800 Mark Center Drive, STE 06J25–01,
Alexandria, VA 22350–4000. Phone:
(571) 372–1993, Email:
Kathleen.Ludwig@osd.pentagon.mil.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; State and Local
Implementation Grant Program Application Documentation and Reporting
Requirements
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
or copies of the information collection instruments and instructions
should be sent to Laura M. Pettus, Program Specialist, Office of
Telecommunications and Information Applications, National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4878, Washington, DC 20230
(or via email at lpettus@ntia.doc.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Act, Pub.
L. 112-96, 126 Stat. 156 (2012).) (Act) was signed by the President on
February 22, 2012. The Act meets a long-standing priority of the
Administration, as well as a critical national infrastructure need, to
create a single nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband
network (PSBN) that will, for the first time, allow police officers,
fire fighters, emergency medical service professionals, and other
public safety officials to effectively communicate with each other
across agencies and jurisdictions. The Act establishes the First
Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) as an independent authority
within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) and authorizes it to take all actions necessary to ensure the
design, construction, and operation of a nationwide public safety
broadband network (PSBN), based on a single, national network
architecture.
FirstNet is responsible for, at a minimum, ensuring nationwide
standards for the use of and access to the network; issuing open,
transparent, and competitive requests for proposals (RFPs) to build,
operate, and maintain the network; encouraging these RFPs to leverage,
to the maximum extent economically desirable, existing commercial
wireless infrastructure to speed deployment of the network; and
overseeing contracts with non-federal entities to build, operate, and
maintain the network.
The Act also charges NTIA with establishing the State and Local
Grant Implementation Program (SLIGP) to assist State, regional, tribal,
and local jurisdictions with identifying, planning, and implementing
the most efficient and effective means to use and integrate the
infrastructure, equipment, and other architecture associated with the
nationwide PSBN to satisfy the wireless broadband and data services
needs of their jurisdictions.
The Act directed NTIA, in consultation with FirstNet, to establish
programmatic requirements for SLIGP by August 22, 2012. NTIA met the
Act's directive by issuing a Notice that described the scope of
allowable activities that SLIGP will fund, defined eligible costs, and
discussed prioritizing grants for activities that ensure coverage in
rural as well as urban areas. Because the appointment of the FirstNet
Board occurred on August 20, 2012, NTIA had only just started to
consult with the Board on the SLIGP requirements at the time it issued
the Notice on August 21, 2012. As a result, NTIA did not announce
procedures for the submission of grant applications in the August 21
Notice nor did it begin accepting grant applications at that time.
Instead, NTIA announced that, subject to the activities of FirstNet, it
intended to release a Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) and open the
application window during the first quarter of calendar year 2013.
Moreover, the Act's framework contemplates that FirstNet will
closely coordinate its activities with State, regional, tribal, and
local governments and imposes a statutory requirement that FirstNet
consult with these entities as it takes all actions necessary to build,
deploy, and operate the nationwide PSBN. Specifically, the Act requires
FirstNet to consult with State, regional, tribal, and local governments
about the distribution and expenditure of any amounts required to carry
out its responsibilities, including (i) The construction of a core
network and any radio access network build-out; (ii) placement of
towers; (iii) coverage areas of the network; (iv) adequacy of hardware,
security, reliability, and resiliency requirements; (v) assignment of
priority to local users and selection of entities seeking network
access; and (vi) training needs of local users.
Additionally, the Act specifies that these required consultations
are to occur between FirstNet and the single point of contact that the
State is required to designate in its application for grant funds under
SLIGP. Thus, progress in meeting FirstNet's responsibilities under the
Act, including its required consultations, is inextricably linked to
the establishment of SLIGP. FirstNet must rely on NTIA to establish
SLIGP as the principal means to facilitate its required consultations.
At the same time, without funding assistance from SLIGP, the States
will lack the resources to consult effectively with FirstNet and
provide it with information needed for it to proceed with the design
and construction of a nationwide PSBN in an effective and timely
manner, as required by the Act.
In order to meet these objectives, DOC/NTIA requested an emergency
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This request was
approved on January 7, 2013; approval
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ends on July 31, 2013. The publication of this notice allows NTIA to
begin the process to extend the approval for the standard three years.
II. Method of Collection
Electronically via grants.gov, and paper format.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0660-0038.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently
approved information collection).
Affected Public: State, regional, local, and tribal government
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
Estimated Time Per Response: Application, 10 hours; Quarterly
report, 4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,456.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: February 6, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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