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collection device used to assess industry
employment trends and provide reports
to Congress. The report identifies
employees by gender and race/ethnicity
in sixteen job categories. FCC Form
395–A contains a grid which collects
data on full and part-time employees
and requests a list of employees by job
title, indicating the job category and full
or part-time status of the position. Every
cable entity with 6 or more full-time
employees and all Satellite Master
Antenna Television Systems (SMATV)
serving 50 or more subscribers and
having 6 or more full-time employees
must complete Form 395–A in its
entirety and file it by September 30 each
year. However, cable entities with 5 or
fewer full-time employees are not
required to file but if they do, they need
to complete and file only Sections I, II
and VIII of the FCC Form 395–A, and
thereafter need not file again unless
their employment increases.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0176.
Title: Section 73.1510, Experimental
Authorizations.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business and other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 230 respondents; 230
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.25–
5.25 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 983 hours.
Total Annual Costs: $231,250.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Section
154(i) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.1510
requires that a licensee of an AM, FM,
and TV broadcast station to file an
informal application with the FCC to
request an experimental authorization to
conduct technical experimentation
directed toward improvement of the
technical phases of operation and
service. This request shall describe the
nature and purpose of experimentation
to be conducted, the nature of the
experimental signal transmission, and
the proposed hours and duration of the
experimentation. The data are used by
FCC staff to maintain complete
technical information about a broadcast
station and to ensure that such
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experimentation does not cause
interference to other broadcast stations.
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Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0652.
Title: Section 76.309, Customer
Service Obligations; Section 76.1602,
Customer Service-General Information,
Section 76.1603, Customer Service-Rate
and Service Changes and Section
76.1619, Information and Subscriber
Bills.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 8,260 respondents;
1,117,540 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.0167
to 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in Sections 4(i)
and 632 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 50,090 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
released on October 14, 2010, a Third
Report and Order and Order on
Reconsideration, FCC 10–181, CS
Docket 97–80 and PP Docket 00–67,
modifying the Commission’s rules to
implement Section 629 of the
Communications Act (Section 304 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996).
Section 629 of the Communications Act
directs the Commission to adopt rules to
assure the commercial availability of
‘‘navigation devices,’’ such as cable settop boxes. One rule modification in the
Third Report and Order and Order on
Reconsideration is intended to prohibit
price discrimination against retail
devices. This modification requires
cable operators to disclose annually the
fees for rental of navigation devices and
single and additional CableCARDs as
well as the fees reasonably allocable to
the rental of single and additional
CableCARDs and the rental of operatorsupplied navigation devices if those
devices are included in the price of a
bundled offer.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; 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 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
PRA that does not display a valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before May 12, 2014.
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
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email
SUMMARY:
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014–05393 Filed 3–11–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; 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 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
PRA that does not display a valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before May 12, 2014.
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
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
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information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
Control Number: 3060–XXXX.
Title: Improving 9–1–1 Reliability;
Reliability and Continuity of
Communications Networks, Including
Broadband Technologies.
Form Number: N/A (annual on-line
certification).
Type of Review: New information
collection.
Respondents: Business or for-profit
entities; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,000 respondents, 1,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
by respondent. Average of 170 hours per
annual certification.
Total Annual Burden: 169,982 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
The statutory authority for the
collection of this information is
contained in sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(o),
201(b), 214(d), 218, 251(e)(3), 301,
303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 307, 309(a), 316,
332, 403, 615a–1, and 615c of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)–(j) & (o),
201(b), 214(d), 218, 251(e)(3),301,
303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 307, 309(a), 316,
332, 403, 615a–1, and 615c.
Total Annual Cost: $0.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission does not consider the
fact of filing a certification to be
confidential or the responses provided
on the face of the certification. The
Commission will treat as presumptively
confidential and exempt from routine
public disclosure under the federal
Freedom of Information Act: (1)
Descriptions and documentation of
alternative measures to mitigate the
risks of nonconformance with
certification standards; (2) information
detailing specific corrective actions
taken; and (3) supplemental information
requested by the Commission or Bureau
with respect to a certification.
Needs and Uses: This information
collection is necessary to ensure that all
Americans have access to reliable and
resilient 911 communications,
particularly in times of emergency, by
requiring certain 911 service providers
to certify implementation of key best
practices or reasonable alternative
measures. The information will be
collected in the form of an
electronically-filed, annual certification
from each Covered 911 Service
Provider, as defined in the
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Commission’s Report and Order, FCC
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indicate whether it has implemented
certain industry-backed best practices.
Providers that are able to respond in the
affirmative to all elements of the
certification will be deemed to satisfy
the ‘‘reasonable measures’’ requirement
in Section 12.4(b) of the Commission’s
rules. If a provider does not certify in
the affirmative with respect to one or
more elements of the certification, it
must provide a brief explanation of
what alternative measures it has taken,
in light of the provider’s particular facts
and circumstances, to ensure reliable
911 service with respect to that
element(s). Similarly, a service provider
may also respond by demonstrating that
a particular certification element is not
applicable to its networks and must
include a brief explanation of why the
element(s) does not apply.
The information will be collected by
the Public Safety and Homeland
Security Bureau, FCC, for review and
analysis, to verify that Covered 911
Service Providers are taking reasonable
measures to maintain reliable 911
service. In certain cases, based on the
information included in the
certifications and subsequent
coordination with the provider, the
Commission may require remedial
action to correct vulnerabilities in a
service provider’s 911 network if it
determines that (a) the service provider
has not, in fact, adhered to the best
practices incorporated in the FCC’s
rules, or (b) in the case of providers
employing alternative measures, that
those measures were not reasonably
sufficient to mitigate the associated risks
of failure in these key areas. The
Commission delegated authority to the
Bureau to review certification
information and follow up with service
providers as appropriate to address
deficiencies revealed by the certification
process.
The purpose of the collection of this
information is to verify that Covered 911
Service Providers are taking reasonable
measures such that their networks
comply with accepted best practices,
and that, in the event they are not able
to certify adherence to specific best
practices, that they are taking reasonable
alternative measures. The Commission
adopted these rules in light of
widespread 911 outages during the June
2012 derecho storm in the Midwest and
Mid-Atlantic states, which revealed that
multiple service providers did not take
adequate precautions to maintain
reliable service.
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[FR Doc No: 2014-05393]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collections. Comments are requested
concerning: 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; the
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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 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 PRA that does not display a valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before May 12,
2014. 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 Cathy Williams, FCC, via email
PRA@fcc.gov PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0652.
Title: Section 76.309, Customer Service Obligations; Section
76.1602, Customer Service-General Information, Section 76.1603,
Customer Service-Rate and Service Changes and Section 76.1619,
Information and Subscriber Bills.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 8,260 respondents; 1,117,540
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.0167 to 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
Sections 4(i) and 632 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 50,090 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: The Commission released on October 14, 2010, a
Third Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, FCC 10-181, CS
Docket 97-80 and PP Docket 00-67, modifying the Commission's rules to
implement Section 629 of the Communications Act (Section 304 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996). Section 629 of the Communications Act
directs the Commission to adopt rules to assure the commercial
availability of ``navigation devices,'' such as cable set-top boxes.
One rule modification in the Third Report and Order and Order on
Reconsideration is intended to prohibit price discrimination against
retail devices. This modification requires cable operators to disclose
annually the fees for rental of navigation devices and single and
additional CableCARDs as well as the fees reasonably allocable to the
rental of single and additional CableCARDs and the rental of operator-
supplied navigation devices if those devices are included in the price
of a bundled offer.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-05393 Filed 3-11-14; 8:45 am]
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