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OMB Control Number: 3060–1149.
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or
households, business or other for-profit,
not-for-profit institutions, and state,
local, or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 259,600.
Estimated Time per Response: .166
hours (10 minutes).
Frequency of Response: On time
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
Total Annual Burden: 43,267 hours.
Total Annual Costs: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Responses to feedback instruments will
be confidential.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: There
is no Privacy Act impact as personally
identifiable information (PII) will not be
collected.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection activity will garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient, timely manner,
in accordance with the Administration’s
commitment to improving service
delivery. By qualitative feedback we
mean information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or change in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
population. This type of generic
clearance for qualitative information
will not be used for quantitative
information collections that are
designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
performance. Such data uses require
more rigorous designs that address: The
target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
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the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods of assessing potential
nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)
Federal Communications
Commission (FCC).
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3502—
3520), the FCC invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
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 estimates; 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 OMB 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 OMB
Control Number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before May 28, 2014.
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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: Submit your PRA comments
to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax
at 202–395–5167, or via the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and
to Leslie Smith, Office of Managing
Director (OMD), Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), via
the Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. To
submit your PRA comments by email,
please send them to: PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leslie Smith, Office of Managing
Director (OMD), Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), at
202–418–0217, or via the Internet at:
Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0816.
Title: Local Telephone Competition
and Broadband Reporting, FCC Form
477.
Form Number: FCC Form 477.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; and State, local or tribal
governments.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2,002 respondents; 4,004
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 387
hours (average).
Frequency of Response: Semi-annual
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 4(i),
201, 218–220, 251–252, 271, 303(r), 332,
and 403 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended and section 706 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, as
amended, codified in section 1302 of
the Broadband Data Improvement Act,
47 U.S.C. 1302.
Total Annual Burden: 1,549,548
hours.
Total Annual Cost: $0.00.
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA): No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission will continue to allow
respondents to certify on the submission
interface that some subscribership data
contained in that submission are
privileged or confidential commercial or
financial information and that
disclosure of such information would
likely cause substantial harm to the
competitive position of the entity
making the submission. If the
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Commission receives a request for, or
proposes to disclose such information,
the respondent would be required to
show, pursuant to Commission rules for
withholding from public inspection
information submitted to the
Commission, that the information in
question is entitled to confidential
treatment. We will retain our current
policies and procedures regarding the
protection of submitted FCC Form 477
data subject to confidential treatment,
including the use of only non-company
specific aggregates of subscribership
data in our published reports. Most of
the broadband deployment data to be
collected on Form 477 as a result of
modifications will be made publicly
available. NTIA currently publishes
similar data on the National Broadband
Map Web site at
www.broadbandmap.gov. The
Commission will coordinate with NTIA
to continue the publication of the
National Broadband Map using the data
to be collected through modifications to
Form 477. The one exception is that
mobile broadband and voice providers
can request confidential treatment of
their deployment data by spectrum
band.
Needs and Uses: On June 27, 2013,
the Commission released a Report and
Order (‘‘Order’’), FCC 13–87, in WC
Docket No. 11–10 (attached). With this
Order, the Commission revised the
Form 477 data collection to improve its
ability to measure and understand the
extent of broadband deployment and
local telephone competition. This Order
made various changes and modification
to the information collection
requirements associated with Form 477.
FCC Form 477 gathers information on
the development of local telephone
competition, including telephone
services and interconnected Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, and on
the deployment of broadband Internet
access services. FCC staff use the
information to advise the Commission
about the efficacy of its rules and
policies adopted to implement the
Telecommunications Act of 1996. The
data are necessary to evaluate the status
of local telecommunications
competition and broadband
deployment. The Commission uses the
data to prepare reports that help inform
consumers and policy makers on the
deployment and adoption of broadband
services and on developments related to
competition in the local telephone
service market. The Commission also
uses the data to support its analyses in
a variety of rulemaking proceedings
under the Communications Act,
including those related to fulfilling its
universal service mandate.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014–09535 Filed 4–25–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Information Collection Being
Submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Review and
Approval
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 28, 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
Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov
<mailto:Nicholas_A._Fraser@
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omb.eop.gov>; and to Cathy Williams,
FCC, via email PRA@fcc.gov
<mailto:PRA@fcc.gov> and to
Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov
<mailto:Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov>.
Include in the comments the Title as
shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
To view a copy of this information
collection request (ICR) submitted to
OMB: (1) Go to the Web page <https://
www.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, (6)
when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the Title
of this ICR and then click on the ICR
Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1053.
Title: Two-Line Captioned Telephone
Order, IP Captioned Telephone Service
Declaratory Ruling; and Internet
Protocol Captioned Telephone Service
Reform Order, CG Docket Nos. 13–24
and 03–123.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 153,605 respondents;
373,280 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .25
hours (15 minutes) to 20 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual, every
five years, on-going, and one-time
reporting requirements; Recordkeeping
requirement; Third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for the information collection
requirement is found at Sec. 225 [47
U.S.C. 225] Telecommunications
Services for Hearing-Impaired
Individuals; The Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, (ADA), Public
Law 101–336, 104 Stat. 327, 366–69,
was enacted on July 26, 1990.
Total Annual Burden: 113,252 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $558,000.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
An assurance of confidentiality is not
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3502--3520), the FCC invites the general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following
information collection. 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 estimates; 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 OMB 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 OMB
Control Number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before May 28,
2014. 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: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at 202-395-5167, or via the
Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Leslie Smith,
Office of Managing Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), via the Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. To submit your PRA
comments by email, please send them to: PRA@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Smith, Office of Managing
Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), at 202-418-
0217, or via the Internet at: Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0816.
Title: Local Telephone Competition and Broadband Reporting, FCC
Form 477.
Form Number: FCC Form 477.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; and State, local or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,002 respondents; 4,004
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 387 hours (average).
Frequency of Response: Semi-annual reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 201, 218-220,
251-252, 271, 303(r), 332, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended and section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as
amended, codified in section 1302 of the Broadband Data Improvement
Act, 47 U.S.C. 1302.
Total Annual Burden: 1,549,548 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $0.00.
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA): No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission will continue
to allow respondents to certify on the submission interface that some
subscribership data contained in that submission are privileged or
confidential commercial or financial information and that disclosure of
such information would likely cause substantial harm to the competitive
position of the entity making the submission. If the
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Commission receives a request for, or proposes to disclose such
information, the respondent would be required to show, pursuant to
Commission rules for withholding from public inspection information
submitted to the Commission, that the information in question is
entitled to confidential treatment. We will retain our current policies
and procedures regarding the protection of submitted FCC Form 477 data
subject to confidential treatment, including the use of only non-
company specific aggregates of subscribership data in our published
reports. Most of the broadband deployment data to be collected on Form
477 as a result of modifications will be made publicly available. NTIA
currently publishes similar data on the National Broadband Map Web site
at www.broadbandmap.gov. The Commission will coordinate with NTIA to
continue the publication of the National Broadband Map using the data
to be collected through modifications to Form 477. The one exception is
that mobile broadband and voice providers can request confidential
treatment of their deployment data by spectrum band.
Needs and Uses: On June 27, 2013, the Commission released a Report
and Order (``Order''), FCC 13-87, in WC Docket No. 11-10 (attached).
With this Order, the Commission revised the Form 477 data collection to
improve its ability to measure and understand the extent of broadband
deployment and local telephone competition. This Order made various
changes and modification to the information collection requirements
associated with Form 477.
FCC Form 477 gathers information on the development of local
telephone competition, including telephone services and interconnected
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, and on the deployment of
broadband Internet access services. FCC staff use the information to
advise the Commission about the efficacy of its rules and policies
adopted to implement the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The data are
necessary to evaluate the status of local telecommunications
competition and broadband deployment. The Commission uses the data to
prepare reports that help inform consumers and policy makers on the
deployment and adoption of broadband services and on developments
related to competition in the local telephone service market. The
Commission also uses the data to support its analyses in a variety of
rulemaking proceedings under the Communications Act, including those
related to fulfilling its universal service mandate.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-09535 Filed 4-25-14; 8:45 am]
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