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Abstract: The Indian Education
Professional Development (IEPD) Grants
program provides grants to prepare and
train Indians (i.e., American Indians/
Alaska Natives) to serve as teachers and
administrators. The specific goals of the
IEPD program are to: (1) Increase the
number of qualified individuals in
professions that serve American
Indians/Alaska Natives; (2) provide
training to qualified American Indians/
Alaska Natives to become teachers,
administrators, teacher aides, social
workers, and ancillary education
personnel; and (3) improve the skills of
those qualified American Indians/
Alaska Natives who already serve in
these capacities. Individuals trained
under this program must perform work
related to their training and that benefits
American Indian/Alaska Native people,
or repay all or a prorated portion of the
assistance received under the program.
This data collection serves three
purposes: First, data from three sources
(grantees, project participants, and
employers) are necessary to assess the
performance of the IEPD program on its
Government Performance Results Act
(GPRA) measures. Second, data from all
three sources are necessary to determine
if IEPD participants are fulfilling the
terms of their service/cash payback
requirements. Finally, budget and
project-specific performance data are
collected from IEPD grantees for projectmonitoring and compliance
information. The forms and protocols
contained in this package include the
Grantee Reporting Form, the Participant
Training Information and Employment
Reporting Form, and the Employment
Verification Form.
Dated: April 7, 2016.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
SUMMARY:
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required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or 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 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 June 13, 2016.
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
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0384.
Title: Sections 64.901, 64.904 and
64.905, Auditor’s Attestation and
Certification.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1 respondent, 1 response.
Estimated Time per Response: 5–250
hours.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority is contained in sections 1, 4,
201–205, 215, and 218–220 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
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amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 201–205,
215, and 218–220.
Frequency of Response: On-occasion,
biennial, and annual reporting
requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 255 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,200,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality:
This collection does not address
information of a confidential nature.
Needs and Uses: Section 64.904(a)
states that each incumbent LEC required
to file a cost allocation manual shall
elect to either have an attest engagement
performed by an independent auditor
every two years, covering the prior two
year period, or have a financial audit
performed by an independent auditor
biennially. In either case, the initial
engagement shall be performed in the
calendar year after the carrier is first
required to file a cost allocation manual.
See section 64.904(a)–(c). Instead of
requiring mid-sized carriers to incur the
expense of a biennial attestation
engagement, they now file a certification
with the Commission stating that they
are in compliance with 47 CFR 64.901
of the Commission’s rules, which sets
out the rules regarding allocation of
costs. The certification must be signed,
under oath, by an officer of the
incumbent LEC, and filed with the
Commission on an annual basis. Such
certification of compliance represents a
less costly means of enforcing
compliance with our cost allocation
rules. See 47 CFR 64.905 of the
Commission’s rules. The requirements
are imposed to ensure that the carriers
are properly complying with
Commission rules. They serve as an
important aid in the Commission’s
monitoring program. Section 64.905
requires mid-sized LECs to file a
certification with the Commission
stating that they are complying with
section 64.901. The certification must be
signed, under oath, by an officer of the
mid-sized LEC, and filed with the
Commission on an annual basis at the
time that the mid-sized incumbent LEC
files the annual reports required by
section 43.21(e)(2).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0384]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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 (FCC or 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 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 June 13,
2016. 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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email to
PRA@fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0384.
Title: Sections 64.901, 64.904 and 64.905, Auditor's Attestation
and Certification.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1 respondent, 1 response.
Estimated Time per Response: 5-250 hours.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority is contained in sections 1, 4, 201-205, 215, and
218-220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151,
154, 201-205, 215, and 218-220.
Frequency of Response: On-occasion, biennial, and annual reporting
requirements.
Total Annual Burden: 255 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,200,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: This collection does not
address information of a confidential nature.
Needs and Uses: Section 64.904(a) states that each incumbent LEC
required to file a cost allocation manual shall elect to either have an
attest engagement performed by an independent auditor every two years,
covering the prior two year period, or have a financial audit performed
by an independent auditor biennially. In either case, the initial
engagement shall be performed in the calendar year after the carrier is
first required to file a cost allocation manual. See section 64.904(a)-
(c). Instead of requiring mid-sized carriers to incur the expense of a
biennial attestation engagement, they now file a certification with the
Commission stating that they are in compliance with 47 CFR 64.901 of
the Commission's rules, which sets out the rules regarding allocation
of costs. The certification must be signed, under oath, by an officer
of the incumbent LEC, and filed with the Commission on an annual basis.
Such certification of compliance represents a less costly means of
enforcing compliance with our cost allocation rules. See 47 CFR 64.905
of the Commission's rules. The requirements are imposed to ensure that
the carriers are properly complying with Commission rules. They serve
as an important aid in the Commission's monitoring program. Section
64.905 requires mid-sized LECs to file a certification with the
Commission stating that they are complying with section 64.901. The
certification must be signed, under oath, by an officer of the mid-
sized LEC, and filed with the Commission on an annual basis at the time
that the mid-sized incumbent LEC files the annual reports required by
section 43.21(e)(2).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-08374 Filed 4-11-16; 8:45 am]
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