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CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS:
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS:
The categories of records involved in
the matching program include, but are
not limited to, a Lifeline applicant or
subscriber’s full name; physical and
mailing addresses; partial Social
Security number or Tribal ID number;
date of birth; qualifying person’s full
name (if qualifying person is different
from subscriber); qualifying person’s
physical and mailing addresses;
qualifying person’s partial Social
Security number or Tribal ID number,
and qualifying person’s date of birth.
The National Verifier will transfer these
data elements to the source agencies,
which will respond either ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no’’
that the individual is enrolled in a
Lifeline-qualifying assistance program.
SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS:
The USAC records shared as part of
this matching program reside in the
Lifeline system of records, FCC/WCB–1,
Lifeline Program, a notice of which the
FCC published at 78 FR 73535 (Dec. 6,
2013). The FCC is in the process of
publishing an update to this system of
records that reflects the new uses
involved in operating this matching
program.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of a new matching
program.
AGENCY:
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In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(‘‘Privacy Act’’), this notice announces
the establishment of a computer
matching program the Federal
Communications Commission (‘‘FCC’’
or ‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘Agency’’) and the
Universal Service Administrative
Company (USAC) will conduct with the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD). The purpose of
this matching program is to verify the
eligibility of applicants to and
subscribers of the Universal Service
Fund (USF) Lifeline program, which is
administered by USAC under the
direction of the FCC.
DATES: Written comments are due on or
before September 11, 2017. This
computer matching program will
commence on September 11, 2017
unless comments are received that
require a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr.
Leslie F. Smith, Privacy Manager,
Information Technology (IT), Room
1–C216, FCC, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554, or to
Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Leslie F. Smith, (202) 418–0217, or
Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Lifeline program provides support for
discounted broadband and voice
services to low-income consumers.
Lifeline is administered by the
Universal Service Administrative
Company (USAC) under FCC direction.
Consumers qualify for Lifeline through
proof of income or participation in a
qualifying program, such as Medicaid,
the Supplemental Nutritional
Assistance Program (SNAP), Federal
Public Housing Assistance,
Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or
Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit.
In a Report and Order adopted on March
31, 2016, the Commission ordered
USAC to create a National Lifeline
Eligibility Verifier (‘‘National Verifier’’),
including the National Lifeline
Eligibility Database (LED), that would
match data about Lifeline applicants
and subscribers with other data sources
to verify the eligibility of an applicant
or subscriber. The Commission found
that the National Verifier would reduce
compliance costs for Lifeline service
providers, improve service for Lifeline
subscribers, and reduce waste, fraud,
and abuse in the program.
SUMMARY:
The categories of individuals whose
information is involved in this matching
program include, but are not limited to,
those individuals (residing in a single
household) who have applied for
Lifeline benefits; are currently receiving
Lifeline benefits; are individuals who
enable another individual in their
household to qualify for Lifeline
benefits; are minors whose status
qualifies a parent or guardian for
Lifeline benefits; are individuals who
have received Lifeline benefits; or are
individuals acting on behalf of an
eligible telecommunications carrier
(ETC) who have enrolled individuals in
the Lifeline program.
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PARTICIPATING AGENCY:
The Department of Housing and
Urban Development—Enterprise Income
Verification System (EIV) (HUD/PIH–
05), Inventory Management System
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(IMS/PIC) (HUD/PIH–01), and Tenant
Rental Assistance Certification Systems
(TRACS) (HUD/H–11);
AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING
PROGRAM:
47 U.S.C. 254; 47 CFR 54.400 et seq.;
Lifeline and Link Up Reform and
Modernization, et al., Third Report and
Order, Further Report and Order, and
Order on Reconsideration, 31 FCC Rcd
3962, 4006–21, paras. 126–66 (2016)
(2016 Lifeline Modernization Order).
PURPOSE(S):
In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization
Order, the FCC required USAC to
develop and operate a National Lifeline
Eligibility Verifier (National Verifier) to
improve efficiency and reduce waste,
fraud, and abuse in the Lifeline
program. The stated purpose of the
National Verifier is ‘‘to increase the
integrity and improve the performance
of the Lifeline program for the benefit of
a variety of Lifeline participants,
including Lifeline providers,
subscribers, states, community-based
organizations, USAC, and the
Commission.’’ 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006,
para. 126. To help determine whether
Lifeline applicants and subscribers are
eligible for Lifeline benefits, the Order
contemplates that a USAC-operated
Lifeline Eligibility Database (LED) will
communicate with information systems
and databases operated by other Federal
and State agencies. Id. at 4011–2, paras.
135–7.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS:
The categories of individuals whose
information is involved in this matching
program include, but are not limited to,
those individuals (residing in a single
household) who have applied for
Lifeline benefits; are currently receiving
Lifeline benefits; are individuals who
enable another individual in their
household to qualify for Lifeline
benefits; are minors whose status
qualifies a parent or guardian for
Lifeline benefits; are individuals who
have received Lifeline benefits; or are
individuals acting on behalf of an
eligible telecommunications carrier
(ETC) who have enrolled individuals in
the Lifeline program.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS:
The categories of records involved in
the matching program include, but are
not limited to, a Lifeline applicant or
subscriber’s full name; physical and
mailing addresses; partial Social
Security number or Tribal ID number;
date of birth; qualifying person’s full
name (if qualifying person is different
from subscriber); qualifying person’s
physical and mailing addresses;
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qualifying person’s partial Social
Security number or Tribal ID number,
and qualifying person’s date of birth.
The National Verifier will transfer these
data elements to the source agencies,
which will respond either ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no’’
that the individual is enrolled in a
Lifeline-qualifying assistance program.
SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS:
The USAC records shared as part of
this matching program reside in the
Lifeline system of records, FCC/WCB–1,
Lifeline Program, a notice of which the
FCC published at 78 FR 73535 (Dec. 6,
2013). The FCC is in the process of
publishing an update to this system of
records that reflects the new uses
involved in operating this matching
program.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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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, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
the Commission) 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 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
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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 October 10,
2017. 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 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: 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0812.
Title: Regulatory Fee True-Up, Waiver
or Exemption.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit and Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 19,674 respondents and
19,774 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25
hour–1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Annual, on
occasion and one-time reporting
requirements; recordkeeping
requirement.
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Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 158 and 47
U.S.C. 159, Sections 4(i), 4(j) 8,9, and
303(r) of the Communications Act, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 10,016 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Licensees or regulatees concerned about
disclosure of sensitive information in
any submissions to the Commission
may request confidential treatment
pursuant to 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
will submit this information collection
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) after this 60-day comment period
in order to obtain the full three-year
clearance from them.
This information collection
consolidates and revises the currently
approved information collection
requirements under OMB Control
Numbers 3060–0655 and 3060–1064
into 3060–0812.
The Commission provides broadcast
licensees and commercial mobile radio
service (CMRS) licensees with a ‘‘trueup’’ opportunity to update or otherwise
correct their assessed fee amounts well
before the actual due date for payment
of regulatory fees. Providing a ‘‘true-up’’
opportunity is necessary because the
data sources that are used to generate
the fee assessments are subject to
change at time of transfer or assignment
of the license. The ‘‘true-up’’ is also an
opportunity for regulatees to correct
inaccuracies.
Per 47 CFR 1.1119 and 1.1166, the
FCC may, upon a properly submitted
written request, waive or defer
collection of an application fee or
waive, reduce, or defer payment of a
regulatory fee in a specific instance for
good cause shown where such action
would promote the public interest.
When submitting the request, no
specific form is required.
FCC requires that when licensees or
regulates request exemption from
regulatory fees based on their non-profit
status, they must file a one-time
documentation sufficient to establish
their non-profit status. The
documentation may take the form of an
IRS Determination Letter, a state charter
indicating non-profit status, proof of
church affiliation indicating tax exempt
status, etc.
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Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(``Privacy Act''), this notice announces the establishment of a
computer matching program the Federal Communications Commission
(``FCC'' or ``Commission'' or ``Agency'') and the Universal Service
Administrative Company (USAC) will conduct with the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The purpose of this matching
program is to verify the eligibility of applicants to and subscribers
of the Universal Service Fund (USF) Lifeline program, which is
administered by USAC under the direction of the FCC.
DATES: Written comments are due on or before September 11, 2017. This
computer matching program will commence on September 11, 2017 unless
comments are received that require a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. Leslie F. Smith, Privacy Manager,
Information Technology (IT), Room 1-C216, FCC, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554, or to Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Leslie F. Smith, (202) 418-0217,
or Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Lifeline program provides support for
discounted broadband and voice services to low-income consumers.
Lifeline is administered by the Universal Service Administrative
Company (USAC) under FCC direction. Consumers qualify for Lifeline
through proof of income or participation in a qualifying program, such
as Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP),
Federal Public Housing Assistance, Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
or Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit. In a Report and Order
adopted on March 31, 2016, the Commission ordered USAC to create a
National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (``National Verifier''),
including the National Lifeline Eligibility Database (LED), that would
match data about Lifeline applicants and subscribers with other data
sources to verify the eligibility of an applicant or subscriber. The
Commission found that the National Verifier would reduce compliance
costs for Lifeline service providers, improve service for Lifeline
subscribers, and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the program.
PARTICIPATING AGENCY:
The Department of Housing and Urban Development--Enterprise Income
Verification System (EIV) (HUD/PIH-05), Inventory Management System
(IMS/PIC) (HUD/PIH-01), and Tenant Rental Assistance Certification
Systems (TRACS) (HUD/H-11);
AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING PROGRAM:
47 U.S.C. 254; 47 CFR 54.400 et seq.; Lifeline and Link Up Reform
and Modernization, et al., Third Report and Order, Further Report and
Order, and Order on Reconsideration, 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006-21, paras.
126-66 (2016) (2016 Lifeline Modernization Order).
PURPOSE(S):
In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order, the FCC required USAC to
develop and operate a National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (National
Verifier) to improve efficiency and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in
the Lifeline program. The stated purpose of the National Verifier is
``to increase the integrity and improve the performance of the Lifeline
program for the benefit of a variety of Lifeline participants,
including Lifeline providers, subscribers, states, community-based
organizations, USAC, and the Commission.'' 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006, para.
126. To help determine whether Lifeline applicants and subscribers are
eligible for Lifeline benefits, the Order contemplates that a USAC-
operated Lifeline Eligibility Database (LED) will communicate with
information systems and databases operated by other Federal and State
agencies. Id. at 4011-2, paras. 135-7.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS:
The categories of individuals whose information is involved in this
matching program include, but are not limited to, those individuals
(residing in a single household) who have applied for Lifeline
benefits; are currently receiving Lifeline benefits; are individuals
who enable another individual in their household to qualify for
Lifeline benefits; are minors whose status qualifies a parent or
guardian for Lifeline benefits; are individuals who have received
Lifeline benefits; or are individuals acting on behalf of an eligible
telecommunications carrier (ETC) who have enrolled individuals in the
Lifeline program.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS:
The categories of records involved in the matching program include,
but are not limited to, a Lifeline applicant or subscriber's full name;
physical and mailing addresses; partial Social Security number or
Tribal ID number; date of birth; qualifying person's full name (if
qualifying person is different from subscriber); qualifying person's
physical and mailing addresses;
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qualifying person's partial Social Security number or Tribal ID number,
and qualifying person's date of birth. The National Verifier will
transfer these data elements to the source agencies, which will respond
either ``yes'' or ``no'' that the individual is enrolled in a Lifeline-
qualifying assistance program.
SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS:
The USAC records shared as part of this matching program reside in
the Lifeline system of records, FCC/WCB-1, Lifeline Program, a notice
of which the FCC published at 78 FR 73535 (Dec. 6, 2013). The FCC is in
the process of publishing an update to this system of records that
reflects the new uses involved in operating this matching program.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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