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authorizing use of the channels.
Statutory authority for these collections
are contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 301,
303, and 332 of the Communications
Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 11,487 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Applicants who include written
concurrence from their SWIC or state
appointed official with their application
to license mobile and portable units on
the Federal Interoperability Channels
need not include any confidential
information with their application.
Nonetheless, there is a need for
confidentiality with respect to all
applications filed with the Commission
through its Universal Licensing System
(ULS). Although ULS stores all
information pertaining to the individual
license via an FCC Registration Number
(FRN), confidential information is
accessible only by persons or entities
that hold the password for each account,
and the Commission’s licensing staff.
Information on private land mobile
radio licensees is maintained in the
Commission’s system of records, FCC/
WTB–1, ‘‘Wireless Services Licensing
Records.’’ The licensee records will be
publicly available and routinely used in
accordance with subsection (b) of the
Privacy Act. TIN Numbers and material
which is afforded confidential treatment
pursuant to a request made under 47
CFR 0.459 will not be available for
Public inspection. Any personally
identifiable information (PII) that
individual applicants provide is covered
by a system of records, FCC/WTB–1,
‘‘Wireless Services Licensing Records,’’
and these and all other records may be
disclosed pursuant to the Routine Uses
as stated in this system of records
notice.
Needs and Uses: This collection will
be submitted as a new collection after
this 60-day comment period to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) in order to obtain the full threeyear clearance. The purpose of requiring
a non-federal public safety entity to
obtain written consent from its SWIC or
state appointed official before
communicating with federal
government agencies on the Federal
Interoperability Channels is to ensure
that the non-federal public safety entity
operates in accordance with the rules
and procedures governing use of the
federal interoperability channels and
does not cause inadvertent interference
during emergencies. Commission staff
will use the written concurrence from
the SWIC or state appointed official to
determine if an applicant’s proposed
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operation on the Federal
Interoperability Channels conforms to
the terms of an agreement signed by the
SWIC or state appointed official with a
federal user with a valid assignment
from the National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA)
which has jurisdiction over the
channels.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0519]
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 of 1995 (PRA), 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 Office of
Management and Budget (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 25, 2018.
If you anticipate that you will be
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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 to 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: 3060–0519.
Title: Rules and Regulations
Implementing the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991, CG
Docket No. 02–278.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Individuals or
households; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 22,503 respondents;
140,186,983 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .004
hours (15 seconds) to 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Annual,
monthly, on occasion 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
requirements are found in the
Telephone Consumer Protection Act of
1991 (TCPA), Pub. L. 102–243,
December 20, 1991, 105 Stat. 2394,
which added Section 227 of the
Communications Act of 1934, [47 U.S.C.
227] Restrictions on the Use of
Telephone Equipment.
Total Annual Burden: 606,838 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,650,600.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Confidentiality is an issue to the extent
that individuals and households
provide personally identifiable
information, which is covered under the
FCC’s system of records notice (SORN),
FCC/CGB–1, ‘‘Informal Complaints and
Inquiries.’’ As required by the Privacy
Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Commission also
published a SORN, FCC/CGB–1
‘‘Informal Complaints, Inquiries, and
Requests for Dispute Assistance’’, in the
Federal Register on August 15, 2014 (79
FR 48152) which became effective on
September 24, 2014. A system of records
for the do-not-call registry was created
by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
under the Privacy Act. The FTC
originally published a notice in the
Federal Register describing the system.
See 68 FR 37494, June 24, 2003. The
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FTC updated its system of records for
the do-not-call registry in 2009. See 74
FR 17863, April 17, 2009.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
Needs and Uses: The reporting
requirements included under this OMB
Control Number 3060–0519 enable the
Commission to gather information
regarding violations of section 227 of
the Communications Act, the Do-NotCall Implementation Act (Do-Not-Call
Act), and the Commission’s
implementing rules. If the information
collection was not conducted, the
Commission would be unable to track
and enforce violations of section 227 of
the Communications Act, the Do-NotCall Act, or the Commission’s
implementing rules. The Commission’s
implementing rules provide consumers
with several options for avoiding most
unwanted telephone solicitations.
The national do-not-call registry
supplements the company-specific donot-call rules for those consumers who
wish to continue requesting that
particular companies not call them. Any
company that is asked by a consumer,
including an existing customer, not to
call again must honor that request for
five (5) years.
A provision of the Commission’s
rules, however, allows consumers to
give specific companies permission to
call them through an express written
agreement. Nonprofit organizations,
companies with whom consumers have
an established business relationship,
and calls to persons with whom the
telemarketer has a personal relationship
are exempt from the ‘‘do-not-call’’
registry requirements.
On September 21, 2004, the
Commission released the Safe Harbor
Order, published at 69 FR 60311,
October 8, 2004, establishing a limited
safe harbor in which persons will not be
liable for placing autodialed and
prerecorded message calls to numbers
ported from a wireline service within
the previous 15 days. The Commission
also amended its existing National DoNot-Call Registry safe harbor to require
telemarketers to scrub their lists against
the Registry every 31 days.
On December 4, 2007, the
Commission released the DNC NPRM,
published at 72 FR 71099, December 14,
2007, seeking comment on its tentative
conclusion that registrations with the
Registry should be honored indefinitely,
unless a number is disconnected or
reassigned or the consumer cancels his
registration.
On June 17, 2008, in accordance with
the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of
2007, the Commission revised its rules
to minimize the inconvenience to
consumers of having to re-register their
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preferences not to receive telemarketing
calls and to further the underlying goal
of the National Do-Not-Call Registry to
protect consumer privacy rights. The
Commission released a Report and
Order in CG Docket No. 02–278, FCC
08–147, published at 73 FR 40183, July
14, 2008, amending the Commission’s
rules under the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act (TCPA) to require sellers
and/or telemarketers to honor
registrations with the National Do-NotCall Registry so that registrations will
not automatically expire based on the
current five-year registration period.
Specifically, the Commission modified
§ 64.1200(c)(2) of its rules to require
sellers and/or telemarketers to honor
numbers registered on the Registry
indefinitely or until the number is
removed by the database administrator
or the registration is cancelled by the
consumer.
On February 15, 2012, the
Commission released a Report and
Order in CG Docket No. 02–278, FCC
12–21, originally published at 77 FR
34233, June 11, 2012, and later
corrected at 77 FR 66935, November 8,
2012, revising its rules to: (1) Require
prior express written consent for all
autodialed or prerecorded telemarketing
calls to wireless numbers and for all
prerecorded telemarketing calls to
residential lines; (2) eliminate the
established business relationship
exception to the consent requirement for
prerecorded telemarketing calls to
residential lines; (3) require
telemarketers to include an automated,
interactive opt-out mechanism in all
prerecorded telemarketing calls, to
allow consumers more easily to opt out
of future robocalls during a robocall
itself; and (4) require telemarketers to
comply with the 3% limit on abandoned
calls during each calling campaign, in
order to discourage intrusive calling
campaigns.
Finally, the Commission also
exempted from the Telephone
Consumer Protection Act requirements
prerecorded calls to residential lines
made by health care-related entities
governed by the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of
1996.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
[Notice 2018–08]
Filing Dates for the Mississippi Senate
Special Election
Federal Election Commission.
Notice of filing dates for special
election.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Mississippi has scheduled a
special general election on November 6,
2018, to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated
by Senator Thad Cochran. Under
Mississippi law, a majority winner in a
nonpartisan special election is declared
elected. Should no candidate achieve a
majority vote, a Special Runoff Election
will be held on November 27, 2018,
between the top two vote-getters.
Committees participating in the
Mississippi special elections are
required to file pre- and post-election
reports. Filing dates for these reports are
affected by whether one or two elections
are held.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Elizabeth S. Kurland, Information
Division, 1050 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20463; Telephone:
(202) 694–1100; Toll Free (800) 424–
9530.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Principal Campaign Committees
All principal campaign committees of
candidates who participate in the
Mississippi Special General and Special
Runoff Elections shall file a 12-day PreGeneral Report on October 25, 2018; a
12-day Pre-Runoff Report on November
15; and a 30-day Post-Runoff Report on
December 27, 2018. (See charts below
for the closing date for each report.)
If only one election is held, all
principal campaign committees of
candidates in the Special General
Election shall file a 12-day Pre-General
Report on October 25, 2018; and a 30day Post-General Report on December 6,
2018. (See charts below for the closing
date for each report.)
Note that these reports are in addition
to the campaign committee’s regular
quarterly filings. (See charts below for
the closing date for each report).
Unauthorized Committees (PACs and
Party Committees)
Political committees filing on a
quarterly basis in 2018 are subject to
special election reporting if they make
previously undisclosed contributions or
expenditures in connection with the
Mississippi Special General or Special
Runoff Elections by the close of books
for the applicable report(s). (See chart
below for the closing date for each
report.)
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0519]
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 of 1995 (PRA), 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 Office of Management and Budget
(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 25,
2018. 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 to
[email protected] and to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0519.
Title: Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991, CG Docket No. 02-278.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or
households; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 22,503 respondents;
140,186,983 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .004 hours (15 seconds) to 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: Annual, monthly, on occasion 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 requirements are
found in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), Pub. L.
102-243, December 20, 1991, 105 Stat. 2394, which added Section 227 of
the Communications Act of 1934, [47 U.S.C. 227] Restrictions on the Use
of Telephone Equipment.
Total Annual Burden: 606,838 hours. Total Annual Cost: $1,650,600.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Confidentiality is an issue
to the extent that individuals and households provide personally
identifiable information, which is covered under the FCC's system of
records notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-1, ``Informal Complaints and
Inquiries.'' As required by the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the
Commission also published a SORN, FCC/CGB-1 ``Informal Complaints,
Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute Assistance'', in the Federal
Register on August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48152) which became effective on
September 24, 2014. A system of records for the do-not-call registry
was created by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Privacy
Act. The FTC originally published a notice in the Federal Register
describing the system. See 68 FR 37494, June 24, 2003. The
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FTC updated its system of records for the do-not-call registry in 2009.
See 74 FR 17863, April 17, 2009.
Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
Needs and Uses: The reporting requirements included under this OMB
Control Number 3060-0519 enable the Commission to gather information
regarding violations of section 227 of the Communications Act, the Do-
Not-Call Implementation Act (Do-Not-Call Act), and the Commission's
implementing rules. If the information collection was not conducted,
the Commission would be unable to track and enforce violations of
section 227 of the Communications Act, the Do-Not-Call Act, or the
Commission's implementing rules. The Commission's implementing rules
provide consumers with several options for avoiding most unwanted
telephone solicitations.
The national do-not-call registry supplements the company-specific
do-not-call rules for those consumers who wish to continue requesting
that particular companies not call them. Any company that is asked by a
consumer, including an existing customer, not to call again must honor
that request for five (5) years.
A provision of the Commission's rules, however, allows consumers to
give specific companies permission to call them through an express
written agreement. Nonprofit organizations, companies with whom
consumers have an established business relationship, and calls to
persons with whom the telemarketer has a personal relationship are
exempt from the ``do-not-call'' registry requirements.
On September 21, 2004, the Commission released the Safe Harbor
Order, published at 69 FR 60311, October 8, 2004, establishing a
limited safe harbor in which persons will not be liable for placing
autodialed and prerecorded message calls to numbers ported from a
wireline service within the previous 15 days. The Commission also
amended its existing National Do-Not-Call Registry safe harbor to
require telemarketers to scrub their lists against the Registry every
31 days.
On December 4, 2007, the Commission released the DNC NPRM,
published at 72 FR 71099, December 14, 2007, seeking comment on its
tentative conclusion that registrations with the Registry should be
honored indefinitely, unless a number is disconnected or reassigned or
the consumer cancels his registration.
On June 17, 2008, in accordance with the Do-Not-Call Improvement
Act of 2007, the Commission revised its rules to minimize the
inconvenience to consumers of having to re-register their preferences
not to receive telemarketing calls and to further the underlying goal
of the National Do-Not-Call Registry to protect consumer privacy
rights. The Commission released a Report and Order in CG Docket No. 02-
278, FCC 08-147, published at 73 FR 40183, July 14, 2008, amending the
Commission's rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
to require sellers and/or telemarketers to honor registrations with the
National Do-Not-Call Registry so that registrations will not
automatically expire based on the current five-year registration
period. Specifically, the Commission modified Sec. 64.1200(c)(2) of
its rules to require sellers and/or telemarketers to honor numbers
registered on the Registry indefinitely or until the number is removed
by the database administrator or the registration is cancelled by the
consumer.
On February 15, 2012, the Commission released a Report and Order in
CG Docket No. 02-278, FCC 12-21, originally published at 77 FR 34233,
June 11, 2012, and later corrected at 77 FR 66935, November 8, 2012,
revising its rules to: (1) Require prior express written consent for
all autodialed or prerecorded telemarketing calls to wireless numbers
and for all prerecorded telemarketing calls to residential lines; (2)
eliminate the established business relationship exception to the
consent requirement for prerecorded telemarketing calls to residential
lines; (3) require telemarketers to include an automated, interactive
opt-out mechanism in all prerecorded telemarketing calls, to allow
consumers more easily to opt out of future robocalls during a robocall
itself; and (4) require telemarketers to comply with the 3% limit on
abandoned calls during each calling campaign, in order to discourage
intrusive calling campaigns.
Finally, the Commission also exempted from the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act requirements prerecorded calls to residential lines made
by health care-related entities governed by the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-08571 Filed 4-24-18; 8:45 am]
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