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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 August 27,
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 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: 3060–0349.
Title: Equal Employment Opportunity
(‘‘EEO’’) Policy, 47 CFR Sections
73.2080, 76.73, 76.75, 76.79 and
76.1702.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not for profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 14,179 respondents; 14,179
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 42
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; annual
reporting requirement; five year
reporting requirement.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority which covers this information
collection is contained in Section 154(i)
and 303 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, and Section 634 of
the Cable Communications Policy Act of
1984.
Total Annual Burden: 595,518 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirements approved under
this collection are as follows: 47 CFR
Section 73.2080 provides that equal
opportunity in employment shall be
afforded by all broadcast stations to all
qualified persons and no person shall be
discriminated against in employment by
such stations because of race, color,
religion, national origin or sex. Section
73.2080 requires that each broadcast
station employment unit with 5 or more
full-time employees shall establish,
maintain and carry out a program to
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assure equal opportunity in every aspect
of a broadcast station’s policy and
practice. These same requirements also
apply to Satellite Digital Audio Radio
Service (‘‘SDARS’’) licensees. In 1997,
the Commission determined that
SDARS licensees must comply with the
Commission’s EEO requirements. See
Establishment of Rules and Policies for
the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service
in the 2310–2360 MHz Frequency Band,
12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5791,) 91 (1997)
(‘‘1997 SDARS Order’’), FCC 97–70. In
2008, the Commission clarified that
SDARS licensees must comply with the
Commission’s EEO broadcast rules and
policies, including the same
recruitment, outreach, public file,
website posting, record-keeping,
reporting, and self-assessment
obligations required of broadcast
licensees, consistent with 47 CFR
73.2080, as well as any other
Commission EEO policies. See
Applications for Consent to the Transfer
of Control of Licenses, SM Satellite
Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor, to
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee,
23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426,) 174, and
note 551 (2008) (‘‘XM-Sirius Merger
Order’’).
47 CFR Section 76.73 provides that
equal opportunity in employment shall
be afforded by all multichannel video
program distributors (‘‘MVPD’’) to all
qualified persons and no person shall be
discriminated against in employment by
such entities because of race, color,
religion, national origin, age or sex.
Section 76.75 requires that each
MVPD employment unit employing six
or more full-time employees shall
establish, maintain and carry out a
program to assure equal opportunity in
every aspect of a cable entity’s policy
and practice.
Section 76.79 requires that every
MVPD employment unit employing six
or more full-time employees maintain,
for public inspection, a file containing
copies of all annual employment reports
and related documents.
Section 76.1702 requires that every
MVPD employment unit employing six
or more full-time employees place
certain information concerning its EEO
program in its public inspection file.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, 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
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 August 27,
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
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
SUMMARY:
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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: 3060–0824.
Title: Service Provider and Billed
Entity Identification Number and
Contact Information Form.
Form Number: FCC Form 498.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit and Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 26,000 respondents; 26,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.75
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirements and third party
disclosure requirements.
Obligation To Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154 and
254 the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 19,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission notes that the
Universal Service Administrative
Company (USAC) who administers the
universal service program must preserve
the confidentiality of all data obtained
from respondents and contributors to
the universal service programs, must not
use the data except for purposes of
administering the universal service
programs, and must not disclose data in
company-specific form unless directed
to do so by the Commission. With
respect to the FCC Form 498, USAC
shall publish each participant’s name,
SPIN, and contact information via
USAC’s website. All other information,
including financial institution account
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numbers or routing information, shall
remain confidential.
Needs and Uses: One of the functions
of the Universal Service Administrative
Company (USAC) is to provide a means
for the billing, collection and
disbursement of funds for the universal
service support mechanisms. On
October 1998, the OMB approved FCC
Form 498, the ‘‘Service Provider
Information Form’’ to enable USAC to
collect service provider name and
address, telephone number, Federal
Employer Identification Number (EIN),
contact names, contact telephone
numbers, and remittance information.
FCC Form 498 enables participants to
request a Service Provider Identification
Number (SPIN) and provides the official
record for participation in the universal
service support mechanisms. The
remittance information provided by
participants on FCC Form 498 enables
USAC to make payments to participants
in the universal service support
mechanisms.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Information Collections 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
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,
SUMMARY:
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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 August 27,
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 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: 3060–1212.
Title: SDARS Political Broadcasting
Requirements.
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: 10
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; On
occasion reporting requirements; Third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority which covers this information
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C.
309(a) and 307(a) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
Total Annual Burden: 20 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Although the Commission does not
believe that any confidential
information will need to be disclosed in
order to comply with the information
collection requirements, applicants are
free to request that materials or
information submitted to the
Commission be withheld from public
inspection. (See 47 CFR 0.459 of the
Commission’s Rules.)
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
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[OMB 3060-0824]
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, 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 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 August 27,
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 Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
[email protected] and to [email protected].
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
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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: 3060-0824.
Title: Service Provider and Billed Entity Identification Number and
Contact Information Form.
Form Number: FCC Form 498.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 26,000 respondents; 26,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.75 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirements and third
party disclosure requirements.
Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 151-154 and 254 the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 19,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission notes that the
Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) who administers the
universal service program must preserve the confidentiality of all data
obtained from respondents and contributors to the universal service
programs, must not use the data except for purposes of administering
the universal service programs, and must not disclose data in company-
specific form unless directed to do so by the Commission. With respect
to the FCC Form 498, USAC shall publish each participant's name, SPIN,
and contact information via USAC's website. All other information,
including financial institution account numbers or routing information,
shall remain confidential.
Needs and Uses: One of the functions of the Universal Service
Administrative Company (USAC) is to provide a means for the billing,
collection and disbursement of funds for the universal service support
mechanisms. On October 1998, the OMB approved FCC Form 498, the
``Service Provider Information Form'' to enable USAC to collect service
provider name and address, telephone number, Federal Employer
Identification Number (EIN), contact names, contact telephone numbers,
and remittance information.
FCC Form 498 enables participants to request a Service Provider
Identification Number (SPIN) and provides the official record for
participation in the universal service support mechanisms. The
remittance information provided by participants on FCC Form 498 enables
USAC to make payments to participants in the universal service support
mechanisms.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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