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operation of a technology prevention
measure. Also, respondents who
received a Funding Commitment
Decision Letter indicating services
eligible for universal service funding
must file FCC Form 486 to indicate their
service start date and to start the
payment process. In addition, all
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signed certifications to the Billed Entity
of their consortium using a FCC Form
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Compliance with Children’s internet
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of a new matching
program.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), this notice announces the
establishment of a matching program
the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or Commission or
Agency) will conduct with the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS). 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 Universal Service
Administrative Company (USAC) under
the direction of the FCC. More
information about this program is
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provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY
section below.
DATES: Written comments are due on or
before August 28, 2019. This computer
matching program will commence on
August 28, 2019, unless written
comments are received that require a
contrary determination, and will
conclude on January 29, 2021.
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),
Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit,
or various Tribal-specific federal
assistance programs. 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.
Purpose(s)
Participating Agency
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS),
Transformed—Medicaid Statistical
Information System (T–MSIS), System
No. 09–07–0541.
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 CMS, which will
compare them to records maintained in
T–MSIS and then respond either ‘‘yes’’
INFORMATION
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).
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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 at 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. The purpose of this particular
program is to verify Lifeline eligibility
by establishing that applicants or
subscribers are enrolled in the Medicaid
program.
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
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or ‘‘no’’ that the individual is enrolled
in the Medicaid 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 full notice of which
the FCC last published at 82 FR 38686
(August 15, 2017). The CMS records
shared as part of this matching program
reside in the Transformed—Medicaid
Statistical Information System (T–
MSIS), System No. 09–07–0541, a full
notice of which the CMS last published
at 84 FR 2230 (February 16, 2019).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
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Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
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 Commission 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
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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 comments should be
submitted on or before August 28, 2019.
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 contacts listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and
to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
Include in the comments the OMB
control number as shown in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991. 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 OMB
control number of this ICR and then
click on the ICR Reference Number. A
copy of the FCC submission to OMB
will be displayed.
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
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
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information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0742.
Title: Sections 52.21 through 52.36,
Telephone Number Portability, 47 CFR
part 52, subpart (C) and CC Docket No.
95–116.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3,631 respondents;
10,002,005 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.0666
hours–10 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and one-time reporting requirements,
recordkeeping requirement and third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 152,
154(i), 201–205, 215, 251(b)(2), 251(e)(2)
and 332 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 673,460 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The Commission is not requesting
respondents to submit confidential
information to the Commission. If the
respondents wish confidential treatment
of their information, they may request
confidential treatment under 47 CFR
0.459 of the Commission’s rules.
Needs and Uses: Section 251(b)(2) of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, requires LECs to ‘‘provide, to
the extent technically feasible, number
portability in accordance with
requirements prescribed by the
Commission.’’ Through the LNP
process, consumers have the ability to
retain their phone number when
switching telecommunications service
providers, enabling them to choose a
provider that best suits their needs and
enhancing competition. In the Porting
Interval Order and Further Notice, the
Commission mandated a one business
day porting interval for simple wirelineto-wireline and intermodal port
requests. The information collected in
the standard local service request data
fields is necessary to complete simple
wireline-to-wireline and intermodal
ports within the one business day
porting interval mandated by the
Commission and will be used to comply
with Section 251 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
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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 matching
program the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission or
Agency) will conduct with the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 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 Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC)
under the direction of the FCC. More information about this program is
provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
DATES: Written comments are due on or before August 28, 2019. This
computer matching program will commence on August 28, 2019, unless
written comments are received that require a contrary determination,
and will conclude on January 29, 2021.
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 [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Leslie F. Smith, (202) 418-0217,
or [email protected].
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),
Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit, or various Tribal-specific
federal assistance programs. 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
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS), Transformed--Medicaid Statistical
Information System (T-MSIS), System No. 09-07-0541.
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 at 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. The purpose of this particular
program is to verify Lifeline eligibility by establishing that
applicants or subscribers are enrolled in the Medicaid program.
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; 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 CMS,
which will compare them to records maintained in T-MSIS and then
respond either ``yes''
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or ``no'' that the individual is enrolled in the Medicaid 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 full
notice of which the FCC last published at 82 FR 38686 (August 15,
2017). The CMS records shared as part of this matching program reside
in the Transformed--Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS),
System No. 09-07-0541, a full notice of which the CMS last published at
84 FR 2230 (February 16, 2019).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
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