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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Broadband Pilot (ReConnect) Program
Rural Utilities Service,
Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice; amendment to Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for
the second round of the ReConnect
Program.
AGENCY:
The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS) published a Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) and solicitation
of applications in the Federal Register
on Thursday, December 12, 2019, (84 FR
67913) announcing its general policy
and application procedures for funding
under the broadband pilot program
(ReConnect) established pursuant to the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
(which became law on February 15,
2019) which provides loans, grants, and
loan/grant combinations to facilitate
broadband deployment in rural areas.
The purpose of this notice is to inform
the public of an extension of the
application window until midnight,
based on the time zone the applicant is
located in, on April 15, 2020.
DATES: Actions described in this notice
take effect March 30, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general inquiries regarding the
ReConnect Program, contact Laurel
Leverrier, Acting Assistant
Administrator Telecommunications
Program, Rural Utilities Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
email: laurel.leverrier@wdc.usda.gov,
telephone (202) 720–9554. For inquiries
regarding eligible service areas, please
contact ReConnect Program Staff at
https://www.usda.gov/reconnect/
contact-us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
On December 12, 2019, RUS
published a Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) and solicitation
of applications in the Federal Register
at 84 FR 67913. The FOA provided the
policy and application procedures for
the ReConnect Program. In support of
the ReConnect Program, the agency
identified the application closing date
and funding amount for each category.
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The action taken in this notice will
extend the application window until
midnight, based on the time zone the
applicant is located in, on April 15,
2020. This is an extension from the
March 12, 2020 Federal Notice (75 FR
14458) that set the application window
at midnight, based on the time zone the
applicant is located in, on March 31 30,
2020. This action is being taken by the
Agency to ensure a successful round of
funding under the ReConnect Program.
Chad Rupe,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; 2020–2022 Report
of Organization
U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on a
proposed extension of the Report of
Organization, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before May 29, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Thomas Smith, PRA Liaison, U.S.
Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
Room 7K250A, Washington, DC 20233
(or via the internet at PRAcomments@
doc.gov). You may also submit
comments, identified by Docket Number
USBC–2020–0008, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. All comments
received are part of the public record.
No comments will be posted to https://
www.regulations.gov for public viewing
until after the comment period has
closed. Comments will generally be
posted without change. All Personally
Identifiable Information (for example,
name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. You may submit
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Carrie Hill, Economic
Statistical Methods Division, U.S.
Census Bureau, Room 5H069,
Washington, DC 20233–6100 (or by
email at Carrie.Anne.Hill@census.gov.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau conducts the
annual Report of Organization to update
and maintain a central, multipurpose
Business Register (BR) database. In
particular, the Report of Organization
supplies critical information on the
composition, organizational structure,
and operating characteristics of multilocation companies.
The BR serves two fundamental
purposes:
First and most important, it provides
sampling populations and enumeration
lists for the Census Bureau’s economic
surveys and censuses, and it serves as
an integral part of the statistical
foundation underlying those programs.
Essential for this purpose is the BR’s
ability to identify all known United
States business establishments and their
parent companies. Further, the BR must
accurately record basic business
attributes needed to control sampling
and enumeration. These attributes
include industrial and geographic
classifications, and name and address
information.
Second, it provides establishment
data that serve as the basis for the
annual County Business Patterns (CBP)
statistical series. The CBP publications
present data on number of
establishments, first quarter payroll,
annual payroll, and mid-March
employment summarized by industry
and employment size class for the
United States, the District of Columbia,
island areas, counties, and countryequivalents. No other annual or more
frequent series of industry statistics
provides comparable detail, particularly
for small geographic areas.
II. Method of Collection
The 2020–2022 Report of
Organization collection strategy will
focus on electronic reporting as the
standard collection option. The 2020–
2021 Report of Organization will request
company-level information from a
selection of multi-establishment
enterprises, which comprise roughly
42,000 parent companies and more than
1.4 million establishments.
Additionally, the panel will include
approximately 5,000 large single-
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location companies that may have
added locations during the year.
The Census Bureau will conduct the
2022 Report of Organization in
conjunction with the 2022 Economic
Census and will coordinate these
collections to minimize response
burden. The consolidated Report of
Organization/census mail canvass will
direct inquiries to the entire universe of
multi-location enterprises that
comprises roughly 165,000 parent
companies and more than 1.9 million
establishments. Additional Report of
Organization inquiries will apply to the
15,000 multi-unit establishments
classified in industries that are out-ofscope of the economic census.
Electronic reporting will be available
to all 2020–2022 Report of Organization
respondents. Companies will receive
and return responses by secure internet
transmission. The instrument will
include inquiries on ownership or
control by domestic or foreign parent,
ownership of foreign affiliates, leased
employment and cooperative
organization. Further, the instrument
will list an inventory of establishments
belonging to the company and its
subsidiaries, and request updates to
these inventories, including additions,
deletions and changes to information on
EIN, name and address, industrial
classification, end-of-year operating
status, mid-March employment, first
quarter payroll and annual payroll.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0444.
Form Number(s): NC–99001 (for
multi-establishment enterprises during
2020–2022) and NC–99007 (for singlelocation companies during 2020–2021).
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Businesses and notfor-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
47,000 per year for 2020–2021 and
165,000 for 2022.
Estimated Time per Response: 3.4
hours for 2020–2021 and 0.44 hours for
2022.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 159,800 hours for 2020–2021 and
72,600 hours for 2022.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
respondents’ time, but the indirect costs
respondents may incur for such things
as purchases of specialized software or
hardware needed to report, or
expenditures for accounting or records
maintenance services required
specifically by the collection.)
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.
Sections 131 and 182.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Broadband Pilot (ReConnect) Program
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice; amendment to Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for
the second round of the ReConnect Program.
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SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) published a Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) and solicitation of applications in the
Federal Register on Thursday, December 12, 2019, (84 FR 67913)
announcing its general policy and application procedures for funding
under the broadband pilot program (ReConnect) established pursuant to
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (which became law on February
15, 2019) which provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to
facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. The purpose of this
notice is to inform the public of an extension of the application
window until midnight, based on the time zone the applicant is located
in, on April 15, 2020.
DATES: Actions described in this notice take effect March 30, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general inquiries regarding the
ReConnect Program, contact Laurel Leverrier, Acting Assistant
Administrator Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), email: [email protected],
telephone (202) 720-9554. For inquiries regarding eligible service
areas, please contact ReConnect Program Staff at https://www.usda.gov/reconnect/contact-us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 12, 2019, RUS published a Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) and solicitation of applications in the Federal
Register at 84 FR 67913. The FOA provided the policy and application
procedures for the ReConnect Program. In support of the ReConnect
Program, the agency identified the application closing date and funding
amount for each category.
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The action taken in this notice will extend the application window
until midnight, based on the time zone the applicant is located in, on
April 15, 2020. This is an extension from the March 12, 2020 Federal
Notice (75 FR 14458) that set the application window at midnight, based
on the time zone the applicant is located in, on March 31 30, 2020.
This action is being taken by the Agency to ensure a successful round
of funding under the ReConnect Program.
Chad Rupe,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-06561 Filed 3-27-20; 8:45 am]
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