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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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before December 22,
2023. 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, (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX.
Title: Request for Religious
Accommodation.
Form Number: FCC Form–5652.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Respondents: Individuals or
households; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 3 respondents; 3 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.5
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 29
U.S.C. part 1605; U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission’s
Compliance Manual, Section 12:
Religious Discrimination (January 15,
2021); U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission’s Questions
and Answers: Religious Discrimination
in the Workplace (July 22, 2008); U.S.
Office of Personnel Management’s Fact
Sheet: Adjustment of Work Schedules
for Religious Observances.
Total Annual Burden: 8 Hours.
Total Annual Cost: $600.
Needs and Uses: In order to file a
religious accommodation request,
requesters must provide certain
information to allow the FCC’s Office of
Workplace Diversity to determine that
the employee or applicant satisfies the
requirements of the Title VII of the Civil
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Rights Act of 1964 for filing a request.
The information requested in the
Religious Accommodation Form assists
requesters to provide information to
ascertain if the requesters sincerely held
religious beliefs, observances or
practices conflict with a specific task or
requirement of the position or an
application process. Specifically, the
FCC Form 5652, the Religious
Accommodation Request Form provides
information regarding the type of
accommodation or modification
requested, the requesters sincerely held
belief, and which FCC requirement,
policy, or practice that conflicts with
the requesters sincerely held religious
observance, practice, or belief.
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 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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before December 22,
2023. 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: 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060–1248.
Title: Transition from TTY to RealTime Text Technology, CG Docket No.
16–145 and GN Docket No. 15–178.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 600 respondents; 4,358
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.2
hours (12 minutes) to 60 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual,
ongoing, and semiannual reporting
requirements; recordkeeping
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefit. The statutory
authority can be found at §§ 4(i), 225,
255, 301, 303(r), 316, 403, 715, and 716
of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and § 106 of the Twenty-First
Century Communications and Video
Accessibility Act of 2010, 47 U.S.C.
154(i), 225, 255, 301, 303(r), 316, 403,
615c, 616, 617; Public Law No. 111–260,
106, 124 Stat. 2751, 2763 (2010).
Total Annual Burden: 71,142 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: Text telephone
(TTY) technology provides a way for
people with disabilities to send and
receive text communications over the
public switched telephone network
(PSTN). Changes to communications
networks, particularly ongoing
technology transitions from circuit
switched to IP-based networks and from
copper to wireless and fiber
infrastructure, have affected the quality
and utility of TTY technology,
prompting discussions on transitioning
to an alternative advanced
communications technology for text
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communications. Accordingly, on
December 16, 2016, the Commission
released Transition from TTY to RealTime Text Technology, Report and
Order, document FCC 16–169, 82 FR
7699, January 23, 2017, amending its
rules that govern the obligations of
wireless service providers and
manufacturers to support TTY
technology to permit such providers and
manufacturers to provide support for
real-time text (RTT) over wireless IPbased networks to facilitate an effective
and seamless transition to RTT in lieu
of continuing to support TTY
technology.
In document FCC 16–169, the
Commission adopted measures
requiring the following:
(a) Each wireless provider and
manufacturer that voluntarily
transitions from TTY technology to RTT
over wireless IP-based networks and
services is encouraged to develop
consumer and education efforts that
include (1) the development and
dissemination of educational materials
that contain information pertinent to the
nature, purpose, and timelines of the
RTT transition; (2) internet postings, in
an accessible format, of information
about the TTY to RTT transition on the
websites of covered entities; (3) the
creation of a telephone hotline and an
online interactive and accessible service
that can answer consumer questions
about RTT; and (4) appropriate training
of staff to effectively respond to
consumer questions. All consumer
outreach and education should be
provided in accessible formats
including, but not limited to, large print,
Braille, videos in American Sign
Language and that are captioned and
video described, emails to consumers
who have opted to receive notices in
this manner, and printed materials.
Service providers and manufacturers are
also encouraged to coordinate with
consumer, public safety, and industry
stakeholders to develop and distribute
education and outreach materials. The
information will inform consumers of
alternative accessible technology
available to replace TTY technology that
may no longer be available to the
consumer through their provider or on
their device.
(b) Each wireless provider that
requested or will request and receive a
waiver of the requirement to support
TTY technology over wireless IP-based
networks and services must apprise its
customers, through effective and
accessible channels of communication,
that (1) until TTY is sunset, TTY
technology will not be supported for
calls to 911 services over IP-based
wireless services, and (2) there are
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alternative PSTN-based and IP-based
accessibility solutions for people with
disabilities to reach 911 services. These
notices must be developed in
coordination with public safety
answering points (PSAPs) and national
consumer organizations, and include a
listing of text-based alternatives to 911,
including, but not limited to, TTY
capability over the PSTN, various forms
of PSTN-based and IP-based TRS, and
text-to-911 (where available). The
notices will inform consumers on the
loss of the use of TTY for completing
911 calls over the provider’s network
and alert them to alternatives service for
which TTY may be used.
(c) Once every six months, each
wireless provider that requests and
receives a waiver of the requirement to
support TTY technology must file a
report with the Commission and inform
its customers regarding its progress
toward and the status of the availability
of new IP-based accessibility solutions.
Such reports must include (1)
information on the interoperability of
the provider’s selected accessibility
solution with the technologies deployed
or to be deployed by other carriers and
service providers, (2) the backward
compatibility of such solution with
TTYs, (3) a showing of the provider’s
efforts to ensure delivery of 911 calls to
the appropriate PSAP, (4) a description
of any obstacles incurred towards
achieving interoperability and steps
taken to overcome such obstacles, and
(5) an estimated timetable for the
deployment of accessibility solutions.
The information will inform consumers
of the progress towards the availability
of alternative accessible means to
replace TTY, and the Commission will
be able to evaluate the reports to
determine if any changes to the waivers
are warranted or of any impediments to
progress that it may be in a position to
resolve.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–24–1329; Docket No. CDC–2023–
0085]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other federal
agencies to comment on a continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled Promoting Adolescent Health
through School-Based HIV/STD
Prevention Reporting Templates. The
data collection is designed to obtain
detailed, specific, and consistent
reporting measures to ensure that the
Division of Adolescent and School
Health (DASH) can determine the
context, process, and effectiveness of
program activities.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before December 22,
2023.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2023–
0085 by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(www.regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to
the address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
ADDRESSES:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1248; FR ID 179524]
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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before December
22, 2023. 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: 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1248.
Title: Transition from TTY to Real-Time Text Technology, CG Docket
No. 16-145 and GN Docket No. 15-178.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 600 respondents; 4,358
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.2 hours (12 minutes) to 60 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual, ongoing, and semiannual reporting
requirements; recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefit. The
statutory authority can be found at Sec. Sec. 4(i), 225, 255, 301,
303(r), 316, 403, 715, and 716 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Sec. 106 of the Twenty-First Century Communications and
Video Accessibility Act of 2010, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 225, 255, 301,
303(r), 316, 403, 615c, 616, 617; Public Law No. 111-260, 106, 124
Stat. 2751, 2763 (2010).
Total Annual Burden: 71,142 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: Text telephone (TTY) technology provides a way for
people with disabilities to send and receive text communications over
the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Changes to communications
networks, particularly ongoing technology transitions from circuit
switched to IP-based networks and from copper to wireless and fiber
infrastructure, have affected the quality and utility of TTY
technology, prompting discussions on transitioning to an alternative
advanced communications technology for text
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communications. Accordingly, on December 16, 2016, the Commission
released Transition from TTY to Real-Time Text Technology, Report and
Order, document FCC 16-169, 82 FR 7699, January 23, 2017, amending its
rules that govern the obligations of wireless service providers and
manufacturers to support TTY technology to permit such providers and
manufacturers to provide support for real-time text (RTT) over wireless
IP-based networks to facilitate an effective and seamless transition to
RTT in lieu of continuing to support TTY technology.
In document FCC 16-169, the Commission adopted measures requiring
the following:
(a) Each wireless provider and manufacturer that voluntarily
transitions from TTY technology to RTT over wireless IP-based networks
and services is encouraged to develop consumer and education efforts
that include (1) the development and dissemination of educational
materials that contain information pertinent to the nature, purpose,
and timelines of the RTT transition; (2) internet postings, in an
accessible format, of information about the TTY to RTT transition on
the websites of covered entities; (3) the creation of a telephone
hotline and an online interactive and accessible service that can
answer consumer questions about RTT; and (4) appropriate training of
staff to effectively respond to consumer questions. All consumer
outreach and education should be provided in accessible formats
including, but not limited to, large print, Braille, videos in American
Sign Language and that are captioned and video described, emails to
consumers who have opted to receive notices in this manner, and printed
materials. Service providers and manufacturers are also encouraged to
coordinate with consumer, public safety, and industry stakeholders to
develop and distribute education and outreach materials. The
information will inform consumers of alternative accessible technology
available to replace TTY technology that may no longer be available to
the consumer through their provider or on their device.
(b) Each wireless provider that requested or will request and
receive a waiver of the requirement to support TTY technology over
wireless IP-based networks and services must apprise its customers,
through effective and accessible channels of communication, that (1)
until TTY is sunset, TTY technology will not be supported for calls to
911 services over IP-based wireless services, and (2) there are
alternative PSTN-based and IP-based accessibility solutions for people
with disabilities to reach 911 services. These notices must be
developed in coordination with public safety answering points (PSAPs)
and national consumer organizations, and include a listing of text-
based alternatives to 911, including, but not limited to, TTY
capability over the PSTN, various forms of PSTN-based and IP-based TRS,
and text-to-911 (where available). The notices will inform consumers on
the loss of the use of TTY for completing 911 calls over the provider's
network and alert them to alternatives service for which TTY may be
used.
(c) Once every six months, each wireless provider that requests and
receives a waiver of the requirement to support TTY technology must
file a report with the Commission and inform its customers regarding
its progress toward and the status of the availability of new IP-based
accessibility solutions. Such reports must include (1) information on
the interoperability of the provider's selected accessibility solution
with the technologies deployed or to be deployed by other carriers and
service providers, (2) the backward compatibility of such solution with
TTYs, (3) a showing of the provider's efforts to ensure delivery of 911
calls to the appropriate PSAP, (4) a description of any obstacles
incurred towards achieving interoperability and steps taken to overcome
such obstacles, and (5) an estimated timetable for the deployment of
accessibility solutions. The information will inform consumers of the
progress towards the availability of alternative accessible means to
replace TTY, and the Commission will be able to evaluate the reports to
determine if any changes to the waivers are warranted or of any
impediments to progress that it may be in a position to resolve.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-23307 Filed 10-20-23; 8:45 am]
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