[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16452-16453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8218]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission

March 25, 1999.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. An agency 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 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control 
number. Comments are requested concerning (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's 
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information collected; and (d) 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.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before June 4, 1999. 
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 comments to Les Smith, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street, SW, Room 1-A804, Washington, DC 20554 or 
via the Internet to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collections contact Les Smith at (202) 418-0217 or 
via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0095.
    Title: Annual Employment Report--Cable Television.
    Form Number: FCC 395-A.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 2,564.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to 2.42 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 4,683.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: The Annual Employment Report (FCC 395-A) is a data 
collection device used to assess and enforce the Commission's EEO 
requirements. The report identifies employees by gender, race, color 
and/or national origin in nine major job categories. Every cable entity 
with six or more full-time employees and all Satellite Master Antenna 
Television Systems serving 50 or more subscribers and having six or 
more full-time employees must file annually a full FCC 395-A. However, 
cable entities with five or fewer full-time employees must only file 
Sections I, II, and IX of the FCC 395-A, and thereafter need not file 
again unless its employment increases. In addition, cable entities with 
six or more full-time employees will file a Supplemental Investigation 
Sheet once every five years. The data are used by FCC staff to monitor 
a cable unit's efforts to afford equal employment opportunity in 
employment. The data are also used to assess industry trends.

    OMB Control Number: 3060-0574.
    Title: MVPD Annual Employment Report.
    Form Number: FCC 395-M.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 155.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 0.25 to 2.42 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Total annual burden: 232 hours.
    Total annual costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: Section 22 (e) of the Cable Television Consumer 
Protection Act of 1992 (1992 Cable Act) amends the definition of 
``cable operator'' for EEO purposes to include program packages of 
multiple video program distributors (MVPD) using owned or leased 
transport facilities in the multipoint distribution service (MDS), 
multichannel, multipoint distribution service (MMDS), direct broadcast 
satellite (DBS), television receive only (TVRO), and video dialtone 
facilities to provide multiple channels of video programming. The MVPD 
Annual Employment Report (FCC 395-M) is a data collection device used 
to assess and enforce the Commission's EEO requirements. The report 
identifies employees by gender, race, color, and/or national origin in 
nine major job categories. The FCC 395-M contains a grid which collects 
data on full and part-time employees, collects hiring and promotion 
data for senior upper-level job categories, and a list of job titles 
within each of the 15 job categories. MVPD units may submit computer-
generated lists of job titles which are currently maintained for 
internal recordkeeping purposes. Every MVPD unit with six or more full-
time employees must file annually a full FCC 395-M. However, MVPD units 
with five or fewer full-time employees must only file Sections I, II, 
and IX of the FCC 395-M, and thereafter, need not file again unless its 
employment increases. In addition, MVPD units with six or more full-
time employees will file a Supplemental Investigation Sheet once every 
five years.
    The data are used by FCC staff to monitor an MVPD unit's efforts to 
afford

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equal employment opportunity in employment. The data are used to assess 
industry trends.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-8218 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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