[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16616-16617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7705]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission

March 20, 2000.
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(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 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 April 28, 
2000. 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 Judy Boley, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 1-C804, 445 12th Street, SW, DC 20554 or via the 
Internet to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judy Boley at 202-418-0214 or 
via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 3060-XXXX.

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    Title: Auditor's Annual Independence and Objectivity Certification.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 7 respondents; 14 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 10 hours per response; filed twice 
annually.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement and annual 
reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 70 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: In the Responsible Accounting Officer (RAO) letter, 
the Accounting Safeguards Division (ASD), Common Carrier Bureau, is 
simply making a current GAAS (generally accepted auditing standards) 
requirement for financial statement audits explicitly applicable to the 
Section 64.904 audit, i.e., applying the section 64.904 requirement 
that the audits be performed in accordance with GAAS. Specifically, the 
RAO requires that carriers' independent auditors: (a) disclose to the 
ASD, in writing, all relationships between the auditor and its related 
entities and the carrier and its related entities that in the auditor's 
professional judgement may reasonably be thought to bear on 
independence; (b) confirm in writing to ASD that in its professional 
judgement, it is independent of the carrier, and (c) discuss the 
auditor's independence with ASD.
    The above requirements will be used by ASD to determine whether the 
independent auditors are performing their audits independently and 
unbiased of the carrier they audit.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-7705 Filed 3-28-00; 8:45 am]
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