[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1225-1226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-52]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for 
Review to the Office of Management and Budget

January 4, 2007.
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 opportunityto comment on 
the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) 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.

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DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before February 9, 2007. If you anticipate that you 
will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within 
the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Allison E. Zaleski, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 
395-6466, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at [email protected] and to [email protected], Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554 
or an email to [email protected]. If you would like to obtain or view a copy 
of this information collection, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA 
Web page at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Rural Health Care Support Mechanism.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions and state, local and 
tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 20 respondents; 20 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 500 hours.
     Total Annual Cost: N/A.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality. Respondents may request materials or information 
submitted to the Commission be withheld from public inspection under 47 
CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
     Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this new information 
collection to OMB during this comment period to obtain the full three-
year clearance.
    The Commission requests OMB approval to establish a new information 
collection. The Order, WC Docket No. 02-60, FCC 06-144, at issue 
establishes a pilot program to assist public and non-profit health care 
providers build state and region-wide broadband networks dedicated to 
the provision of health care services, and connect those networks to a 
dedicated nationwide backbone, such as Internet2. The construction of 
such networks will bring the benefits of innovative telehealth, and 
particularly, telemedicine services to those areas of the county where 
the need for those benefits is most acute. The information collection 
consists of the application to participate in the pilot program.
    The pilot program is designed to encourage health care providers to 
join together to aggregate the needs and develop a strategy for 
creating statewide and/or regional networks that will connect numerous 
health care providers, including rural health care providers, through a 
dedicated, broadband network. The pilot program will fund up to 85% of 
the costs incurred to deploy state or regional broadband networks 
dedicated to health care. The pilot program will also fund up to 85% of 
the costs of connecting the regional and/or statewide to a dedicated 
nationwide backbone such as Internet 2, that connects a number of 
government research instructions, as well as academic, public, and 
private health care institutions that are repositories of medical 
expertise and information.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 07-52 Filed 1-9-07; 8:45 am]
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