[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60372-60373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20936]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to OMB for 
Emergency Review and Approval

October 19, 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 opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection, 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

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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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before November 23, 2007. 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 contacts 
listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at 
202-395-5167, and to the Federal Communications Commission via e-mail 
to [email protected] or by U.S. mail to Leslie F. Smith, Federal 
Communications Commission, Room 1-C216, 445 12th Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection(s), contact Leslie F. Smith via e-mail at 
[email protected] or call (202) 418-0217. To view a copy of this information 
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain (an OMB/GSA web page), (2) look for 
the section of the web page called ``Currently Under Review,'' (3) 
click on the downward-pointing arrow in the ``Select Agency'' box below 
the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) select ``Federal 
Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies presented in the 
``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button to the right of 
the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently 
under review appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB 
control number) and then click on the ICR Reference Number to view 
detailed information about this ICR.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has requested approval of 
these information collection requirements under the emergency 
processing provisions of the PRA by December 7, 2007.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0715.
    Title: Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary 
Network Information (CPNI) and Other Customer Information, CC Docket 
No. 96-115.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 6,017 respondents.
    Estimated Time per Response: 58.29 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, and one time reporting 
requirements; Recordkeeping; and Third party disclosure.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Total Annual Burden: 350,704 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $3,000,000.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: The information collection 
requirements do not have a direct impact on individuals or households, 
and thus there are no impacts under the Privacy Act.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: To the extent that the 
customer proprietary network information includes proprietary 
information, respondents are required to take adequate measures to 
protect this confidentiality.
    Needs and Uses: On January 12, 2007, President George W. Bush 
signed into law the ``Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 
2006,'' which responded to the problem of ``pretexting,'' or seeking to 
obtain unauthorized access to telephone records, by making it a 
criminal offense subject to fines and imprisonment. In particular, 
pretexting is the practice of pretending to be a particular customer or 
other authorized person in order to obtain access to that customer's 
call detail or other private communications records. The Telephone 
Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006 Act found that such 
unauthorized disclosure of telephone records is a problem that ``not 
only assaults individual privacy but, in some instances, may further 
acts of domestic violence or stalking, compromise the personal safety 
of law enforcement officers, their families, victims of crime, 
witnesses, or confidential informants, and undermine the integrity of 
law enforcement investigations.''
    On April 2, 2007, the Commission released the Report and Order and 
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Implementation of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996: Telecommunications Carriers' Use of 
Customer Proprietary Network Information and Other Customer 
Information; IP-Enabled Services, CC Docket No. 96-115, WC Docket No. 
04-36, FCC 07-22, which responded to the practice of pretexting by 
strengthening its rules to protect the privacy of customer proprietary 
network information (CPNI) that is collected and held by providers of 
communications services. Section 222 of the Communications Act requires 
telecommunications carriers to take specific steps to ensure that CPNI 
is adequately protected from unauthorized disclosure. Pursuant to 
section 222, the Commission adopted new rules focused on the efforts of 
providers of communications services to prevent pretexting. These rules 
require providers of communications services to adopt additional 
privacy safeguards that, the Commission believes, will sharply limit 
pretexters' ability to obtain unauthorized access to the type of 
personal customer information from carriers that the Commission 
regulates. In addition, in furtherance of the Telephone Records and 
Privacy Protection Act of 2006, the Commission's rules help ensure that 
law enforcement will have necessary tools to investigate and enforce 
prohibitions on illegal access to customer records.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-20936 Filed 10-23-07; 8:45 am]
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