[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 206 (Thursday, October 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60667-60668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5284]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated 
Authority, Comment Requested

October 16, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on a proposed collection of information, pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (PRA), Public Law No. 104-13. An agency may 
not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid control number. Subject to the PRA, no person shall be 
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of 
information 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before December 
24, 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: You may submit all PRA comments by e-mail or U.S. post mail. 
To submit your comments by e-mail, send them to [email protected]. To submit 
your comments by U.S. mail, mark them to the attention of Cathy 
Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918 or 
send an e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0095.
    Title: Multi-Channel Video Programming Distributors Annual 
Employment Report.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: FCC Form 395-A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 2,500.
    Estimated Time per Response: 53 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Annual reporting 
requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 2,200 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact.
    Needs and Uses: FCC Form 395-A, ``The Multi-Channel Video 
Programming Distributor Annual Employment Report,'' is a data 
collection device used to assess industry employment trends and provide 
reports to Congress. The report identifies employees by gender and 
race/ethnicity in fifteen job categories. FCC Form 395-

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A contains a grid which collects data on full and part-time employees 
and requests a list of employees by job title, indicating the job 
category and full or part-time status of the position. Every cable 
entity with 6 or more full-time employees and all Satellite Master 
Antenna Television Systems (SMATV) serving 50 or more subscribers and 
having 6 or more full-time employees must complete Form 395-A in its 
entirety and file it by September 30 each year. However, cable entities 
with 5 or fewer full-time employees are not required to file but if 
they do, they need to complete and file only Sections I, II and VIII of 
the FCC Form 395-A, and thereafter need not file again unless their 
employment increases.
    On June 4, 2004, the FCC released the Third Report and Order and 
Fourth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (3rd R&O), In the Matter of Review 
of the Commission's Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity 
Rules and Policies, MM Docket No. 98-204, FCC 04-103, in which it 
considers issues relating to the Annual Employment Report forms, 
including FCC Form 395-A, ``The Multi-Channel Video Programming 
Distributor Annual Employment Report.'' In the 3rd R&O, the Commission 
is adopting revised rules for MVPDs to file FCC Form 395-A, which cable 
and other MVPDs will use to file annual employment reports. The intent 
of this 3rd R&O is to update rules for MVPDs to file Form 395-A 
consistent with new rules adopted in the 2nd R&O. The intent of the 
Fourth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is to provide time for cable and 
other MVPDs and the public to address the issue of whether the 
Commission should keep these forms confidential after they are filed. 
With the effective date of the rule revisions adopted in the 3rd R&O, 
MVPDs and broadcasters must start keeping records of their employees so 
they can prepare their annual employment reports due to be filed on 
September 30, 2004.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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