[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 62 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 16857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6562]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection Approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget

March 24, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) has 
received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the 
following public information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct 
or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number, and no person is required to respond to a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number. Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden 
estimate(s) and any suggestions for reducing the burden should be 
directed to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue Gilgenbach, 
[email protected], (202) 418-0639.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1003.
    OMB Approval Date: July 21, 2007.
    Expiration Date: July 31, 2010.
    Title: Communications Disaster Information Reporting Systems 
(DIRS).
    Form No.: Not applicable.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 5,300 responses; 0.7 hours (42 minutes) 
per response; 3,710 hours total per year.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Because the information that 
communications companies input to DIRS is sensitive, for national 
security and/or commercial reasons, DIRS filings shall be treated as 
presumptively confidential upon filing. The Federal Communications 
Commission's Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau Launches Disaster 
Information Reporting System, 72 FR 52879 (Sept. 17, 2007); The FCC's 
Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau Launches Disaster Information 
Reporting System (DIRS), Public Notice, 22 FCC Rcd 16757 (PSHSB 2007). 
DIRS filings will, however, be shared with the Department of Homeland 
Security's National Communications System (NCS) on a confidential 
basis.
    Needs and Uses: This voluntary information collection will better 
enable the Commission to assist communications companies with the 
restoration of communications in times of crisis, including in the 
aftermath of terrorist attacks or natural disasters. Through DIRS, 
wireless, wireline, broadcast, and cable communications providers can 
provide their emergency contact information and report communications 
infrastructure status and situational awareness information during 
times of crisis (e.g., status of their communications equipment, 
restoration efforts, and source and status of their power supply). The 
Commission will be able to use this information to ensure that the 
public and public safety, public health, and other emergency and 
defense personnel have effective communications services available to 
them in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-6562 Filed 3-28-08; 8:45 am]
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