[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 219 (Monday, November 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58960-58961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27370]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated 
Authority, Comments Requested

November 5, 2009.
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, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. 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: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on January 15, 2010. 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 PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at (202) 395-5167, or via the 
Internet at [email protected] and to Judith B. Herman, 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your PRA comments by 
e-mail send then to: [email protected]. To view a copy of this information 
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to web page: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (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, and 
(6) when the FCC list appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its 
OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214. 
For additional information about the information collection(s) send an 
e-mail to [email protected] or contact Judith B. Herman, 202-418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No: 3060-1128.
    Title: National Broadband Plan Survey of Consumers.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit.
    Number of Respondents: 5,100 respondents; 5,100 responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: .33 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this 
collection of information is contained in the Broadband Data 
Improvement Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-385 and the

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American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-5.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,683 hours.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No personally identified information 
will be transmitted to the Commission from the survey contractor as a 
matter of vendor policy.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality.
    Need and Uses: The Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2008, Pub. L. 
No. 110-385, Stat 4096 Sec.  103(c)(1) directs the Commission to 
collect the information on the types of technology used to provide 
broadband to consumers, the price of such services, actual data 
transmission speeds, and the reasons for non-adoption of broadband 
service.
    The Commission requested emergency OMB approval in October for this 
new information collection. The Commission received OMB approval on 
October 19, 2009. The Commission is now requesting an extension (no 
change in the reporting requirement) in order to obtain the full three 
year clearance from the OMB.
    This collection of information will be accomplished through a 
national telephone survey of 5,000 consumers and face-to-face workshops 
with approximately 100 individuals throughout the United States. 
Consistent with one of the key reasons for this information collection, 
workshop participants will be non-adopters of broadband. The reason for 
holding these workshops is to elicit more in-depth responses from 
individuals to the questions being asked of non-adopters in the 
telephone survey. The workshops will add a narrative dimension to the 
reasons for non-adoption to the statistical information being collected 
in the telephone survey.
    The Commission's Office of Strategic Planning (OSP) will use the 
information collected under this survey to help determine the extent of 
broadband Internet adoption, and use the data to inform policy 
recommendations under the National Broadband Plan. Information on 
consumers without broadband Internet at home will be used to carefully 
identify the nature and extent of the problem and used to develop 
policy recommendations through the National Broadband Plan which is due 
to congress by February 17, 2010.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
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