[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 227 (Friday, November 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 62309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28374]


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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 Reque

November 23, 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 26, 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 them 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: 3060-1130.
     Title: National Broadband Plan Survey of Businesses.
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
     Number of Respondents: 3,500 respondents; 3,500 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: 16 minutes.
     Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authorities for this 
information collection is the Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2008, 
Pub. L. No. 110-385 and the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 
2009, Pub. L. No. 111-5.
     Total Annual Burden: 2,770 hours.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The survey contractor, as a 
matter of general practice, does not provide clients with information 
that directly identifies survey respondents, whether they are 
individuals or organizations. This includes telephone numbers, names, 
addresses, and other information. The vendor also informs respondents 
of the nature of the vendor's commitments in terms of handling their 
information. Generally, the promise is that the respondent will not be 
individually identified and that all analyses of the data will be of 
aggregate statistics, rather than an individual's answers.
    Any information that the survey contractor obtains - whether in 
purchased sample or through the interview process - that could directly 
identify the company or the individual responding on behalf of the 
company will not be provided to the Commission by the survey contractor 
as a matter of vendor policy. The respondents will be told that such 
information will not be provided by the survey contractor to the 
Commission or any other third party.
     Need and Uses: The Commission sought and obtain emergency 
processing of this information collection by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) on November 19, 2009. Emergency requests to OMB are 
approved for only six months. The Commission is now seeking an 
extension (no change in the reporting requirement) in order to obtain 
the full three year clearance from the OMB.
    To assist in developing the Broadband Plan that must be submitted 
to congress by February 17, 2010, the Omnibus Broadband Initiative 
within the Commission's Office of Strategic Planning plans to conduct a 
survey of businesses that focus on adoption and usage of broadband 
internet service. For the Broadband Plan, the focus on usage in the 
survey is crucial to formulating policy recommendations on how 
broadband can increase business productivity and economic growth in the 
United States. The business survey is being conducted pursuant to the 
Broadband Data Improvement Act. This is authorized under the American 
Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Deputy Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. E9-28374 Filed 11-25-09 8:45 am]
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