[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 1 (Monday, January 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 149-150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-31156]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested

December 28, 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. 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; (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, and (e) 
ways to further reduce the information collection burden for small 
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
    The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. No person 
shall be subject to

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any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a 
currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on or before March 5, 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), via the Internet at [email protected]. To submit your PRA comments by e-mail send them to: 
[email protected].

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: 3060-0496.
     Title: ARMIS Operating Data Report.
     Report No.: FCC Report 43-08.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
     Number of Respondents: 55 respondents; 55 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: 139 hours.
     Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 11, 219(b) 
and 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
     Total Annual Burden: 7,645 hours.
     Total Annual Cost: N/A.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Ordinarily questions of a 
sensitive nature are not requested in the ARMIS Operating Data Report. 
The Commission contends that areas in which detailed information is 
required are fully subject to regulation and the issue of data being 
regarded as sensitive will arise in special circumstances only. In such 
circumstances, the respondent is instructed on the appropriate 
procedures to follow to safeguard sensitive data. Section 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules contains procedures for requesting confidential 
treatment of data. See 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
     Need and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension (no 
change in the annual reporting requirement) for this expiring 
information collection. The Commission has adjusted the total number of 
respondents and burden hours to reflect more accurate estimates. The 
Commission is submitting this extension to the OMB in order to obtain 
the full three year clearance from them.
    Section 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, allows 
the Commission, at its discretion, to prescribe the forms of any and 
all accounts, records and memoranda to be kept by carriers subject to 
this Act, including any accounts, records and memoranda of the movement 
of traffic, as well as the receipts and expenditures of moneys.
    The Automated Reporting Management and Information System (ARMIS) 
was implemented to facilitate the timely and efficient analysis of 
revenue requirements, rates of return and price caps; to provide an 
improved basis for audits and other oversight functions; and to enhance 
the Commission's ability to quantify the effects of alternative policy. 
The ARMIS Report 43-08 collects network operating data in a consistent 
format. The ARMIS Report 43-08 monitors network growth, usage and 
reliability.
    In this submission to the OMB, the Commission is adjusting the 
number of carriers filing this ARMIS report from 56 to 55 to reflect 
the merger of two holding companies. The Commission, in its ARMIS 
Forbearance Order, noted that among other things, that the reporting 
carriers have committed to collecting and retaining all information/
data internally that was previously reported but will not be reported 
during this OMB approval period on the ARMIS Report 43-08, for 24 
months.
    The information in the ARMIS Report 43-08 provides the necessary 
detail to enable this Commission to fulfill its regulatory 
responsibilities. Automated reporting of these data greatly enhances 
the Commission's ability to receive, process and analyze the extensive 
amounts of data that are needed to administer the rules. ARMIS 
facilitates the timely and efficient analysis of revenue requirements, 
rate of return and price caps, and provides an improved basis for 
auditing and other oversight functions. It also enhances the 
Commission's ability to quantify the effects of policy proposals.

Federal Communications Commission.
Alethea Lewis,
Information Specialist, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. E9-31156 Filed 12-31-09; 8:45 am]
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