[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4390-4391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1586]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection Being Reviewed and 
Approved By the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated 
Authority, Comments Requested

January 21, 2010.
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 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 OMB control number.

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on or before March 29, 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].

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: 3060-1132.
     Title: National Broadband Plan Survey: Demand for Broadband.
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Individuals or households.
     Number of Respondents: 4,500 respondents; 4,500 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: .33 hours (20 minutes).
     Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
     Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this 
collection of information is contained in Public Law No. 110-385, 
Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2008 and Public Law No. 111-5, 
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009.
     Total Annual Burden: 1,350 hours.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No personally identifiable 
information will be transmitted to the Commission from the survey 
contractor as a matter of vendor policy.
     Need and Uses: The Commission is now seeking the full three year 
clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for this 
information collection. The Commission sought and received emergency 
OMB approval in December 2009 for this information collection. 
Emergency OMB approvals are only valid for six months. In order to 
obtain the full three year clearance, the Commission must submit this 
as an extension (no change in the reporting requirement and/or burden 
estimates.)
    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorized the 
Federal Communications

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Commission to create the National Broadband Plan that shall seek to 
ensure that all people of the United States have access to broadband 
capability and shall establish benchmarks for meeting that goal. 
Consistent with this effort, and pursuant to the requirements under the 
Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2008, the Commission's Office of 
Strategic Planning seeks to conduct a survey of residential consumers 
of broadband Internet to determine their willingness to pay for 
different components of broadband service in order to make 
recommendations as part of the National Broadband Plan which is now due 
to Congress by March 17, 2010.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-1586 Filed 1-26-10; 8:45 am]
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