[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6666-6667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2910]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection Being Submitted for 
Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
Comments Requested

February 4, 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

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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 on 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 currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection 
should submit comments on or before March 12, 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: 3060-1128.
     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 American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-5.
     Total Annual Burden: 1,683 hours.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No personally identifiable 
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 Commission requested emergency OMB approval in 
October 2009 for this information collection which is only granted for 
six months. The Commission is now seeking an extension in order to 
obtain the full three year clearance from the OMB. There is no change 
in the reporting requirements. There is no change to the Commission's 
burden estimates.
    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 and Policy Analysis 
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 use to 
develop policy recommendations through the National Broadband Plan 
which is due to congress on March 17, 2010.

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