[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6661-6662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2963]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

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    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 April 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].

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: 3060-1134.
     Title: Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Program 
(``E-Rate'') Broadband Survey.
     Form No.: N/A.
     Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
     Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions and state, local or 
tribal government.
     Number of Respondents: 25,000 respondents; 25,000 responses.
     Estimated Time Per Response: .25 hours.
     Frequency of Response: One-time and on occasion reporting 
requirements.
     Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this 
collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151-154, 
201-205, 218-220, 254, 303(r), and 403.
     Total Annual Burden: 12,500 hours.
     Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
     Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Although it is unlikely that 
the survey will solicit any confidential information, pursuant to 47 
CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules, a respondent may request that 
information submitted to the Commission not be put in the public 
record. The respondent must state the reasons, and the facts on which 
those reasons are based, for withholding the information from the 
public record. The appropriate Bureau or Office Chief of the Commission 
may grant a confidentiality request that presents, by a preponderance 
of the evidence, a case for non-disclosure consistent with the Freedom 
of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. section 552. If a confidentiality 
request is denied, the respondent has five days to appeal the decision 
before the Commission. If the appeal before the Commission is denied, 
the respondent has five days to seek a judicial stay.
     Need and Uses: The Commission will submit this information 
collection as an extension to the OMB after this 60 day comment period 
in order to obtain the full three year clearance from them. The 
Commission sought and received emergency OMB approval in January 2010 
for this information collection. The Commission has not changed any of 
the reporting requirements. There is no change in the Commission's 
burden estimates.
    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorized the 
FCC 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, the Commission seeks to conduct a survey 
of all applicants under the Schools and Libraries Universal Service 
Program, also known as the E-Rate Program, to determine the current 
state of broadband usage and access within schools and libraries in the 
United States in order to determine how to best address their 
educational and technological needs as part of the National Broadband 
Plan. The National Broadband Plan is now due to congress by March 17, 
2010.

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