[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 6627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2967]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

[Docket No. 0907141137-0079-07]
RIN 0660-ZA28


Broadband Technology Opportunities Program

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice announcing OMB approval of an information collection and 
publication of an OMB Control Number.

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SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has 
approved the collection of information contained in the Notice of Funds 
Availability (NOFA) for the Broadband Opportunities Program (BTOP) 
published on January 22, 2010.

FOR FURTHER CONTACT INFORMATION: For general inquiries regarding BTOP, 
contact Anthony Wilhelm, Director, BTOP, Office of Telecommunications 
and Information Applications, National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), 1401 
Constitution Avenue, NW., HCHB, Room 4887, Washington, DC 20230; Help 
Desk e-mail: [email protected], Help Desk telephone: 1-877-508-
8364. Additional information regarding BTOP may be obtained at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 22, 2010, NTIA published a Notice 
of Funds Availability (NOFA) (75 FR 3792) announcing general policy and 
application procedures for the Broadband Technology Opportunities 
Program (BTOP) established pursuant to the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). In this second round of funding, NTIA 
will award grants in three categories of eligible projects: 
Comprehensive Community Infrastructure (CCI), Public Computer Centers 
(PCC), and Sustainable Broadband Adoption (SBA).
    The application requirements for the BTOP contained in the NOFA are 
an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). However, NTIA 
indicated in the NOFA that the information collection associated with 
BTOP had not yet been approved by OMB and that it would publish a 
subsequent notice in the Federal Register when that event occurred.
    By this notice, NTIA announces that OMB approved the amendment to 
the information collection approved under OMB Control Number 0660-0031. 
The expiration date for this information collection is July 31, 2010. 
This collection of information was approved by OMB in accordance with 
the emergency processing provisions under 5 CFR 1320.13 to allow NTIA 
to fulfill its ARRA requirements. Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be 
subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of 
information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that 
collection displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.

    Dated: February 5, 2010.
Kathy D. Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-2967 Filed 2-9-10; 8:45 am]
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