[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 97 (Thursday, May 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28247-28248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12078]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

May 13, 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 (PRA) 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 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: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before July 19, 2010. If you anticipate that you will 
be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the 
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via the Internet at 
[email protected] and to the Federal Communications 
Commission via email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 
Director, (202) 418-0214. For additional information, contact Judith B. 
Herman, OMD, 202-418-0214 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1139.
    Title: Residential Fixed Broadband Services Testing and 
Measurement.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 11,000 respondents, 11,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and biennial reporting 
requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authorities for this 
information collection is contained in American Reinvestment and 
Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009, Public Law No. 111-5 and the Broadband 
Data Improvement Act, Public Law No. 110-385.
    Total Annual Burden: 11,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. However, no personally 
identifiable information (PII) will be transmitted to the Commission 
from the survey

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contract vendor as a matter of vendor policy. SamKnows, Inc. maintains 
a series of administrative, technical and physical safeguards to 
protect against the transmission of personally identifying information. 
At point of registrations, individuals will be given full disclosure, 
highlighting what information will be collected, and importantly, what 
information will not be collected.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Yes. See Privacy Act Impact 
Assessment above.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission submitted this information 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on April 2, 
2010 under the emergency processing provisions of 5 CFR 1320.13. The 
Commission obtained OMB approval on 4/30/2010. Emergency OMB approvals 
are only granted for six months. Therefore the Commission is now 
seeking the full three year clearance for this information collection.
    There is no change in the Commission' estimated burden. There is no 
change in the reporting requirements.
    The Commission's Office of Strategic Policy and Planning Analysis 
and the Consumer and Intergovernmental Affairs Bureau plan to conduct a 
hardware-based test and analysis of 11,000 consumer broadband 
connections to examine the performance of services across a number of 
parameters. This survey is crucial to comparing what consumers know - 
and need to know - about the speeds and performance, and terms and 
conditions of broadband and related services to services purchased.
    The Commission has contracted with SamKnows, Inc. to measure the 
speeds and performance of a representative, cost-effective, 
statistically relevant sample of US fixed broadband households across 
geographies, technologies and providers. This measurement will occur on 
an opt-in, voluntary basis. This representative sample will be used to 
create a baseline level of performance and measurements for the FCC. 
The third party measurement contractor will deploy testing devices to 
begin measurement, and these results will be then used to inform 
measurement standards for performance of broadband services, in support 
of the FCC-led National Broadband Plan.


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

[FR Doc. 2010-12078 Filed 5-19-10; 8:45 am]
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