[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

August 5, 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 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 currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before September 9, 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]. To view a copy of this information 
collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the web page 
http://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 list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for 
the title of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, if there is one) and 
then click on the ICR Reference Number to view detailed information 
about this ICR.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1139.
    Title: Residential Fixed Broadband Services Testing and 
Measurement.
    Form Number: 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 the American Reinvestment and 
Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-5 and the Broadband Data 
Improvement Act of 2008, Pub. L. 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 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 registration, 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 will submit this expiring 
information collection during this comment period to obtain the full 
three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 
There is no change in the reporting requirement and there is no change 
in the Commission's burden estimates.
    On April 2, 2010, the Commission submitted this information 
collection to the OMB under their emergency processing provisions of 5 
CFR 1320.13. The Commission obtained OMB approval on 4/30/2010. 
Emergency approvals are only granted for six months. Therefore, the 
Commission is now seeking the regular clearance from them.
    The Commission's Office of Strategic Policy and Planning Analysis 
and the Consumer Intergovernmental Affairs Bureau plan to continue 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 contractor (SamKnows, Inc.) 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.
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