[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 64692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26402]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA).
    Title: State Broadband Data and Development (SDBB) Grant Program 
Progress Report.
    OMB Control Number: 0660-0034.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 56.
    Average Hours per Response: 4 hours.
    Burden Hours: 896.
    Needs and Uses: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(Recovery Act), requires the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Information and Communications (Assistant Secretary) to develop and 
maintain a comprehensive, interactive, and searchable nationwide 
inventory map of existing broadband service capability and availability 
in the U.S. that depicts the geographic extent to which broadband 
service capability is deployed and available from a commercial or 
public provider throughout each state. The statute further provides 
that the Assistant Secretary will make the national broadband map 
accessible by the public on a National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration (NTIA) Web site no later than February 17, 
2011.
    NTIA developed a competitive, merit-based matching grant program 
funding projects that collect comprehensive and accurate State-level 
broadband mapping data, develop State-level broadband maps, aid in the 
development and maintenance of a national broadband map, and fund 
statewide initiatives directed at broadband planning.
    NTIA requires quarterly performance reports in order to gauge the 
progress of grant awardees in meeting their project goals.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas Fraser, (202) 395-5887.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Nicholas Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: October 15, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-26402 Filed 10-19-10; 8:45 am]
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