[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68186-68187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28519]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission; Comments Requested

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection(s). 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 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 OMB 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: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before January 3, 2012. 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: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at (202) 395-5167 or via Internet at 
[email protected] and to Judith B. Herman, Federal 
Communications Commission, via the Internet at [email protected]. 
To submit your PRA comments by email send them to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 
Director, (202) 418-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0763.
    Title: ARMIS Customer Satisfaction Report.
    Report Number: FCC Report 43-06.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 7 respondents; 7 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 720 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 161, 219(b) 
and 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    The ARMIS reporting requirements were established by the Commission 
in 1987 to facilitate the timely and efficient analysis of carrier 
operating costs and rates of return; to provide an improved basis for 
audits and other oversight functions; and to enhance the Commission's 
ability to quantify the effects of alternative policy proposals. 
Additional ARMIS (Automated Reporting Management Information Systems) 
Reports were added in 1991 and 1992. Certain incumbent local exchange 
carriers (ILECs) were required to submit the ARMIS reports to the 
Commission annually on or before April 1. See Reporting Requirements of 
Certain Class A and Tier 1 Telephone Companies (Parts 31, 43, 67 and 69 
of the Commission's rules), CC Docket No. 86-182, Order, 2 FCC Rcd 5770 
(1987), modified on recon, 3 FCC Rcd 6375 (1988); see also 47 CFR Part 
43, Section 43.21 of the Commission's rules.
    Total Annual Burden: 5,040 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Ordinarily questions of a 
sensitive nature are not asked in the ARMIS Customer Satisfaction 
Report. The areas in which detailed information is required are fully 
subject to regulation and the issue of data being regarded as sensitive 
will arise in special circumstances only. In such circumstances, the 
respondent is instructed on the appropriate procedures to follow to 
safeguard sensitive data. Any respondent who submits information to the 
Commission that the respondent believes is confidential may request 
confidential treatment of such information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.

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    Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking an extension of this 
information collection in order to obtain the full three-year approval 
from OMB. There is no change to the annual reporting requirement. There 
is no change to the Commission's previous burden estimates.
    The information contained in FCC Report 43-06 has helped the 
Commission fulfill its regulatory responsibilities. Automated reporting 
of these data greatly enhances the Commission's ability to process and 
analyze the extensive amounts of data provided in the reports. 
Automating and organizing data submitted to the Commission facilitate 
the timely and efficient analysis of revenue requirements, rates of 
return and price caps, and provide an improved basis for auditing and 
other oversight functions. Automated reporting also enhances the 
Commission's ability to quantify the effects of policy proposals.
    The Commission has granted AT&T, Verizon, legacy Qwest, and other 
similarly situated carriers conditional forbearance from FCC Report 43-
06. See Petition of AT&T Inc. for Forbearance under 47 U.S.C. 160 from 
Enforcement of Certain of the Commission's Cost Assignment Rules, WC 
Docket Nos. 07-21, 05-342, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 23 FCC Rcd 
7302 (2008) (AT&T Cost Assignment Forbearance Order), pet. for recon. 
pending, pet. for review pending, NASUCA v. FCC, Case No. 08-1226 (D.C. 
Cir. filed June 23, 2008); Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, 
Infrastructure and Operating Data Gathering, WC Docket Nos. 08-190, 07-
139, 07-204, 07-273, 07-21, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, 23 FCC Rcd 13647 (2008) (Verizon/Qwest Cost 
Assignment Forbearance Order), pet. for recon. pending, pet. for review 
pending, NASUCA v. FCC, Case No. 08-1353 (D.C. Cir. filed Nov. 4, 
2008). Despite this forbearance, the Commission seeks OMB approval for 
the renewal of this information collection because petitions for 
reconsideration and review of those forbearance decisions are currently 
pending before the Commission and the court, respectively.

Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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