[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39463-39464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16226]


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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 of 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 (revision 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), Public Law 111-5 (2009), required the Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to develop and 
maintain a comprehensive, interactive, and searchable nationwide 
inventory map of existing broadband service capability and availability 
in the United States that depicts the geographic extent to which 
broadband service capability is deployed and available from a 
commercial or public provider throughout each state.
    NTIA developed the State Broadband Data and Development (SBDD) 
Grant Program (74 FR 32545), a competitive,

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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 and capacity building.
    NTIA requires quarterly performance progress reports (PPRs) in 
order to gauge the progress of grantees in meeting their project goals.
    NTIA has identified a need to modify its existing PPR format by 
making minor changes to existing questions and adding new questions to 
improve clarity, reduce the frequency with which some information is 
reported, and delete certain items that are not necessary for effective 
performance monitoring. This modification will improve the quality of 
recipients' responses and enable NTIA to better monitor and assess the 
extent to which the recipients are meeting program goals and 
milestones.
    Affected Public: State government; not-for-profit institutions.
    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 Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, 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: June 27, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-16226 Filed 7-2-12; 8:45 am]
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