[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 25418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10222]


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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.
    Title: State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0660-0032.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision/extension of a 
currently approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 56 respondents; 2,000 sub-respondents.
    Average Hours per Response: 3,123, respondents; 50 hours, sub-
respondents.
    Burden Hours: 549,776.
    Needs and Uses: Despite the importance of broadband to the U.S. 
economy, information about broadband availability was not widely 
available until this dataset was developed. The data collected will 
continue to provide critical information for grant-making, regulatory 
and policy-making efforts, and to improve the quality of state-level 
broadband information. Numerous public and private stakeholders 
currently use the data to inform funding, policy and commercial 
decisions. Consumers and businesses also use the data to identify where 
broadband is available, the advertised speeds and other information.
    NTIA proposes to revise the currently approved reporting 
requirements to include with each submission of data several ``best 
practices'' documents including a document describing each recipient's 
methodology for collecting and verifying data, a document that 
summarizes any major changes or corrections to data from the previous 
submission and a short text file (also known as a ``readme'' file) that 
summarizes basic, technical information for the dataset.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Semi-annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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: April 25, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-10222 Filed 4-30-13; 8:45 am]
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