[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 33331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13118]


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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 and Local Implementation Grant Program Application 
Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0660-0038.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 56.
    Average Hours per Response: Application, 10 hours; Quarterly 
reports, 4 hours.
    Burden Hours: 1,456.
    Needs and Uses: The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 
2012 (Act, Pub. L. 112-96, 126 Stat. 156 (2012).) was signed by the 
President on February 22, 2012. The Act meets a long-standing priority 
of the Administration, as well as a critical national infrastructure 
need, to create a single, nationwide interoperable public safety 
broadband network (PSBN) that will, for the first time, allow police 
officers, fire fighters, emergency medical service professionals, and 
other public safety officials to effectively communicate with each 
other across agencies and jurisdictions. Public safety workers have 
long been hindered in their ability to respond in a crisis situation 
because of incompatible communications networks and often outdated 
communications equipment.
    The Act establishes the First Responder Network Authority 
(FirstNet) as an independent authority within NTIA and authorizes it to 
take all actions necessary to ensure the design, construction, and 
operation of a nationwide PSBN, based on a single, national network 
architecture.
    The Act also charges NTIA with establishing a grant program to 
assist state, regional, tribal, and local jurisdictions with 
identifying, planning, and implementing the most efficient and 
effective means to use and integrate the infrastructure, equipment, and 
other architecture associated with the nationwide PSBN to satisfy the 
wireless broadband and data services needs of their jurisdictions. NTIA 
will use the collection of information to ensure that States applying 
for SLIGP grants meet eligibility and programmatic requirements as well 
as to monitor and evaluate how SLIGP recipients are achieving the core 
purposes of the program established by the Act.
    NTIA sought emergency review of the SLIGP request to begin the 
application process in the first quarter of calendar year 2013 and 
awarding grants was estimated no later than June 1, 2013. In order to 
meet this deadline, NTIA requested clearance for the application and 
reporting requirements by December 31, 2012 in order to: (1) Ensure 
applicants have reasonable notice of the federal funding opportunity; 
(2) provide applicants sufficient time to complete and submit their 
applications; and (3) allow NTIA adequate time to properly execute the 
application review process and make the awards.
    This request was approved on January 7, 2013; approval ends on July 
31, 2013. The publication of this notice allows NTIA to begin the 
process to extend the approval for the standard three years.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation:
    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 the publication to Nicholas 
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5167, or via the 
Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: May 29, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-13118 Filed 6-3-13; 8:45 am]
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