[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 81 (Monday, April 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23353-23354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09535]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

ACTION: Notice; 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. 
3502--3520), the FCC invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following 
information collection. Comments are requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the 
Commission's burden estimates; ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information collected; 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 ways to further reduce the information collection 
burden on 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 PRA that does not display a valid OMB 
Control Number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before May 28, 
2014. 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 (OMB), via fax at 202-395-5167, or via the 
Internet at [email protected] and to Leslie Smith, 
Office of Managing Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission 
(FCC), via the Internet at [email protected]. To submit your PRA 
comments by email, please send them to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Smith, Office of Managing 
Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), at 202-418-
0217, or via the Internet at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0816.
    Title: Local Telephone Competition and Broadband Reporting, FCC 
Form 477.
    Form Number: FCC Form 477.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions; and State, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,002 respondents; 4,004 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 387 hours (average).
    Frequency of Response: Semi-annual reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this 
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 201, 218-220, 
251-252, 271, 303(r), 332, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended and section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as 
amended, codified in section 1302 of the Broadband Data Improvement 
Act, 47 U.S.C. 1302.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,549,548 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: $0.00.
    Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA): No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission will continue 
to allow respondents to certify on the submission interface that some 
subscribership data contained in that submission are privileged or 
confidential commercial or financial information and that disclosure of 
such information would likely cause substantial harm to the competitive 
position of the entity making the submission. If the

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Commission receives a request for, or proposes to disclose such 
information, the respondent would be required to show, pursuant to 
Commission rules for withholding from public inspection information 
submitted to the Commission, that the information in question is 
entitled to confidential treatment. We will retain our current policies 
and procedures regarding the protection of submitted FCC Form 477 data 
subject to confidential treatment, including the use of only non-
company specific aggregates of subscribership data in our published 
reports. Most of the broadband deployment data to be collected on Form 
477 as a result of modifications will be made publicly available. NTIA 
currently publishes similar data on the National Broadband Map Web site 
at www.broadbandmap.gov. The Commission will coordinate with NTIA to 
continue the publication of the National Broadband Map using the data 
to be collected through modifications to Form 477. The one exception is 
that mobile broadband and voice providers can request confidential 
treatment of their deployment data by spectrum band.
    Needs and Uses: On June 27, 2013, the Commission released a Report 
and Order (``Order''), FCC 13-87, in WC Docket No. 11-10 (attached). 
With this Order, the Commission revised the Form 477 data collection to 
improve its ability to measure and understand the extent of broadband 
deployment and local telephone competition. This Order made various 
changes and modification to the information collection requirements 
associated with Form 477.
    FCC Form 477 gathers information on the development of local 
telephone competition, including telephone services and interconnected 
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, and on the deployment of 
broadband Internet access services. FCC staff use the information to 
advise the Commission about the efficacy of its rules and policies 
adopted to implement the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The data are 
necessary to evaluate the status of local telecommunications 
competition and broadband deployment. The Commission uses the data to 
prepare reports that help inform consumers and policy makers on the 
deployment and adoption of broadband services and on developments 
related to competition in the local telephone service market. The 
Commission also uses the data to support its analyses in a variety of 
rulemaking proceedings under the Communications Act, including those 
related to fulfilling its universal service mandate.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-09535 Filed 4-25-14; 8:45 am]
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