[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48149-48151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19290]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as

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required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) invites 
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on the following information collections. 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 estimate; 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 comments should be submitted on or before September 15, 
2014. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find 
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the contacts below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via 
email [email protected]; and to Cathy Williams, FCC, via 
email [email protected] and to [email protected]. Include in the 
comments the OMB control number as shown in the ``SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION'' section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918.
    To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) 
submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the Web page called ``Currently 
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the 
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4) 
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies 
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button 
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC 
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the OMB control number of 
this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 
submission to OMB will be displayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program; 
Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for 
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, CG Docket No. 10-51 
and 03-123; FCC 13-82.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Individuals or 
households; Not-for-profit institution; Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 39 respondents; 9,876,603 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .005 hours to 80 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Annual, on-occasion, on-going, one-time, and 
quarterly reporting requirements; Recordkeeping requirement, Third 
party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is Sec. 225 of the 
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 225. The law was enacted on July 26, 
1990, as Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 
Pub. L. 101-336, 104 Stat. 327, 366-69.
    Total Annual Burden: 486,417 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: None.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: This information collection 
affects individuals or households. However, access to personally 
identifiable information (PII) is limited to the third party vendor and 
the Commission only pursuant to the requirements of the Privacy Act of 
1974, as amended.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: This information collection affects 
individuals or households. The Commission is not collecting personally 
identifiable information (PII) for the purpose of populating in the 
database, the database is made available and accessible by the 
Commission. Although TRS users are required to provide their personal 
identifiable information to register for using TRS service, such 
information is available only to a third-party independent vendor 
selected by the Commission's Managing Director and the Commission. The 
third party vendor and the Commission are required to maintain all 
registered information, including personal information, in the 
registration database confidential in accordance to the directives 
under contract between the third party vendor and the Commission's 
Managing Director.
    The FCC is completing the requirements for a new system of records 
notice (SORN), FCC/CGB-4, ``Internet-based Telecommunications Relay 
Service-User Registration Database (ITRS-URD),'' which will cover the 
personally identifiable information (PII) that may be collected, 
maintained, used, and stored, and disposed of when obsolete, and which 
are part of the information associated with these information 
collection requirements, i.e., the new SORN will make this information 
collection comply with all requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 
amended.
    Needs and Uses: On June 10, 2013, the Commission released the VRS 
Reform Order, FCC 13-82, published at 78 FR 40582, July 5, 2013, 
adopting further measures to improve the structure, efficiency, and 
quality of the VRS program, reducing the noted inefficiencies in the 
program, as well as reducing the risk of waste, fraud, and abuse, and 
ensuring that the program makes full use of advances in commercially-
available technology. In the Order, the Commission takes the following 
actions by: (1) Setting up an arrangement with the National Science 
Foundation (NSF) to enable research designed to further the 
Commission's multiple goals of ensuring that TRS is functionally 
equivalent to voice telephone services and improving the efficiency and 
availability of TRS; (2) establishing a pilot iTRS National Outreach 
Program (iTRS-NOP) by selecting one or more independent iTRS Outreach 
Coordinators to conduct and coordinate IP Relay and VRS outreach 
nationwide under the Commission's (or the TRS Fund administrator's) 
supervision; (3) promoting the development and adoption of voluntary, 
consensus interoperability and portability standards, and facilitate 
compliance with those standards by directing the Managing Director to 
contract for the development and deployment of a VRS access technology 
reference platform; (4) establishing a central TRS user registration 
database (TRS-URD) which incorporates a centralized eligibility 
verification requirement to ensure accurate registration and 
verification of users, to achieve more effective fraud and abuse 
prevention; and (5) selecting a neutral party to build, operate, and 
maintain a neutral video communication service platform, which will 
allow eligible relay

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interpretation service providers to compete without having to build 
their own video communication service platforms.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing Director.
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