[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 48151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19294]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested.

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

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. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) invites the 
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to 
comment on the following information collection(s). 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 further ways to reduce the 
information burden for 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 
that does not display a valid Control Number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before October 14, 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 FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Leslie F. Smith, Office of 
Managing Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), via 
the Internet at [email protected]. To submit your PRA comments by 
email, send them to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
Leslie F. Smith at (202) 418-0217, or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
    Title: FCC Frequent Visitor Building Identification (ID) Badge 
Database, FCC Form 210.
    Form Number: FCC Form 210.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Institutions; State, 
local, and tribal Governments; and Individuals. (Will Federal employees 
from other agencies need to participate in this program, or will there 
be some other arrangements for them as ``frequent visitors?'')
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,000 respondents; 1,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 40 hours.
    Frequency of Response: One time; and on occasion reporting 
requirements (if an individual has to have another background 
investigation done after the initial one is done later, e.g., if their 
situation requires a new background investigation/screening).
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits (the 
background investigation is required to obtain the ``FCC Frequent 
Visitor Building ID Badge''). Statutory authority for this collection 
of information is contained in 5 U.S.C. 301; 6 U.S.C. 202; 8 U.S.C. 
1103, 1158, 1201, 1324, 1357, 1360, 1365a, 1365b, 1372, 1379, 1732; 
Federal Information Security Act (Pub. L. 104-106, sec. 5113); 
Electronic Government Act (Pub. L. 104-347, sec. 203); and Federal 
Property and Administrative Act of 1949, as amended. (these are the 
cites from the system of records notice: FCC/OMD-30 ``FCC Visitors 
Database'')
    Total Annual Burden: 40,000 hours. (1,000 background investigations 
@40 hours/investigation)
    Annual Cost Burden: $500,000. (1,000 background investigations 
@$500/investigation)
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: The FCC Visitors Database PIA is 
posted at: http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/privacy-act-information#pia. 
The Commission intends to update the PIA upon OMB's approval of this 
information collection and the system of records notice.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The information that the FCC 
will collect from individuals who choose to participate in the Frequent 
Visitors Program is covered by a system of records notice (SORN), FCC/
OMD-30, ``FCC Visitors Database,'' at: http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/privacy-act-information#systems. The FCC is in the process of altering 
this SORN to cover this additional information that individuals will be 
required to provide to the Commission to obtain their FCC Frequent 
Visitors Identification Badge. In addition, respondents may also 
request confidentiality protection for other non-PII that may be 
collected as part of this information collection.
    Needs and Uses: The FCC (and all Federal agencies) have a minimal, 
standard security screening process that all individuals (who are not 
FCC employees or contractors) must go through before they may receive a 
``visitor's pass'' that allows them to enter the Commission's 
headquarters and facilities. Individuals who are frequent and regular 
visitors to the Commission have requested that the FCC to create a 
background investigation and screening process that provides them with 
a ``FCC Frequent Visitor Building Identification (ID) Badge'' that will 
allow them to enter the Commission headquarters and facilities without 
having to go through the standard visitor's security screening process 
each time that they come to the FCC headquarters and facilities for 
Commission meetings, conferences, and other functions and activities. 
The FCC Frequent Visitors Building ID Badge system will also allow 
these individuals, as ``frequent and regular visitors,'' to have 
greater access to the FCC facilities, i.e., they will not be required 
to have a FCC employee accompany them in their movements in the FCC's 
buildings and facilities.
    The FCC is expanding the existing FCC Visitors Database system to 
house the additional information (including PII), which these 
individual will provide who will undergo a background investigation and 
a security screening similar to the Federal background and security 
screening process that all FCC employees must undergo when they are 
hired to work at the FCC headquarters and facilities.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-19294 Filed 8-14-14; 8:45 am]
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