[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74085-74086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29267]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0806]


Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

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 required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the 
Commission) 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 
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 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 Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before February 
13, 2015. 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060-0806.

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    Title: Universal Service--Schools and Libraries Universal Service 
Program, FCC Forms 470 and 471.
    Form Numbers: FCC Forms 470 and 471.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions, and state, local or 
tribal government public institutions.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 82,000 respondents, 82,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours to fill out FCC Form 470 and 4 
hours to fill out the FCC Form 471 plus 0.5 hours for each form for the 
ten-year recordkeeping requirement.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual reporting, and 
recordkeeping requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C.s 151--154, 201--205, 218--220, 254, 303(r), 403, and 405.
    Total Annual Burden: 334,000 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no assurance of 
confidentiality provided to respondents concerning this information 
collection. If the Commission requests applicants to submit information 
that the respondents believe is confidential, respondents may request 
confidential treatment of their information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 
Commission's rules.
    Needs and Uses: FCC Forms 470 and 471 collect the information the 
Commission and the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) need 
to administer the schools and libraries universal service mechanism 
(informally known as the E-rate program), determine if entities are 
eligible for funding pursuant to the schools and libraries support 
mechanism, determine the amount of support entities seeking funding are 
eligible to receive, determine if entities are complying with the 
Commission's rules, and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. The forms 
collect specific information to establish that economically 
disadvantaged schools and rural schools receive a greater share of E-
rate program funding based on the percentage of students eligible in 
that school district for the national school lunch program (NSLP) (or 
other acceptable indicators of economic disadvantage determined by the 
Commission). The student poverty level needed to determine discounts 
for libraries are based on the NSLP information for the school district 
nearby. In the E-rate Modernization Order, among other things, the 
Commission took steps to streamline the application process, provide 
exemptions from competitive bidding, implement a ``district-wide'' 
discount calculation mechanism, establish budgets for internal 
broadband connectivity, and extend the document retention period to ten 
years. FCC Forms 470 and 471 execute these changes for the E-rate 
application process and enable the Commission to collect data to 
facilitate measurement of progress towards the adopted performance 
goals established in the E-rate Modernization Order.
    In addition, this collection is necessary to allow the Commission 
to evaluate the extent to which the E-rate program is meeting the 
statutory objectives specified in section 254(h) of the 1996 Act.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-29267 Filed 12-12-14; 8:45 am]
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