[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 185 (Monday, September 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 58330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20804]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; State Digital Equity Planning 
Grant Program

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA), Commerce.
    Title: State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program.
    OMB Control Number: TBD.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 606.
    Average Hours per Response: 33.22.
    Burden Hours: 60,393.96.
    Needs and Uses: With this information collection, NTIA will monitor 
grant recipients' spending and activities to ensure compliance with 
SDEPG requirements and program priorities. In the absence of collecting 
this information, NTIA would fail to evaluate effectively the award 
recipients' progress toward completing project activities and achieving 
core purposes of the SDEPG. Moreover, without these reports, NTIA would 
lack the ability to monitor effectively the award recipients' 
expenditure of funds to deter waste, fraud, and abuse of SDEPG funds. 
Therefore, it is necessary for NTIA to collect information using Semi-
Annual Performance Reports and an Annual Report.
    Affected Public: Grant award recipients consisting of States, 
territories or possessions of the United States, Indian Tribes, Alaska 
Native entities, and Native Hawaiian organizations.
    Frequency: Semi-annually and Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Section 60304(c) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act of 2021, Public Law 117-58, 135 Stat. 429 (November 15, 
2021).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments 
and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be 
submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the 
following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function and 
entering the title of the collection.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2022-20804 Filed 9-23-22; 8:45 am]
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