[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 2599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00655]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; State Digital Equity Capacity 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 November 3, 2023, 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 Capacity Grant Program (SDECGP).
    OMB Control Number: 0660-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 56 for the Application Form, Specific 
Projects Form, and Consolidated Budget Form; 11 for the DE Plan 
Amendments Form.
    Average Hours per Response: 11 hours.
    Burden Hours: 571 hours.
    Needs and Uses: With this information collection, NTIA will review 
the proposed applications and budgets of applicants to evaluate 
alignment to SDECGP requirements and program priorities. Applicants 
will have more structured questions and guidance for their 
applications. The forms will ultimately reduce the applicant burden by 
making the application process clearer and simpler. Additionally, the 
structured forms will reduce application errors and the number of 
application updates needed after the applications have been submitted. 
NTIA will use the information collected in the DE Plan Amendments Form 
to review changes made to the applicant's Digital Equity Plan after 
acceptance in order to evaluate alignment to program requirements and 
between the applicant's Plan and proposed SDECGP activities.
    Affected Public: States, Territories, or possessions of the United 
States applying for Infrastructure Act Broadband Grant Program funding.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Sections 60304(c) and 60304(d) 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 Under Secretary of 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-00655 Filed 1-12-24; 8:45 am]
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