Rule2021-13488
Modernizing the E-Rate Program for Schools and Libraries
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Published
June 25, 2021
Effective
June 25, 2021
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection associated with the rules for the Universal Service Schools and Libraries program contained in the Commission's Modernizing the E-Rate Program for Schools and Libraries Report and Order (Category Two Order), FCC 19-117. This document is consistent with the Category Two Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the new information collection requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33549-33550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13488]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 54
[WC Docket No. 13-184; FCC 19-117; FRS 33027]
Modernizing the E-Rate Program for Schools and Libraries
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection
associated with the rules for the Universal Service Schools and
Libraries program contained in the Commission's Modernizing the E-Rate
Program for Schools and Libraries Report and Order (Category Two
Order), FCC 19-117. This document is consistent with the Category Two
Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing the effective date of the new information
collection requirements.
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DATES: The amendment to Sec. 54.513(d) published at 84 FR 70026,
December 20, 2019, is effective June 25, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Dumouchel, Wireline Competition
Bureau at (202) 418-7400 or via email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c775d48591278495153495f5459507c5a5f5f125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="054e6471602b4170686a70666d6069456366662b626a73">[email protected]</span></a>. For
additional information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act
information collection requirements contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-
2991 or via email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f3bd9a909c9f96ddbc9d94969f96b3959090dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8e6c1cbc7c4cd86e7c6cfcdc4cde8cecbcb86cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission made a submission for non-
substantive changes to an existing collection for review and approval
by OMB, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, on
June 7, 2021, which were approved by the OMB on June 8, 2021. The
information collection requirements are contained in the Commission's
Category Two Order, FCC 19-117, published at 84 FR 70026, December 20,
2019. The OMB Control Number is 3060-0853. The Commission publishes
this document as an announcement of the effective date of the rules
published December 20, 2019. If you have any comments on the burden
estimates listed below, or how the Commission can improve the
collections and reduce any burdens caused thereby, please contact
Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L St., NE,
Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-0853,
in your correspondence. We ask that requests for accommodations be made
as soon as possible in order to allow the agency to satisfy such
requests whenever possible. Send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70161313454044301613135e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8aece9e9bfbabecaece9e9a4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a> or call the
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530.
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received OMB
approval on June 8, 2021, for the information collection requirements
contained in 47 CFR 54.513(d), published at 84 FR 70026, December 20,
2019. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a current, 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
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB
Control Number is 3060-0853.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0853. OMB Approval Date: June 8, 2021.
OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2022.
Title: Certification by Administrative Authority to Billed Entity
Compliance with the Children's internet Protection Act Form, FCC Form
479; Receipt of Service Confirmation and Certification of Compliance
with the Children's internet Protection Act Form, FCC Form 486; and
Funding Commitment and Adjustment Request Form, FCC Form 500.
Form Numbers: FCC Forms 479, 486 and 500.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 58,500 respondents, 58,500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour for FCC Form 479, 1 hour for
FCC Form 486, 1 hour for FCC Form 500, and .75 hours for maintaining
and updating the internet Safety Policy.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting
requirements, recordkeeping requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201-205, 214, 254, 312(d), 312(f), 403 and 503(b)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3), 601-
612; 15 U.S.C. 1, 632; 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4); 47 U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 4(j),
201-205, 214, 254, 312(d), 312(f), 403, 503(b).
Total Annual Burden: 53,575 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no assurance of
confidentiality provided to respondents concerning this information
collection. However, respondents may request materials or information
submitted to the Commission or the Administrator be withheld from
public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the FCC's rules.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The requirements contained herein are necessary to
implement the Congressional mandate for universal service. It provides
the Commission and USAC with the necessary information to administer
the E-Rate program, determine the amount of support entities seeking
funding are eligible to receive, to determine if entities are complying
with the Commission's rules, and to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
The information will also allow the Commission to evaluate the extent
to which the E-Rate program is meeting the statutory objectives
specified in section 254 of the 1996 Act, the Commission's own
performance goals set in the 2014 First E-Rate Order, and to evaluate
the need and feasibility for any future revisions to program rules.
Further, the purpose of this information is to ensure that schools
and libraries that are eligible to receive discounted internet Access
services (Category One), and Broadband Internal Connections, Managed
Internal Broadband Services, and Basic Maintenance of Broadband
Internal Connections (Basic Maintenance) (known together as Category
Two Services) have in place internet safety policies. Schools and
libraries receiving these services must certify, by completing a FCC
Form 486 (Receipt of Service Confirmation and Certification of
Compliance with the Children's internet Protection Act), that
respondents are enforcing a policy of internet safety and enforcing the
operation of a technology prevention measure. Also, respondents who
received a Funding Commitment Decision Letter indicating services
eligible for universal service funding must file FCC Form 486 to
indicate their service start date and to start the payment process. In
addition, all members of a consortium must submit signed certifications
to the Billed Entity of their consortium using a FCC Form 479;
Certification by Administrative Authority to Billed Entity of
Compliance with Children's internet Protection Act, in language
consistent with the certifications adopted for the FCC Form 486.
Consortia must, in turn, certify collection of the FCC Forms 479 on
the FCC Form 486. FCC Form 500 is used by E-rate participants to make
adjustments to previously filed forms, such as changing the contract
expiration date filed with the FCC Form 471, changing the funding year
service start date filed with the FCC Form 486, cancelling or reducing
the amount of funding commitments, requesting extensions of the
deadline for nonrecurring services, and notifying USAC of equipment
transfers.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-13488 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
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