Notice2022-20804
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program
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Published
September 26, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Telecommunications and Information Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 185 (Monday, September 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 58330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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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