Notice2023-27818
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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December 19, 2023
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 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. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might "further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees." The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 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 OMB control number.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87776-87778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27818]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0715; OMB 3060-1139; FR ID 190754]
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval
to Office of Management and Budget
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,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 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. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.'' The Commission may
not
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conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 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 OMB control number.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before January 18,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to <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. Your comment must be submitted into
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> per the above instructions for it to be considered. In
addition to submitting in <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> also send a copy of your
comment on the proposed information collection to Nicole Ongele, FCC,
via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f6a6a4b7b6909595d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a1a180b0a2c2929642d253c">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c08ea9a3afaca5ee8faea7a5aca580a6a3a3eea7afb6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="703e19131f1c155e3f1e17151c15301613135e171f06">[email protected]</span></a>. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991.
To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted
to OMB: (1) go to the web page <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, (2) look for the section of the web page called ``Currently
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4)
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to
OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and
other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection. Comments are requested concerning:
(a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the Commission's burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 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. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ``further
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees.''
OMB Control Number: 3060-0715.
Title: Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary
Network Information and Other Customer Information.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, and State,
Local, or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,800 respondents; 94,434,733
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: .002-50 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, and one-time reporting
requirements; recordkeeping; and third party disclosure requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for these
collections are contained in Section 222 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 222.
Total Annual Burden: 232,691 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $4,000,000.
Needs and Uses: Section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 222, establishes the duty of telecommunications
carriers to protect the confidentiality of its customers' proprietary
information. This Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI)
includes personally identifiable information derived from a customer's
relationship with a provider of telecommunications services. This
information collection implements the statutory obligations of Section
222. These regulations impose safeguards to protect customers' CPNI
against unauthorized access and disclosure. In March 2007, the
Commission adopted new rules that focused on the efforts of providers
of telecommunications services to prevent pretexting. These rules
require providers of telecommunications services to adopt additional
privacy safeguards that, the Commission believes, will limit
pretexters' ability to obtain unauthorized access to the type of
personal customer information from carriers that the Commission
regulates. In addition, in furtherance of the Telephone Records and
Privacy Protection Act of 2006, the Commission's rules help ensure that
law enforcement will have necessary tools to investigate and enforce
prohibitions on illegal access to customer records.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1139.
Title: FCC Consumer Broadband Services Testing and Measurement.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit and individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 501,020 respondents and
501,020 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour--200 hours.
Frequency of Response: Biennial reporting requirement and third-
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in the Broadband Data Improvement
Act of 2008, Public Law 110-385, Stat 4096, 103(c)(1).
Total Annual Burden: 46,667 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this expiring collection
after this 60-day comment period to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to obtain the full three-year clearance.
This study's collection of information on actual speeds and
performance of fixed and mobile broadband connections delivered to
consumers by ISPs has been reported to be of great value to academic
researchers, manufacturers and technology providers, broadband
providers, public interest groups and other diverse stakeholders.
Validation of fixed broadband subscribed speeds as opposed to actual
speeds by participating ISPs remains unique to this program and
provides a context for measured speeds. Mobile broadband performance
information is measured using the FCC Speed Test app for Android and
iOS devices to test the upload and download speeds, latency and packet
loss, as well as the wireless performance characteristics of the
broadband connection and the kind of handsets and versions of operating
systems tested. Information the FCC Speed Test App (``Application'')
collects is limited to information used to measure volunteers' mobile
broadband service and no personally identifiable information, such as
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phone number or unique identifiers associated with a device is
collected. Software-based tools and online tools exist that can test
consumer's broadband connections, including a set of consumer tools
launched by the FCC in conjunction with the National Broadband Plan.
However, these tools track speeds experienced by consumers, rather than
speeds delivered directly to a consumer by an ISP. The distinction is
important for supporting Agency broadband policy analysis, as ISPs
advertise speeds and performance delivered rather than speeds
experienced, which suffers from degradation outside of an ISP's
control. No other dedicated panel of direct fixed and mobile broadband
performance measurement using publicly documented methodologies using
free and add-free technologies exists today in the country. The program
will continue to support existing software-based tools and online tools
but the focus of the program will remain the direct measurement of
broadband performance delivered to the consumer. The collection effort
also has specific elements focused on further network performance
statistics, time of day parameters, and other elements affecting
consumers' broadband experience that are not tracked elsewhere. The
information to be confirmed by ISP Partners about their subscribers or
technical and market data regarding the broadband services they provide
is unavailable from other sources.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-27818 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
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