Notice2024-00655
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program
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Published
January 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Telecommunications and Information Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 2599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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
<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 Under Secretary of
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-00655 Filed 1-12-24; 8:45 am]
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