Notice2024-25103
Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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October 29, 2024
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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 89, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85965-85967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25103]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0715, OMB 3060-0742; FR ID 257912]
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
[[Page 85966]]
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.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before November 29,
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#34646675745257571a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e9b9bba8a98f8a8ac78e869f">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c18fa8a2aeada4ef8eafa6a4ada481a7a2a2efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98d6f1fbf7f4fdb6d7f6fffdf4fdd8fefbfbb6fff7ee">[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: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, and state,
local, or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,935 respondents; 91,735,200
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.1-120 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 Sections 201 and 222 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 201, 222.
Total Annual Burden: 269,534 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
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 proprietary information 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 Customer Proprietary Network Information
(CPNI) and other customer proprietary information against unauthorized
access and disclosure.
On November 16, 2023, the FCC released the SIM Swap and Port-Out
Fraud Order (88 FR 85794 (December 8, 2023)), which adopted a baseline
framework to combat SIM swap fraud by amending section 64.2010 of the
CPNI rules to add paragraph (h) on Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)
changes and adds new information collection requirements in paragraphs
(h)(3), (h)(5), (h)(6), and (h)(8) of that rule. A SIM swap involves
the fraudulent transfer (or ``swap'') of an account from a device
associated with one SIM to a device associated with a different SIM,
allowing a bad actor to control the victim's mobile account and access
the victim's CPNI. The new rules establish a uniform framework that
gives wireless providers flexibility to implement customer
authentication and security methods to address SIM swap fraud. The SIM
Swap and Port-Out Fraud Order modifies the existing CPNI collection
requirements to require wireless providers to: (1) immediately notify
customers of any requests for a SIM change associated with the
customer's account before the SIM change is completed; (2) provide
customers with advance notice of any account protection measures
offered; (3) maintain a clear process for customers to report SIM fraud
and promptly provide customers with documentation of fraud involving
their accounts; and (4) track and maintain for three years a record of
SIM change requests and authentication measures used.
On December 21, 2023, the Commission released the Data Breach
Report and Order (89 FR 9968 (February 12, 2024)), which modifies the
scope of customer data and reportable breaches covered by the
Commission's rules, and also modifies the Commission's data breach
notification rules to require covered service providers to
electronically notify the FCC of a reportable data breach through a
link to a central reporting facility, contemporaneously with the
existing obligation to notify the United States Secret Service Bureau
(Secret Service) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and
adopts equivalent requirements for Telecommunications Relay Services
(TRS) providers. Covered service providers include providers of
telecommunications, interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),
and TRS. All covered providers are required to maintain a record,
electronically or in some other manner, of any breaches discovered, and
notifications made. Covered providers are also required to submit, via
the central reporting facility, an annual reporting of certain small
breaches.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0742.
Title: Sections 52.21 through 52.37, Telephone Number Portability,
47 CFR
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part 52, subpart (C), and CC Docket No. 95-116.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,626 respondents; 13,672,050
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.0666 hours-60 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion and one-time reporting
requirements, recordkeeping requirement, and third party disclosure
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 201-205, 215, 251(b)(2), 251(e)(2) and 332 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 792,235 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: Section 251(b)(2) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, requires LECs to ``provide, to the extent technically
feasible, number portability in accordance with requirements prescribed
by the Commission.'' Through the LNP process, consumers have the
ability to retain their phone number when switching telecommunications
service providers, enabling them to choose a provider that best suits
their needs and enhancing competition. In the Porting Interval Order
and Further Notice, the Commission mandated a one business day porting
interval for simple wireline-to-wireline and intermodal port requests.
The information collected in the standard local service request data
fields is necessary to complete simple wireline-to-wireline and
intermodal ports within the one business day porting interval mandated
by the Commission and will be used to comply with Section 251 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
On November 16, 2023, the FCC released a Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (88 FR 85794 (Dec. 8, 2023)) (SIM
Swap and Port-Out Fraud Order), which adds new information collection
requirements. The SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud Order adopted baseline
measures to increase protections for customers against fraudulent port-
outs by adding new section 52.37 in Part 52, and adds new information
collection requirements in paragraphs (c), (e), and (g), of that rule.
Port-out fraud occurs where a bad actor impersonates a customers of a
wireless provider and convinces the provider to port the real
customer's telephone number to a new wireless provider and a device
that the bad actor controls, allowing a bad actor to control the
victim's mobile account and receive text messages and phone calls
intended for the victim. The new rules establish a uniform framework
that gives wireless providers flexibility to implement customer
authentication and security methods to address port-out fraud. Wireless
providers are required to comply with the new or modified rules except
where the Safe Connections Act requires alternate procedures to be
used. The SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud Order modifies the existing Local
Number Portability collection requirements to require wireless
providers to: (1) immediately notify customers of any requests for a
port-out request associated with the customer's account before
effectuating the request; (2) provide customers with advance notice of
any account protection measures offered; and (3) maintain a clear
process for customers to report fraudulent number ports, and promptly
provide customers with documentation of fraudulent ports involving
their accounts.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-25103 Filed 10-28-24; 8:45 am]
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