Information Collection Requirement Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on 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 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 35 (Monday, February 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 10499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02955]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1084; FR ID 276329]
Information Collection Requirement Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
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,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the
Federal Communications Commission (Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection. Comments are requested
concerning: whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including
whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information collected; 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; and ways to further reduce the information collection
burden on 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 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 Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 25,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#13434152537570703d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ececcdfdef8fdfdb0f9f1e8">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#266547524e5f08714f4a4a4f474b556640454508414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="753614011d0c5b221c19191c141806351316165b121a03">[email protected]</span></a>. Include in the comments the
Title as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1084.
Title: Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account
Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers
(CARE).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,989 respondents; 665,248
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 minute (.017 hours) to 20 minutes
(.33 hours).
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping and annual reporting
requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for these information requirements are found in
sections 1-4, 201, 202, 222, 258, and 303(r) of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151-154, 201, 202, 222, 258, and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 54,900 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: In the 2005 Report and Order and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, In the Matter of Rules and Regulations
Implementing Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on
All Local and Interexchange Carriers (2005 Report and Order), CG Docket
No. 02-386, FCC 05-29, which was released on February 25, 2005, the
Commission adopted rules governing the exchange of customer account
information between local exchange carriers (LECs) and interexchange
carriers (IXCs). The Commission concluded that mandatory, minimum
standards are needed in light of record evidence demonstrating that
information needed by carriers to execute customer requests and
properly bill customers is not being consistently provided by all LECs
and IXCs. Specifically, the 2005 Report and Order requires LECs to
supply customer account information to IXCs when: (1) the LEC places an
end user on, or removes an end user from, an IXC's network; (2) an end
user presubscribed to an IXC makes certain changes to her account
information via her LEC; (3) an IXC requests billing name and address
information for an end user who has usage on an IXC's network but for
whom the IXC does not have an existing account; and (4) a LEC rejects
an IXC-initiated PIC order. The 2005 Report and Order required IXCs to
notify LECs when an IXC customer informs an IXC directly of the
customer's desire to change IXCs. In the accompanying Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission sought comment on whether to
require the exchange of customer account information between LECs. In
December 2007, the Commission declined to adopt mandatory LEC-to-LEC
data exchange requirements.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-02955 Filed 2-21-25; 8:45 am]
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