Notice2025-06775
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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April 21, 2025
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Abstract
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 (FCC or the 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 proposed 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 75 (Monday, April 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16678-16679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06775]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1285; FR ID 290062]
Information Collection 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 (FCC or the 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 proposed 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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before June 20,
2025. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c494968584a2a7a7eaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7e7e5f6f7d1d4d499d0d8c1">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fd93949e929198d392939a989198bd9b9e9ed39a928b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ddb3b4beb2b1b8f3b2b3bab8b1b89dbbbebef3bab2ab">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole Ongele, (202) 418-2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC 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
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of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1285.
Title: Compliance with the Non-IP Call Authentication Solution
Rules; Robocall Mitigation Database.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 27,400 respondents; 27,400
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-3 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; one-time, on
occasion and annual reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory and required to obtain or retain
benefits. Statutory authority for these collections are contained in
Sections 227b, 251(e), and 227(e) of the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 39,450 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Needs and Uses: The Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal
Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act directs the Commission to
require all voice service providers to implement STIR/SHAKEN caller ID
authentication technology in the internet protocol (IP) portions of
their networks and implement an effective caller ID authentication
framework in the non-IP portions of their networks. Among other
provisions, the TRACED Act also directs the Commission to create
extension mechanisms for voice service providers. On September 29,
2020, the Commission adopted its Call Authentication Trust Anchor
Second Report and Order. See Call Authentication Trust Anchor, WC
Docket No. 17-97, Second Report and Order, 36 FCC Rcd 1859 (adopted
Sept. 29, 2020). The Second Report and Order implemented section
4(b)(1)(B) of the TRACED Act, in part, by requiring a voice service
provider maintain and be ready to provide the Commission upon request
with documented proof that it is participating, either on its own or
through a representative, including third party representatives, as a
member of a working group, industry standards group, or consortium that
is working to develop a non-internet Protocol caller identification
authentication solution, or actively testing such a solution. The
Second Report and Order also implemented the extension mechanisms in
section 4(b)(5) by, in part, requiring voice service providers to
certify in the Robocall Mitigation Database that they have either
implemented STIR/SHAKEN or adopted a robocall mitigation program and to
describe that program in a filed plan. On May 19, 2022, the Commission
adopted similar obligations for gateway providers. See Advanced Methods
to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls, Call Authentication Trust
Anchor, CG Docket No. 17-59, WC Docket No. 17-97, Fifth Report and
Order et al., 37 FCC Rcd 6865 (adopted May 19, 2022). Specifically,
like voice service providers, gateway providers were required to
maintain and be ready to provide the Commission upon request with
documented proof that it is participating, either on its own or through
a representative, including third party representatives, as a member of
a working group, industry standards group, or consortium that is
working to develop a non-internet Protocol caller identification
authentication solution, or actively testing such a solution. Gateway
providers were also required to implement both STIR/SHAKEN on the IP
portions of their networks as well as a robocall mitigation program.
They must also certify to their implementation in the Robocall
Mitigation Database and describe their robocall mitigation program in a
filed plan. On March 16, 2023, the Commission adopted an Order imposing
largely the same obligations that applied to gateway providers on a new
class of providers: non-gateway intermediate providers. See Call
Authentication Trust Anchor, Sixth Report and Order and Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking, WC Docket No. 17-97, 38 FCC Rcd 2573 (adopted
March 16, 2023). In that action, the Commission also required all voice
service providers to adopt a robocall mitigation program and file a
description of that program in the Robocall Mitigation Database, as
well as requiring all classes of providers to file additional
information in the Robocall Mitigation Database. On May 18, 2023, the
Commission adopted an Order modifying some of these requirements. See
Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls, Call
Authentication Trust Anchor, CG Docket No. 17-59, WC Docket No. 17-97,
Seventh Report and Order et al., 38 FCC Rcd 5404 (adopted May 18,
2023). On November 21, 2024, the Commission strengthened these
requirements by establishing rules for the use of third parties in the
caller ID authentication process. To ensure compliance with these
rules, the Commission required providers that choose to work with a
third party to authenticate calls to do so pursuant to a written
agreement and specified that providers must maintain a copy of such
agreement for two years following the end or termination of the
agreement, and that providers may be required to submit a copy of said
agreement to the Commission in connection with a compliance review or
enforcement action by the Commission. Call Authentication Trust Anchor,
WC Docket No. 17-97, Eighth Report and Order, FCC 24-120 (adopted Nov.
21, 2024) (Eighth Report and Order). On December 30, 2024, the
Commission adopted an Order in a separate proceeding that establishes
procedural measures and technical solutions that will ensure and
improve the overall quality of submissions to the Robocall Mitigation
Database. In doing so, the Commission adopted a requirement that all
entities and individuals that register in the Commission's CORES
database update any information submitted to CORES within 10 business
days of any change to that information. It also required that all
Robocall Mitigation Database filers recertify annually to the accuracy
and completeness of the information contained in their filing. See
Improving the Effectiveness of the Robocall Mitigation Database,
Amendment of Part 1 of the Commission's Rules, Concerning Practice and
Procedure, Amendment of CORES Registration System, WC Docket No. 24-
213, MD Docket No. 10-234, Report and Order, FCC 24-135 (adopted Dec.
30, 2024) (RMD Report and Order).
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-06775 Filed 4-18-25; 8:45 am]
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