Notice2025-12398
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
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July 2, 2025
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Federal Communications Commission
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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 90, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29007-29009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12398]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1285; FR ID 300812]
Information Collection 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 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
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information collection should be submitted on or before August 1, 2025.
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#86d6d4c7c6e0e5e5a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81d1d3c0c1e7e2e2afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c886a1aba7a4ade687a6afada4ad88aeababe6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d73545e5251581372535a5851587d5b5e5e135a524b">[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: 3060-1285.
Title: Compliance with the Non-IP Call Authentication Solution
Rules; Robocall Mitigation Database; Use of Third Parties for
Authentication.
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
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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.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-12398 Filed 7-1-25; 8:45 am]
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