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Notice2025-16680

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; NTIA Internet Use Survey

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September 2, 2025

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Commerce DepartmentNational Telecommunications and Information Administration

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 167 (Tuesday, September 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42398-42399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16680]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NTIA Internet Use Survey

    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 June 17, 2025 during a 60-day comment period.

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This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
Commerce.
    Title: NTIA Internet Use Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0660-0021.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Revision of a current information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 50,000 households.
    Average Hours per Response: \1/6\ hour (10 minutes).
    Burden Hours: 8,334 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Data from the NTIA Internet Use Survey will inform 
policies aimed at broadband usage. NTIA will use the collected data 
both in relevant publications and to help inform policymakers. 
Additionally, a public use dataset that protects respondent 
confidentiality will be created by the Census Bureau and made available 
by both agencies for use by researchers and other members of the 
public.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: Biennial.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 902(b)(2)(M), (P).
    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 Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0660-0021.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-16680 Filed 8-29-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-60-P


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