[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4816-4817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2013]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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 burden
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection(s). 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 estimate; (c) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; (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; and (e)
ways to further reduce the information burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. No person
shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection
of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does
not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before April 2, 2012. If you anticipate that you will
be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Judith B.Herman, Federal
Communications Commission, via the Internet at [email protected].
To submit your PRA comments by email send them to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing
Director, (202) 418-0214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1122.
Title: Preparation of Annual Reports to Congress for the Collection
and Expenditures of Fees or Charges for Enhanced 911 (E911) Services
Under the NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: State, local or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 56 respondents; 56 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 50 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement and
recordkeeping requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. Statutory authority for this
information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. Sections 201(b),
219(b) and 220 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 2,800 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There were no assurances of
confidentiality provided to respondents. The Commission's rules address
the issue of confidentiality at 47 CFR sections 0.457, 0.459, and
0.461. These rules address access to records that are not routinely
available to the public, requests and requirements that materials
submitted to the Commission be withheld from public inspection, and
requests for inspection of materials not routinely available for public
inspection.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is seeking OMB approval for a
revision of this information collection in order to obtain the full
three year approval from them. There is no change in the
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Commission's previous burden estimates.
The Commission proposes to ask the following questions:
1. A statement as to whether or not your State, or any political
subdivision, Indian tribe, village or regional corporation therein as
defined by Section 6(f)(1) of the NET 911 Act, has established a
funding mechanism designated for or imposed for the purposes of 911 or
E911 support or implementation (including a citation to the legal
authority for such mechanism).
2. The amount of the fees or charges imposed for the implementation
and support of 911 or E911 services, and the total amount collected
pursuant to the assessed fees or charges, for the annual period ending
December 31, 20XX.
3. A statement describing how the funds collected are made
available to localities, and whether your state has established written
criteria regarding the allowable uses of the collected funds, including
the legal citation to such criteria.
4. A statement identifying any entity in your State that has the
authority to approve the expenditure of funds collected for 911 or E911
purposes; a description of any oversight procedures established to
determine that collected funds have been made available or used for the
purposes designated by the funding mechanism or otherwise used to
implement or support 911; and a statement describing enforcement or
other corrective actions undertaken in connection with such oversight,
for the annual period ending December 31, 20XX.
5. A statement whether all the funds collected for 911 or E911
purposes have been made available or used for the purposes designated
by the funding mechanism, or otherwise used for the implementation or
support of 911 or E911.
6. A statement identifying what amount of funds collected for 911
or E911 purposes were made available or used for any purposes other
than the ones designated by the funding mechanism or used for purposes
otherwise unrelated to 911 or E911 implementation or support, including
a statement identifying the unrelated purposes for which the funds
collected for 911 or E911 purposes were made available or used.
7. A statement identifying which specificity all activities,
programs, and organizations for whose benefit your State, or political
subdivision thereof, has obligated or expended funds collected for 911
or E911 purposes and how these activities, programs, and organizations
support 911 or E911 services or enhancements of such services.
8. A statement regarding whether your State classifies expenditures
on Next Generation 911 as within the scope of permissible expenditures
of funds for 911 or E911 purposes, whether your State has expended such
funds on Next Generation 911 programs, and if so, how much your State
has expended in the annual period ending December 31, 20XX on Next
Generation 911 programs.
9. Any other comments you may wish to provide regarding the
applicable funding mechanism for 911 or E911.
The purpose of this information collection is to meet the
Commission's ongoing statutory obligations under the New and Emerging
Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law 110-283, 122 Stat.
2620 (2008) (NET 911 Act), which requires the Commission to submit an
annual report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives, ``detailing the status in each State of the collection
and distribution of such fees or charges, and including findings on the
amount of revenues obligated or expended by each State or political
subdivision thereof for any purposes other than the purpose for which
any such fees or charges are specified.''
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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