[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 38061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15589]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection Approved by the Office of
Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice of public information collection approved by the Office
of Management and Budget.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission has received the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public
information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane C. Kelly, [email protected], or
by phone on (202) 418-2832.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1003.
OMB Approval Date: June 8, 2012.
Expiration Date: June 30, 2015.
Title: Communications Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS).
Form No.: Not applicable.
Number of Respondents/Responses: 6,750 respondents; 6,750
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.1-0.50 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 4,725.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Obligation To Respond: Voluntary. The statutory authority for this
collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 218, 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission acknowledges
and agrees that is consistent with the primary objective of the DIRS to
treat filings as confidential. We will work with respondents to ensure
that their concerns regarding the confidentiality of DIRS filings are
resolved in a manner consistent with Commission rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission submitted this information
collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as a revision
and received a three year approval from OMB for the collection.
In response to the events of September 11, 2001, the Federal
Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) created an Emergency
Contact Information System to assist the Commission in ensuring rapid
restoration of communications capabilities after disruption by a
terrorist threat or attack, and to ensure that public safety, public
health, and other emergency and defense personnel have effective
communications services available to them in the immediate aftermath of
any terrorist attack within the United States. The Commission
submitted, and OMB approved, a collection through which key
communications providers could voluntarily provide contact information.
The Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB)
updated the Emergency Contact Information system with a Disaster
Information Reporting System (DIRS) that uses electronic forms to
collect Emergency Contact Information forms and through which
participants may inform the Commission of damage to communications
infrastructure and facilities and may request resources for
restoration. The Commission updated the process by increasing the
number of reporting entities to ensure inclusion of wireless, wireline,
broadcast, cable and satellite communications providers.
In recent years, communications have evolved from a circuit-
switched network infrastructure to broadband networks. The Commission
is seeking to extend the Disaster Information Reporting System to
include interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol and broadband
Internet Service Providers. Increasing numbers of consumers,
businesses, and government agencies rely on broadband and
interconnected VoIP services for everyday and emergency communications
needs, including vital 9-1-1 services. It is therefore imperative that
the Disaster Information Reporting System be expanded to include these
new technologies in order for the Commission the gain an accurate
picture of communications landscape during disasters. Therefore, the
Commission has revised its DIRS screen shots and is including a copy of
the DIRS user manual for which the Commission has received OMB approval
on June 8, 2012.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-15589 Filed 6-25-12; 8:45 am]
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