[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 2830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00711]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Information Collection Approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public 
information collection requirements under OMB Control Number 3060-0819, 
as required by 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 control number. Comments concerning the 
accuracy of the burden estimates and any suggestions for reducing the 
burden should be directed to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie F. Smith, Office of the 
Managing Director, at (202) 418-0217, [email protected] or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0819.
    OMB Approval Date: December 12, 2013.
    OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2016.
    Title: Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, Advancing 
Broadband Availability Through Digital Literacy Training.
    Form No.: FCC Forms 481, 497, 550, 555, and 560.
    Respondents: Individuals or households and businesses or other for-
profit.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 41,806,827 respondents; 
41,838,920 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours to 250 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion, Quarterly, Biennially, Monthly, 
One Time, and Annual reporting requirements, Third Party Disclosure 
requirements and Recordkeeping requirements.
    Total Annual Burden: 24,184,565 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 201-205, 214, 254 and 403 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: Yes.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The rules adopted in the 2012 
Lifeline Reform Order affect individuals or households, and thus, there 
are impacts under the Privacy Act. As required by the Privacy Act of 
1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a. The Commission created a system of 
records notice (SORN) to cover the collection, storage, maintenance and 
disposal (when appropriate) of any personally identifiable information 
that the Commission may collect as part of the information collection. 
We note that USAC must preserve the confidentiality of all data 
obtained from respondents and contributors to the universal service 
support program mechanism, unless otherwise directed by the Commission, 
must not use the data except for purposes of administering the 
universal service support program mechanism, must not disclose data in 
company-specific form unless directed to do so by the Commission. If 
the Commission requests information that respondents believe is 
confidential, respondents may request confidential treatment of such 
information under 47 U.S.C. 0.459 of the Commission's rules unless such 
information is already publicly available in other forms or the 
Commission has previously concluded that such information should be 
publicly available.
    Needs and Uses: The information collected under OMB control number 
3060-0819 is used by the FCC and USAC to administer the universal 
service Lifeline program. It is used to provide support to eligible 
subscribers, ensure subscribers' continued eligibility and to prevent 
waste, fraud, and abuse of universal service funds.

Federal Communications Commission.
Gloria J. Miles,
Federal Register Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing 
Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-00711 Filed 1-15-14; 8:45 am]
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