[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 83 (Friday, April 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25643-25644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10035]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
    Title: State and Local Implementation Grant Program Closeout 
Documentation.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (new collection).

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    Number of Respondents: 54.
    Average Hours per Response: Final closeout report: 25 hours.
    Burden Hours: 1,350.
    Needs and Uses: The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 
2012 (Act, Pub. L. 112-96, 126 Stat. 156 (2012)) was signed by the 
President on February 22, 2012. The Act meets a long-standing priority 
of the Administration, as well as a critical national infrastructure 
need, to create a single, interoperable, nationwide public safety 
broadband network (NPSBN) that will, for the first time, allow police 
officers, fire fighters, emergency medical service professionals, and 
other public safety officials to effectively communicate with each 
other across agencies and jurisdictions. Public safety workers have 
long been hindered in their ability to respond in a crisis situation 
because of incompatible communications networks and often outdated 
communications equipment.
    The Act establishes the First Responder Network Authority 
(FirstNet) as an independent authority within NTIA and authorizes it to 
take all actions necessary to ensure the design, construction, and 
operation of the NPSBN, based on a single, national network 
architecture.
    The Act also charges NTIA with establishing a grant program, the 
State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP), to assist state, 
regional, tribal, and local jurisdictions with identifying, planning, 
and implementing the most efficient and effective means to use and 
integrate the infrastructure, equipment, and other architecture 
associated with the NPSBN to satisfy the wireless broadband and data 
services needs of their jurisdictions. NTIA will use the collection of 
information to ensure that SLIGP grant recipients are effectively 
monitored and evaluated against the core purposes of the program 
established by the Act. The information collection will ensure that 
final data is collected to effectively assess the success of SLIGP 
recipients in implementing their project goals.
    The publication of this notice allows NTIA to begin the process to 
request approval for the standard three years. This request is a new 
information collection request.
    Affected Public: State, regional, local, and tribal government 
organizations.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    NTIA published a Notice in the Federal Register on February 17, 
2016 soliciting comments on this information collection. NTIA did not 
receive any comments on this Notice.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: April 26, 2016.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-10035 Filed 4-28-16; 8:45 am]
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