Federal Register: December 26, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 248)
DOCID: FR Doc 02-32478
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Federal Communications Commission
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Agency information collection activities:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before February 24, 2003. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 10413. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 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 control number. 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; and (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.
SUMMARY:
Proposed collection; comment request,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
December 18, 2002.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
OMB Control No.: 3060XXXX.
Title: FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Technical Support Request Form.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, notforprofit
institutions, individuals or households, and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 17,500.
Estimated Time Per Response: 8 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 2,333 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $235,666.
Needs and Uses: The FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau supports several computer/internetbased systems used to support their licensing and auction services. In offering this service, the public often requests help or consultation with using these systems. The FCC currently receives these requests via telephone and email. There is currently no burden or cost estimate for submitting these emails and telephone requests. A streamlined, electronic form should substantially decrease public and staff burden since all the information needed to facilitate a technical support request will now be submitted in a standard format. This will eliminate or at least minimize the need to followup with the customers to obtain al the information necessary to respond to their request. This form will also help presort requests to previously defined categories to all staff to respond quickly.
OMB Control No.: 30601009.
Title: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet, CC Docket No. 9645.
Form No.: FCC Form 499M.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit and notforprofit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 1.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual, quarterly, monthly, and
other reporting requirements, recordkeeping requirement, and third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 1 hour.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Needs and Uses: Pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, telecommunications carriers (and certain other providers of
telecommunications services) must contribute to the support and cost
recovery mechanisms for telecommunications relay services, numbering
administration, number portability, and universal service. The
Commission is seeking comment on three connectionbased proposals to
further refine the record in the proceeding to revisit its universal
service contribution methodology. If adopted, the proposals may entail
altering the current reporting requirements to which interstate
telecommunications carriers are subject under Part 54 of the Commission's rules.
OMB Control No.: 30600463.
Title: Telecommunications Services for Individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 47 CFR part 64 (sections 64.60164.605).
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, and state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 5,052
Estimated Time Per Response: 6 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, annual and every five year
reporting requirements, third party disclosure requirement, and recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 26,831 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Needs and Uses: Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA), which is codified at section 225 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended (the Act), mandates that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ensure that interstate and intrastate
telecommunications relay services (TRS) are available, to the extent
possible and in the most efficient manner, to individuals in the United
States with hearing and speech disabilities. Title IV aims to further
the Act's goal of universal service by providing to individuals with
hearing or speech disabilities telephone services that are functionally
equivalent to those available to individuals without such disabilities.
Since the establishment of this mandate, the Commission has taken
numerous steps to increase the availability of TRS, and to ensure that
TRS users have access to the same services available to all telephone service users.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
For additional information or copies of the information collection(s), contact Judith Boley Herman at (202) 4180214 or via the Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.