82_FR_3287 82 FR 3280 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

82 FR 3280 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 7 (January 11, 2017)

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FR Document2017-00399

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3280-3281]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00399]


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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: Community Connectivity Initiative Self-Assessment Tool.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission; new collection.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Average Hours Per Response: Annually: 12 hours.
    Burden Hours: 6,000.
    Needs and Uses:
    The National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) launched BroadbandUSA in January 2015 in response to demand from 
communities that realized broadband access and use are vital to their 
economic development, innovation, education, and healthcare needs. 
BroadbandUSA provides technical assistance, guidance, and resources to 
communities across the country that want to expand their broadband 
capacity and promote broadband adoption. BroadbandUSA brings 
stakeholders together to solve problems, contribute to emerging 
policies, link communities to other federal agencies and funding 
sources, and address barriers to collaboration across agencies.
    In March 2015, President Obama created the Broadband Opportunity 
Council (Council), an interagency collaboration among 25 federal 
agencies co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture, to 
determine what actions the federal government could take to eliminate 
regulatory barriers to broadband deployment and to encourage investment 
in broadband networks and services.\1\ The Community Connectivity 
Initiative is one of NTIA's commitments outlined in the Council's 
report released in September 2015.\2\
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    \1\ The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, Presidential 
Memorandum--Expanding Broadband Deployment and Adoption by 
Addressing Regulatory Barriers and Encouraging Investment and 
Training (March 23, 2015), available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/03/23/presidential-memorandum-expanding-broadband-deployment-and-adoption-addr.
    \2\ Id. at 19. The report tasked NTIA, in collaboration with the 
National Economic Council, to ``convene stakeholders to design and 
launch a community connectivity index.''
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    The purpose of the Community Connectivity Initiative is to support 
communities with tools and resources to attract broadband investment 
and promote meaningful use. NTIA and the National Economic Council 
conducted outreach to more than 200 stakeholders and communities to 
seek input on the implementation of the Community Connectivity 
Initiative. The initial findings of that outreach resulted in 
collaborators and communities assisting in the creation of the 
framework for the community connectivity self-assessment tool. The 
questions developed for the community connectivity self-assessment tool 
reflect extensive input from stakeholders in communities, businesses, 
and nonprofits across America. Throughout 2016, NTIA conducted more 
than 20 webinars and workshops where individuals and groups served as 
collaborators in shaping the Community Connectivity framework, 
assessment, and resources. That stakeholder input is the foundation of 
the Community Connectivity Initiative.
    The objectives of the Community Connectivity Initiative are to: (1) 
Support communities as they convene, assess, and act to promote local 
priorities and advance broadband access, adoption, policies, and use; 
and (2) increase the number of communities actively assessing 
connectivity impacts and investing to improve broadband outcomes. The 
Community Connectivity Initiative includes three resources for 
communities, including the community connectivity framework, an online 
self-assessment tool, and resources that support local planning and 
action. The community connectivity framework provides a structure to 
engage local stakeholders in conversations about broadband access and 
community priorities.
    The online self-assessment tool will provide local leaders with a 
means for assessing broadband needs in their communities. The tool will 
enable them to record findings and integrate assessments with national 
datasets on community broadband by providing users with data and asking 
questions covering three specific categories: access, adoption, and 
community. Initially, at the time of the 60-day Federal Register 
Notice, NTIA intended to collect input through the community 
connectivity self-assessment tool across four major categories: access, 
adoption, policy, and use. However, in response to stakeholder 
engagement in clarifying the framework, NTIA decided to combine the 
policy and use categories into one category called community.
    The community connectivity self-assessment tool will collect input 
on the same information outlined in the 60-day Federal Register Notice. 
Since the Notice, NTIA has also decided to reorganize the tool's 
categories and sub-categories. The reorganized approach does not change 
the information that NTIA intends to collect, only the order in which 
NTIA collects the information.
    Upon completion of the self-assessment tool, communities will 
receive a report that combines input from the self-assessment tool with 
other data sources, along with resources that communities could use to 
improve their broadband capabilities. Through this effort, the 
community connectivity self-assessment tool will produce improved 
broadband planning assets for communities, thereby increasing the 
number of communities actively investing to improve broadband access 
and digital inclusion.
    Affected Public: State, regional, local, and tribal government 
organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    NTIA published a Notice in the Federal Register on June 28, 2016 
soliciting comments on this information collection, with a 60-day 
public comment period. NTIA did not receive comments on this Notice.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov or 
http://federalregister.gov/a/2016-15149. Follow the instructions to 
view

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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.

Sheleen Dumas,
PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-00399 Filed 1-10-17; 8:45 am]
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3280 Notices Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 7 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER government could take to eliminate provides a structure to engage local contains documents other than rules or regulatory barriers to broadband stakeholders in conversations about proposed rules that are applicable to the deployment and to encourage broadband access and community public. Notices of hearings and investigations, investment in broadband networks and priorities. committee meetings, agency decisions and services.1 The Community Connectivity The online self-assessment tool will rulings, delegations of authority, filing of Initiative is one of NTIA’s commitments provide local leaders with a means for petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are outlined in the Council’s report released assessing broadband needs in their examples of documents appearing in this in September 2015.2 communities. The tool will enable them section. The purpose of the Community to record findings and integrate Connectivity Initiative is to support assessments with national datasets on communities with tools and resources to community broadband by providing DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE attract broadband investment and users with data and asking questions promote meaningful use. NTIA and the covering three specific categories: Submission for OMB Review; National Economic Council conducted access, adoption, and community. Comment Request outreach to more than 200 stakeholders Initially, at the time of the 60-day and communities to seek input on the Federal Register Notice, NTIA intended The Department of Commerce will implementation of the Community submit to the Office of Management and to collect input through the community Connectivity Initiative. The initial connectivity self-assessment tool across Budget (OMB) for clearance the findings of that outreach resulted in following proposal for collection of four major categories: access, adoption, collaborators and communities assisting policy, and use. However, in response to information under the provisions of the in the creation of the framework for the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. stakeholder engagement in clarifying the community connectivity self-assessment framework, NTIA decided to combine Chapter 35). tool. The questions developed for the Agency: National the policy and use categories into one community connectivity self-assessment category called community. Telecommunications and Information tool reflect extensive input from Administration. The community connectivity self- stakeholders in communities, assessment tool will collect input on the Title: Community Connectivity businesses, and nonprofits across Initiative Self-Assessment Tool. same information outlined in the 60-day America. Throughout 2016, NTIA Federal Register Notice. Since the OMB Control Number: None. conducted more than 20 webinars and Form Number(s): None. Notice, NTIA has also decided to workshops where individuals and reorganize the tool’s categories and sub- Type of Request: Regular submission; groups served as collaborators in new collection. categories. The reorganized approach shaping the Community Connectivity does not change the information that Number of Respondents: 500. framework, assessment, and resources. NTIA intends to collect, only the order Average Hours Per Response: That stakeholder input is the foundation in which NTIA collects the information. Annually: 12 hours. of the Community Connectivity Upon completion of the self- Burden Hours: 6,000. Initiative. assessment tool, communities will Needs and Uses: The objectives of the Community The National Telecommunications receive a report that combines input Connectivity Initiative are to: (1) and Information Administration (NTIA) from the self-assessment tool with other Support communities as they convene, launched BroadbandUSA in January data sources, along with resources that assess, and act to promote local 2015 in response to demand from communities could use to improve their priorities and advance broadband communities that realized broadband broadband capabilities. Through this access, adoption, policies, and use; and access and use are vital to their (2) increase the number of communities effort, the community connectivity self- economic development, innovation, actively assessing connectivity impacts assessment tool will produce improved education, and healthcare needs. and investing to improve broadband broadband planning assets for BroadbandUSA provides technical outcomes. The Community Connectivity communities, thereby increasing the assistance, guidance, and resources to Initiative includes three resources for number of communities actively communities across the country that communities, including the community investing to improve broadband access want to expand their broadband connectivity framework, an online self- and digital inclusion. capacity and promote broadband assessment tool, and resources that Affected Public: State, regional, local, adoption. BroadbandUSA brings support local planning and action. The and tribal government organizations. stakeholders together to solve problems, community connectivity framework Frequency: Annually. contribute to emerging policies, link Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. communities to other federal agencies 1 The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, NTIA published a Notice in the and funding sources, and address Presidential Memorandum—Expanding Broadband Federal Register on June 28, 2016 Deployment and Adoption by Addressing soliciting comments on this information sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES barriers to collaboration across agencies. Regulatory Barriers and Encouraging Investment In March 2015, President Obama and Training (March 23, 2015), available at https:// collection, with a 60-day public created the Broadband Opportunity www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/03/23/ comment period. NTIA did not receive Council (Council), an interagency presidential-memorandum-expanding-broadband- comments on this Notice. collaboration among 25 federal agencies deployment-and-adoption-addr. This information collection request 2 Id. at 19. The report tasked NTIA, in co-chaired by the Departments of collaboration with the National Economic Council, may be viewed at reginfo.gov or http:// Commerce and Agriculture, to to ‘‘convene stakeholders to design and launch a federalregister.gov/a/2016-15149. determine what actions the federal community connectivity index.’’ Follow the instructions to view VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:05 Jan 10, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11JAN1.SGM 11JAN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 7 / Wednesday, January 11, 2017 / Notices 3281 Department of Commerce collections Dated: January 5, 2017. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE currently under review by OMB. Yvette Springer, Written comments and Committee Liaison Officer. International Trade Administration recommendations for the proposed [FR Doc. 2017–00339 Filed 1–10–17; 8:45 am] [Docket No.: 170103004–7004–01] information collection should be sent BILLING CODE P within 30 days of publication of this RIN 0625–XC028 notice to OIRA_Submission@ omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. Revisions to User Fees for Export and DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Investment Promotion Services/Events Sheleen Dumas, PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief Bureau of Industry and Security AGENCY: U.S. & Foreign Commercial Information Officer. Service, International Trade Information Systems; Technical Administration, Department of [FR Doc. 2017–00399 Filed 1–10–17; 8:45 am] Advisory Committee; Notice of Open Commerce. BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P Meeting ACTION: Extension of comment period. The Information Systems Technical SUMMARY: The U.S. & Foreign DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Advisory Committee (ISTAC) will meet Commercial Service (US&FCS) within Bureau of Industry and Security on January 25, 2017, 9:00 a.m., in the the International Trade Administration Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, (ITA) is extending the comment period Sensors and Instrumentation 14th Street between Constitution and for the notice, ‘‘Revisions to User Fees Technical Advisory Committee; Notice Pennsylvania Avenues NW., for Export and Investment Promotion of Open Meeting Washington, DC. The Committee Services/Events.’’ The comment period advises the Office of the Assistant is extended from January 16, 2016, to The Sensors and Instrumentation Secretary for Export Administration on Technical Advisory Committee (SITAC) January 21, 2017. technical questions that affect the level will meet on February 1, 2017, 9:30 DATES: The comment period for the of export controls applicable to a.m., (Pacific Standard Time) at the SPIE information systems equipment and notice that was published on December Photonics West, Moscone South, 747 technology. 21, 2016 (81 FR 93660), is extended. Howard Street, Exhibit Level, Room Comments must be received on or 102, San Francisco, CA 94103. The Wednesday, January 25 before January 21, 2017. Committee advises the Office of the Open Session ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Assistant Secretary for Export by either of the following methods: Administration on technical questions 1. Welcome and Introductions • Federal eRulemaking Portal: that affect the level of export controls www.Regulations.gov. The identification 2. Working Group Reports applicable to sensors and number is ITA–2016–0012. instrumentation equipment and 3. Old Business • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery to technology. 4. Industry Presentations Docket No. ITA–2016–0012, Agenda 5. New business International Trade Administration, U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service, Public Session The open session will be accessible Office of Strategic Planning & Resource 1. Welcome and Introductions. via teleconference to 20 participants on Management, 1400 Constitution Avenue 2. Remarks from the Bureau of Industry a first come, first serve basis. To join the NW., Rm. C125, Washington, DC 20235. and Security Management. conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Instructions: Comments sent by any 3. Industry Presentations. Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@ other method, to any other address or 4. New Business. bis.doc.gov, no later than January 18, individual, or received after the end of 2017. the comment period, may not be The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on A limited number of seats will be considered by US&FCS. All comments a first come, first serve basis. To join the available for the public session. received are a part of the public record conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Reservations are not accepted. To the and will generally be posted for public Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@ extent time permits, members of the viewing on www.regulations.gov bis.doc.gov no later than January 25, public may present oral statements to without change. All personal identifying 2017. the Committee. The public may submit information (e.g., name, address, etc.), A limited number of seats will be written statements at any time before or confidential business information, or available during the public session of after the meeting. However, to facilitate otherwise sensitive information the meeting. distribution of public presentation submitted voluntarily by the sender will Reservations are not accepted. To the materials to Committee members, the be publicly accessible. US&FCS will extent that time permits, members of the Committee suggests that public accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/ public may present oral statements to presentation materials or comments be A’’ in required fields if you wish to the Committee. The public may submit forwarded before the meeting to Ms. remain anonymous). written statements at any time before or Springer. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. after the meeting. However, to facilitate Aditi Palli, International Trade sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES For more information, call Yvette distribution of public presentation Springer at (202) 482–2813. Administration, U.S. & Foreign materials to the Committee members, Commercial Service, Office of Strategic Dated: January 5, 2017. Planning, 1400 Constitution Avenue the Committee suggests that the Yvette Springer, NW., Rm. 21022, Washington, DC materials be forwarded before the meeting to Ms. Springer. Committee Liaison Officer. 20230, Phone: (202) 482–2025. For more information contact Yvette [FR Doc. 2017–00338 Filed 1–10–17; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Springer on (202) 482–2813. BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P December 21, 2016, US&FCS published VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:05 Jan 10, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11JAN1.SGM 11JAN1


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