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Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commiss...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No.:
3060-0357.
Title:
Recognized Private Operating Agency (RPOA), 
47 CFR 63.701.
Form Number:
N/A.
Type of Review:
Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents:
Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents:
10 respondents; 10 responses.
Estimated Time per Response:
2-5 hours.
Frequency of Response:
On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond:
Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collection is contained in 
47 U.S.C. 154(j), 201, 214 and 403.
Total Annual Burden:
35 hours.
Annual Cost Burden:
$19,450.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment:
No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In general, there is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses:
This collection will be submitted as an extension after the 60-day comment period to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance.
The Commission requests this information in order to make recommendations to the U.S. Department of State for granting recognized private operating agency (RPOA) status to requesting entities. The Commission does not require entities to request RPOA status. Rather, this is a voluntary application process for use by companies that believe that obtaining RPOA status will be beneficial in persuading foreign governments to allow them to conduct business abroad. RPOA status also permits companies to join the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU's) Telecommunications Sector, which is the standards-setting body of the ITU.
The information furnished in RPOA requests is collected pursuant to 47 CFR 63.701 of the Commission's rules. Entities submit these applications on a voluntary basis. The collection of information is a one-time collection for each respondent. Without this information collection, the Commission's policies and objectives for assisting unregulated providers of enhanced services to enter the market for international enhanced services would be thwarted.
OMB Control No.:
3060-1029.
Title:
Data Network Identification Code (DNIC).
Form No.:
N/A.
Type of Review:
Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents:
Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents:
5 respondents; 5 responses.
Estimated Time per Response:.25 hours.
Frequency of Response:
On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond:
Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority for this collections is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j), 201-205, 211, 214, 219, 220, 303(r), 309 and 403.
Total Annual Burden:
1 hour.
Annual Cost Burden:
No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment:
No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
In general, there is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information.
Needs and Uses:
This collection will be submitted as an extension (no change in reporting or recordkeeping requirements) after this 60-day comment period to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance. A Data Network Identification Code (DNIC) is a unique, four-digit number designed to provide discrete identification of individual public data networks. The DNIC is intended to identify and permit automated switching of data traffic to particular networks. The FCC grants the DNICs to operators of public data networks on an international protocol. The operators of public data networks file an application for a DNIC on the internet-based, International Bureau Filing System (IBFS). The DNIC is obtained free of charge on a one-time only basis unless there is a change in ownership or the owner chooses to relinquish the code to the FCC. The Commission's lack of an assignment of DNICs to operators of public data networks would result in technical problems that prevent the identification and automated switching of data traffic to particular networks.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.