[Federal Register: January 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 6)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for
Review to the Office of Management and Budget
January 4, 2007.
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 opportunityto comment on
the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13. 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.
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DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before February 9, 2007. If you anticipate that you
will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within
the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC
contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Allison E. Zaleski, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202)
395-6466, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via Internet at
Allison_E._Zaleski@omb.eop.gov and to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW., DC 20554
or an email to PRA@fcc.gov. If you would like to obtain or view a copy
of this information collection, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA
Web page at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-
0214 or via the Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-XXXX.
Title: Rural Health Care Support Mechanism.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions and state, local and
tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 20 respondents; 20 responses.
Estimated Time Per Response: 25 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Total Annual Burden: 500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: N/A.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality. Respondents may request materials or information
submitted to the Commission be withheld from public inspection under 47
CFR 0.459 of the Commission's rules.
Needs and Uses: The Commission will submit this new information
collection to OMB during this comment period to obtain the full three-
year clearance.
The Commission requests OMB approval to establish a new information
collection. The Order, WC Docket No. 02-60, FCC 06-144, at issue
establishes a pilot program to assist public and non-profit health care
providers build state and region-wide broadband networks dedicated to
the provision of health care services, and connect those networks to a
dedicated nationwide backbone, such as Internet2. The construction of
such networks will bring the benefits of innovative telehealth, and
particularly, telemedicine services to those areas of the county where
the need for those benefits is most acute. The information collection
consists of the application to participate in the pilot program.
The pilot program is designed to encourage health care providers to
join together to aggregate the needs and develop a strategy for
creating statewide and/or regional networks that will connect numerous
health care providers, including rural health care providers, through a
dedicated, broadband network. The pilot program will fund up to 85% of
the costs incurred to deploy state or regional broadband networks
dedicated to health care. The pilot program will also fund up to 85% of
the costs of connecting the regional and/or statewide to a dedicated
nationwide backbone such as Internet 2, that connects a number of
government research instructions, as well as academic, public, and
private health care institutions that are repositories of medical
expertise and information.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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