**DA 03-3181**

**Released: October 15, 2003**

**FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION'S (FCC) REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR
INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) RELAY PROVIDERS APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET**

**CC Docket No. 98-67**

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved for three years
the annual reporting requirement for IP Relay providers to submit a
report to the FCC detailing the technical developments that have
occurred to enable IP Relay providers to meet the TRS mandatory minimum
standards waived in the Order on Reconsideration, *Provisions of
Improved Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services
for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities,* released March
14, 2003. A summary of the Order on Reconsideration was published in the
Federal Register at 68 FR 18825 (April 16, 2003). The information
collections contained in the annual reporting requirement were approved
by OMB on September 26, 2003. OMB No. 3060-1043. As stated in the Order
on Reconsideration, the Commission will publish a document in the
Federal Register announcing the effective date.

For further information, contact Dana Jackson or Janet Sievert of the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-2517 (voice), (202)
418-7898 (TTY).

**FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT**

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), the
FCC is notifying the public that it received approval from OMB on
September 26, 2003 for the collection(s) of information contained in the
Commission's annual reporting requirement. The OMB Control Number is
3060-1043. The annual reporting burden for the collection(s) of
information, including the time for gathering and maintaining the
collection of information, is estimated to be: 4 respondents, an average
of 10 hours per response per annum, for a total hour burden of 40 hours,
and no annual cost. If you have any comments on these burden estimates,
or how we can improve the collection(s) and reduce the burden(s) they
cause you, please write to Les Smith, Federal Communications Commission,
Room 1-A804, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. Please include
the OMB Control Number, 3060-1043, in your correspondence. We will also
accept your comments regarding the Paperwork Reduction Act aspects of
the collections via the Internet, if you send them to
<Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov> or call (202) 418-0217.

Under 5 C.F.R. Section 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it displays a current valid OMB 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 OMB Control Number. The OMB Control
Number is 3060-1043.

**THE FOREGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF
1995, PUBLIC LAW 104-13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.**

To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities
(Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail
to <fcc504@fcc.gov> or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau
at (202) 418-0531 (voice), (202) 418-7365 (TTY).

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