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Title: Application for Mobility Fund 

Phase I Support—FCC Form 680. 

Form Number: FCC Form 680. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions, 

and state, local or tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 10 respondents and 10 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

47 U.S.C. 154, 254 and 303(r). 

Total Annual Burden: 15 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $0. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

uses the information collected on FCC 

Form 680 to determine whether a 

winning bidder is qualified to receive 

Mobility Fund Phase I and Tribal 

Mobility Fund Phase I support. On 

November 18, 2011, the Commission 

released an order comprehensively 

reforming and modernizing the 

universal service and intercarrier 

compensation systems to ensure that 

robust, affordable voice and broadband 

service, both fixed and mobile, are 

available to Americans throughout the 

nation. Connect America Fund et al., 

Order and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, FCC 11–161 (USF/ICC 

Transformation Order). In the USF/ICC 

Transformation Order, the Commission, 

among other things, created the Mobility 

Fund to ensure the availability of 

mobile broadband networks in areas 

where a private-sector business case is 

lacking. Phase I of the Mobility Fund 

provided one-time universal service 

support for the deployment of networks 

for mobile voice and broadband service, 

and a separate, complementary Tribal 

Mobility Fund Phase I provided onetime universal service support to 

accelerate the availability of mobile 

voice and broadband service on Tribal 

lands. 

The Commission adopted rules to 

implement the reforms it adopted in the 

USF/ICC Transformation Order, 

including the rules in sections 

1.21004(a), 54.1004, 54.1005, 54.1006, 

54.1007, and 54.1008 which contain 

information collection requirements 

used to determine whether a winning 

bidder of Mobility Fund Phase I support 

and Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I 

support is qualified to receive such 

support. 

Section 1.21004(a) of the 

Commission’s rules requires each 

winning bidder in an auction for 

universal service support to apply for 

the support it won by the applicable 

deadline. Sections 54.1005(b) and 

54.1006 require a winning bidder to 

submit, using FCC Form 680, ownership 

information, proof of its status as an 

Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, a 

description of its spectrum access, a 

detailed project description, any 

guarantee of performance that the 

Commission may require, and various 

certifications. Sections 54.1004(d)(3) 

and 54.1008(d) require a winning bidder 

to certify in its application that it has 

substantively engaged appropriate 

Tribal officials. In addition, sections 

54.1007(a) and (b) require a winning 

bidder to obtain and submit to the 

Commission an irrevocable standby 

letter of credit, which the winning 

bidder must maintain until at least 120 

days after the winning bidder receives 

its final distribution of support. 

The information collection 

requirements ensure that a winning 

bidder submits an application for the 

universal service support it won, and 

the Commission uses the information 

submitted in the application to 

determine whether the applicant is 

legally, technically, and financially 

qualified to receive such support. The 

requirement that a winning bidder 

obtain, submit, and maintain a letter of 

credit will secure a return of universal 

service funds from a winning bidder 

that defaults on its obligations and will 

protect the integrity of the universal 

service programs. Without such 

information, the Commission could not 

determine whether to disburse universal 

service support to a winning bidder or 

protect the government’s interest in the 

funds allocated for Mobility Fund Phase 

I and Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22424 Filed 10–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1139; FR ID 176951] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

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; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; 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; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before December 11, 

2023. 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. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to nicole.ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele, (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC 

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 PRA that 

does not display a valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1139. 

Title: FCC Consumer Broadband 

Services Testing and Measurement. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit and individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 501,020 respondents and 

501,020 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 

hour–200 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Biennial 

reporting requirement and third-party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

Statutory authority for this information 

collection is contained in the Broadband 


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Data Improvement Act of 2008, Public 

Law 110–385, Stat 4096, 103(c)(1). 

Total Annual Burden: 46,667 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this expiring collection after 

this 60-day comment period to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to obtain the full three-year 

clearance. 

This study’s collection of information 

on actual speeds and performance of 

fixed and mobile broadband 

connections delivered to consumers by 

ISPs has been reported to be of great 

value to academic researchers, 

manufacturers and technology 

providers, broadband providers, public 

interest groups and other diverse 

stakeholders. Validation of fixed 

broadband subscribed speeds as 

opposed to actual speeds by 

participating ISPs remains unique to 

this program and provides a context for 

measured speeds. Mobile broadband 

performance information is measured 

using the FCC Speed Test app for 

Android and iOS devices to test the 

upload and download speeds, latency 

and packet loss, as well as the wireless 

performance characteristics of the 

broadband connection and the kind of 

handsets and versions of operating 

systems tested. Information the FCC 

Speed Test App (‘‘Application’’) collects 

is limited to information used to 

measure volunteers’ mobile broadband 

service and no personally identifiable 

information, such as subscribers’ name, 

phone number or unique identifiers 

associated with a device is collected. 

Software-based tools and online tools 

exist that can test consumer’s broadband 

connections, including a set of 

consumer tools launched by the FCC in 

conjunction with the National 

Broadband Plan. However, these tools 

track speeds experienced by consumers, 

rather than speeds delivered directly to 

a consumer by an ISP. The distinction 

is important for supporting Agency 

broadband policy analysis, as ISPs 

advertise speeds and performance 

delivered rather than speeds 

experienced, which suffers from 

degradation outside of an ISP’s control. 

No other dedicated panel of direct fixed 

and mobile broadband performance 

measurement using publicly 

documented methodologies using free 

and add-free technologies exists today 

in the country. The program will 

continue to support existing softwarebased tools and online tools but the 

focus of the program will remain the 

direct measurement of broadband 

performance delivered to the consumer. 

The collection effort also has specific 

elements focused on further network 

performance statistics, time of day 

parameters, and other elements affecting 

consumers’ broadband experience that 

are not tracked elsewhere. The 

information to be confirmed by ISP 

Partners about their subscribers or 

technical and market data regarding the 

broadband services they provide is 

unavailable from other sources. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22425 Filed 10–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0430, OMB 3060–1202, 3060– 

1279; FR ID 177216] 

Information Collections Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal Agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC 

seeks specific comment on how it might 

‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

The Commission may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. No person shall 

be subject to any penalty for failing to 

comply with a collection of information 

subject to the PRA that does not display 

a valid OMB control number. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before November 9, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. Your comment must be 

submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the 

above instructions for it to be 

considered. In addition to submitting in 

www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of 

your comment on the proposed 

information collection to Nicole Ongele, 

FCC, via email to PRA@fcc.gov and to 

Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. Include in the 

comments the OMB control number as 

shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele at (202) 418–2991. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) go 

to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the 

section of the web page called 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on 

the downward-pointing arrow in the 

‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the Title 

of this ICR and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 

submission to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC invited 

the general public and other Federal 

Agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the following information 

collection. 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 estimates; (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. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), 

the FCC seeks specific comment on how 

it might ‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0430. 

Title: Section 1.1206, Permit-butDisclose Proceedings. 

Form Number: N/A. 


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