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1See Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission’s 

Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications, 

PS Docket No. 15–80, Second Report and Order, 36 

FCC Rcd 6136 (2021) (Second Report and Order). 

2Second Report and Order, 36 FCC Rcd at 6137, 

para 2. 

3Second Report and Order, 36 FCC Rcd at 6153, 

para. 58. 

4Second Report and Order, 36 FCC Rcd at 6154, 

para. 61. 

5 Id. 

6 Id. 

process will be fair and objective, and 

not subject to collusion. The 

information collected under this 

information collection allows the 

Commission to enforce the prohibition 

on auction applicants and other covered 

parties by making clear the 

responsibility of parties who receive 

information that potentially violates the 

rules to promptly report to the 

Commission. It also enables the 

Commission to ensure that no bidder 

gains an unfair advantage over other 

bidders in its auctions, thereby 

enhancing the competitiveness and 

fairness of Commission spectrum 

auctions. The information collected will 

be reviewed and, if warranted, referred 

to the Commission’s Enforcement 

Bureau for possible investigation and 

administrative action. The Commission 

may also refer allegations of 

anticompetitive auction conduct to the 

Department of Justice for investigation. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02506 Filed 2–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[PS Docket Nos. 15–80; FR ID 69281] 

Potential Safeguards in Connection 

With NORS–DIRS Information Sharing 

Public Notice 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Public 

Safety and Homeland Security Bureau 

(Bureau) of the Federal Communication 

Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks 

comment on the cost, manner, and 

technical feasibility of technological 

safeguards to protect the integrity of 

NORS and DIRS information that will be 

shared with agencies granted access to 

the information pursuant to the Second 

Report and Order.1

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 9, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by PS Docket Nos. 15–80, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s website: http://fjallfoss.

fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Filings can be sent by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. See 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

for more instructions. 

• People with Disabilities: Contact the 

FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 

418–0432. For detailed instructions for 

submitting comments see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions, contact Scott 

Cinnamon, Attorney Advisor, 

Cybersecurity and Communications 

Reliability Division, Public Safety and 

Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 

418–2319 or scott.cinnamon@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Potential Safeguards in 

Connection with NORS–DIRS 

Information Sharing Public Notice, PS 

Docket Nos. 15–80; DA 21–62, released 

January 19, 2022. 

The complete text of the Potential 

Safeguards in Connection with NORS– 

DIRS Information Sharing Public Notice 

is also available electronically at: 

https://www.fcc.gov/document/pshsbseeks-comments-nors-dirs-informationsharing-safeguards. 

I. Background 

On March 17, 2021, the Commission 

adopted a framework to allow sharing 

certain communications network outage 

information submitted to the FCC’s 

NORS and DIRS systems with state, 

federal, and Tribal nation agencies to 

improve situational awareness, enhance 

their ability to response more rapidly to 

outages, and to help save lives. 

Information submitted in NORS and 

DIRS ‘‘is sensitive for reasons 

concerning national security and 

commercial competitiveness, and the 

Commission this treats it as 

presumptively confidential.’’ 2

To protect the confidentiality and 

integrity of this sensitive information, 

the Second Report and Order adopted 

four specific safeguards: ‘‘(1) providing 

read-only access to the NORS and DIRS 

filings; (2) limiting the number of users 

with access to NORS and DIRS filings at 

participating agencies; (3) requiring 

special training for participating 

agencies regarding their privileges and 

obligations under the program; and (4) 

potentially terminating access to 

agencies that misuse or improperly 

disclose NORS and DIRS data.’’ 3

II. Comment on the Cost, Utility and 

Feasibility of Specific Safeguards and 

Suggestions for Additional Safeguards 

Acknowledging the utility of 

proposals raised by commenters earlier 

in this proceeding, the Commission 

directed the Bureau to ‘‘to seek, via 

Public Notice, further information on 

the cost, manner and technical 

feasibility’’ of including confidential 

notifications, headers, or watermarks on 

the read-only outage reports.4 The 

Bureau seeks specific comments on the 

usefulness and effectiveness of these 

specific safeguards as well as 

information on costs and feasibility of 

these proposals. 

The Bureau was further directed to 

‘‘implement in NORS and DIRS any 

measures and safeguards that it 

determines suitable and in the public 

interest based on the record developed 

in response to the Public Notice.’’ 5

Keeping in mind that proposed 

safeguards ‘‘should not impose new 

regulatory requirements on service 

providers or additional conditions on 

agencies seeking access to outage data,’’ 

the Bureau invites comments proposing 

additional technical measures to 

preserve the confidentiality and 

integrity of the newly shared NORS and 

DIRS data.6

III. Implementation 

Following the receipt of comments, 

the Bureau will release a Public Notice 

specifying any technical safeguards 

implemented in response to this Public 

Notice. To the extent necessary, these 

changes may be made without prior 

notice-and-comment under the 

Administrative Procedure Act as ‘‘rules 

of agency organization, procedure, or 

practice,’’ 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A). The 

Bureau will then seek Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval of the modifications to the 

extent required under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Upon receipt of OMB 

approval, and the Bureau’s completion 

of all necessary changes to the systems, 

the Bureau will announce that the 

modifications are effective. 

IV. Procedural Matters 

Interested parties may file comments 

in response to this Public Notice on or 

before the date indicated on the first 

page of this document. See Electronic 


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Filing of Documents in Rulemaking 

Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998). 

Comments may be filed using the 

Commission’s Electronic Comment 

Filing System (ECFS). 

D Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://apps.fcc.gov/ 

ecfs/. 

D Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. 

D Filings can be sent by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

D Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 

Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 

20701. U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

D Effective March 19, 2020, and until 

further notice, the Commission no 

longer accepts any hand or messenger 

delivered filings. This is a temporary 

measure taken to help protect the health 

and safety of individuals, and to 

mitigate the transmission of COVID–19. 

See FCC Announces Closure of FCC 

Headquarters Open Window and 

Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public 

Notice, DA 20–304 (March 19, 2020). 

D To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202– 

418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (tty). 

This proceeding has been designated 

as a ‘‘permit-but-disclose’’ proceeding in 

accordance with the Commission’s ex 

parte rules. See 47 CFR 1.1200(a), 

1.1206. Persons making ex parte 

presentations must file a copy of any 

written presentation or a memorandum 

summarizing any oral presentation 

within two business days after the 

presentation (unless a different deadline 

applicable to the Sunshine period 

applies). Persons making oral ex parte 

presentations are reminded that 

memoranda summarizing the 

presentation must (1) list all persons 

attending or otherwise participating in 

the meeting at which the ex parte 

presentation was made, and (2) 

summarize all data presented and 

arguments made during the 

presentation. If the presentation 

consisted in whole or in part of the 

presentation of data or arguments 

already reflected in the presenter’s 

written comments, memoranda or other 

filings in the proceeding, the presenter 

may provide citations to such data or 

arguments in his or her prior comments, 

memoranda, or other filings (specifying 

the relevant page and/or paragraph 

numbers where such data or arguments 

can be found) in lieu of summarizing 

them in the memorandum. Documents 

shown or given to Commission staff 

during ex parte meetings are deemed to 

be written ex parte presentations and 

must be filed consistent with rule 

1.1206(b). In proceedings governed by 

rule 1.49(f) or for which the 

Commission has made available a 

method of electronic filing, written ex 

parte presentations and memoranda 

summarizing oral ex parte 

presentations, and all attachments 

thereto, must be filed through the 

electronic comment filing system 

available for that proceeding, and must 

be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc, 

.xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants 

in this proceeding should familiarize 

themselves with the Commission’s ex 

parte rules. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

David Furth, 

Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland 

Security Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02435 Filed 2–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0292 and OMB 3060–0743; FR 

ID 69908] 

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 March 9, 2022. 

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) 


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