88 FR 124 pgs. 42069-42070 - Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 124Pages: 42069 - 42070
Pages: 42069, 42070Docket number: [OMB 3060-1285; FR ID 150556]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-13840 Filed 6-28-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Federal Communications Commission
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1285; FR ID 150556]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
AGENCY:
Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION:
Notice and request for comments.
SUMMARY:
[top] 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
DATES:
Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before August 28, 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:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1285.
Title: Compliance with the Non-IP Call Authentication Solution Rules; Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD).
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved information collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 12,800 respondents; 12,800 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-6 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement and on occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory and required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for these collections are contained in sections 227b, 251(e), and 227(e) of the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 39,663 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act directs the Commission to require, no later than 18 months from enactment, all voice service providers to implement STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication technology in the internet protocol (IP) portions of their networks and implement an effective caller ID authentication framework in the non-IP portions of their networks. Among other provisions, the TRACED Act also directs the Commission to create extension mechanisms for voice service providers. On September 29, 2020, the Commission adopted its Call Authentication Trust Anchor Second Report and Order. See Call Authentication Trust Anchor, WC Docket No. 17-97, Second Report and Order, 36 FCC Rcd 1859 (adopted Sept. 29, 2020). The Second Report and Order implemented section 4(b)(1)(B) of the TRACED Act, in part, by requiring a voice service provider maintain and be ready to provide the Commission upon request with documented proof that it is participating, either on its own or through a representative, including third party representatives, as a member of a working group, industry standards group, or consortium that is working to develop a non-internet Protocol caller identification authentication solution, or actively testing such a solution. The Second Report and Order also implemented the extension mechanisms in section 4(b)(5) by, in part, requiring voice service providers to certify in the Robocall Mitigation Database that they have either implemented STIR/SHAKEN or a adopted a robocall mitigation program and describe that program in a filed plan. On May 19, 2022, the Commission adopted similar obligations for gateway providers. See Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls, Call Authentication Trust Anchor, CG Docket No. 17-59, WC Docket No. 17-97, Sixth Report and Order et al., FCC 22-27 (adopted May 19, 2022). Specifically, like voice service providers, gateway providers were required to maintain and be ready to provide the Commission upon request with documented proof that it is participating, either on its own or through a representative, including third party representatives, as a member of a working group, industry standards group, or consortium that is working to develop a non-internet Protocol caller identification authentication solution, or actively testing such a solution.
Gateway providers were also required to implement both STIR/SHAKEN on the IP portions of their networks as well as a robocall mitigation program. They must also certify to their implementation and describe their robocall mitigation program in the Robocall Mitigation Database. On March 16, 2023, the Commission adopted an Order imposing largely the same obligations that applied to gateway providers on a new class of providers: non-gateway intermediate providers. See Call Authentication Trust Anchor, Sixth Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, WC Docket No. 17-97, FCC 23-18 (adopted March 16, 2023). In that action, the Commission also required all voice service providers to adopt a robocall mitigation program and file a description of that program in the Robocall Mitigation Database as well as requiring all classes of providers to file additional information in the Robocall Mitigation Database. On May 18, 2023, the Commission adopted an Order modifying some of these requirements. See Call Authentication Trist Anchor, et al., WC Docket No. 17-97 et al., Seventh Report and Order et al., FCC 23-37 (adopted May 18, 2023).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-13840 Filed 6-28-23; 8:45 am]
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