On November 7, 2002, the Commission
adopted Second Report and Order and Third Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking establishing new EEO rules and forms to comply with the
Court's decision in MD/DC/DE Broadcasters Association v.FCC. The
new rules ensure equal employment opportunity in the broadcast
industries through outreach to the community in recruitment and
prevention of employment discrimination. The data are used by a
broadcast licensee in the preparation of the station's EEO program
report (FCC 396) submitted with the license renewal application,
FCC Form 397 and the annual EEO public file report.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.