State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program - Broadband Mapping State Data Collection

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Supporting Statement for SBDD Grant Program Information Collection.doc Supporting Statement A	2009-10-05
Ltr to OMB re SBDD Grant Prog..pdf Supplementary Document	2009-10-05
August Clarification of Information Collection Requirements in SBDD Grant Program NOFA.pdf Supplementary Document	2009-10-05
SBDD Grant Program NOFA with Techical Appendix.pdf Supplementary Document	2009-10-05

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
190924	Broadband Subrespondents Other-Requirements FRN	New
190923	State Broadband Providers Other-Requirements FRN	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0660-0032	ICR Reference No: 200910-0660-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NTIA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program - Broadband Mapping State Data Collection
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 10/08/2009
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/08/2009
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/05/2009
Terms of Clearance: This collection is approved with the following terms of clearance: This collection is approved as an emergency clearance to meet ARRA requirements. This collection will be valid for six months. If the agency decides to continue to use this collection past the approved emergency request clearance time period, it must resubmit to OMB under the normal PRA review process for a three year approval.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2010	6 Months From Approved
Responses	4,112	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	704,000	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: Despite the importance of broadband to the U.S. economy, and the importance of providing clear and accurate information about broadband services to the American consumer, the American public has very few avenues by which to obtain information about broadband availability. Section 6001(l) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), Pub. L. No. 111-5 (2009), requires the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Information and Communications (Assistant Secretary) to develop and maintain a comprehensive, interactive, and searchable nationwide inventory map of existing broadband service capability and availability in the United States that depicts the geographic extent to which broadband service capability is deployed and available from a commercial or public provider throughout each state. The statute further provides that the Assistant Secretary will make the national broadband map accessible by the public on a National Telecommunications and Information Administration web site no later than February 17, 2011.

Emergency Justfication: NTIA is requesting emergency review and approval of this information collection so that: 1) grant recipients can expeditiously collect important data on broadband availability as part of the SBDD Grant Program and meet the program’s requirement that initial data be provided by March 1, 2010; 2) NTIA may use such data in the development and maintenance of a national broadband inventory map that must be publicly available by February 17, 2011; and 3) national, state, and local regulators and policymakers may use the collected data in making time-sensitive policy and regulatory determinations, especially as relates to broadband and information technology grant programs such as NTIA’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP).

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 111 - 1 6001(1) Name of Law: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 111 - 1 6001(1) Name of Law: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
State Broadband Providers
Broadband Subrespondents

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	4,112	0	4,112	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	704,000	0	704,000	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new information collection request.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $50,000,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Yes

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 10/05/2009

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