Supporting
statement updated during review. Previous terms of clearance no
longer applicable due to change in the underlying collection.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2021
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2019
1,919
0
3,188
49,894
0
99,466
560,000
0
640,000
On December 14, 2017, the Commission
adopted the Restoring Internet Freedom Declaratory Ruling, Report
and Order, and Order, FCC 17-166. The Restoring Internet Freedom
Order restores the light-touch regulatory framework, which allowed
the Internet to flourish for almost two decades. The Restoring
Internet Freedom Order revises the information collection
requirements applicable to Internet service providers (ISPs). The
Open Internet Order, adopted in 2010, required ISPs to disclose
certain network management processes, performance characteristics,
and other attributes of broadband Internet access service. These
transparency rule disclosure requirements were significantly
increased by the Title II Order. The Restoring Internet Freedom
Order eliminates the additional information collection obligations
imposed by the Title II Order and adds a few discrete elements to
the Open Internet Order’s information collection
requirements.
US Code:
47
USC 257 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
The Commission has re-evaluated
the assessment of the burdens for this information collection and
determined there has been a decrease in the total annual number of
respondents of 1,269 (from 3,188 to 1,919), as a result of changing
the underlying source data on which it relies—from census data to
the Commission’s Form 477 data—for purposes of accuracy. For the
same reason, the Commission has determined there has been a 1,269
decrease in the total annual number of responses (from 3,188 to
1,919). The Commission has determined that there has been a
decrease in the total annual burden hours by 49,572 (from 99,466 to
49,894), as a result of the Commission’s elimination of the Title
II Order’s additional reporting requirements and the new
calculation for the number of respondents. The Commission has also
determined that there has been a decrease of $80,000 to the total
annual cost from $640,000 per year to $560,000 per year as a result
of the elimination of the Title II Order’s additional reporting
requirements.
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.
RIF Supporting Statement Revised 5.2.18.docx
Transparency Rule Disclosures, Restoring Internet Freedom, Report and Order, WC Docket No. 17-108 , FCC 17-166