87 FR 185 pg. 58330 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program
Type: NOTICEVolume: 87Number: 185Page: 58330
Page: 58330FR document: [FR Doc. 2022-20804 Filed 9-23-22; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Commerce.
Title: State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: TBD.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: New information collection.
Number of Respondents: 606.
Average Hours per Response: 33.22.
Burden Hours: 60,393.96.
Needs and Uses: With this information collection, NTIA will monitor grant recipients' spending and activities to ensure compliance with SDEPG requirements and program priorities. In the absence of collecting this information, NTIA would fail to evaluate effectively the award recipients' progress toward completing project activities and achieving core purposes of the SDEPG. Moreover, without these reports, NTIA would lack the ability to monitor effectively the award recipients' expenditure of funds to deter waste, fraud, and abuse of SDEPG funds. Therefore, it is necessary for NTIA to collect information using Semi-Annual Performance Reports and an Annual Report.
Affected Public: Grant award recipients consisting of States, territories or possessions of the United States, Indian Tribes, Alaska Native entities, and Native Hawaiian organizations.
Frequency: Semi-annually and Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Section 60304(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, Public Law 117-58, 135 Stat. 429 (November 15, 2021).
This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov . Follow the instructions to view the Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website 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 and entering the title of the collection.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2022-20804 Filed 9-23-22; 8:45 am]
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