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OMB Control No: 3060-1158	ICR Reference No: 201608-3060-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201407-3060-003
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: CGB
Title: Transparency Rule Disclosures, Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet, Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order, GN Docket No. 14-28, FCC 15-24 (Fixed Broadband Disclosures)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 12/15/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/11/2016
Terms of Clearance: OMB approves fixed broadband disclosure ICR for three years. Prior to renewal, 1. FCC will continue to refine its current fixed disclosure requirements and methodologies for measuring performance, as may be necessary, to ensure that the disclosures best serve the goals of: a. providing accurate information that is useful to consumers, and b. providing information that is useful for decision-making purposes. 2. When submitting the fixed broadband ICR for renewal, FCC will report to OMB the results of the above evaluations, the analysis of consumer information, and the conclusions FCC reached on the basis of the information. 3. When submitting the fixed broadband ICR for renewal, FCC will include an estimate of burden associated with fixed disclosures specifically taking into consideration any differences in burden associated with the disclosure of fixed versus mobile broadband data. Currently, FCC’s burden estimate, for the calculation and disclosure of broadband performance data, is the same for fixed and mobile broadband providers.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2019	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2017
Responses	3,188	0	1,712
Time Burden (Hours)	99,466	0	41,773
Cost Burden (Dollars)	640,000	0	560,000

Abstract: On February 26, 2015 the Commission adopted the Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order (“2015 Open Internet Order”). The 2015 Open Internet Order builds on the Preserving the Open Internet and Broadband Industry Practices Report and Order (“ 2010 Open Internet Order”). The 2015 Order will help ensure that Internet openness will continue, providing greater certainty to consumers, innovators, investors, and broadband providers, including the flexibility providers need to effectively manage their networks. It concludes that high-level protections to ensure the continued vitality of the Internet are needed in light of instances of broadband providers interfering with the Internet’s openness, and the incentives providers may face to exert gatekeeper control over Internet content, applications, and services. The transparency rule adopted in the 2010 Open Internet Order and enhanced in the 2015 Open Internet Order requires all broadband providers to publicly disclose network management practices, performance characteristics, and commercial terms (collectively referred to here as “network management practices”) of their broadband services. The rule ensures transparency and continued Internet openness, while making clear that broadband providers can effectively manage their networks and respond to market demands.

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	3,188	1,712	1,476
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	99,466	41,773	57,693
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	640,000	560,000	80,000

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Commission has recalculated the burdens for this information collection based on: 1) the enhancements set forth in the 2015 Open Internet Order, as discussed previously; and 2) the changed source of data for the number of respondents. Therefore, below are the program changes for this information collection: The Commission has determined that there has been an increase in the total annual number of respondents of +1,476 from 1,712 to 3,188 and an increase in the total annual number of responses of +1,476 from 1,712 to 3,188. The Commission has further determined there will be an increase in the estimated time per response of +6.8 from 24.4 to 31.2 and an increase in the total annual burden hours of +57,693 from 41,773 to 99,466. These increases are due to a change in the source of data used by the Commission to determine the number of respondents and marginal increases in the estimates of employee hours required to comply with the clarifications, enhancements, and one deletion of disclosure requirements under the Transparency Rule. Previously, the Commission used the number of providers listed in the Internet Access Services Report , which was based on the number of providers filing a Form 477. The Commission is now using information from the most recently available Economic Census. The Commission has determined that there is an increase in the total annualized capital cost of +$80,000 from $560,000 per year to $640,000 to reflect the increase in cost of measurement devices.

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