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OMB Control No: 3060-0917	ICR Reference No: 202112-3060-012
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202108-3060-006
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: OMD-FO
Title: CORES Registration Form, FCC Form 160
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/27/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/22/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2023	06/30/2023	06/30/2023
Responses	116,100	0	116,100
Time Burden (Hours)	19,388	0	19,388
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The non-substantive changes requested here are necessary to assist the Commission in fulfilling requirements under the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) Act. In this legislation, Congress directed the FCC to “develop a process through which the Commission can collect verified data for use in [its] coverage maps from [ ] State, local, and Tribal governmental entities that are primarily responsible for mapping or tracking broadband internet access service coverage for a State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe, as applicable.” 47 U.S.C. § 642(a)(2)(A). The Commission must therefore authenticate that a filer purporting to submit availability data as a state, local or Tribal governmental entity is, in fact, such an entity and that the filer is authorized to act on behalf of the state, unit of local government or Indian Tribe. The Commission will use its Commission Registration System (CORES) to authenticate that a particular user and FCC Registration Number (FRN) is an authorized representative of a state, local or Tribal governmental entity that files data under section 642(a)(2)(A). We therefore would like to add a “Tribal Govt Agency” Entity Type to FCC Form 160 (OMB 3060-0917) and Form 161 (OMB 3060-0918) and to the online version of these forms. This submission is being made for a proposed non-substantive change to an existing information collection pursuant to 44 U.S.C. § 3507. This submission seeks to make a non-substantive change to reflect a change in burden hours for this information collection as a result of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) June 22, 2021 Order adopting changes to requirements for the FCC’s Commission Registration System (CORES). See Amendment of Part 1 of the Commission’s Rules, Concerning Practice and Procedure, Amendment of CORES Registration System, Report and Order, FCC 21-79; https://www.fcc.gov/document/2021-cores-modification-order. Section 1.8002 of the FCC’s rules require an FCC Registration Number (FRN) to be supplied by anyone doing business with the FCC, including, but not limited to, remitting payments, applying for licenses, participating in auctions, and filing certain applications. Registrants use the FCC’s system called CORES to obtain FRNs with the associated passwords necessary to enter into a variety of transactions with the FCC and for participating in FCC programs. As of 2016, the FCC has maintained a legacy online version of CORES that does not require email address information and a new version of CORES that does require email address information. Section 1.8002(b)(1) of the Commission’s rules lists the information currently required from entities seeking to register for an FRN. The rule is amended by the June 2021 Report and Order to require email address information as part of the registration information and will allow the FCC to retire the legacy version of CORES. Section 1.8002(b)(2) requires that the information used to register for an FRN be kept current by the registrants. Registrants that obtained their FRN through legacy CORES and have not associated a valid e-mail address with their FRN, may continue to use that FRN without an associated valid e-mail address for a limited period but will be gradually transitioned to the new system and will be required provide email address information at some point over the next (approximately) 1 to 3 years. Respondents use FCC Form 160 to register in FCC’s Commission Registration System (CORES). Entities must register in CORES to do regulatory transactions with FCC, including receiving licenses, paying fees, participating in auctions, etc.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 104 - 134 31001 Name of Law: Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 6179	02/04/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 20687	04/14/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
CORES Registration Form, FCC Form 160
CORES Registration Form, FCC Form 160
CORES Registration Form, FCC Form 160	FCC Form 160

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	116,100	116,100
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	19,388	19,388
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Hua LU 202 418-2424 hua.lu@fcc.gov

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