On June 24, 1998, the FCC relased a
Report and Order, CS Docket No. 97-80, FCC 98-116, In the Matter of
Implementation of Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of
1976; Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, in which the
FCC adopted rules to address the mandate expressed in Section 629
of the Communications Act to ensure the commercial availability of
"navigation devices" and the equipment used to access video
programming and other services from multichannel video programming
systems. The purpose of Section 629 and the R&O is to expand
opportunities to purchase this equipment from sources..
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.