Sections 4.1 and 4.2 and Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications (NORS)

ICR 201401-3060-019

OMB: 3060-0484

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
2014-01-24
Supplementary Document
2012-07-24
Supporting Statement A
2012-07-24
ICR Details
3060-0484 201401-3060-019
Historical Active 201204-3060-003
FCC PSHSB
Sections 4.1 and 4.2 and Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications (NORS)
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 02/28/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 01/24/2014
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
09/30/2015 09/30/2015 09/30/2015
15,444 0 15,444
29,647 0 29,647
0 0 0

47 CFR Part 4 of FCC rules will require outage reporting requirements to include all communications providers (cable, satellite, and wireless providers). An initial and final report is required to be filed for each outage. The reports will enable the Commission to monitor developments affecting homeland security, public health or safety, and the economic well being of the Nation in view of the increasing importance of non-wireline communications in the Nation's communications networks and critical infrastructure. The Commission is requesting the approval for a non-substantive change request for collection 3060-0484, the Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) information collection from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission wants to add detail in an existing drop-down menu. Therefore, the purpose of this modification is to help the NORS team track outages involving cybersecurity threats, as distinguished from those involving physical vandalism such as a cut cable. The system currently has a yes/no/unknown drop-down for whether an outage was malicious, with a free text box for an explanation. Service providers will almost always know whether a malicious outage was caused by a cyber event or physical damage, but they do not always specify that in the current text box since it does not prompt them to distinguish between the two causes. We therefore propose to split the "yes" drop-down into two choices for cyber and physical events, keeping everything else as-is. This change also will not impact the burden hours or cost burden for collection 3060-0484.

US Code: 47 USC 154(j) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 302(a) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 303(f) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 303(g) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 303(j) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 403 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 621(b)(3) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 621(d) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 303(r) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 154(i) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 154(o) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 218 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 219 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 230 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 151 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 256 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 301 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
  
None

3060-AI22 Final or interim final rulemaking 77 FR 25088 04/27/2012

  77 FR 26278 05/03/2012
77 FR 42497 07/19/2012
No

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IC Title Form No. Form Name
Sections 4.1 and 4.2 and Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications (NORS)

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 15,444 15,444 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 29,647 29,647 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers are now part of this information collection due to FCC 12-22, Report and Order (included in this submission). Therefore, the number of respondents/responses has increased; and therefore the total annual burden has increased (program change).

$483,640
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
John Healy 2024182448 John.Healy@fcc.gov

  No

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.
01/24/2014


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