The purpose of requiring this
collection is to comply with Middle Class Tax Relief and Job
Creation Act of 2012. The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation
Act of 2012 provides that “the Governor shall choose whether to
participate in the deployment of the nationwide, interoperable
broadband network as proposed by [FirstNet,] or conduct its own
deployment of a radio access network in such State.”
This is a new information
collection resulting in a program change/increase of 55
respondents, 110 responses and 26,414 annual burden hours. These
estimates will be added to OMB’s Active Inventory.
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.