FCC Ponders Cutting Its Own Red Tape for Easier Filings
Published Date: 1/23/2025
Notice
Summary
The FCC is asking everyone to help make their paperwork easier and clearer by sharing thoughts on how they collect information. This affects businesses, especially small ones with fewer than 25 employees, and aims to cut down on hassle and save time. If you have ideas or concerns, now’s the time to speak up before the FCC updates their forms and rules!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
No penalty if OMB control number missing
The FCC states it may not conduct or sponsor an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a valid OMB control number.
FCC asks public to cut paperwork burdens
The FCC is asking the general public and other federal agencies to comment on how it collects information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The agency specifically requests ideas to enhance clarity, use automated collection techniques, and further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
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