FCC Pushes Paperwork Cuts for Small Businesses via New Review
Published Date: 6/10/2025
Notice
Summary
The FCC is asking everyone, especially small businesses with fewer than 25 employees, to help them cut down on paperwork. They want your thoughts on how to make forms easier and less time-consuming. This review helps keep things fair and legal, making sure no one gets penalized for missing forms without proper approval.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
FCC Seeks Input to Cut Small-Business Paperwork
The FCC is asking the public — and specifically small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees — to comment on ways to reduce the paperwork burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 and the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002. If you run a small business with under 25 employees, the agency is requesting your specific ideas for making forms easier and less time-consuming.
No Penalty Without Valid OMB Control Number
The notice reiterates that the Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 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 PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.
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