FCC Invites Feedback to Cut Down on Paperwork Burdens
Published Date: 8/8/2025
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.
FCC asks public to cut paperwork burdens
If you respond to FCC information requests, the FCC is asking the public and federal agencies to comment on how to make its forms clearer and reduce paperwork burdens. The notice specifically asks for ways to minimize burden using automation and to further reduce the information-collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
No penalty if OMB number missing
If you are asked to fill out an FCC information collection, the FCC says it may not conduct or sponsor the collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person may be penalized for failing to comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid OMB control number.
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