Last month we reported on changes to the Commission’s Form 477 Data Program, which collects information from broadband and voice service providers. The Report and Order setting out those changes has now made it into the Federal Register, meaning that some – but not all – of those changes will take effect on September 12, 2013. Which parts didn’t make the cut? Those would be the new “information collection” components, which can be found in Sections 1.7001, 1.7002, 43.01 and 43.11. As we mentioned in our earlier post, such information collections have to be run through the Office of Management and Budget for its thumbs up pursuant to the hilariously named Paperwork Reduction Act. That process usually takes several months. Check back here for updates.
