[Federal Register: August 22, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 163)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of
the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for
OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 21, 2001.
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ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Lauren Wittenberg,
Acting Desk Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503 or should be electronically mailed to
the internet address Lauren__Wittenberg@omb.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform
its statutory obligations. The Leader, Regulatory Information
Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, publishes
that notice containing proposed information collection requests prior
to submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information
collection, grouped by office, contains the following: (1) Type of
review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)
Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information; (5)
Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.
Dated: August 16, 2001.
John Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
Office of Postsecondary Education
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships (LAAP) Guidelines for
Annual Performance Reports with Auxiliary Collection Instruments (JS).
Frequency: Annually other: Enrollment.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 40.
Burden Hours: 1600.
Abstract: The current Annual Progress Report format for the LAAP
grant program was used for formative evaluation last year. With that
experience we have refined the GPRA indicators and the measures for
collecting data across projects that is comparable, consistent, and
reliable. We have also taken a modular approach to structuring the
narrative of the report, so that the collection is less burdensome to
respondents, yet more useful to program evaluation. Finally, we have
augmented the Annual Report data collection by doing a follow-up
telephone interview to validate and enrich data, as well as a software
evaluation protocol for assessing the quality of the educational
software products that may result from the grant projects.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or should be addressed to
Vivian Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room
4050, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651. Requests
may also be electronically mailed to the internet address
OCIO__RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 202-708-9346. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be directed to SCHUBART at (202) 708-9266.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Office of Student Financial Assistance Programs
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Federal Register Notice Inviting Applications for the
Participation in the Quality Assurance (QA) Program (JS).
Frequency: Other: One time.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions (primary), businesses
or other for-profit, Federal Government.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 125.
Burden Hours: 125.
Abstract: With this notice, the Secretary invites institutions of
higher education to send a letter of application to partcipate in the
Department of Education's Quality Assurance (QA) Program. This Program
is intended to allow and encourage participating institutions to
develop and implement their own comprehensive programs to verify
student financial aid application data. It also encourages alternative
management approaches in areas of institutional processing and
disbursement of Title IV funds, and entrance and exit counseling.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or should be addressed to
Vivian Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room
4050, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651. Requests
may also be electronically mailed to the internet address
OCIO__RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 202-708-9346. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be directed to Joe Schubart at (202) 708-9266.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Office of Student Financial Assistance Programs
Type of Review: New collection.
Title: Federal Perkins Loan/NDSL Promissory Notes (JS).
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or household (primary), businesses or
other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 690,000.
Burden Hours: 345,000.
Abstract: The promissory note is the means by which a borrower
applies for a Federal Perkins Loan or National Direct Student Loan and
promises to repay the loan.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or should be addressed to
Vivian Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room
4050, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651. Requests
may also be electronically mailed to the internet address
OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 202-708-9346. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection when making your request. Comments
regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be
directed to Joe Schubart at (202) 708-9266. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Office of the Undersecretary
Type of Review: New collection.
Title: Study of State Administration of Even Start and Statewide
Family Literacy Initiative Grants (JM).
Frequency: On occasion.
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Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs
(primary).
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 94.
Burden Hours: 240.
Abstract: The Study of State Administration of Even Start and
Statewide Family Literacy Initiative Grants will systematically
describe the structure and processes associated with all major areas of
Even Start administration at the state level. This information is
needed by the U.S. Department of Education to enhance its capacity to
monitor the development and improvement of the Even Start program and
provide guidance and assistance to the states. This study will involve
two data collection components: (1) Survey of State Even Start
Coordinators which will include Even Start state coordinators and (2)
State Even Start Case Study Interviews (telephone interviews with six
state coordinators, and site visit interviews with six additional state
coordinators and up to five additional state staff per each of these
six states).
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or should be addressed to
Vivian Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room
4050, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651. Requests
may also be electronically mailed to the internet address
OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 202-708-9346. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be directed to Montague at (202) 708-5359.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Type of Review: Reinstatement.
Title: Streamlined Process for Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) Approved Grant Applications (JM).
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs,
businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 1.
Burden Hours: 1.
Abstract: Since April 1997, EDGAR's menu of selection criteria
become effective. For each competition, the Secretary would select one
or more criteria that best enable the Department to identify the
highest quality applications consistent with the program purpose,
statutory requirements, and any priorities established. This allows the
Secretary the flexibility to weigh the criteria according to the needs
of each individual program. This menu of selection criteria will
provide the Department the flexibility to choose a set of criteria
tailored to a given competition and obviate the need to create specific
selection criteria through individual program regulations. ED is
requesting a streamlined clearance process for programs of approved
applications who choose to change: (1) Criteria from the same EDGAR
menu; (2) old EDGAR to new EDGAR criteria, or (3) program criteria to
EDGAR criteria.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or should be addressed to
Vivian Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room
4050, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651. Requests
may also be electronically mailed to the internet address
OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or faxed to 202-708-9346. Please specify the
complete title of the information collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements
should be directed to Montague at (202) 708-5359. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
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