[Federal Register: January 23, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 15)]
[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 
February 22, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of

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Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Desk 
Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725 
17th Street, NW., Room 10202, 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: January 16, 2002.
John Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.

Student Financial Assistance

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: Performance Report for the Leveraging Educational Assistance 
Program (LEAP) and Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Program 
(SLEAP) Program.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
      Responses: 56.
      Burden Hours: 560.
    Abstract: The LEAP and SLEAP programs use matching Federal and 
State Funds to provide a nationwide system of grants to assist 
postsecondary educational students with substantial financial need. On 
this performance report the states provide information the Department 
requires about the state's use of program funds in order to demonstrate 
compliance with the program's statutory and regulatory requirements. 
Federal program officials use the performance report data for 
monitoring program funds distribution. With the clearance of this 
collection, the Department is seeking to automate the performance 
reporting process for both the LEAP Program and the subprogram, SLEAP. 
There are no significant changes to the current LEAP form data 
elements; there are, however, additional items pertaining to the SLEAP 
program.
    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 or to the 
e-mail address vivian.reese@ed.gov. 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 Joseph Schubart at (202) 708-9266 or 
via his Internet address Joe.Schubart@ed.gov. 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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