FR Doc 2010-12654
[Federal Register: May 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 101)]
[Notices]
[Page 29523-29524]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of
Management 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
June 25, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or e-mailed to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a cc: to
ICDocketMgr@ed.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 Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office
of Management, 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: May 21, 2010.
James Hyler,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Official, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Innovation and Improvement
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Open Innovation Web Portal.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Federal
Government; Individuals or household; Not-for-profit institutions;
State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 4,850.
Burden Hours: 12,327.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office of
Innovation and Improvement (OII) has developed a Web-based platform,
the Open Innovation Web Portal (Portal), to support communication and
collaboration among a wide range of key education stackholders,
including practitioners, funders, and the general public. This
platform, which is currently operating under emergency clearance,
allows geographically dispersed but like-minded entities to discover
each other and work together to address some of the most intractable
challenges in education. OII promotes this platform as a tool for use
with the Investing in Innovation grant program (i3), which was
established as the ``Innovation Fund'' in the ``American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009'' (ARRA), signed into law by the President on
February 17, 2009. This new program will provide $650,000,000 in
competitive grants to Local Education Agencies (LEAs), non-profit
organizations working in collaboration with LEAs, or non-profit
organizations working in collaboration with a consortium of schools.
The Department must obligate funds to i3 grantees before the end of the
fiscal year 2010, September 30, 2010. The Department also plans for the
Portal to remain operational after i3 funding is awarded so that there
is an ongoing community that focuses on innovation in education. Part
of our intent in implementing the i3 program is to identify innovative
new approaches proposed by individuals and organizations that have
previously had limited experience in obtaining grants in the education
sector yet have promising evidence-based ideas for improving American
education. These applicants in particular face challenges in
identifying schools or LEAs with which to partner given their limited
experience in the field. Further, organizations without existing
relationships in education may find it difficult to secure the private
sector matching funds required of all grantees under ARRA. Receiving
OMB's approval for an extension Receiving OMB's approval for an
extension of the PRA clearance will allow continued operation of the
Portal, which currently has over 3000 members, and support improved
student achievement through school improvement and reform, a key
departmental goal.
Requests for copies of the information collection submission for
OMB review
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may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse
Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 4305. When
you access the information collection, click on ``Download
Attachments'' to view. Written requests for information should be
addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may also be electronically
mailed to the Internet address ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-
0920. Please specify the complete title of the information collection
when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@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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