[Federal Register: June 13, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 114)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed
information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 13, 2001.
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,
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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.
The Department of Education is especially interested in public
comment addressing the following issues: (1) is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this
information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the
estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on
the respondents, including through the use of information technology.
Dated: June 7, 2001.
John Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
Office of Postsecondary Education
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships (LAAP) Guidelines for
Annual Performance Reports with Auxiliary Collection Instruments.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 40; Burden
Hours: 1,600.
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 Government Performance and Results Act
(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, D.C. 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 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.
[FR Doc. 01-14840 Filed 6-12-01; 8:45 am]
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