[Federal Register: July 3, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 128)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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
August 2, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, 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: June 27, 2002.
John D. Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief
Information, Officer.
Office of Postsecondary Education
Type of Review: Reinstatement.
Title: Application for Grants under Upward Bound (UB) & Upward
Bound Math/Science (UBMS) Programs.
Frequency: Once every four years.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Businesses or other
for-profit; State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 1,450.
Burden Hours: 49,300.
Abstract: The application form is needed to conduct a national
competition for the Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math and Science
Centers Programs for program year 2003-04. These programs provide
federal financial assistance in the form of grants to institutions of
higher education, public and private agencies and organizations,
combinations of
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institutions and agencies and, in exceptional cases, secondary schools
to establish and operate projects designed to generate skills and
motivations necessary for success in education beyond secondary school.
The Math and Science Program provides an intensive six-week summer
math-science curriculum program.
This information collection is being submitted under the
Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information
Collections (1890-0001). Therefore, the 30-day public comment period
notice will be the only public comment notice published for this
information collection.
Requests for copies of the submission for OMB review; comment
request may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number
2064. When you access the information collection, click on ``Download
Attachments'' to view. Written requests for information 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 vivan.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 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. 02-16684 Filed 7-2-02; 8:45 am]
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