[Federal Register: April 5, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 66)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Acting 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
June 4, 2002.
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 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
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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: April 1, 2002.
William Burrow,
Acting Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
Office of Postsecondary Education
Type of Review: Reinstatement.
Title: Application for Grants under the Ronald E. McNair
Postbacalaureate Achievement Program (84.217).
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: 300.
Burden Hours: 6,000.
Abstract: The application form is needed to conduct a national
competition for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement
Program for program year 2002-03. The program provides Federal
financial assistance in the form of grants to institutions of higher
education and combinations of institutions of higher education. The
program provides Federal financial assistance in the form of
discretionary grants to institutions of higher education for the
purpose of providing academic and other support services to prepare
low-income, first-generation college students, and students from groups
underrepresented in graduate education for doctoral study.
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 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. 02-8216 Filed 4-4-02; 8:45 am]
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