[Federal Register: August 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 164)] [Notices] [Page 46363] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr25au99-63] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request AGENCY: Department of Education. SUMMARY: The Team Leader, 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 September 24, 1999. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Danny Werfel, 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 DWERFEL@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 Team Leader, 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: August 20, 1999. William E. Burrow, Team Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer. Office of Educational Research and Improvement Type of Review: Revision. Title: Combined Application and Combined Announcement for the OERI Visiting Scholars Fellowship Program. Frequency: Annually. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 45. Burden Hours: 630. Abstract: The OERI Visiting Scholars Fellowship provides support to scholars, researchers, policymakers, educational practitioners, librarians, and statisticians to engage in the use, collection, and dissemination of information about education and education research to work at OERI in Washington, DC. The information collected in the application will be used to determine who is selected for these fellowships. This program is administered by the National Research Council. This information collection is being submitted under the Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information Collections (OMB Control No. 1890-0001). Therefore, this 30-day public comment period notice will be the only public comment notice published for this information collection. [FR Doc. 99-22108 Filed 8-24-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P