[Federal Register: October 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 196)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The 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 
November 12, 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, N.W., 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 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: October 6, 1999.
William E. Burrow,
Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

    Type of Review: Extension
    Title: Application for Waiver of the Two-Year Foreign Residence 
Requirement of the Exchange Visitor Program.
      Frequency: On occasion.
      Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
      Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
      Responses: 25.
      Burden Hours: 500.
      Abstract: The ED Exchange Visitor Waiver Review Board makes 
recommendations to the Justice Department through the U.S. Information 
Agency (USIA) for waiver of the two-year foreign residency requirement 
for exchange visitors who have been granted J-1 visas. This application 
will be used by educational or rehabilitative institutions or 
organizations that apply to the Department of Education to request a 
recommendation for a waiver on behalf of an exchange visitor. As a 
result of the regulation reinvention efforts, the Federal Regulations 
governing this process were eliminated October 1, 1996.
    Requests for copies of this information collection should be 
addressed to Vivian Reese, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland 
Avenue, S.W., Room 5624, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 
20202-4651, or should be electronically mailed to the Internet address 
OCIO__IMG__Issues@ed.gov, or should be faxed to 202-708-9346.
    Written comments or questions regarding burden and/or the 
collection activity requirements should be directed to Joseph Schubart 
at 202-708-9266 or by e-mail at 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. 99-26497 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]
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