[Federal Register: September 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 186)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management, 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
November 24, 2008.
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 IC Clearance Official, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management, publishes that
notice containing proposed information collection requests prior to
submission of these requests to OMB. Each
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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.
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: September 19, 2008.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services,
Office of Management.
Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Web-
Based Collection System.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions (primary); Businesses
or other for-profit State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 58,090.
Burden Hours: 173,802.
Abstract: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is
requesting an amendment to its three-year clearance for the Integrated
Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to run for the 2008-09,
2009-10, and 2010-2011 web-based data collections. Current
authorization for IPEDS expires July 31, 2011 (OMB No. 1850-0582). The
Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), which became law on August 14,
2008, after OMB had already granted IPEDS a three-year clearance, has
several implications for the IPEDS annual Web-based data collection.
The law requires the immediate implementation of several new
institutional reporting requirements so that the data may be made
available on the College Navigator Web site by August 2009. A change
memo was sent to OMB on August 19, 2008, that included a small number
of non-substantive changes to the 2008-09 data collection based on the
new requirements; OMB provided clearance for those changes in a notice
on August 26, 2008. NCES now requests in this document a limited number
of additional substantive changes to spring cycle of the 2008-09 IPEDS
Web-based data collection, which opens on March 4, 2009, in order to
implement HEOA requirements. These changes are to: (1) Make previously
approved changes to financial aid reporting required, rather than
optional, in spring 2009; (2) collect additional financial aid data;
(3) collect data on students with disabilities; and (4) collect
additional graduation rate data.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse
Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 3823. When
you access the information collection, click on ``Download
Attachments'' to view. Written requests for information should be
addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify
the complete title of the information collection when making your
request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@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. E8-22480 Filed 9-23-08; 8:45 am]
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