[Federal Register: February 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 29)]
[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 Acting Leader, Regulatory 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
March 14, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Karen Lee, 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
Karen_F._Lee@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 Acting Leader, Regulatory 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: February 6, 2003.
Joe Schubart,
Acting Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: Consolidated State Performance Report.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, local, or tribal gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 52. Burden
Hours: 134,768.
Abstract: This information collection package contains the
Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR). The Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA), in general, and its provision for
submission of consolidated plans, in particular (see section 14301 of
the ESEA), emphasize the importance of cross-program coordination and
integration of federal programs into educational activities carried out
with State and local funds. States would use the instrument for
reporting on activities that occur during the 2001-2002 school year.
The proposed CSPR requests some of the same information as in 2000-
2001, with a few modifications to eliminate certain sections. The
Department is working actively to revise the content of these documents
and develop an integrated information collection system that responds
to No Child Left Behind (NCLB), uses new technologies, and better
reflects how federal programs help to promote State and local reform
efforts.
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 vivian_reese@ed.gov. Requests may also be 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 Kathy Axt at her e-mail address
Kathy.Axt@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.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Type of Review: New collection.
Title: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program--Phase I--
Grant Application Package (1890-0001) (KA).
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit (primary).
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 50. Burden
Hours: 3750.
Abstract: This application package invites small business concerns
to submit a Phase I research application for the Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) program. This is in response to Pub. L. 106-
554, the ``Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000, H.R. 5667'' (the
``Act'') enacted on December 21, 2000. The Act requires certain
agencies, including the Department of Education (ED), to establish a
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program by reserving a
statutory percentage of their extramural research and development
budgets to be awarded to small business concerns for research or R&D
through a uniform, highly competitive, three-phase process each fiscal
year. This collection falls under the Streamlined Discretionary
Process, 1890-0011.
This 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.
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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 directed to
her e-mail address Vivian.Reese@ed.gov. Requests may also be 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 Kathy Axt at
her e-mail address Kathy.Axt@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.
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