[Federal Register: August 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 164)]
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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]
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