Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief Information Officer, 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

December 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk

Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503. Requests for copies of the proposed information

collection requests should be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 5624,

Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708-8196.

Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may

call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

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 Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer, publishes this 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 at the address specified above. Copies of the requests

are available from Patrick J. Sherrill at the address specified above.

Dated: November 18, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information

Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: Controlling the Cost of Postsecondary Education.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, local and

Tribal Gov't, SEAs and LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 75;

Burden Hours: 1,500.

Abstract: This first time application package provides information

and forms for those wishing to apply for grants that demonstrate

projects addressing issues of cost control at postsecondary

institutions.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Type of Review: New.

Title: Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant

Information Collections.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-

profit; Not for Profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government,

SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 1;

Burden Hours: 1.

Abstract: This information collection plan provides the U.S.

Department of Education with the option of submitting its discretionary

grant information collections through a streamlined Paperwork Reduction

Act clearance

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process. This streamlined information to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) and, at the same time, publishes a 30-day public comment

period notice in the Federal Register. OMB will then have 60 days after

the public comment period begins to reach a decision on the information

collection.

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