Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Extension of existing collection; Reengineered foreign students

pilot program.

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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval is being sought for

the information collection listed below. This proposed information

collection was previously published in the Federal Register on December

10, 1996 at 61 FR 65082, utilizing emergency review in addition to

allowing a 60-day comment period. No comments were received by the

Immigration and Naturalization Service. The purpose of this notice is

to allow an additional 30 days for public comments. Comments are

encouraged and will be accepted until April 2, 1997. This process is

conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained

in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and

associated response time, should be directed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: OMB Desk Officer for the

Immigration and Naturalization Service, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10325, Washington, DC 20530 (202-395-7316). Additionally,

comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to 202-395-7285.

Comments may also be submitted to the Department of Justice (DOJ),

Justice Management Division, Information Management and Security Staff,

Attention: Department Clearance Officer, Suite 850, 1001 G Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20530. Additionally, comments may be submitted to DOJ

via facsimile to 202-514-1534.

Written comments and suggestions from the public should address one

or more of the following points:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies/components estimate of

the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Overview of this Information Collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently

approved collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Reengineered Foreign Students

Pilot Program.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: No agency form number.

Office of Examinations--Adjudications Division, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Not-for-profit institutions,

Business or other for-profit. The INS and the United States Information

Agency (USIA) are initiating a pilot project to test a prototype of a

reengineered Foreign Student and School Program as mandated under

Subtitle D, Section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant

Responsibility Act of 1996. The pilot effort will test an

administrative process to use a computer-supported notification and

reporting process from schools to the INS regarding foreign students

and exchange visitors through the duration of their status in the

United States.

(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 50 respondents

at 60 hours per response.

(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated

with the collection: 3,000 annual burden hours.

If additional information is required contact: Mr. Robert B.

Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,

Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division,

Suite 850, Washington Center, 1001 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: February 24, 1997.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 97-5112 Filed 2-28-97; 8:45 am]

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