# Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** March 3, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 9454

## Text

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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