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[FR Doc No: 94-30574]


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[Federal Register: December 13, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection requests.

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Resources Group, invites comments on 
the proposed information collection requests as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 12, 1995.

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 3208, 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, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 5624, Regional Office 
Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708-9915. 
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 3517 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1980 (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 Director of the Information Resources 
Group, 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) Frequency of collection; (4) The affected 
public; (5) Reporting burden; and/or (6) Recordkeeping burden; and (7) 
Abstract. 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: December 8, 1994.
Gloria Parker,
Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Postsecondary Education

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: Application for the North American Trilateral Education 
Initiative (A Special Focus Competition of the Fund for the Improvement 
of Postsecondary Education).
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Reporting Burden: Responses: 300, Burden Hours: 6,000.
    Recordkeeping Burden: Recordkeepers: 0; Burden Hours: 0.
    Abstract: The North American Trilateral Initiative is a one state 
competitive application process to award grants to groups to U.S. 
institutions of higher education, represented by one of their number 
that will serve as lead institution for the U.S. members of the 
consortium, for an experimental program that will support cooperation 
and exchange among U.S., Mexican, and Canadian institutions of higher 
education. Funding will be multi-year with projects lasting up to three 
years.

Office of the Under Secretary

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: National Evaluation of the Set-Aside for Teacher Training 
and Innovation in Adult Education.
    Frequency: One time.
    Affected Public: State or local governments; non-profit 
institutions; small businesses or organizations.
    Reporting Burden: Responses: 3,900 Burden Hours: 1,510.
    Recordkeeping Burden: Recordkeepers: 0, Burden Hours: 0.
    Abstract: These surveys of adult education training providers, 
recipients, and developers of special projects are part of a 
comprehensive evaluation of the Section 353 of the National Literacy 
Act. The evaluation is designed to provide the Department with a 
description of how these funds are administered and the nature and 
effectiveness of the training and special project activities they 
support.

[FR Doc. 94-30574 Filed 12-12-94; 8:45 am]
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