[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8037]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Proposed Collection: Comment Request

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is making 
efforts to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following proposed and/or continuing information collections, as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are requested 
concerning: (a) Whether the proposed or continuing collections of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether information shall have practical utility: 
(b) the accuracy of the burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

DATES: Send comments on or before May 9, 1997.

ADDRESS INFORMATION TO: Mary Ann Ball, Bureau of Management, Office of 
Administration Services, Information Support Services Division, U.S. 
Agency for International Development, Room 1113-F, SA-16, Washington, 
DC 20523, (703) 736-4743 or via e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    OMB Number: OMB 0412-0538.
    Form Number: AID 1381-4.
    Title: Participant Data Form (PDF).
    Type of Submission: Reinstatement.
    Purpose: The Participant Data Form supplies data to the Participant 
Training Information System (PTIS). The PTIS, in the near future, will 
be replaced by the Management Information system (MIS). The PTIS is the 
Agency's computer-based repository of official data on all USAID-
sponsored participants. The Participants Data Form is completed by 
contractors, grantees and host government entities for all U.S.A.I.D. 
sponsored participants in training in the U.S. The Participant Data 
Form notifies U.S.A.I.D. of the participants arrival. It is used to 
enroll the participant in the health plan and to advise U.S.A.I.D. of 
all changes regarding the participant's program. Finally, it is used to 
inform U.S.A.I.D. that the program has ended and the participant has 
returned home.
    Annual Reporting Burden:
      Respondents: 300,
      Annual responses: 300,
      Total Annual hours responses:   7661.

    Dated: March 18, 1997.
Willette L. Smith,
Acting Chief, Information Support Services Division, Office of 
Administrative Services, Bureau of Management.
[FR Doc. 97-8037 Filed 3-28-97; 8:45 am]
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