[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28008-28009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13413]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Resources Management Group, invites 
comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and requests for copies of the proposed 
information collection requests should be addressed to Patrick J. 
Sherrill, Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., 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 Director, Information Resources 
Management 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) 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.
    The Department of Education is especially interested in public 
comment addressing the following issues: (1) is this collection 
necessary to the proper functions of the Department, (2) will this 
information be processed and used in a timely manner, (3) is the 
estimate of burden accurate, (4) how might the Department enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and 
(5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this

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collection on the respondents, including through the use of information 
technology.

    Dated: May 16, 1997.
Gloria Parker,
Director, Information Resources Management Group.

Office of Management

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: Department of Education Federal Cash Award Certification 
Statement and Department of Education Federal Cash Quarterly 
Confirmation Statement.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not for Profit 
institutions; Federal Government; State, Local or Tribal Government, 
SEAs or LEAs.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
      Responses: 12,000.
      Burden Hours: 38,160.
    Abstract: The collection of the Federal Cash Award Statement is 
necessary for the Agency to monitor cash advanced to grantees and to 
obtain expenditure information for each grant from grantees. 
Information collection is used to report total outlays to the Office of 
Management and Budget and the Department of the Treasury and is used to 
project the Federal government's and the Department's financial 
condition. This information collection also enables the Department to 
provide Treasury with outlay information to facilitate Treasury's 
estimation of future borrowing requirements. Respondents include over 
12,000 State, local, college, university, proprietary school and non-
profit grantees who draw funds from the Department.
    The collection of Federal cash quarterly confirmation statement 
enables grantees to identify discrepancies in grant authorizations, and 
funds drawn and funds refunded. Action is required only if a grantee's 
records do not agree with the information contained on the statement. 
This information will be used to help grantees report and initiate 
resolution of discrepancies. Respondents include over 12,000 State, 
local, college, university, proprietary school and non-profit grantees 
who draw funds from the Department.

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: Grantee Reporting Form.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
      Responses: 165.
      Burden Hours: 330.
    Abstract: Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) training 
grants provide stipends to ``RSA Scholars'' in order to train skilled 
rehabilitation personnel. Grantees are required to ``track'' scholars, 
relative to the ``payback'' provision in the Rehabilitation Act. Data 
collection is reported annually to RSA in order to monitor performance 
and report progress to Congress.

[FR Doc. 97-13413 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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