[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 11953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6187]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; Comment request.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces that the following 
information collection activity has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. USIA is requesting 
approval of an information collection entitled ``Proposal Submission 
Instructions (PSI), United States Information Agency, Bureau of 
Educational and Cultural Affairs'', under OMB control number 3116-0121, 
which is scheduled to expire on April 30, 1998. This request for 
comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(Public Law 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
    The information collection activity involved with the program is 
conducted pursuant to the mandate given to the United States 
Information Agency under the terms and conditions of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Pub. L. 87-256.

DATES: Comments are due on or before April 10, 1998.
    Copies: Copies of the Request for Clearance (OMB 83-I), supporting 
statement, and other documents that have been submitted to OMB for 
approval may be obtained from the USIA Clearance Officer. Comments 
should be submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for USIA, and also to the USIA 
Clearance Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Agency Clearance Officer, Ms. Jeannette Giovetti, United States 
Information Agency, M/AOL, 301 Fourth Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20547, telephone (202) 619-4408, internet address [email protected]; 
and OMB review: Ms. Victoria Wassmer, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Docket Library, Room 1002, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, 
Telephone (202) 395-5871.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a 
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register 
Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this 
collection of information was published on January 12, 1998 (vol. 63, 
no. 7). Public reporting burden for this collection of information 
(Paper Work Reduction Project: OMB No. 3116-0212) is estimated to 
average twenty (20) hours per response, including the time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Responses are voluntary and respondents are 
required to respond only one time. Send comments regarding this burden 
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the United States 
Information Agency, M/AOL, 301 Fourth Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20547; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Docket 
Library, Room 10202, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503.

Current Actions

    This information collection has been submitted to OMB for the 
purpose of requesting reinstatement for a three-year period and 
approval of revisions regarding the total annual burden hours.
    Title: Proposal Submission Instructions, (PSI), United States 
Information Agency.
    Form Numbers: IA-1279, IA-1280, IA-1285, IAP-100, IAP-135, M/KR-12, 
M/KR-13 and SF-LLL.
    Abstract: The collection of information from the public will enable 
the grant review panel and Associate Director to ensure that each 
applications complies with the established procedures and the approval 
and/or disapproval of funding is properly warranted.
    Proposed Frequency of Responses: No. of Respondents--700; 
Recordkeeping Hours--20; Total Annual Burden--14,000.

    Dated: March 5, 1998.
Rose Royal,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 98-6187 Filed 3-10-98; 8:45 am]
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