[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31836-31837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14595]


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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 
OMB approval for a three-year reinstatement and revision to the 
currently approved information collection entitled, ``USIA-Sponsored 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Activities, USIA Program Participant 
Survey Questionnaire,'' under OMB control number 3116-0199, which is 
scheduled to expire on July 31, 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, P.L. 87-256, and the 
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, P.L. 103-62.

DATE: Comments are due on or before (insert date). (Within 30 days).

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, S.W., 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, D.C. 
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 April 13, 1998 (vol. 63, No. 
70). Public reporting burden for this collection of information (Paper 
Work Reduction Project: OMB No. 3116-0212) is estimated to average 
forty five (45) minutes 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, S.W., 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, D.C. 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: USIA-Sponsored Educational and Cultural Exchange Activities, 
USIA Program Participant Survey Questionnaire.''

FOR NUMBER(S): N/A.

ABSTRACT: In the interest of sound program management, USIA undertakes 
the collection of information about program effectiveness necessary to 
the

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management and evaluation of USIA funded educational and cultural 
exchange programs. USIA seeks clearance from OMB for these information 
collection activities among grantees and alumni/ae of these programs.

PROPOSED FREQUENCY OF RESPONSES:
    No. of Respondents--5,600.
    Recordkeeping Hours--.75.
    Total Annual Burden--4,200.

    Date: May 28, 1998.
Rose Royal,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 98-14595 Filed 6-8-98; 8:45 am]
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