[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 107 (Friday, June 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29998-29999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14126]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Acting Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB 
review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 6, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk 
Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725 
17th Street, N.W., Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, D.C. 20503 or should be electronically mailed to the 
internet address [email protected]. Requests for copies of the 
proposed information collection requests should be addressed to Patrick 
J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 
5624, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, D.C. 20202-4651, or 
should be electronically mailed to the internet address 
Pat__S[email protected], or should be faxed to 202-708-9346.

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 Acting Leader, Information Management 
Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, publishes that 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

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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.

    Dated: May 28, 1999.
William E. Burrow,
Acting Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and Improvement

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 
including Web-Based Collection on Pricing of Postsecondary Education.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
      Responses: 10,000.
      Burden Hours: 277,809.
    Abstract: IPEDS is a system of surveys designed to collect basic 
data from approximately 10,000 postsecondary institutions in the United 
States. The IPEDS provides information on numbers of students enrolled, 
degrees completed, other awards earned, dollars expended, and staff 
employed at postsecondary institutions. The amendments to the Higher 
Education Act of 1998, Part C, Sec. 131, require the National Center 
for Education Statistics to provide cost and pricing information from 
postsecondary institutions. As a consequence in 1999 the IPEDS is 
proposing piloting a web-based data collection for this information in 
addition to the paper forms previously cleared.

Office of Educational Research and Improvement

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: NCES Quick Response Information System.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov't, SEAs 
or LEAs.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
      Responses: 10,161.
      Burden Hours: 7,621.
    Abstract: The Quick Response Information System (QRIS) is comprised 
of two types of surveys, one oriented towards elementary and secondary 
school and library issues, the Fast Response Surveys (FRSS) and the 
second intended to address issues in postsecondary education, the 
Postsecondary Education Quick Information System Surveys (PEQIS). All 
the surveys conducted under the QRIS are required to inform for current 
policy issues for which there are no other timely and/or appropriate 
data available. In recent years surveys have been conducted on topics 
as diverse as distance education in postsecondary education, services 
for students with disabilities in postsecondary education, advanced 
telecommunications in the elementary and secondary schools, summer 
programs for migrant students, and teacher quality.

[FR Doc. 99-14126 Filed 6-3-99; 8:45 am]
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