[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7532-7533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3440]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY:  Department of Education.

SUMMARY:  The 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 
March 16, 2000.

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, NW, Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, 
DC 20503 or should be electronically mailed to the internet address 
[email protected].

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 Leader, Information Management Group, 
Office

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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 Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.

    Dated: February 9, 2000.
William Burrow,
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), 
Introduction to the Web-Based Collection on Institutional Price and 
Student Financial Aid and Modifications to the 2000-2002 Data 
Collection Items.
    Frequency: Annually, Biennially.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 9,850.
Burden Hours: 202,636.
    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, staff 
employed at postsecondary institutions, and cost and pricing 
information. The amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1998, Part 
C, Sec. 131, specify the need for the ``redesign of relevant data 
systems to improve the usefulness and timeliness of the data collected 
by such systems.'' As a consequence, in 2000 the IPEDS is proposing a 
web-based data collection for all items previously collected via paper 
forms from Title IV eligible institutions.
     Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request 
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or should be addressed to 
Vivian Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 
5624, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651. Requests 
may also be electronically mailed to the internet address OCIO--IMG--
[email protected] or faxed to 202-708-9346.
     Questions regarding burden and/or the collection activity 
requirements should be directed to Kathy Axt at (703) 426-9692 or via 
her internet address [email protected]. Individuals who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.

[FR Doc. 00-3440 Filed 2-14-00; 8:45 am]
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