[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68984-68985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29167]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory 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 
December 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, 
Acting 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, Regulatory 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 
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.

    Dated: November 8, 2000.
John Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.

Office of Student Financial Assistance Programs

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: OSFA Customer Satisfaction Survey Master Plan.
    Frequency: As needed.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Businesses or other 
for-profit; Individuals or household.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 15,000; Burden 
Hours: 100,000.
    Abstract: The Higher Education Amendments of 1998 established the 
Office of Student Financial Assistance (SFA) as the Government's first 
Performance-Based Organization (PBO). That legislation specifies that 
one purpose of the PBO is to improve program services and processes for 
students and other participants in the student financial assistance 
programs. This requirement establishes an ongoing need for SFA to be 
engaged in an interactive process of collecting information and using 
it to improve the delivery of student financial aid. As such, SFA is 
seeking OMB approval of a clearance process for customer satisfaction 
surveys and focus groups for years 2001-2003.
    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 
4050, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC

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20202-4651. Requests may also be electronically mailed to the internet 
address [email protected] or faxed to 202-708-9346.
    Please specify the complete title of the information collection 
when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the 
collection activity requirements should be directed to Joseph Schubart 
at (202) 708-9266 or via his 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. 00-29167 Filed 11-14-00; 8:45 am]
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