[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 66407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31611]


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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 
January 25, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Desk 
Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725 
17th Street, N.W., Room 10202, 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.
    Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
    Type of Review: New.
    Title: An Evaluation of the State Program Improvement Grant (SIG) 
Program.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
    Responses: 135. Burden Hours: 306.
    Abstract: The purpose of this data collection is to obtain relevant 
and credible information from an evaluation of the State Improvement 
Grant Program in order to (1) make mid-course programmatic improvements 
to the Program, and (2) describe the implementation and progress of the 
Program to Federal officials, Congress, and other stakeholders. These 
data will also inform the reauthorization of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Respondents will include SIG 
Directors, SIG project evaluators, State educational agencies (SEA) 
policymakers, and SIG sub-grant directors in each of the 36 states with 
currently funded SIG projects.
    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 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 Sheila Carey at (202) 708-6287 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.


    Dated: December 19, 2001.
John Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-31611 Filed 12-21-01; 8:45 am]
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