[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 77965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32034]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory 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 21, 2003.

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, 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 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: December 16, 2002.
John D. Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.

Federal Student Aid

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: FSA Students Portal Web site.
    Frequency: On occasion, monthly, annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals or household; Federal Government; 
State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
    Responses: 5,000,000.
    Burden Hours: 200,000.
    Abstract: Federal Student Aid (FSA) of the U.S. Department of 
Education seeks to establish a registration system within the 
``Students Portal'', an Internet Portal Web site (hereafter ``the Web 
site'') The Web site will make the college application process more 
efficient, faster, and accurate by making it an automated, electronic 
process that targets financial aid and college applications. The Web 
site uses some personal contact information criteria to automatically 
fill out the forms and surveys initiated by the user. The Web site will 
also provide a database of demographic information that will help FSA 
target the distribution of financial aid materials to specific groups 
of students and/or parents. For example, studies have shown that 
providing student financial assistance information to middle school (or 
elementary school) students and/or their parents dramatically increases 
the likelihood that those students will attend college. The demographic 
information from the Web site will help us to identify potential 
customers in the middle school age range and is information that was 
previously unavailable to us.
    Written requests for information should be addressed to Vivian 
Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4050, 
Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651 or directed to 
her e-mail address [email protected]. Requests may also be 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 his e-mail 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. 02-32034 Filed 12-19-02; 8:45 am]
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