[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1444-1445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-530]


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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 
February 10, 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.


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    Dated: January 7, 2003.
John D. Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.

Federal Student Aid

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Guaranty Agency Financial Report (JS).
    Frequency: Monthly, annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs 
(primary), Businesses or other for-profit.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
     Responses: 612;
     Burden Hours: 33660.
    Abstract: The Guaranty Agency Financial Report is used to request 
payments from and make payments to the Department of Education under 
the FFEL program authorized by Title IV, Part B of the HEA of 1965, as 
amended. The report is also used to monitor the agency's financial 
activities, including activities concerning its federal fund; operating 
fund and the agency's restricted account.
    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 Lew Oleinick 
at (202) 205-3516 or 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. 03-530 Filed 1-9-03; 8:45 am]
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