[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7109-7110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3448]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Acting 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 
March 14, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Karen Lee, 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 Acting 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: February 6, 2003.
Joe Schubart,
Acting Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Consolidated State Performance Report.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 52. Burden 
Hours: 134,768.
    Abstract: This information collection package contains the 
Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR). The Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act (ESEA), in general, and its provision for 
submission of consolidated plans, in particular (see section 14301 of 
the ESEA), emphasize the importance of cross-program coordination and 
integration of federal programs into educational activities carried out 
with State and local funds. States would use the instrument for 
reporting on activities that occur during the 2001-2002 school year. 
The proposed CSPR requests some of the same information as in 2000-
2001, with a few modifications to eliminate certain sections. The 
Department is working actively to revise the content of these documents 
and develop an integrated information collection system that responds 
to No Child Left Behind (NCLB), uses new technologies, and better 
reflects how federal programs help to promote State and local reform 
efforts.
    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 to the 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 Kathy Axt at her 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.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    Type of Review: New collection.
    Title: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program--Phase I--
Grant Application Package (1890-0001) (KA).
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit (primary).
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 50. Burden 
Hours: 3750.
    Abstract: This application package invites small business concerns 
to submit a Phase I research application for the Small Business 
Innovation Research (SBIR) program. This is in response to Pub. L. 106-
554, the ``Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000, H.R. 5667'' (the 
``Act'') enacted on December 21, 2000. The Act requires certain 
agencies, including the Department of Education (ED), to establish a 
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program by reserving a 
statutory percentage of their extramural research and development 
budgets to be awarded to small business concerns for research or R&D 
through a uniform, highly competitive, three-phase process each fiscal 
year. This collection falls under the Streamlined Discretionary 
Process, 1890-0011.
    This collection is being submitted under the Streamlined Clearance 
Process for Discretionary Grant Information Collections (1890-0001). 
Therefore, the 30-day public comment period notice will be the only 
public comment notice published for this information collection.

[[Page 7110]]

    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 Kathy Axt at 
her 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. 03-3448 Filed 2-11-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000-01-P