[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10687-10688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2932]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0228]


Office of Civil Rights; Information Collection; Nondiscrimination 
in Federal Financial Assistance Programs

AGENCY: Office of Civil Rights, GSA.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a renewal to an 
existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be 
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve a renewal of a currently approved information 
collection requirement regarding nondiscrimination in Federal financial 
assistance programs. The

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clearance currently expires on June 30, 2006. This information is 
needed to facilitate nondiscrimination in GSA's Federal Financial 
Assistance Programs, consistent with Federal civil rights laws and 
regulations that apply to recipients of Federal financial assistance.
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary and whether it will have 
practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this 
collection of information is accurate and based on valid assumptions 
and methodology; and ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: May 1, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evelyn Britton, Compliance Officer, 
Office of Civil Rights, at telephone (202) 501-4347 or via e-mail to 
[email protected].

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to the Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), General 
Services Administration, Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0228, Nondiscrimination in 
Federal Financial Assistance Programs, in all correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The General Services Administration (GSA) has mission 
responsibilities related to monitoring and enforcing compliance with 
Federal civil rights laws and regulations that apply to Federal 
Financial Assistance programs administered by GSA. Specifically, those 
laws provide that no person on the ground of race, color, national 
origin, disability, sex or age shall be excluded from participation in, 
be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination 
under any program in connection with which Federal financial assistance 
is extended under laws administered in whole or in part by GSA. These 
mission responsibilities generate the requirement to request and obtain 
certain data from recipients of Federal surplus property for the 
purpose of determining compliance, such as the number of individuals, 
based on race and ethnic origin, of the recipient's eligible and actual 
serviced population; race and national origin of those denied 
participation in the recipient's program(s); non-English languages 
encountered by the recipient's program(s) and how the recipient is 
addressing meaningful access for individuals that are Limited English 
Proficient; whether there has been complaints or lawsuits filed against 
the recipient based on prohibited discrimination and whether there has 
been any findings; and whether the recipient's facilities are 
accessible to qualified individuals with disabilities.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 500.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Total Responses: 500.
    Hours Per Response: 2.
    Total Burden Hours: 1000.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 
4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 208-7312. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 3090-0228, Nondiscrimination in Federal Financial 
Assistance Programs, in all correspondence.

    Dated: February 23, 2006.
Michael W. Carleton,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-2932 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
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