[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 116 (Friday, June 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34970-34971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9417]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Comment Request For Collection: Scholarship 
for Service Program Internet Web Page

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit a request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). The OPM is requesting OMB to approve a 
collection associated with the Scholarship For Service (SFS) Program 
Internet Web page. Approval of the Web page is necessary to facilitate 
the timely registration, selection and placement of program-enrolled 
students in Federal agencies.
    The SFS Program was established by the National Science Foundation 
in accordance with the Federal Cyber Service Training and Education 
Initiative as described in the President's National Plan for 
Information Systems Protection. This program seeks to

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increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of 
information assurance and computer security in an effort to respond to 
the threat to the Federal Government's information technology 
infrastructure. The program provides capacity building grants to 
selected 4-year colleges and universities to develop or improve their 
capacity to train information assurance professionals. It also provides 
selected 4-year colleges and universities scholarship grants to attract 
students to the information assurance field. Participating students who 
receive scholarships from this program are required to serve a 10-week 
internship during their studies and complete a post-graduation 
employment commitment equivalent to the length of the scholarship or 
one year, whichever is longer.
    OPM projects that 450 students will graduate from participating 
institutions over the next three years. These students will need 
placement in addition to the 180 students needing placement this year. 
This is a new collection of information. Based on other programs that 
collect similar information, we estimate the collection of information 
for registering and creating an online resume to be 45 minutes to 1 
hour in length of time to answer questions. We estimate the total 
number of hours to be 630.
    Comments are particularly invited on: Whether this information is 
necessary for the proper performance of functions of OPM, 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 in which we can minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to 
respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    For copies of this proposal, contact Kathy Roberson (210) 805-2423, 
ext. 506; fax (210) 805-2407 or e-mail to [email protected]. 
Please include your mailing address with your request.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within sixty (60) 
calendar days from the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to:U.S. Office of Personnel 
Management, ATTN: Kathy Roberson, 8610 Broadway, Rm. 305,San Antonio, 
TX 78217.E-mail: [email protected].

Office of Personnel Management.
Dan G. Blair,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E6-9417 Filed 6-15-06; 8:45 am]
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