[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32426-32427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13717]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION




Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests



AGENCY: Department of Education.



SUMMARY: The Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.



DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 

August 9, 2010.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of



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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 Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office 

of Management, 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.

    The Department of Education is especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this 

information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the 

estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 

(5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on 

the respondents, including through the use of information technology.



    Dated: June 3, 2010.

Stephanie Valentine,

Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, Office of Management.



Institute of Education Sciences



    Type of Review: Revision.

    Title: NCES Cognitive, Pilot, and Field Test Studies System 

Clearance.

    Frequency: Once.

    Affected Public: Individuals or household; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs

    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:



Responses: 45,000

Burden Hours: 9,000



    Abstract: This is a request for a 3-year renewal of the generic 

clearance for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) that 

will allow it to continue to develop, test, and improve its survey and 

assessment instruments and methodologies. The procedures utilized to 

this effect include but are not limited to experiments with levels of 

incentives for various types of survey operations, focus groups, 

cognitive laboratory activities, pilot testing, exploratory interviews, 

experiments with questionnaire design, and usability testing of 

electronic data collection instruments.

    Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request 

may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse 

Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 4319. When 

you access the information collection, click on ``Download 

Attachments'' to view. Written requests for information should be 

addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to [email protected] or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify 

the complete title of the information collection when making your 

request.

    Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically mailed to [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.



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