[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 174 (Thursday, September 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55657-55658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22974]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, 
Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of 
Management, invites comments on the submission for OMB review as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
October 11, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or e-mailed to [email protected] with a cc: to 
[email protected]. Please note that written comments received in 
response to this notice will be considered public records.

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. The 
OMB is particularly interested in comments which: (1) Evaluate whether 
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of 
the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

    Dated: September 1, 2011.
Darrin King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title of Collection: Annual Progress Report for the Access to 
Telework Program under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended.
    OMB Control Number: 1820-0687.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 19.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 219.
    Abstract: Nineteen states currently have Access to Telework 
programs that provide financial loans to individuals with disabilities 
for the purchase of computers and other equipment that support 
teleworking for an employer or self-employment on a full or part-time 
basis. These grantees are required to report annual data on their 
programs to the Rehabilitation Services Administration. This 
information collection provides a standard format for the submission of 
those annual performance reports and a follow-up survey to be 
administered to individuals who receive loans.
    The proposed instrument eliminates an entire section of optional 
information that is not required for submission by the Telework 
grantees, further reducing the burden from approximately 12.5 hours to 
11 hours per state. Section C. Telework Optional Data Elements, which 
are not annual reporting requirements for the Telework grantees, has 
been proposed for removal from the current instrument. The information

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collected in this optional data section includes: 1. Types of Telework 
programs (partnership loans or revolving loans), 2. Interest Rates 
(lowest and highest interest rates established by policy), 3. Loan 
Amounts (lowest and highest loan amounts established by policy), 4. 
Repayment Terms (shortest and longest repayment terms established by 
policy), and Loan Guarantee Requirement, the percentage of the loans 
that must be repaid by the alternative financing program to the lender 
in case of default as established by the agreement with the lender. 
Since the data reported under C. Telework Optional Data Elements of the 
current instrument is not required, grantees did not report this 
information uniformly across programs. If every grantee doesn't report 
in this section, then the data can't be reported in aggregate form. 
This optional section contains information about program features and 
descriptions that may or may not change on an annual basis. Since there 
is limited utility to the annual reporting of this optional 
information, the decision was made to further reduce the burden to all 
grantees by eliminating this section from the current instrument in the 
Management Information System.
    Copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may 
be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or from the Department's Web site at http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link 
and by clicking on link number 4657. 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 the Internet address 
[email protected] or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the 
complete title of the information collection and OMB Control Number 
when making your request.
    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. 2011-22974 Filed 9-7-11; 8:45 am]
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