[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47442-47443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19068]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2014-ICCD-0114]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; State 
Plan of Assistive Technology

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 
(OSERS), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing an extension of an 
existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
October 14, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting

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Docket ID number ED-2014-ICCD-0114 or via postal mail, commercial 
delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov site is not 
available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily accept 
comments at [email protected]. Please note that comments submitted by 
fax or email and those submitted after the comment period will not be 
accepted; ED will ONLY accept comments during the comment period in 
this mailbox when the regulations.gov site is not available. Written 
requests for information or comments submitted by postal mail or 
delivery should be addressed to the Director of the Information 
Collection Clearance Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 
Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Mailstop L-OM-2-2E319, Room 2E115, 
Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Robert Groenendaal, 202-245-7393.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. 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. Please note that 
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered 
public records.
    Title of Collection: State Plan of Assistive Technology.
    OMB Control Number: 1820-0664.
    Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Federal Government.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 56.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,144.
    Abstract: Section 4 of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as 
amended, requires states to submit an application in order to receive 
funds under the state grant for assistive technology program. This 
information collection will be used by states to meet their application 
requirements and annual data reports. The Rehabilitation Services 
Administration (RSA) calls this application a State Plan for Assistive 
Technology. RSA has eliminated the reporting of Telework activities 
under State Financing activities and reduced burden to grantees by 
setting the performance measure targets in section H of the State Plan.

    Dated: August 7, 2014.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-19068 Filed 8-12-14; 8:45 am]
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