[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 81438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32754]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Treasury 
Financial Empowerment Innovation Fund Evaluation of a Near-Peer 
Counseling Program for High School and College Students on Pursuing and 
Financing Their Higher Education

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)). The Treasury is soliciting comments concerning a 
proposed information collection under a Treasury Financial Empowerment 
Innovation Fund project to assess the effectiveness of financial 
decision-making components of near-peer counseling for high school and 
college students.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 29, 
2016 to be assure of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this information collection should be 
addressed to the Treasury Office of Consumer Policy contact listed 
below. All responses to this notice will be included in the request for 
OMB's approval. All comments will also become a matter of public 
record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to James Gatz, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Consumer 
Policy, Room 1426, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20220, by telephone on 202-622-3946, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Number: 1505--NEW.
    Title: Information Collections for Evaluation of a Near-Peer 
Counseling Program for High School and College Students on Pursuing and 
Financing their Higher Education.
    Abstract: The Department of the Treasury, Office of Consumer 
Policy, will use a combination of web-based information collection 
tools and in-person interviews to survey high school and college 
students who are participating in a near-peer counseling program that 
seeks to inform them about options for pursuing and financing their 
higher education. The data collected will be used to evaluate the 
effectiveness of the near-peer counseling program. The information 
collections are planned for 2016.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary. Web-based Information 
Collection.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 1,200-1,500 
students.
    Estimated Average Time per Respondents: 15 minutes per student.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 300-375 hours. 
Focus Groups and In-Person Interviews.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 75-150 students.
    Estimated Average Time per Respondents: 30 minutes per student.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 37.5-50 hours.
    Request for Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Office of Consumer Policy, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the above estimate of the burden of the proposed collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on respondents, including through the use 
of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of 
operation, maintenance, and purchase of service to provide information

    Dated: December 23, 2015.
Dawn D. Wolfgang,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-32754 Filed 12-28-15; 8:45 am]
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