Federal Register: December 26, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 247)
DOCID: FR Doc 01-31611
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Education Department
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Agency information collection activities:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before January 25, 2002.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
SUMMARY:
Submission for OMB review; comment request,
SUPPLEMENTAL 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. 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 Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Type of Review: New.
Title: An Evaluation of the State Program Improvement Grant (SIG) Program.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Notforprofit institutions.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 135. Burden Hours: 306.
Abstract: The purpose of this data collection is to obtain relevant and credible information from an evaluation of the State Improvement Grant Program in order to (1) make midcourse programmatic improvements to the Program, and (2) describe the implementation and progress of the Program to Federal officials, Congress, and other stakeholders. These data will also inform the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Respondents will include SIG Directors, SIG project evaluators, State educational agencies (SEA) policymakers, and SIG subgrant directors in each of the 36 states with currently funded SIG projects.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or should be addressed to
Vivian Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room
4050, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 202024651. Requests may also be electronically mailed to the internet address
OCIO.RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 2027089346. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be directed to Sheila Carey at (202) 7086287 or
via her internet address Sheila.Carey@ed.gov. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 18008778339.
Dated: December 19, 2001.
John Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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