[Federal Register: December 13, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 240)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request


AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory 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.


DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 13, 2003.


ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Desk 
Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725 
17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503 or should be electronically mailed to the internet 
address Lauren.Whittenberg@omb.eop.gov.


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. 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 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.


    Dated: December 9, 2002.
John Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.


Office of Postsecondary Education


    Type of Review: Reinstatment.
    Title: TRIO Dissemination Partnership Program (84.344).
    Frequency: Once every three years.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
    Responses: 50.
    Burden Hours: 500.
    Abstract: The application form is needed to conduct a national 
competition for the TRIO Dissemination Partnership Program for 
program year 2003-04. The program provides Federal financial 
assistance in the form of grants to institutions of higher education 
and organizations funded before October 7, 1998 for one of the 
Federal TRIO programs. The program provides discretionary grants for 
the purpose of replicating successful practices of TRIO projects to 
other institutions and organizations that are serving TRIO-eligible 
students, but that do not have TRIO grants.
    This information collection is being submitted under the 
Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information 
Collections (1890-0001). Therefore, the 30-day public comment period 
notice will be the only public comment notice published for this 
information collection.
    Written requests for information should be addressed to Vivian 
Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4050, 
Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651 or directed to 
her e-mail address Vivian.Reese@ed.gov. Requests may also be faxed 
to (202) 708-9346. 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 Joseph Schubart at his e-mail address 
Joe.Schubart@ed.gov. 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. 02-31406 Filed 12-12-02; 8:45 am]

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