[Federal Register: January 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 11)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.
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.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 17, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Melanie Kadlic, 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 Melanie_Kadlic@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 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.

    Dated: January 12, 2004.
Angela C. Arrington,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Mathematics and Science Partnerships--Basic SEA Information.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal gov't, SEAs or LEAs; 
individuals or household, businesses or other for-profit, not-for-
profit institutions, farms, Federal government.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
     Responses: 780.
     Burden Hours: 31,200.
    Abstract: The Mathematics and Science Partnerships program, Title 
II, part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as 
amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-110) 
became a State educational agency (SEA)-administered formula grant 
program. Section 2202 of the ESEA has the Department make awards to 
SEAs without allowance for its review and approval of a program 
application. Requests for copies of the submission for OMB review; 
comment request may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by 

selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on 
link number 2274. When you access the information collection, click on 
``Download Attachments'' to view. 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 to the e-mail address vivan.reese@ed.gov. 
Requests may also be electronically mailed to the Internet address 
OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or 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 Kathy Axt at her e-mail address 
kathy.axt@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. 04-953 Filed 1-15-04; 8:45 am]

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