[Federal Register: April 15, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 71)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division,
Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management
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
May 15, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395-
6974 or send an e-mail to oira_submission@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 Director, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management, 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: April 9, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program--Phase I--
Grant Application Package.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 200.
Burden Hours: 9,000.
Abstract: This application package invites small business concerns
to submit a Phase I application for the Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 84.133). This is in response to Public
Law 106-554, the ``Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000, H.R.
5667'' (the ``Act'') enacted on December 21, 2000. The Act requires
certain agencies, including the Department of Education (ED) to
establish a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program by
reserving a statutory percentage of their extramural research and
development budgets to be awarded to small business concerns for
research or research and development through a uniform, highly
competitive, three-phase process each fiscal year.
This information collection is being submitted under the
Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information
Collections (1894-0001). Therefore, the 30-day public comment period
notice will be the only public comment notice published for this
information collection.
Requests for copies of the information collection submission for
OMB review may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting
the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number
3978. When you access the information collection, click on ``Download
Attachments'' to view. Written requests for information should be
addressed to U.S. Department
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of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, Washington, D.C. 20202-
4537. Requests may also be electronically mailed to the Internet
address ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@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. E9-8545 Filed 4-14-09; 8:45 am]
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