[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20636-20637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8877]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, 
Information Management and Privacy Services, Office of Management, 
invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 13, 2011.

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, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or e-mailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#620d0b10033d1117000f0b11110b0d0c220d0f004c070d124c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89e6e0fbe8d6fafcebe4e0fafae0e6e7c9e6e4eba7ece6f9a7eee6ff">[email protected]</span></a> with a cc: to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#216862654e424a44556c46536144450f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b32383f1418101e0f361c093b1e1f551c140d">[email protected]</span></a>. Please note that written comments received in 
response to this notice will be considered public records.

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. The 
OMB is particularly interested in comments which: (1) Evaluate whether 
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of 
the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other

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technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

    Dated: April 8, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Information 
Management and Privacy Services, Office of Management.

Office of Postsecondary Education

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title of Collection: Application for Grants under the Predominantly 
Black Institutions Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1840-0797.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 40.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,400.
    Abstract: The Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) Program is 
authorized under Title III, Part F of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
as amended (HEA). The PBI Program makes grant awards to eligible 
colleges and universities to support the strengthening of PBIs to carry 
out programs in the following areas: Science, technology, engineering, 
or mathematics; health education; internationalization or 
globalization; teacher preparation; or improving the educational 
outcomes of African American males. Grants support the establishment or 
strengthening of such programs that are designed to increase the 
institutions capacity to prepare students for instruction in the above 
noted fields. Grants are awarded competitively. This information 
collection is necessary to comply with Title III, Part F of the HEA.
    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.
    Copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may 
be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or from the Department's Web site at http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link 
and by clicking on link number 4481. When you access the information 
collection, click on ``Download Attachments '' to view. Written 
requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. 
Requests may also be electronically mailed to the Internet address 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88c1cbcce7ebe3edfcc5effac8edeca6efe7fe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d747e79525e565849705a4f7d5859135a524b">[email protected]</span></a> or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the 
complete title of the information collection and OMB Control Number 
when making your request.
    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. 2011-8877 Filed 4-12-11; 8:45 am]
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