Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 33 / Friday, February 19, 2010 / Notices 7459 

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. 2010–3258 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Acting 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 March 

22, 2010. 

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 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a 

cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.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 Acting 

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: February 12, 2010. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: William D. Ford Federal Direct 

Loan Program, Federal Direct PLUS 

Loan Request for Supplemental 

Information. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 101,750. Burden Hours: 

50,875. 

Abstract: The Federal Direct PLUS 

Loan Request for Supplemental 

Information serves as the means by 

which a parent or graduate/professional 

student Direct PLUS Loan applicant 

may provide certain information to a 

school that will assist the school in 

originating the borrower’s Direct PLUS 

Loan award, as an alternative to 

providing this information to the school 

by other means established by the 

school. 

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 4183. 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 

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 directed 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. 2010–3153 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education; Overview Information; 

Improving Literacy Through School 

Libraries Program Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.364A. 

DATES: Applications Available: February 

19, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 20, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 21, 2010. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Improving Literacy through School 

Libraries program is to improve student 

reading skills and academic 

achievement by providing students with 

increased access to up-to-date school 

library materials; well-equipped, 

technologically advanced school library 

media centers; and well-trained, 

professionally certified school library 

media specialists. 

Eligible local educational agencies 

(LEAs) may use funds for the following 

activities: Purchasing up-to-date school 

library media resources, including 

books; acquiring and using advanced 

technology that is integrated into the 

curricula of the school in order to 

develop and enhance the information 

literacy, information retrieval, and 

critical-thinking skills of students; 

facilitating Internet links and other 

resource-sharing networks; providing 

professional development for school 

library media specialists and providing 

activities that foster increased 

collaboration among library specialists, 

teachers, and administrators; and 

providing students with access to school 

libraries during non-school hours, 

including before and after school, 

weekends, and summer vacations. (20 

U.S.C. 6383(g)). 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6383. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of final 

clarification of eligible local activities, 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 5, 2004 (69 FR 17894). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$18,570,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 


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