[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17883-17884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6703]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 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 10, 2007.

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, 
Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are encouraged to submit responses 
electronically by e-mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b2422392a14383e29262238382224250b242629652e243b652c243d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="630c0a11023c1016010e0a10100a0c0d230c0e014d060c134d040c15">[email protected]</span></a> or via fax to 
(202) 395-6974. Commenters should include the following subject line in 
their response ``Comment: [insert OMB number], [insert abbreviated 
collection name, e.g., ``Upward Bound Evaluation'']. Persons submitting 
comments electronically should not submit paper copies.

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 IC Clearance Official, 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

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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 5, 2007.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, 
Office of Management.

Office of Vocational and Adult Education

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: National Research Center for Career and Technical Education.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or 
Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
     Responses: 10.
     Burden Hours: 3,600.
    Abstract: Section 114(d)(4) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act of 2006 (the Act), authorizes the Secretary, 
after consulting with the States, to establish a national research 
center for the purposes of conducting scientifically based research and 
evaluation, disseminations, and training activities. Further, section 
114(d)(5) of the Act authorizes the Secretary to carry out technical 
assistance to States for the purpose of developing, improving, and 
identifying the most successful methods and techniques for providing 
career and technical education programs assisted under the Act. The 
Secretary plans to provide this technical assistance through the 
research center. The purpose of this information collection is to 
invite applications for a national research center competition that 
implements sections 114(d)(4) and (5) of the Act, under which the 
Secretary will award a cooperative agreement to establish a research 
center.
    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.
    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 
2287. 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., 
Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also 
be electronically mailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aae3e9eec5c9c1cfdee7cdd8eacfce84cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2ebe1e6cdc1c9c7d6efc5d0e2c7c68cc5cdd4">[email protected]</span></a> or faxed to 202-245-
6623. 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6d242e29020e060819200a1f2d0809430a021b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="256c66614a464e40516842576540410b424a53">[email protected]</span></a>. 
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. E7-6703 Filed 4-9-07; 8:45 am]
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