Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 96 / Friday, May 18, 2007 / Notices 28035 

Dated: May 14, 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: Native Hawaiian Career and 

Technical Education Program 

Application for Grants. 

Frequency: Semi-Annually; Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 10. 

Burden Hours: 1,200. 

Abstract: The Native Hawaiian Career 

and Technical Education Program 

(NHCTEP) is a discretionary grant 

program that provides financial 

assistance to projects that offer career 

and technical education training and 

related activities for the benefit of 

Native Hawaiians. Under the new 

legislation, the Carl D. Perkins Career 

and Technical Education Act of 2006, 

eligible applicants for the 2-year 

funding are Native Hawaiian 

community-based organizations 

primarily serving and representing 

Native Hawaiians to plan, conduct, and 

administer programs, or portions 

thereof, which are authorized by and 

consistent with the provisions in section 

116 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

Technical Education Act of 2006. Native 

Hawaiian Community-based 

organizations means any organizations 

that are composed primarily of Native 

Hawaiians from a specific community 

and that assists in the social, cultural, 

and educational development of Native 

Hawaiians in that community. 

Estimated available funds: $2,955,969 

for the first 12 months of the 24-month 

project period. Funding for year two is 

subject to the availability of funds and 

to a grantee meeting the U.S. 

Department of Education’s reporting 

requirements. 

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 3346. 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 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov 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 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov 202–245–6604. 

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. E7–9553 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 17, 

2007. 

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 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. 

The Department of Education is 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Department enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: May 14, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Consolidated State Performance 

Report (CSPR). 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 14,652. 

Burden Hours: 26,888. 

Abstract: This information collection 

package contains the Consolidated State 

Performance Report (CSPR). It collects 

data that is required under section 1111 

of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), 

which mandates the requirements for 

the Secretary’s report to Congress and 

information necessary for the Secretary 

to report on the Department’s 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA) indicators. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 3353. 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 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov 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 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 


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deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E7–9554 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Information Collection Activity; Focus 

Groups—Study of the Feasibility and 

Advisability of Establishing a Program 

of Free Return or Reduced Postage for 

Absentee Ballots 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission has submitted the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The information 

collection was previously published in 

the Federal Register on November 14, 

2006, at 71 FR 66321. The notice 

allowed for a 60-day public comment 

period. Two comments were received 

on this information collection during 

that time period, and as a result the 

number of focus groups was increased 

from three to nine. In addition, each 

selected group will now have one focus 

group from an urban, rural, and 

suburban location to ensure the 

diversity of responses and participants. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

Comments are encouraged and will be 

accepted until June 18, 2007. This 

process is conducted in accordance with 

5 CFR 1320.10. Comments are invited 

on: (a) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before June 18, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to: 

OMB Review: Alexander T. Hunt, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10235, New Executive Office 

Building, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 

395–7316. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please, write to the above address or call 

Ms. Karen Lynn-Dyson at (202) 566–

3100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Study of the Feasibility and Advisability 

of Establishing a Program of Free Return 

or Reduced Postage for Absentee 

Ballots—Focus Groups. 

OMB Number: Pending. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Needs and Uses: Section 246 of the 

Help America Vote Act requires the 

Election Assistance Commission (EAC), 

in consultation with the United States 

Postal Service, to conduct a study on the 

feasibility and advisability of 

establishing a program under which the 

U.S. Postal Service shall waive or 

otherwise reduce the amount of postage 

applicable with respect to absentee 

ballots returned by voters in general 

elections for Federal Office. This study 

does not address the cost to the U.S. 

Postal Service for free postage for 

sending absentee ballots but may 

consider costs to election officials that 

are related to implementing such a 

program including the costs of sending 

absentee ballots to voters. It also does 

not include consideration of the 39 

U.S.C. 3406 provisions for the mailing 

of balloting materials for military and 

overseas absentee voters. 

As part of the study the Commission 

is directed to conduct a nationwide 

survey of potential beneficiaries, 

including the elderly and disabled, and 

to take into account the results of this 

survey in determining the feasibility 

and advisability of establishing such a 

program. This survey will be 

supplemented by focus groups among 

potential beneficiaries—elderly, 

disabled, low-income—to obtain more 

specific information on the challenges 

these populations face when 

participating in election and to assess 

the potential benefit these populations 

might receive from a program of free 

return or reduced postage for absentee 

ballots. At the conclusion of the study 

effort, EAC is required to submit a 

report to Congress with 

recommendations for such legislative 

and administrative action as EAC 

determines appropriate. The report shall 

contain an analysis of the feasibility of 

implementing such a program and an 

estimate of the costs. It is required to 

specifically contain recommendations 

regarding the elderly and disabled 

populations, including ways a free 

absentee ballot return postage program 

would target these populations and 

identify methods to increase the number 

or such individuals who vote in 

elections for Federal office. 

Affected Public: Citizens. 

Number of Respondents: 108. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Burden Per Response: 1.25 

hours; focus groups will last no longer 

than 1.25 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 135 hours. 

Information will be collected through 

a series of nine focus groups comprised 

of potential beneficiaries of a free and/ 

or discounted absentee ballot postage 

program. Three (3) focus groups will be 

dedicated to issues confronting the 

elderly population, three (3) focus 

groups will be dedicated to issues 

confronting disabled people and three 

(3) focus groups will be dedicated to 

issues confronting the low-income 

citizens. An official from the United 

States Postal Service will observe at 

least one of the planned focus groups. 

The topics that will be explored 

included: 

1. The challenges that the particular 

population faces when participating in 

elections. 

a. Information on respondents’

previous experiences with voting in 

Federal elections. Information on any 

difficulties encountered in the process 

of voting and how the issues were 

resolved. 

2. The concerns members of the 

particular population have about voting 

(e.g. voter intimidation, voter 

confidentiality, security, use of ballots). 

a. Information on particular incidents 

that has prevented respondent from 

being able to vote. 

3. The possible remedies to those 

challenges that would likely increase 

the rates of voter participation in the 

population (e.g. relaxed absentee voting 

laws, better accessibility to polling 

places, voter education). 

a. Information on respondents’

interest in absentee ballot voting. 

4. The likelihood that a free or 

discounted absentee ballot postage 

program would assist the particular 

population. 

a. Information on respondents’

interest in a program of free or 

discounted postage for absentee ballots. 

5. How the program could possibility 

by implemented to target the particular 

population. 

a. Information on creating and 

implementing the program to ensure 

that it benefits the particular 

population. 


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