13060 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2024 / Notices 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the 

general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the public’s reporting burden. 

It also helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department 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. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Gainful 

Employment/Financial Value 

Transparency Reporting Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

local, and Tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 149,800. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,665,823. 

Abstract: The regulations in § 668.408 

in Subpart Q—Financial Value 

Transparency, that were negotiated in 

2022 and the Final Rule published in 

2023, establish reporting requirements 

for postsecondary institutions who 

participate in the title IV programs 

under the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

as amended, to report on their students 

who enroll in, complete, or withdraw 

from a gainful employment (GE) 

program or an eligible non-GE program 

in specified award years. The new 

regulations also define the timeframes 

for institutions to report the required 

information. This is a request for a new 

collection to allow the Department to 

obtain the required information and 

assess the burden on institutions. The 

average burden hours of 2,665,823 is for 

the average 149,860 responses for 4,518 

respondents over 3 years. We divided 

the total 3 year burden hours of 

7,997,468, and the 499,580 responses by 

3 to obtain these averages. 

Dated: February 15, 2024. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03512 Filed 2–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0029] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Application Package for the Graduate 

Assistance in Areas of National Need 

(GAANN) Program (1894–0001) 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

reinstatement without change of a 

previously approved information 

collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be submitted within 30 days of 

publication of this notice. Click on this 

link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain to access the site. Find this 

information collection request (ICR) by 

selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ 

under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then 

check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public 

Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov 

provides two links to view documents 

related to this information collection 

request. Information collection forms 

and instructions may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Information 

Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting 

statements and other supporting 

documentation may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Rebecca Ell, 

(202) 453–6348. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department 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. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Application 

package for the Graduate Assistance in 

Areas of National Need (GAANN) 

Program (1894–0001). 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0604. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement 

without change of a previously 

approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector; State, Local, and Tribal 

Governments Total Estimated Number 

of Annual Responses: 325. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 8,954. 

Abstract: This information collection 

provides the U.S. Department of 

Education with information needed to 

evaluate, score and rank the quality of 

the projects proposed by institutions of 

higher education applying for a 

Graduate Assistance in Areas of 

National Need grant. Title VII, Part A, 

Subpart 2 of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965, as amended, requires the 

collection of specific data that are 

necessary for applicant institutions to 

receive an initial competitive grant and 

non-competing continuation grants for 

the second and third years. 

This 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. 

Dated: February 15, 2024. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03465 Filed 2–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Revision 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 


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