[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3616-3617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1606]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces that the following 
information collection activity has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. USIA is requesting 
approval of an information collection entitled ``Applications for 
Administrative and Teaching Exchanges/Seminars Abroad'' under OMB 
control number 3116-0181 which is scheduled to expire on February 28, 
1998. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
    The information collection activity involved with the program is 
conducted pursuant to the mandate given to the United States 
Information Agency under the terms and conditions of the Mutual and 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, P.L. 87-256.

DATES: Comments are due on or before February 23, 1998.

COPIES: Copies of the Request for Clearance (OMB 83-I), supporting 
statement, and other documents that have been submitted to OMB for 
approval may be obtained from the USIA Clearance Officer. Comments 
should be submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for USIA, and also to the USIA 
Clearance Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Agency Clearance Officer, Ms. 
Jeannette Giovetti, United States Information Agency, M/AOL, 301 Fourth 
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547, telephone (202) 619-4408, 
internet address <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7238351b1d041706063227213b335c">[email protected]</a> GOV; and OMB review: Ms. Victoria 
Wassmer, Officer of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Docket Library, 
Room 1002, NEOB, Washington, D.C. 20503, Telephone (202) 395-5871.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a 
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register 
notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this 
collection of information was published on November 25, 1997 (vol. 62, 
no. 227). Public reporting burden for this collection of information 
(Paper Work Reduction Project: OMB No. 3116-0181) is estimated to 
average two (2) hours per response. Responses are voluntary and

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respondents are required to respond only one time, including the time 
for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering 
and maintaining the date needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate 
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the United States Information 
Agency, M/AOL, 301 Fourth Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547; and to 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Docket Library, Room 10202, 
NEOB, Washington, D.C. 20503.

Current Actions

    This information collection has been submitted to OMB for the 
purpose of requesting reinstatement for a three-year period and 
approval of revisions regarding the total annual burden hours.
    Title: ``Applications for Administrative and Teaching Exchanges/
Seminars Abroad''.
    Form Number: IAP-92.
    Abstract: To be used by applicants under the Fulbright Teacher 
Exchange Program which provides opportunities for U.S. Teachers to 
exchange positions for designated periods with foreign counterparts, or 
to attend one of a number of short-term seminars abroad on a variety of 
topics.
    Proposed Frequency of Responses:

No. of Respondents--940
Recordkeeping House--2.0
Total Annual Burden--1880

    Dated: January 16, 1998.
Rose Royal,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 98-1606 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]
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