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Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 3506 (c)(2)(A) requires that the

Director of OMB provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. The Office of

Management and Budget (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 Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests at the beginning of

the Departmental review of the

information collection. 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. ED invites

public comment at the address specified

above. Copies of the requests are

available from Patrick J. Sherrill at the

address specified above.

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: January 22, 1998.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Annual Performance Report and

Report to the Secretary Under the

Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities

Program (Part H, Individuals with

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)).

Abstract: The State Interagency

Coordinating Counsel in each State is

required to submit an Annual Report to

the Secretary on the status of the Early

Intervention Program operated within

the State for infants and toddlers with

disabilities and their families. States are

required to submit a performance report

in accordance with CFR § 80.40. This

collection serves both functions.

Additional Information: Part H of

IDEA requires States to prepare and

submit an annual report to the Secretary

on the status of early intervention

programs for infants and toddlers with

disabilities which they operated within

the State.

Since the Secretary cannot waive the

statutory requirement, it is necessary

that we immediately seek an emergency

review. The collection is for the period

July 1, 1996 through September 30,

1997.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 54.

Burden Hours: 810.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief Information

Officer, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, 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 February

27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

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 Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, publishes this

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 at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

Dated: January 22, 1998.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Application for the Upward

Bound and Upward Bound Math and

Science Centers Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov’t,

SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 1,500.

Burden Hours: 51,000.

Abstract: The application form is

needed to conduct a national

competition for program year 98–99 for

the Upward Bound and Upward Bound

Math and Science Centers. These

applications provide federal financial

assistance in the form of grants to

institutions of higher education, public

and private agencies and organizations,
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combinations of institutions and

agencies, and in exceptional cases,

secondary schools to establish and

operate projects designed to generate

skills and motivation necessary for

success in education beyond secondary

school. The Math and Science Centers

provide an intensive six-week summer

math-science curriculum program.

Office of Vocational and Adult

Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Application for Vocational

Education Direct Grants.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; State,

local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:

Responses: 200.

Burden Hours: 18,000.

Abstract: This form will be used by

applicants to apply for funding under

the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and

Applied Technology Education Act

administered by the Office of Vocational

and Adult Education. The information

will be used to make grants and

cooperative agreements.

This information collection is being

submitted under the Streamlined

Clearance Process for Discretionary

Grant Information Collections (OMB

Control No. 1890–0001). Therefore, this

30-day public comment period notice

will be the only public comment notice

published for this information

collection.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

[CFDA No.: 84.234N]

Projects With Industry

Notice reopening the closing date for

transmittal of applications for new

awards for fiscal year (FY) 1998.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: The deadline date for

transmittal of applications is reopened

from January 13, 1998, to April 21,

1998.

On October 30, 1997, the Secretary

published in the Federal Register (62

FR 58725) a notice inviting applications

for new awards for fiscal year 1998

under the Projects With Industry

program.

The purpose of this notice is to

reopen the deadline date for transmittal

of applications. This action is taken

because a Department World Wide Web

site inadvertently contained the fiscal

year 1997, and not the fiscal year 1998,

application kit and fiscal year 1998

notice inviting applications for new

awards under the Projects With Industry

program. The Department discontinued

public access to the fiscal year 1997

application kit and notice on January 8,

1998, but applicants who visited the

World Wide Web site prior to that date

may have downloaded and mistakenly

used the fiscal year 1997 application kit

to prepare for the fiscal year 1998

competition. Applicants must use the

fiscal year 1998 application kit for the

fiscal year 1998 competition.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: June 20, 1998.

For Applications Contact: The Grants

and Contracts Service Team (GCST),

U.S. Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

3317, Switzer Building, Washington,

D.C. 20202–2649. Telephone: (202) 205–

8351. The preferred method for

requesting applications is to FAX your

request to (202) 205–8717. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format by contacting the

GCST. However, the Department is not

able to reproduce in an alternate format

the standard forms included in the

application package.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martha Muskie, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Room 3320, Switzer Building,

Washington, D.C. 20202–2740.

Telephone: (202) 205-3293.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

format (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

the preceding paragraph.

Electronic Access to this Document:

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the

Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with

Search, which is available free at either

of the previous sites. If you have

questions about using the pdf, call the

U.S. Government Printing Office toll

free at 1–888–293–6498.

Anyone may also view these

documents in text copy only on an

electronic bulletin board of the

Department. Telephone: (202) 219-1511

or toll free, 1–800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option

G—Files/Announcements, Bulletins and

Press Releases.

Note: The official version of a document is

the document published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 795g.

Dated: January 22, 1998.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General,

Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of an altered system of

records.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Act),

the Department of Education

(Department) publishes this notice of

proposed alterations to its system of

records for the Investigatory Material

Compiled for Personnel Security and

Suitability Purposes for the Office of

Inspector General (OIG)—18–10–0002.

These alterations serve to update the

system of records to reflect current

administrative and related procedures,

implementation of computer database

technology, organizational restructuring,

clarification and expanded language to

provide greater detail and description

applicable to the system of records, and

proposed new and revised routine uses

of the information contained in this

system of records. Because the routine

uses have been revised or expanded, the

Department requests comment regarding

the proposed routine uses contained in

this notice.

DATES: Comments on the proposed

routine uses of this system of records

must be received by the Department on

or before February 27, 1998. The

Department filed a report on the altered

system of records with the Chair of the

Committee on Governmental Affairs of

the Senate, the Chair of the Committee

on Government Reform and Oversight of

the House, and the Administrator of the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) on January 23, 1998. This

altered system of records will become

effective after the 30-day period for