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(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, 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 May 29,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Acting

Desk Officer, Department of Education,

Office of Management and Budget, 725

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

Lauren_Wittenberg@omb.eop.gov.

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 Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, 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.

Dated: April 23, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Title: Fulbright-Hays Training Grants:

Faculty Research Abroad Program CFDA

84.019 Doctoral Dissertation Research

Abroad Program CFDA 84.022 (JS).

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public:

Not-for-profit institutions (primary).

Individuals or household.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 670.

Burden Hours: 12560.

Abstract: This application allows

individual graduate students and faculty

members to compete for Fulbright-Hays

fellowships and enables the Department

of Education to make awards to U.S.

institutions of higher education to

develop and improve modern foreign

language and area studies training

programs.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

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

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, D.C.

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or the

collection activity requirements should

be directed to SCHUBART at (202) 708–

9266. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Institute on Disability and

Rehabilitation Research

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services, Department of

Education.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Funding

Priorities for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2001–

2003 for three Disability and

Rehabilitation Research Projects.

SUMMARY: We propose three funding

priorities under the Disability and

Rehabilitation Research Projects and

Centers Program (DRRP): Strategies for

Promoting Information Technology (IT)-

based Educational Opportunities for

Individuals with Disabilities, Strategies

for Promoting Information Technology

(IT)-based Employment and Training

Opportunities for Individuals with

Disabilities, and Wayfinding

Technologies for Individuals Who are

Blind under the National Institute on

Disability and Rehabilitation Research

(NIDRR) for FYs 2001–2003. We may

use these priorities for competitions in

FY 2001 and later years. We take this

action to focus research attention on

areas of national need. We intend these

priorities to improve the rehabilitation

services and outcomes for individuals

with disabilities.

DATES: We must receive your comments

on or before May 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: All comments concerning

these proposed priorities should be

addressed to Donna Nangle, U.S.

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., room 3414, Switzer

Building, Washington, DC 20202–2645.

Comments may also be sent through the

Internet: donna_nangle@ed.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donna Nangle. Telephone: (202) 205–

5880. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the TDD number at (202)

205–4475.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternative

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

the preceding paragraph.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Invitation to Comment

We invite you to submit comments

regarding these proposed priorities.

We invite you to assist us in

complying with the specific

requirements of Executive Order 12866

and its overall requirement of reducing

regulatory burden that might result from

these proposed priorities. Please let us

know of any further opportunities we

should take to reduce potential costs or

increase potential benefits while

preserving the effective and efficient

administration of the program.

During and after the comment period,

you may inspect all public comments

about these priorities in Room 3414,

Switzer Building, 330 C Street SW.,

Washington, DC, between the hours of

8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday of each week

except Federal holidays.