Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 30 / Wednesday, February 13, 2008 / Notices 8301 

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 April 14, 

2008. 

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: February 7, 2008. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: U.S. Department of Education 

Supplemental Information for the SF–

424. 

Frequency: Other: For new awards. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs (primary), 

Individuals or household, Businesses or 

other for-profit, Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 26,000. 

Burden Hours: 7,860. 

Abstract: In the previous clearance of 

the 1890–0017 collection in 2004, the 

U.S. Department of Education (ED) 

cleared the Application for Federal 

Education Assistance or ED 424 under 

this collection number. Since that time, 

ED has discontinued use of the ED 424 

Form and has begun using the SF–424, 

Application for Federal Assistance, 

together with the U.S. Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

the SF–424 form. ED made a policy 

decision to switch to the SF–424 in 

keeping with Federal-wide forms 

standardization and streamlining efforts, 

especially with widespread agency use 

of Grants.gov. There were several data 

elements/questions on the ED 424 that 

were required for ED applicants that 

were not included on the SF–424. 

Therefore, ED put these questions that 

were already cleared as part of the 

1890–0017 collection on a form entitled 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Supplemental Information for the SF–

424. 

The forms in the SF–424 forms family 

(e.g., the SF–424 Core Form, SF–424M 

and SF–424R&R) have already been 

cleared for use by Federal agencies to 

collect certain identifying information 

and other data from grant applicants. In 

this renewal for the collection package 

for 1890–0017, ED is requesting 

clearance only for the U.S. Department 

of Education Supplemental Information 

for the SF–424 form. The questions on 

this form deal with the following areas: 

Project Director identifying and contact 

information; Novice Applicants; and 

Human Subjects Research. The ED 

supplemental information form could be 

used with any of the SF–424 forms in 

the SF–424 forms family, as applicable. 

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 3589. 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., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. 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 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. 08–644 Filed 2–12–08; 8:45am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management 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 March 

14, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, 

Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 

encouraged to submit responses 

electronically by e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax 

to (202) 395–6974. Commenters should 

include the following subject line in 

their response: ‘‘Comment: [insert OMB 

number], [insert abbreviated collection 

name, e.g., ‘‘Upward Bound 

Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting 

comments electronically should not 

submit paper copies. 

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 


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