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Vol. 66, No. 46

Thursday, March 8, 2001

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Notice of Public Information

Collections Being Reviewed by the

U.S. Agency for International

Development; Comments Requested

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International

Development (USAID) is making efforts

to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following proposed and/or continuing

information collections, as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act for 1995.

Comments are requested concerning: (a)

whether the proposed or continuing

collections of information are necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

May 7, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Johnson, Bureau for

Management, Office of Administrative

Services, Information and Records

Division, U.S. Agency for International

Development, Room 2.07–106, RRB,

Washington, DC, 20523, (202) 712–1365

or via e-mail bjohnson@usaid.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB No: OMB 0412–0552.

Form No.: N/A.

Title: Financial Status Report.

Type of Review: Renewal of

Information Collection.

Purpose: USAID wants to continue to

require expanded financial reporting

from recipients of grant and cooperative

agreements (CA) with places of

performance covering multiple

countries. Recipients would be required

to provide financial reports with

expenditure data by country. For

assistance programs which cover

programs in more than one country,

USAID requires recipients to specify in

the ‘‘remarks’’ section of SF–269 and

SF–269A, or other applicable approved

financial report form, by country, the

amount of the total Federal Share which

was expended for each country. USAID

has sought a class deviation to the

statute from the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) in accordance with

the 22 CFR 226.4. The information is

being collected so that USAID may

report to Congress, OMB, and other

requestors per the requirements of the

Government Performance and Results

Act and the Government Management

Reporting Act. Also, the reporting

requirements are necessary to ensure

that USAID funds are expended in

accordance with statutory requirements

and USAID policies. USAID is seeking

this waiver for a period of three years.

Annual Reporting Burden:

Respondents: 118.

Total annual responses: 472.

Total annual hours requested: 800

hours.

Dated: March 1, 2001.

Joanne Paskar,

Chief, Information and Records Division,

Office of Administrative Services, Bureau for

Management.

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BILLING CODE 6116–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

Notice of the National Agricultural

Research, Extension, Education, and

Economics Advisory Board Meeting

AGENCY: Research, Education, and

Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App., the United States

Department of Agriculture announces a

meeting of the National Agricultural

Research, Extension, Education, and

Economics Advisory Board.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Agricultural Research,

Extension, Education, and Economics

Advisory Board, which represents 30

constituent categories, as specified in

section 802 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

(Pub. L. No. 104–127), has scheduled a

National Agricultural Research,

Extension, Education, and Economics

Advisory Board meeting March 19–21,

2001.

On Monday, March 19 through

Wednesday March 21, 2001, the

Advisory Board will hold a general

meeting in Washington, DC. A general

business session of the Advisory Board

will be held on March 19, from 9:00

a.m. until 12:00 noon, and will include

a morning session to hear views on

agricultural research from Congressional

members and staff, a session on the ARS

Peer Review Process for Intramural

National Programs. The afternoon

session will feature representatives from

the office of the Under Secretary for

Research, Education, and Economics

(REE) and its agencies, representatives

and other outside invitees who

represent a variety of interests regarding

funding and policy strategies for

research and education. The meeting

will adjourn at 5:00 p.m. for the day.

A National Stakeholder Symposium is

scheduled for March 20, 2001, from 9:00

a.m. until 5:00 p.m., with the theme of

‘‘Reinventing Agriculture in the 21st

Century through Research and

Education.’’ The objective of the

Stakeholder Symposium is to hear

diverse views from stakeholders across

the country on how we can best shape

21st century American agriculture

through research and education and to

initiate dialogue that will help shape

future Farm Bill legislation as it relates

to research and education opportunities.

On Wednesday, March 21, 2001, the

Advisory Board will focus on future

efforts of the Board in addressing the

transition in the Administration, and

include discussions on increasing

funding support for agricultural

research and education. They will be

articulating their findings from the

meeting and the previous day’s focus

sessions into formal recommendations

for the Secretary of Agriculture. They

will also start focusing on their agenda

for the coming year, which will include

establishment of a rapport with the new

administration on communicating high

priority USDA research and education

opportunities. Limited time will be