[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20636-20637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8877]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division,
Information Management and Privacy Services, Office of Management,
invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
May 13, 2011.
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, New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or e-mailed to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a cc: to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please note that written comments received in
response to this notice will be considered public records.
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. The
OMB is particularly interested in comments which: (1) Evaluate whether
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of
the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
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technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Dated: April 8, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Information
Management and Privacy Services, Office of Management.
Office of Postsecondary Education
Type of Review: Extension.
Title of Collection: Application for Grants under the Predominantly
Black Institutions Program.
OMB Control Number: 1840-0797.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 40.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,400.
Abstract: The Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) Program is
authorized under Title III, Part F of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended (HEA). The PBI Program makes grant awards to eligible
colleges and universities to support the strengthening of PBIs to carry
out programs in the following areas: Science, technology, engineering,
or mathematics; health education; internationalization or
globalization; teacher preparation; or improving the educational
outcomes of African American males. Grants support the establishment or
strengthening of such programs that are designed to increase the
institutions capacity to prepare students for instruction in the above
noted fields. Grants are awarded competitively. This information
collection is necessary to comply with Title III, Part F of the HEA.
This information collection is being submitted under the
Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information
Collections (1894-0001). Therefore, the 30-day public comment period
notice will be the only public comment notice published for this
information collection.
Copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may
be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or from the Department's Web site at http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link
and by clicking on link number 4481. 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 the Internet address
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
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. 2011-8877 Filed 4-12-11; 8:45 am]
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