[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78344-78345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30756]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2013-ICCD-0134]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Rehabilitation Services Administration Grant Re-allotment Form

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 
(OSERS), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing an extension of an 
existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 27, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2013-ICCD-
0134 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please 
note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after 
the comment

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period will not be accepted. Written requests for information or 
comments submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to 
the Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 2E115, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to collection 
activities or burden, please call Tomakie Washington, 202-401-1097 or 
electronically mail [email protected]. Please do not send comments 
here. We will ONLY accept comments in this mailbox when the 
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. 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. Please note that 
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered 
public records.
    Title of Collection: Rehabilitation Services Administration Grant 
Re-allotment Form.
    OMB Control Number: 1820-0692.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of an existing collection 
of information.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 402.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 12.
    Abstract: The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, authorizes 
the commissioner to re-allot to other grant recipients that portion of 
a recipient's annual grant that cannot be used. To maximize the use of 
appropriated funds under the formula grant programs, the Office of 
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services has established a re-
allotment process for the Basic Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants; 
Supported Employment State Grants; Independent Living State Grants, 
Part B (IL-Part B); Independent Living Services for Older Individuals 
Who Are Blind (IL-OB); Client Assistance (CAP) and Protection and 
Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) Programs. The authority for the 
Rehabilitation Services Administration to reallot formula grant funds 
is found at sections 110(b)(2) (VR), 622(b) (SE), 711(c) (IL-Part B), 
752(j)(4) (IL-OB), 112(e)(2) (CAP), and 509(e) (PAIR) of the Act. The 
information will be used by the Rehabilitation Services Administration 
State Monitoring and Program Improvement Division to reallot formula 
grant funds for the awards mentioned above. For each grant award, the 
grantee will be required to enter the amount of funds being 
relinquished and/or any additional funds being requested.

    Dated: December 19, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-30756 Filed 12-24-13; 8:45 am]
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