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Association of District Supervisors of
Foreign Languages; and a survey of LRC
Summer workshop participants. Results
from the three surveys will inform the
writing of a final report determining the
impact of the LRC program.
Requests for copies of the information
collection submission for OMB review
may be accessed from https://
edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and
by clicking on link number 4172. 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 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests
Department of Education.
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Acting Director,
Information Collection Clearance
Division, 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: An emergency review has been
requested in accordance with the Act
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507 (j)), since
public harm is reasonably likely to
result if normal clearance procedures
are followed. Approval by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has
been requested by February 5, 2010. A
regular clearance process is also
beginning. Interested persons are
invited to submit comments on or before
March 23, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
regarding the emergency review should
be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
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Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget; 725
17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503, or by e-mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed
to (202) 395–5806.
Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that the Director of OMB provide
interested Federal agencies and the
public an early opportunity to comment
on information collection requests. The
Office of Management and Budget
(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 Acting Director,
Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management, publishes this notice
containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the
information collection. 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. ED 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 respondents, including
through the use of information
technology.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: January 15, 2010.
Angela C. Arrington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Innovation and Improvement
Type of Review: Emergency.
Title: Open Innovation Web Portal.
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Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Education’s (ED) Office of Innovation
and Improvement (OII) has developed a
web-based platform, the Open
Innovation Web Portal (Portal), to
support communication and
collaboration among a wide range of key
education stakeholders, including
practitioners, funders, and the general
public. Once this platform goes on-line,
it will allow geographically dispersed
but like-minded entities to discover
each other and work together to address
some of the most intractable challenges
in education.
OII plans to promote this platform as
a tool for use with the Investing in
Innovation grant program (i3), which
was established as the ‘‘Innovation
Fund’’ in the ‘‘American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009’’ (ARRA),
signed into law by the President on
February 17, 2009. Since passage of
ARRA, the Department has worked with
all possible speed to develop the i3
program, which will conduct three
separate competitions. This new
program will provide $650,000,000 in
competitive grants to Local Education
Agencies (LEAs), non-profit
organizations working in collaboration
with LEAs, or non-profit organizations
working in collaboration with a
consortium of schools. The Department
must obligate funds to i3 grantees before
the end of fiscal year 2010, September
30, 2010. The Department requests
emergency approval under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
of the information collection request
(ICR) for the Portal so that prospective
applicants to the i3 competitions may
use the Portal to identify partners, find
matching funding, and improve the
quality of their applications.
Additional Information: Part of our
intent in implementing the i3 program
is to identify innovative new
approaches proposed by individuals
and organizations that have previously
had limited experience in obtaining
grants in the education sector yet have
promising evidence-based ideas for
improving American education. These
applicants in particular face challenges
in identifying schools or LEAs with
which to partner given their limited
experience in the field. Further,
organizations without existing
relationships in education may find it
difficult to secure the private sector
matching funds required of all grantees
under ARRA. Receiving OMB’s approval
on an emergency basis is thus essential
to launching the Portal and supporting
improved student achievement through
school improvement and reform, one of
the primary objectives of ARRA. Failure
to approve this emergency request
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would cause substantial harm to
precisely the applicants that the i3
program hopes to entice and as a direct
result would negatively impact the
schools and students who would benefit
most from new and improved
approaches to education.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government;
Individuals or households; Not-forprofit-institutions; Private Sector; State,
Local or Tribal Governments.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 4,850.
Burden Hours: 63,050.
Requests for copies of the proposed
information collection request may be
accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov,
by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending
Collections’’ link and by clicking on link
number 4204. 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 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
Education (FIPSE)—Special Focus
Competition: United States (U.S.)Brazil Higher Education Consortia
Program; Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)
2010.
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.116M.
Dates:
Applications Available: January 22,
2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 25, 2010.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: May 25, 2010.
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Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
this program is to provide grants or
enter into cooperative agreements to
improve postsecondary education
opportunities by focusing on problem
areas in postsecondary education or
approaches to improve postsecondary
education.
Priorities: This competition includes
one absolute priority and one
invitational priority.
Absolute Priority: This priority is from
the notice of final priorities for this
program, published in the Federal
Register on December 11, 2009 (74 FR
65764). For FY 2010 this priority is an
absolute priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
U.S.-Brazil Higher Education
Consortia Program (84.116M).
This priority supports the formation
of educational consortia of U.S. and
Brazilian institutions. To meet this
priority, the applicant must propose a
project that supports cooperation in the
coordination of curricula; the exchange
of students, if pertinent to grant
activities; and the opening of
educational opportunities between the
U.S. and Brazil. In order to be eligible
for an award under this priority, the
applicant in the U.S. must be a U.S.
institution and the applicant in Brazil
must be a Brazilian institution. Brazilian
institutions participating in any
consortium proposal under this priority
may apply to the Coordination of
Improvement of Personnel of Superior
Level (CAPES), Brazilian Ministry of
Education, for additional funding under
a separate but parallel Brazilian
competition.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2010, this
priority is an invitational priority.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not
give an application that meets this
invitational priority a competitive or
absolute preference over other
applications.
This priority is:
Projects that support exchanges
between Brazilian universities and U.S.
minority-serving institutions to increase
the participation of underrepresented
minorities in the program.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138–
1138d.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
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Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
apply to all applicants except federally
recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
(IHEs) only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $490,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $30,000–
$35,000 for the first year. $210,000–
$250,000 for the four-year duration of
the grant.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$240,000 for the four-year duration of
the grant.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $100,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education
may change the maximum amount
through a notice published in the
Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 14.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs or
combinations of IHEs and other public
and private nonprofit institutions and
agencies.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Sarah T. Beaton, Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
6154, Washington, DC 20006–8544.
Telephone: (202) 502–7621.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at
1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain a copy of the application package
in an accessible format (e.g., braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the program
contact person listed in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative
(Part III of the application) is where you,
the applicant, address the selection
criteria that reviewers use to evaluate
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests.
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SUMMARY: The Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, 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: An emergency review has been requested in accordance with the
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507 (j)), since public harm is reasonably
likely to result if normal clearance procedures are followed. Approval
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has been requested by
February 5, 2010. A regular clearance process is also beginning.
Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before March
23, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding the emergency review 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, or by e-mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or
faxed to (202) 395-5806.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Director of OMB
provide interested Federal agencies and the public an early opportunity
to comment on information collection requests. The Office of Management
and Budget (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 Acting Director,
Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management, publishes this notice
containing proposed information collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the information collection. 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. ED 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
respondents, including through the use of information technology.
Dated: January 15, 2010.
Angela C. Arrington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Innovation and Improvement
Type of Review: Emergency.
Title: Open Innovation Web Portal.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office of
Innovation and Improvement (OII) has developed a web-based platform,
the Open Innovation Web Portal (Portal), to support communication and
collaboration among a wide range of key education stakeholders,
including practitioners, funders, and the general public. Once this
platform goes on-line, it will allow geographically dispersed but like-
minded entities to discover each other and work together to address
some of the most intractable challenges in education.
OII plans to promote this platform as a tool for use with the
Investing in Innovation grant program (i3), which was established as
the ``Innovation Fund'' in the ``American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009'' (ARRA), signed into law by the President on February 17,
2009. Since passage of ARRA, the Department has worked with all
possible speed to develop the i3 program, which will conduct three
separate competitions. This new program will provide $650,000,000 in
competitive grants to Local Education Agencies (LEAs), non-profit
organizations working in collaboration with LEAs, or non-profit
organizations working in collaboration with a consortium of schools.
The Department must obligate funds to i3 grantees before the end of
fiscal year 2010, September 30, 2010. The Department requests emergency
approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) of the
information collection request (ICR) for the Portal so that prospective
applicants to the i3 competitions may use the Portal to identify
partners, find matching funding, and improve the quality of their
applications.
Additional Information: Part of our intent in implementing the i3
program is to identify innovative new approaches proposed by
individuals and organizations that have previously had limited
experience in obtaining grants in the education sector yet have
promising evidence-based ideas for improving American education. These
applicants in particular face challenges in identifying schools or LEAs
with which to partner given their limited experience in the field.
Further, organizations without existing relationships in education may
find it difficult to secure the private sector matching funds required
of all grantees under ARRA. Receiving OMB's approval on an emergency
basis is thus essential to launching the Portal and supporting improved
student achievement through school improvement and reform, one of the
primary objectives of ARRA. Failure to approve this emergency request
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would cause substantial harm to precisely the applicants that the i3
program hopes to entice and as a direct result would negatively impact
the schools and students who would benefit most from new and improved
approaches to education.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Federal Government;
Individuals or households; Not-for-profit-institutions; Private Sector;
State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 4,850.
Burden Hours: 63,050.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse
Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 4204. 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
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. 2010-1199 Filed 1-21-10; 8:45 am]
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