Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; CARES Act Maintenance of Effort (MOE), 47751-47752 [2020-17157]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 152 / Thursday, August 6, 2020 / Notices You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC–2010– 0112, by any of the following methods: Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. The CPSC does not accept comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except through https:// www.regulations.gov. The CPSC encourages you to submit electronic comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above. Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier Written Submissions: Submit comments by mail/hand delivery/courier to: Division of the Secretariat, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504–7479. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number for this notice. All comments received may be posted without change, including any personal identifiers, contact information, or other personal information provided, to: https://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit electronically confidential business information, trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be available to the public. If you wish to submit such information, please submit it according to the instructions for written submissions. Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to: https:// www.regulations.gov, and insert the docket number, CPSC–2010–0112, into the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the prompts. Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours/participant. 20 participants may require 2 additional hours each to provide additional information upon selection. Total Estimated Annual Burden: 2,540 hours (500 participants × 5 hours/ participant) + (20 participants × 2 hours/participant). General Description of Collection: The Commission establishes contests, challenges, and awards to increase the public’s knowledge and awareness of safety hazards, such as carbon monoxide poisoning. The Commission also recognizes those individuals, firms, and organizations that work to address issues related to consumer product safety through awards. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alberta E. Mills, Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission. ADDRESSES: Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7791, or by email to: cgillham@ cpsc.gov. Request for Comments The Commission solicits written comments from all interested persons about the proposed collection of information. The Commission specifically solicits information relevant to the following topics: • Whether the collection of information described above is necessary for the proper performance of the Commission’s functions, including whether the information would have practical utility; • Whether the estimated burden of the proposed collection of information is accurate; • Whether the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected could be enhanced; and • Whether the burden imposed by the collection of information could be minimized by use of automated, electronic or other technological collection techniques, or other forms of information technology. [FR Doc. 2020–17156 Filed 8–5–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6355–01–P CPSC seeks to renew the following currently approved generic collection of information: Title: Contests, Challenges, and Awards. OMB Number: 3041–0151. Type of Review: Renewal of generic collection. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Contestants, award nominees, award nominators. Estimated Number of Respondents: 500 participants annually. In addition, 20 participants may be required to provide additional information upon selection. jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:13 Aug 05, 2020 Jkt 250001 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No.: ED–2020–SCC–0128] Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; CARES Act Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department of Education (ED). ACTION: Notice AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 47751 emergency review of a new information collection DATES: Approval by the OMB has been requested by before August 7, 2020. A regular clearance process is also hereby being initiated. Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before October 5, 2020. ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED– 2020–SCC–0128. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https:// www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily accept comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the docket ID number and the title of the information collection request when requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment 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 Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208D, Washington, DC 20202–8240. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Tara Ramsey, 202–260–2063. 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; E:\FR\FM\06AUN1.SGM 06AUN1 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES 47752 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 152 / Thursday, August 6, 2020 / Notices (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: CARES Act Maintenance of Effort (MOE). OMB Control Number: 1810–NEW. Type of Review: A new information collection. Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Organizations. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 56. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 280. Abstract: This is a request for approval of a new emergency information collection that would solicit from States, Outlying Areas, and State educational agencies (SEAs) maintenance of effort (MOE) data under section 18008 of the CARES Act. Under four programs—the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER Fund, Section 18002) and the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund, Section 18003) and two formula grant programs to the Outlying Areas authorized under Section 18001(a)(1), Education Stabilization Fund-State Educational Agencies (ESF-SEA) and Education Stabilization Fund-Governors (ESF-Governor)—States are required to maintain fiscal effort on behalf of elementary, secondary and postsecondary education. Recipients of the resources from the ESSER Fund, the GEER Fund, the ESF-SEA Fund, and the ESF-Governor Fund have signed Certifications and Agreements, in which they agree to abide by the provisions of the CARES Act, including MOE requirements. The Department is requesting an emergency clearance to meet the requirements of the CARES Act and ensure that States and Outlying Areas are meeting the MOE requirement. In the publication of frequently asked questions regarding the Maintenance of Effort requirement, ED issued guidance and a sample form for States and Outlying Areas to submit this statutorily required data. Additional Information: An emergency clearance approval for the use of the system is described below due to the following conditions. If this collection is not allowed to proceed, the Department will not be able to fulfill the mandates of the CARES Act, and properly monitor that States and VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:13 Aug 05, 2020 Jkt 250001 Outlying Areas maintain the level of support for elementary and secondary education, and State and Outlying Areas support for higher education in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 as agreed to in the GEER Fund, ESSER Fund and ESF-SEA Fund, and ESF-Governor Fund Certifications and Agreements. Dated: August 3, 2020. Kate Mullan, PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. [FR Doc. 2020–17157 Filed 8–5–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Applications for New Awards; Rehabilitation Training: Innovative Rehabilitation Training Program Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications (NIA) for fiscal year (FY) 2020 for the Innovative Rehabilitation Training program, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.263D/E/F. These competitions fund time-limited training projects to develop, refine, implement, evaluate, and disseminate innovative methods of training vocational rehabilitation (VR) personnel and Client Assistance Program (CAP) personnel to support the work of the State VR agencies and the implementation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Rehabilitation Act). In the FY 2020 competitions, the Department is focusing on innovative rehabilitation training in the following areas: CAP (84.263D); assisting and supporting individuals with disabilities pursuing self-employment, business ownership, and telecommuting (84.263E); and field-initiated projects in an area related to VR (84.263F). This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1820–0018. DATES: Applications Available: August 6, 2020. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 3, 2020. Date of Pre-Application Meeting: The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) will post a PowerPoint presentation that SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 provides general information related to RSA’s discretionary grant competitions and a PowerPoint presentation specifically related to this Innovative Rehabilitation Training program competition at https://ncrtm.ed.gov/ RSAGrantInfo.aspx. OSERS will conduct a pre-application meeting specific to this competition via conference call to respond to questions. Information about the pre-application meeting will be available at https:// ncrtm.ed.gov/RSAGrantInfo.aspx prior to the date of the call. OSERS invites you to send questions to 84.263DEF@ ed.gov in advance of the pre-application meeting. The teleconference information, including the 84.263D/E/F pre-application meeting summary of the questions and answers, will be available at https://ncrtm.ed.gov/ RSAGrantInfo.aspx within six days after the pre-application meeting. ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768) and available at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-201902-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cassandra P. Shoffler, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5065A, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–2800. Telephone: (202) 245–7827. Email: 84.263DEF@ed.gov. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description Purpose of Program: The Innovative Rehabilitation Training program is designed to develop (a) new types of training programs for rehabilitation personnel and to demonstrate the effectiveness of these new types of training programs for rehabilitation personnel in providing rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities; (b) new and improved methods of training rehabilitation personnel so that there may be a more effective delivery of rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities by designated State rehabilitation agencies and designated State rehabilitation units or other public or non-profit rehabilitation service agencies or organizations; and (c) new innovative training programs for VR E:\FR\FM\06AUN1.SGM 06AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 152 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47751-47752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17157]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2020-SCC-0128]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; CARES 
Act Maintenance of Effort (MOE)

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department 
of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an 
emergency review of a new information collection

DATES: Approval by the OMB has been requested by before August 7, 2020. 
A regular clearance process is also hereby being initiated. Interested 
persons are invited to submit comments on or before October 5, 2020.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2020-SCC-0128. 
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal 
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily 
accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the docket ID 
number and the title of the information collection request when 
requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that comments 
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment 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 Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 
LBJ, Room 6W208D, Washington, DC 20202-8240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Tara Ramsey, 202-260-2063.

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;

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(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: CARES Act Maintenance of Effort (MOE).
    OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Organizations.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 56.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 280.
    Abstract: This is a request for approval of a new emergency 
information collection that would solicit from States, Outlying Areas, 
and State educational agencies (SEAs) maintenance of effort (MOE) data 
under section 18008 of the CARES Act. Under four programs--the 
Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER Fund, Section 18002) 
and the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER 
Fund, Section 18003) and two formula grant programs to the Outlying 
Areas authorized under Section 18001(a)(1), Education Stabilization 
Fund-State Educational Agencies (ESF-SEA) and Education Stabilization 
Fund-Governors (ESF-Governor)--States are required to maintain fiscal 
effort on behalf of elementary, secondary and postsecondary education. 
Recipients of the resources from the ESSER Fund, the GEER Fund, the 
ESF-SEA Fund, and the ESF-Governor Fund have signed Certifications and 
Agreements, in which they agree to abide by the provisions of the CARES 
Act, including MOE requirements. The Department is requesting an 
emergency clearance to meet the requirements of the CARES Act and 
ensure that States and Outlying Areas are meeting the MOE requirement. 
In the publication of frequently asked questions regarding the 
Maintenance of Effort requirement, ED issued guidance and a sample form 
for States and Outlying Areas to submit this statutorily required data.
    Additional Information: An emergency clearance approval for the use 
of the system is described below due to the following conditions. If 
this collection is not allowed to proceed, the Department will not be 
able to fulfill the mandates of the CARES Act, and properly monitor 
that States and Outlying Areas maintain the level of support for 
elementary and secondary education, and State and Outlying Areas 
support for higher education in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 as agreed to 
in the GEER Fund, ESSER Fund and ESF-SEA Fund, and ESF-Governor Fund 
Certifications and Agreements.

    Dated: August 3, 2020.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2020-17157 Filed 8-5-20; 8:45 am]
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