[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3616-3617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1606]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: United States Information Agency.
ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; comment request.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces that the following
information collection activity has been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. USIA is requesting
approval of an information collection entitled ``Applications for
Administrative and Teaching Exchanges/Seminars Abroad'' under OMB
control number 3116-0181 which is scheduled to expire on February 28,
1998. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
The information collection activity involved with the program is
conducted pursuant to the mandate given to the United States
Information Agency under the terms and conditions of the Mutual and
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, P.L. 87-256.
DATES: Comments are due on or before February 23, 1998.
COPIES: Copies of the Request for Clearance (OMB 83-I), supporting
statement, and other documents that have been submitted to OMB for
approval may be obtained from the USIA Clearance Officer. Comments
should be submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for USIA, and also to the USIA
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Agency Clearance Officer, Ms.
Jeannette Giovetti, United States Information Agency, M/AOL, 301 Fourth
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547, telephone (202) 619-4408,
internet address [email protected] GOV; and OMB review: Ms. Victoria
Wassmer, Officer of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Docket Library,
Room 1002, NEOB, Washington, D.C. 20503, Telephone (202) 395-5871.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless
it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this
collection of information was published on November 25, 1997 (vol. 62,
no. 227). Public reporting burden for this collection of information
(Paper Work Reduction Project: OMB No. 3116-0181) is estimated to
average two (2) hours per response. Responses are voluntary and
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respondents are required to respond only one time, including the time
for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering
and maintaining the date needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the United States Information
Agency, M/AOL, 301 Fourth Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547; and to
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Docket Library, Room 10202,
NEOB, Washington, D.C. 20503.
Current Actions
This information collection has been submitted to OMB for the
purpose of requesting reinstatement for a three-year period and
approval of revisions regarding the total annual burden hours.
Title: ``Applications for Administrative and Teaching Exchanges/
Seminars Abroad''.
Form Number: IAP-92.
Abstract: To be used by applicants under the Fulbright Teacher
Exchange Program which provides opportunities for U.S. Teachers to
exchange positions for designated periods with foreign counterparts, or
to attend one of a number of short-term seminars abroad on a variety of
topics.
Proposed Frequency of Responses:
No. of Respondents--940
Recordkeeping House--2.0
Total Annual Burden--1880
Dated: January 16, 1998.
Rose Royal,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 98-1606 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]
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