[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31314]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Submission for OMB Emergency Review, Comment Request
action: Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Reengineered
Foreign Students Pilot Program.
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The Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service
has submitted the following information request (ICR) utilizing
emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The INS was mandated by Congress under Subtitle
D, Section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 to test a prototype of a reengineered
Foreign Student and School Program. The statutory time line for
implementation of this pilot program mandated by the Attorney General
requires an emergency review of this information collection. A copy of
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by
calling the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Director, Policy
Directives and Instructions Branch, Richard Sloan (202-616-7600). This
request for emergency approval, if approved, is good until June 9,
1997. Additionally, this notice will also serve as the 60 day public
notification for comments as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be
forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn:
OMB Desk Officer for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Office
of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20530 (202-395-
7316).
The Office of Management and Budget 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 agencies/components estimate of
the burdens of the proposed collection of information, including the
validly 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 collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Overview of this information collection:
(1) Type of Information Collection: New Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Reengineered Foreign Students
Pilot Program.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: No agency form number.
Office of Examinations--Adjudications Division, Immigration and
Naturalization Service.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Not-for-profit institutions,
Business or other for-profit. The INS and the United States and
Information Agency (USIA) are initiating a pilot project to test a
prototype of a reengineered Foreign Student and School Program as
mandated under Subtitle D, Section 641 of the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. The pilot effort will
test an administrative process to use a computer-supported notification
and reporting process from schools to the INS regarding foreign
students and exchange visitors through the duration of their status in
the United States.
(5) As estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 50 respondents
at 60 hours per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 3,000 annual hours.
If additional information is required contact: Mr. Robert B.
Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division,
Suite 850, Washington Center, 1001 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: December 4, 1996.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 96-31314 Filed 12-9-96; 8:45 am]
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