Notice2024-12483
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; International Resource Information System (IRIS)
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Published
June 7, 2024
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 111 (Friday, June 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48603-48604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12483]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0052]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; International Resource Information System (IRIS)
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently
approved information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
July 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice. Click on this link <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a> to access the site. Find this information collection request
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox.
<a href="http://Reginfo.gov">Reginfo.gov</a> provides two links to view documents related to this
information collection request. Information collection forms and
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents'' link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Sara Starke, 202-987-0391.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department 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: International Resource Information System
(IRIS).
OMB Control Number: 1840-0759.
Type of Review: An extension without change of a currently approved
ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector; Individuals and
Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 6,596.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 35,712.
Abstract: Information Resource Information System (IRIS) is an
online performance reporting system for grantees of International and
Foreign Language Education (IFLE) programs. The site also allows for
IFLE program officers to process overseas language requests, travel
authorization requests,
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and grant activation requests. IRIS keeps a record of these requests
and also of Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship
recipients and grantee performance reports.
This is a request for an extension of IRIS, which will permit the
continued collection of project and program performance data for IFLE
programs: (1) American Overseas Research Centers (AORC), (2) Business
and International Education (BIE), (3) Centers for International
Business Education (CIBE), (4) Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)
Fellowships, (5) Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP), (6)
International Research and Studies (IRS), (7) Language Resource Centers
(LRC), (8) National Resource Centers (NRC), (9) Technological
Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA),
(10) Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL),
(11) Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program
(DDRA), (12) Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA), (13)
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA), and (14) Fulbright-Hays
Seminars Abroad (SA).
Dated: June 4, 2024.
Kun 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. 2024-12483 Filed 6-6-24; 8:45 am]
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