Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 14/12/2001

Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests

On December 7, 2001, a notice was published for the Discretionary Grant collection, "Generic Application Package for Discretionary Grant Programs" in the Federal Register (Volume 66, Number 236) dated December 7, 2001. This collection needed to be processed through the emergency clearance process. Refer to last week's publication for the specific details of the collection. Since this information collection is now an emergency, ED is requesting OMB approval by December 17, 2001. ED is requesting emergency processing and a December 17 approval for this information collection since it could potentially result in public harm if this collection went through the normal clearance process. Approval by this date is urgent and directly relates to the nature of the work that will be funded under the grants to be awarded using this information collection. Applications for research grants must be available in early January in order to provide applicants with sufficient time to develop and submit strong research applications by March 1, 2002. The Department of Education must award these grants by the end of April or sooner to allow the involved local education agencies--essential participants in