Subject: Employment Certification for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

Publication Date: August 12, 2011

Posted Date: August 12, 2011

FR Type: Notice

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 50189]
[From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20565]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Comment Request.

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division,
Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of
Management, invites comments on the submission for OMB review as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 12, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or e-mailed oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a cc: to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please note that written comments received in
response to this notice will be considered public records.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. The
OMB 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 agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity 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 the 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.

Dated: August 8, 2011.
Darrin King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.

Federal Student Aid

Type of Review: NEW.
Title of Collection: Employment Certification for Public Service
Loan Forgiveness.
OMB Control Number: Pending.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,073,643.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,036,822.
Abstract: This form serves as the means by which eligible borrowers
in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program indicate eligible
employment for the purpose of final forgiveness under the Public
Service Loan Forgiveness Program. The Department and its Direct Loan
Program servicers will use the information collected on the Employment
Certification for Public Service Loan Forgiveness form to determine
whether a borrower has worked for a qualified employer during the
certification period and whether payments made against a borrower's
outstanding Direct Loan balance were qualifying payments for the
purpose of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may
be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or from the Department's Web site at http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link
number 4563. When you access the information
collection, click on "Download Attachments" to view. Written requests
for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may
also be electronically mailed to the Internet address
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-
8339.

[FR Doc. 2011-20565 Filed 8-11-11; 8:45 am]
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Subject: Employment Certification for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.