82 FR 13096 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; G5 System Post Award Budget Drawdown e-Form

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 45 (March 9, 2017)

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 45 (Thursday, March 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13096-13097]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04633]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2017-ICCD-0027]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; G5 
System Post Award Budget Drawdown e-Form

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), Office of Innovation and 
Improvement (OII).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing an extension of an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 8, 2017.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2017-ICCD-
0027. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal 
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please note that comments 
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period 
will not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments 
submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the 
Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 224-82, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kelly Terpak, 202-205-5231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing 
collections of

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information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its 
information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting 
burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The 
Department of Education 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: G5 System Post Award Budget Drawdown e-Form.
    OMB Control Number: 1855-0028.
    Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; 
Private Sector.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 36,592.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 36,592.
    Abstract: In response to grant monitors need for a better reporting 
mechanism for grantee budgets, the G5 team developed a new electronic 
budget form for grantees to complete. This new electronic form requires 
grantees to detail the budget categories from which they are expending 
funds in order for Department grant monitors to track more carefully 
the drawdowns and financial management systems of grantees. Although 
this form may be used by all grantees, at this time only grantees on 
cost reimbursement or route payment status will be required to use this 
form when reporting their budget, requesting funds, and accessing 
funds.
    Current Department regulations sections 74.20-74.28 and 74.50-74.53 
address the financial management and reporting requirements of 
grantees. This form developed in G5 serves as the mechanism for 
grantees to report expenditures and track their spending in order to 
ensure compliance with Department regulations. The currently used 
budget form, the SF 524, is not comprehensive enough to meet the needs 
of grant monitors to efficiently and effectively monitor this sub-set 
of grantees. This data collection extension without change has enhanced 
the ability of grant monitors to track the budgeting of grantees and 
the management of their funds.

    Dated: March 6, 2017.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-04633 Filed 3-8-17; 8:45 am]
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