83 FR 52426 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Recent Graduates Employment and Earnings Survey (RGEES) Standards and Survey Form
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 201 (October 17, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 201 (October 17, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-22520 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 52426-52427] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-22520] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No.: ED-2018-ICCD-0104] Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Recent Graduates Employment and Earnings Survey (RGEES) Standards and Survey Form AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), Department of Education (ED). ACTION: Notice ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 December 17, 2018. 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-2018-ICCD- 0104. 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, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9086, Washington, DC 20202-0023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Beth Grebeldinger, 202-377-4018. 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 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: Recent Graduates Employment and Earnings Survey (RGEES) Standards and Survey Form. OMB Control Number: 1845-0138. Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 22,123. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 7,374. Abstract: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education (Department) is required by regulation to develop an earnings survey to support gainful employment (GE) program evaluations. The regulations specify that the Secretary of Education will publish in the Federal Register the survey and the standards required for its administration. NCES has developed the Recent Graduates Employment and Earnings Survey (RGEES) Standards and Survey Form. The RGEES can be used in a debt-to-earnings (D/E) ratio appeal under the GE regulations as an alternative to the Social Security administration earnings data. Institutions that choose to submit alternate earnings appeal information will survey all Title IV funded students who graduated from GE programs during the same period that the Department used to calculate the D/E ratios, or a comparable period as defined in 668.406(b)(3) of the regulations. The survey will provide an additional source of earnings data for the Department to consider before determining final D/E ratios for programs subject to the gainful employment regulations. Programs with final D/E ratios that fail to meet the [[Page 52427]] minimum threshold may face sanctions, including the possible loss of Title IV federal student financial aid program funds. Dated: October 11, 2018. Kate Mullan, Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management. [FR Doc. 2018-22520 Filed 10-16-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P
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and appealing initial agency CFR part 310. For additional helps the public understand the
determinations are contained in 32 CFR information contact the system manager. Department’s information collection
part 310; or may be obtained from the requirements and provide the requested
HISTORY:
system manager. data in the desired format. ED is
None. soliciting comments on the proposed
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: [FR Doc. 2018–22508 Filed 10–16–18; 8:45 am] information collection request (ICR) that
Individuals seeking to determine BILLING CODE 5001–06–P is described below. The Department of
whether information about themselves Education is especially interested in
is contained in this system should public comment addressing the
address written inquiries to Defense DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION following issues: (1) Is this collection
Security Service, Office of FOIA and necessary to the proper functions of the
[Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0104] Department; (2) will this information be
PA, 27130 Telegraph Road, Quantico,
VA 22134–2253. Requests for vetting Agency Information Collection processed and used in a timely manner;
records not covered by this systems Activities; Comment Request; Recent (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
notice, including vetting records Graduates Employment and Earnings (4) how might the Department enhance
maintained by other DoD Components Survey (RGEES) Standards and Survey the quality, utility, and clarity of the
and other federal agencies, should be information to be collected; and (5) how
Form
addressed to those DoD Components might the Department minimize the
and federal agencies. AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), burden of this collection on the
Signed, written requests should Department of Education (ED). respondents, including through the use
contain the requester’s full name, ACTION: Notice of information technology. Please note
telephone number, street address, email that written comments received in
address, and name and number of this SUMMARY: In accordance with the response to this notice will be
system of records notice. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is considered public records.
In addition, the requester must proposing an extension of an existing Title of Collection: Recent Graduates
provide either a notarized statement or information collection. Employment and Earnings Survey
an unsworn declaration made in DATES: Interested persons are invited to (RGEES) Standards and Survey Form.
accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1746, in the submit comments on or before OMB Control Number: 1845–0138.
December 17, 2018. Type of Review: An extension of an
following format:
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the existing information collection.
If executed outside the United States: Respondents/Affected Public:
‘‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please Individuals or Households.
under penalty of perjury under the laws Total Estimated Number of Annual
of the United States of America that the use http://www.regulations.gov by
Responses: 22,123.
foregoing is true and correct. Executed searching the Docket ID number ED– Total Estimated Number of Annual
on (date). (Signature).’’ 2018–ICCD–0104. Comments submitted Burden Hours: 7,374.
If executed within the United States, in response to this notice should be Abstract: The National Center for
its territories, possessions, or submitted electronically through the Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S.
commonwealths: ‘‘I declare (or certify, Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Department of Education (Department)
verify, or state) under penalty of perjury www.regulations.gov by selecting the is required by regulation to develop an
that the foregoing is true and correct. Docket ID number or via postal mail, earnings survey to support gainful
Executed on (date). (Signature).’’ commercial delivery, or hand delivery. employment (GE) program evaluations.
Please note that comments submitted by The regulations specify that the
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: fax or email and those submitted after Secretary of Education will publish in
The DoD is exempting records the comment period will not be the Federal Register the survey and the
maintained in DUSDI 02-DoD accepted. Written requests for standards required for its
‘‘Personnel Vetting Records System,’’ information or comments submitted by administration. NCES has developed the
from subsections (c)(3), (d)(1), (d)(2), postal mail or delivery should be Recent Graduates Employment and
(d)(3), (d)(4), and (e)(1) of the Privacy addressed to the Director of the Earnings Survey (RGEES) Standards and
Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1), (2), Information Collection Clearance Survey Form. The RGEES can be used
(3), (5), (6), and (7). In addition, in the Division, U.S. Department of Education, in a debt-to-earnings (D/E) ratio appeal
course of carrying out personnel vetting, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9086, under the GE regulations as an
including records checks for continuous Washington, DC 20202–0023. alternative to the Social Security
vetting, exempt records from other FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For administration earnings data.
systems of records may in turn become specific questions related to collection Institutions that choose to submit
part of the records maintained in this activities, please contact Beth alternate earnings appeal information
system. To the extent that copies of Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018. will survey all Title IV funded students
exempt records from those other SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The who graduated from GE programs
systems of records are maintained in Department of Education (ED), in during the same period that the
this system, the Department also claims accordance with the Paperwork Department used to calculate the D/E
the same exemptions for the records Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. ratios, or a comparable period as
from those other systems that are 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general defined in 668.406(b)(3) of the
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maintained in this system, as claimed public and Federal agencies with an regulations. The survey will provide an
for the original primary system of which opportunity to comment on proposed, additional source of earnings data for
they are a part. revised, and continuing collections of the Department to consider before
An exemption rule for this system has information. This helps the Department determining final D/E ratios for
been promulgated in accordance with assess the impact of its information programs subject to the gainful
requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553(b) (1), (2), collection requirements and minimize employment regulations. Programs with
and (3), (c) and (e) and published in 32 the public’s reporting burden. It also final D/E ratios that fail to meet the
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minimum threshold may face sanctions, Full Text of Announcement will be for the duration of the Pilot, plus
including the possible loss of Title IV 12 months thereafter.
Summary of Payment Vehicle Account
federal student financial aid program The Pilot will be administered at
Program Pilot
funds. multiple Schools (‘‘School’’) that
Dated: October 11, 2018. Federal Student Aid (FSA), an office volunteer to participate and are selected
Kate Mullan,
of the United States Department of by FSA in consultation with the Pilot
Education, intends to enter into one or Implementer(s). Evaluation of the Pilot
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
more Cooperative Agreements will be conducted by an independent
Officer, Office of Management. (‘‘Cooperative Agreement’’) for a party using a mixed methods research
[FR Doc. 2018–22520 Filed 10–16–18; 8:45 am]
Program Pilot (‘‘Pilot’’). This Pilot is protocol, which combines quantitative
intended to guide the establishment and and qualitative assessments to measure
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
delivery of a student-focused electronic benefits and perceptions of Program
Payment Vehicle Account Program utility, efficiency, and ease of use by
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (‘‘Program’’). This Payment Vehicle Customers (‘‘Customer’’) and Schools.
Account (‘‘Payment Vehicle Account’’)
The Government will not make
Application to Pilot; Federal Student will have direct connectivity, through
payments to the Pilot Implementer(s) for
Aid’s Next Generation Financial integration with FSA’s myStudentAid
any aspect of the Pilot. The Pilot
Services Environment—Payment Super Portal Mobile App (‘‘Super Portal
Implementer(s) may not charge any fees
Vehicle Account Program Pilot Mobile App’’), to a robust set of app
to participating Customers for any
functionalities that are important to
AGENCY:Federal Student Aid, aspect of the Payment Vehicle Account
help students pursue, finance, and
Department of Education. or any other activity in association with
complete their postsecondary education.
the Pilot. Additionally, the Pilot
ACTION: Notice. In the first phase of the selection
Implementer(s) must ensure that, for
process for this Pilot, FSA is inviting
participating Schools, the debit fee rate
SUMMARY: The Department of interested parties to submit
or an interchange rate (including for
Education’s Federal Student Aid office Applications to enter into Cooperative
tuition, fees, and School-owned
is issuing a Notice inviting Applications Agreements to serve as Pilot
merchants such as bookstores,
from parties to implement a Pilot of a Implementer(s) (‘‘Pilot Implementer(s)’’)
cafeterias, etc.) will be assessed at $0 or
Payment Vehicle Account Program. in FSA’s Payment Vehicle Account
0 percent.
Program. FSA will, at its sole discretion,
DATES: Student participation in the Pilot is
select one or more parties to serve as
Applications Available: October 17, Pilot Implementer(s) of the Pilot. The voluntary. The Pilot Implementer(s) and
2018. Department has determined that a Pilot Participant(s) (‘‘Pilot
Deadline for Transmittal of Cooperative Agreement is the Participant(s)’’) must have policies to
Applications: November 7, 2018. appropriate vehicle for this Pilot, protect the security and privacy of the
In-Person Presentations for because FSA is not acquiring property personal and private information of
Applications selected to Present (45 or services for the direct benefit or use Customers who elect to participate in
minutes) and Discussion Session (45 of the Government (‘‘Government’’). the Program. See Section I and
minutes): November 21, 2018 to Rather, FSA is transferring a thing of Subsection Privacy of Customer
November 28, 2018. value (including, and of importance, the Information and Restrictions on
Intended Award Date: December 5, authority to use the FSA brand) to the Marketing Use, for more information.
2018. recipient to carry out a public purpose All personal and related transaction
Individuals with disabilities who of support or stimulation authorized by information is the property of the
need an accommodation or auxiliary aid law, which is to improve service to participating Customer and named
in connection with the Application students and other participants in the Issuing Financial Services Institution
(‘‘Application’’) process should email student financial assistance programs. (‘‘Issuing Financial Services
FSAPaymentVehicle@ed.gov. If the FSA will select one or more eligible Institution’’) of the Payment Vehicle
Department of Education Applicants that meet the Program Pilot Account as required by Federal and
(‘‘Department’’) provides an Requirements set forth in this Notice to State laws that apply to financial
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an serve as Pilot Implementer(s), based services institutions. Any use of
individual with a disability in upon the selection criteria and using the participating Customer-specific
connection with the Application process set forth in Sections IV and V Payment Vehicle Account information
process, the individual’s Application of this Notice. must be authorized with explicit
remains subject to all other Using one or more Cooperative participating Customer opt-in methods
requirements and limitations in this Agreements, FSA will authorize one or on a by-occurrence basis, and not
Notice (‘‘Notice’’). more Pilot Implementer(s) to utilize the through general or blanket opt-in
FSA brand in connection with piloting methods. Under the Cooperative
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Agreement, the Pilot Implementer(s)
a Payment Vehicle Account. The Pilot
Please email FSAPaymentVehicle@ will be required to provide noncustomer
Implementer(s) will, thus, be supported
ed.gov. You may also contact Dr. specific, aggregated or disaggregated
and required to establish a Payment
Charles Patterson, Project Advisor at Program-related information to FSA by
Vehicle Account, and will agree to abide
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(202) 377–4133, or Emily Malone, way of reports that ensure the
by customer-friendly terms and
Project Advisor at (202) 377–4624. anonymity of participating Customers.
conditions as defined and updated at
If you use a telecommunications FSA’s sole discretion. The Pilot is
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text I. Opportunity Description
intended to run through December 2020,
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay but may be extended, expanded, or Definitions: For purposes of this
Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. terminated at the sole discretion of FSA. Notice and the Pilot, the following
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The term of the Cooperative Agreement definitions apply:
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| FR Citation | 83 FR 52426 |
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