Federal Register, Vol. 86, No. 9, Notices, Thursday, January 14, 2021: Department of Education, Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Improper Payments Information Form
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Federal Register pages from Vol. 86, No. 9, Thursday, January 14, 2021, carrying a Department of Education notice, Docket No. ED-2021-SCC-0006, requesting emergency OMB review of a new information collection, the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Improper Payments Information Form, with emergency approval sought by January 13, 2021 and public comments due on or before March 15, 2021. The abstract states that the Department has made over 12,000 HEERF awards under the CARES Act and has determined that over 700 institutions improperly drew down funds totaling over $202 million that must be returned, earning interest beyond the $500 annual cap in 2 CFR 200.305(b). The notice lists OMB Control Number 1840-NEW, 5,138 annual responses and 5,138 burden hours, and is dated January 8, 2021 over the name of Kate Mullan, PRA Coordinator.
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 9 / Thursday, January 14, 2021 / Notices 3141
funding for inland and coastal mail, the preferred mode of submission, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Navigation; status of the Inland at the addresses listed in the FOR
[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0006]
Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF), Board FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
annual report for 2020, and the inland in the following formats: Adobe Acrobat Agency Information Collection
waterways Capital Investment Strategy or Microsoft Word. The comment or Activities; Comment Request; Higher
activities; updates of future IWTF statement must include the author’s Education Emergency Relief Fund
projects currently in Preconstruction, name, title, affiliation, address, and (HEERF) Improper Payments
Engineering and Design (PED) phase for daytime telephone number. Written Information Form
Three Rivers, Arkansas, Mississippi comments or statements being
River-Illinois Waterway Navigation and AGENCY: Department of Education (ED),
submitted in response to the agenda set
Environmental Sustainability Program Office of Postsecondary Education
forth in this notice must be received by
(NESP) and Upper Ohio River (OPE).
Navigation; status of the ongoing the committee DFO or ADFO at least
ACTION: Notice.
construction activities for the five (5) business days prior to the
Monongahela River Locks and Dams 2, meeting so that they may be made SUMMARY: In accordance with the
3, and 4 Project, the Chickamauga Lock available to the Board for its Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
Project and the Kentucky Lock Project; consideration prior to the meeting. requesting the Office of Management
and updates for Inner Harbor Navigation Written comments or statements and Budget (OMB) to conduct an
Canal (IHNC) Lock and Bayou Sorrel received after this date may not be emergency review of a new information
Lock. provided to the Board until its next collection.
Availability of Materials for the meeting. Please note that because the DATES: The Department is requesting
Meeting. A copy of the agenda or any Board operates under the provisions of emergency processing and OMB
updates to the agenda for the February the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as approval for this information collection
9, 2021 virtual meeting will be amended, all written comments will be by January 13, 2021; and therefore, the
available. The final version will be treated as public documents and will be regular clearance process is hereby
available at the virtual meeting. All made available for public inspection. being initiated to provide the public
materials will be posted to the website with the opportunity to comment under
after the meeting. Verbal Comments: Members of the
the full comment period. Interested
Public Accessibility to the Meeting: public will be permitted to make verbal
persons are invited to submit comments
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, comments during the virtual public on or before March 15, 2021.
and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102–3.1 meeting only at the time and in the
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
65, and subject to the availability of manner allowed herein. If a member of
documents related to the information
space, this virtual meeting is open to the the public is interested in making a collection listed in this notice, please
public. Registration of members of the verbal comment at the open virtual use http://www.regulations.gov by
public who wish to participate in the meeting, that individual must submit a searching the Docket ID number ED–
virtual meeting will begin at 8:15 a.m. request, with a brief statement of the 2021–SCC–0006. Comments submitted
on the day of the meeting. Participation subject matter to be addressed by the in response to this notice should be
is on a first-to-arrive basis. Any comment, at least three business (3) submitted electronically through the
interested person may participate in the days in advance to the committee DFO Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
meeting, file written comments or or ADFO, via electronic mail, the www.regulations.gov by selecting the
statements with the committee, or make preferred mode of submission, at the Docket ID number or via postal mail,
verbal comments during the virtual addresses listed in the FURTHER commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
public meeting, at the times, and in the INFORMATION CONTACT section. The If the regulations.gov site is not
manner, permitted by the committee, as
committee DFO and ADFO will log each available to the public for any reason,
set forth below.
Special Accommodations: Individuals request to make a comment, in the order ED will temporarily accept comments at
requiring any special accommodations received, and determine whether the ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the
related to the virtual public meeting or subject matter of each comment is docket ID number and the title of the
seeking additional information about relevant to the Board’s mission and/or information collection request when
the procedures, should contact Mr. the topics to be addressed in this public requesting documents or submitting
Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr. meeting. A 15-minute period near the comments. Please note that comments
Riley, an ADFO, at the email addresses end of the meeting will be available for submitted by fax or email and those
or telephone numbers listed in the FOR verbal public comments. Members of submitted after the comment period will
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, the public who have requested to make not be accepted. Written requests for
at least five (5) business days prior to a verbal comment and whose comments information or comments submitted by
the meeting so that appropriate have been deemed relevant under the postal mail or delivery should be
arrangements can be made. addressed to the Director of the Strategic
process described above, will be allotted
Written Comments or Statements: Collections and Clearance Governance
no more than three (3) minutes during
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and and Strategy Division, U.S. Department
this period, and will be invited to speak of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW,
102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the in the order in which their requests
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the LBJ, Room 6W208D, Washington, DC
were received by the DFO and ADFO. 20202–4537.
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public or interested organizations may
submit written comments or statements Thomas P. Smith, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
to the Board about its mission and/or Chief, Operations and Regulatory Division, specific questions related to collection
the topics to be addressed in this virtual Directorate of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps activities, please contact Karen Epps,
public meeting. Written comments or of Engineers. 202–453–6337.
statements should be submitted to Mr. [FR Doc. 2021–00736 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr. BILLING CODE 3720–58–P Department of Education (ED), in
Riley, a committee ADFO, via electronic accordance with the Paperwork
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3142 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 9 / Thursday, January 14, 2021 / Notices
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. virus under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, Pre-Application Webinar information:
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general and Economic Security Act or the The Department will hold a pre-
public and Federal agencies with an CARES Act. Under the CARES Act’s application meeting via webinar for
opportunity to comment on proposed, Higher Education Emergency Relief prospective applicants. Detailed
revised, and continuing collections of Fund (HEERF), the U.S. Department of information regarding this webinar will
information. This helps the Department Education (the Department) has made be provided on the Group Projects
assess the impact of its information over 12,000 awards to institutions of Abroad website at www2.ed.gov/
collection requirements and minimize higher education (IHEs) to support programs/iegpsgpa/index.html.
the public’s reporting burden. It also emergency financial aid to students and Additionally, for prospective applicants
helps the public understand the institutional costs associated with unfamiliar with grantmaking at the
Department’s information collection significant changes to the delivery of Department, please consult our funding
requirements and provide the requested instruction due to the coronavirus. In basics resources at https://www2.ed.gov/
data in the desired format. ED is the course of monitoring these grant documents/funding-101/funding-101-
soliciting comments on the proposed awards, the Department has determined basics.pdf.
information collection request (ICR) that that over 700 IHEs have improperly ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
is described below. The Department of drawn down funds from their award obtaining and submitting an
Education is especially interested in accounts, totaling over $202 million in application, please refer to our Common
public comment addressing the funds that must now be returned. Instructions for Applicants to
following issues: (1) Is this collection Furthermore, during the time that these Department of Education Discretionary
necessary to the proper functions of the funds have been drawn down, grantees Grant Programs, published in the
Department; (2) will this information be are earning additional interest in excess Federal Register on February 13, 2019
processed and used in a timely manner; of the $500 annual cap prescribed by 2 (84 FR 3768) and available at
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; CFR 200.305(b) of the Uniform www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-
(4) how might the Department enhance Guidance. The Department is concerned 02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.
the quality, utility, and clarity of the that this excess interest, without an FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cory
information to be collected; and (5) how expeditious inventory and response by Neal, U.S. Department of Education, 400
might the Department minimize the our grantees, may be difficult to Maryland Avenue SW, room 258–12,
burden of this collection on the account. Therefore, in order to process Washington, DC 20202. Telephone:
respondents, including through the use the return of these funds more (202) 453–6137. Email: GPA@ed.gov.
of information technology. Please note efficiently and prevent any further If you use a telecommunications
that written comments received in earnings beyond the interest cap, we are device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
response to this notice will be requesting emergency approval of a telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
considered public records. short form that will allow the grantee to Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
Title of Collection: Higher Education provide the Department with 8339.
Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) information regarding the funds being
Improper Payments Information Form. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
returned.
OMB Control Number: 1840–NEW. Full Text of Announcement
Type of Review: A new information Dated: January 8, 2021.
collection. Kate Mullan, I. Funding Opportunity Description
Respondents/Affected Public: Private PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Purpose of Program: The purpose of
Sector; State, Local, and Tribal Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, the Fulbright-Hays GPA Program is to
Governments.Total Estimated Number Office of Chief Data Officer. promote, improve, and develop the
of Annual Responses: 5,138. [FR Doc. 2021–00571 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] study of modern foreign languages and
Total Estimated Number of Annual BILLING CODE 4000–01–P area studies in the United States. The
Burden Hours: 5,138. program provides opportunities for
Abstract: Under the CARES Act’s faculty, teachers, and undergraduate
Higher Education Emergency Relief DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION and graduate students to conduct
Fund (HEERF), the Department has individual and group projects overseas.
made over 12,000 awards to institutions Applications for New Awards;
Projects may include either (1) short-
of higher education (IHEs) to support Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad
term seminars, curriculum
emergency financial aid to students and Program
development, group research or study,
institutional costs associated with AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary or (2) long-term advanced intensive
significant changes to the delivery of Education, Department of Education. language programs.
instruction due to the coronavirus. This ACTION: Notice. This competition invites applicants to
form will be used by institutions that submit an application to request support
have improperly drawn down funds SUMMARY: The Department of Education for either a Fulbright-Hays GPA short-
from their award accounts to provide is issuing a notice inviting applications term project (GPA short-term projects
the Department with information for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the 84.021A) or a Fulbright-Hays GPA long-
regarding funds being returned to Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad term project (GPA long-term projects
correct these improper payments. (GPA) Program, Assistance Listing 84.021B). Applicants must clearly
Additional Information: An Numbers 84.021A and 84.021B. This indicate on the SF 424, the Application
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emergency clearance approval for the notice relates to the approved for Federal Assistance cover sheet,
use of the system is described below information collection under OMB whether they are applying for a GPA
due to the following conditions: Under control number 1840–0792. short-term project (84.021A) or a GPA
the current unprecedented national DATES: long-term project (84.021B). Additional
health emergency, Congress and the Applications Available: January 14, submission requirements are included
President have come together to offer 2021. in the application package.
relief to those individuals and Deadline for Transmittal of There are three types of GPA short-
industries affected by the COVID–19 Applications: March 15, 2021. term projects: (1) Short-term seminar
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