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OMB Control No: 1840-0759	ICR Reference No: 200912-1840-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200609-1840-004
Agency/Subagency: ED/OPE	Agency Tracking No: 4151
Title: IEPS International Resource Information System (IRIS)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/05/2010
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/04/2010
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2013	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2010
Responses	7,803	0	5,526
Time Burden (Hours)	16,994	0	14,136
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This is a re-clearance of the on-line reporting system, International Resource Information System (IRIS), that IEPS uses to collect annual performance reports from Title VI and Fulbright-Hays grantees. The system is also used by IEPS to disseminate program information to the public.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 20 USC 1121 Name of Law: Higher Education Act, as amended
US Code: 22 USC 2454(b)(6) Name of Law: Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Program

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 20 USC 1121 Name of Law: HEOA

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 57158	11/04/2009
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 5770	02/04/2010
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	7,803	5,526	141	2,136
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	16,994	14,136	1,405	1,453
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: This is a revision of a currently approved collection. The changes in the hours and dollars reflect the time it will take to complete the revised or new screens as well as changes in wages since the previous collection. The increase in cost is partially due to the first-time inclusion of contractor support to maintain and enhance the system. Contractor support has been in place for a number of years but the cost had not been included in prior submissions. The HEOA added a student tracking component to Title VI programs which resulted in new screens and 1405 annualized new burden hours. IEPS has added Evaluation, Foreign Language Instructor, and Results screens in order to collect data regarding program outcomes and these screens have been added as a response to the recommendations contained in the National Academies review of IEPS programs. We have also had an increase in appropriations so there are more grantee respondents using the system. These items account for the remaining additional 1453 burden hours. The reduction in burden is a result of fewer grantees in some programs and/or the streamlining of the collection instruments by reducing the number of data fields on the screens.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $545,860

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Karla Ver Bryck Block 202 502-7632

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