Upward Bound grantees must submit the report annually. The reports are used to evaluate the performance of grantees prior to awarding continuation funding and to assess a grantee's proper experience at the end of the budget period. The Department will also aggregate the data across grantees to provide descriptive information on the program and to analyze the impact of the program on the academic progress of participating students.
The program change of 10,287 hours reflects the previous collection's expiration on December 31, 2007. TRIO staff anticipated the expiration and allowed it to occur because grantees will not need to submit data under the instrument until the end of November 2008. It should be noted that, for the previous collection, the total hours requested were 14,250; despite an increase in respondents, the total hours have now decreased by 3,963 due to the significant reduction in the number of fields in the collection instrument. The estimated cost to the Federal government (item #14) has been revised based on a review of actual contractor's costs for Web-based data collection, data analysis, and report preparation and on salary increases for Government staff.
$620,018
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Kathy Fuller 2022197114
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.