Student Assistance General Provisions - Subpart E -- Verification Student Aid Application Information

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
12-13 Verif Wksht-Dep-Feb 2.pdf Supplementary Document	2012-02-07
12-13 Verif Wksht-Ind-Feb 2.pdf Supplementary Document	2012-02-07
83C 1845-0041 v6 signed 2 7 2012.pdf Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2012-02-07
1845-0041 v6 Table VERIFICATION 10 19 10.xls Supplementary Document	2010-10-19
1845-0041 v6 SuppState Verification 10 19 10.doc Supporting Statement A	2010-10-20

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
193303	Subpart E Verfication: State, Local, or Tribal Other-Sample Model	Modified
193302	Subpart E Verfication: Private Sector	Unchanged
193301	Subpart E Verification: Individuals	Unchanged
193300	Subpart E Verification Previous Burden	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1845-0041	ICR Reference No: 201202-1845-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201010-1845-004
Agency/Subagency: ED/FSA	Agency Tracking No: 4427
Title: Student Assistance General Provisions - Subpart E -- Verification Student Aid Application Information
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/24/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/07/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2013	12/31/2013	12/31/2013
Responses	33,670,369	0	33,670,369
Time Burden (Hours)	4,713,934	0	4,713,934
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The proposed regulations will revise the verification process. Updating information will be expanded to include the updating of a student's marital status during the award year, which under the current regulations is prohibited. The proposed regulations would decrease the number of items to be verified, from the current five required to an average of three data elements as selected on an individual basis. We propose to accept information that has been retrieved directly from the IRS and unchanged by the applicant. The proposed regulations eliminate the verification tolerances and require that all data changes be transmitted to the Department to insure that our systems contain correct data.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 20 USC 1001 et seq Name of Law: Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 110 - 315 485(a)(6) Name of Law: Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1840-AD02	Final or interim final rulemaking	75 FR 66831	10/29/2010

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 34806	06/18/2010
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Subpart E Verification Previous Burden
Subpart E Verfication: State, Local, or Tribal
Subpart E Verification: Individuals
Subpart E Verfication: Private Sector

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	33,670,369	33,670,369	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,713,934	4,713,934	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The increase of 612,000 burden hours is due to a statutory change in the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) (Pub. L. 110-315) (Section 485(a)(6)) made to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) that authorizes the Secretary to work in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in order for an individual to retrieve his or her financial information from the IRS consistent with the regulations at 34 CFR 668.57(a)(3). This information retrieval directly from the IRS, if unchanged by the applicant, will be accepted as verified information. The remaining increase of 3,079,550 burden hours is a result of programmatic changes to prevent and combat fraud, waste and abuse, and align the regulations with enhancements made to the Federal Student Aid application processing system. The changes will revise the verification process to include collecting updated information about dependency status such as a student’s marital status during the award year. The regulation change will also decrease the number of items to be verified from the current five required data elements to an average of three data elements as selected on an individual basis. These regulation changes also eliminate the verification tolerances and require all data changes to be transmitted to the Department to ensure that applicant data in our system is correct.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

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

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 02/07/2012

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