July 22, 2010-- Federal Register Notice on the DOE’s invitation for public comment on request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend for three years the emergency Information Collection Request Title: OE Recovery Act Financial Assistance Grants, OMB Control No. 1910–5149 that DOE has submitted to OMB pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments due on or before August 21, 2010. More>

Public comments on OE’s Emergency Information Collection Request Support Statement and draft Smart Grid Grant Program reporting guidance.

OE’s response to public comments on its Emergency Information Collection Request Support Statement and draft Smart Grid Grant Program reporting guidance. 

Supporting statement for the SGGP Information Collection Request 

The draft program guidance below will implement this information collection upon OMB approval. SGIG recipients will be required to submit monthly project execution and risk management data and additional quarterly jobs data. 

• The first project execution and risk management data will be on the final business day of the month following the date on which the SGIG award is finalized and monthly thereafter.
• The first jobs data will be on the final business day of the month following the end of the calendar quarter in which the SGIG award is finalized and quarterly thereafter.

DRAFT SMART GRID GRANT PROGRAM RECIPIENT REPORTING GUIDANCE (PDF 357 KB) This draft guidance is currently under review by OMB as part of the ICR described above.

May 28, 2010-- Federal Register Notice on the DOE’s invitation for public comment on its intent to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend for three years the emergency Information Collection Request Title: OE Recovery Act Financial Assistance Grants, OMB Control No. 1910–5149 that DOE is developing for submission to OMB pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments due on or before July 26, 2010. 
 

On February 26, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the Office of Electricity’s (OE) Emergency Information Collection Request (OMB CONTROL NUMBER 1910-5149. This emergency collection is valid until August 31, 2010, at which time OE is required to submit a new collection request to OMB.

 NOTICE OF OMB ACTION  (PDF 8 KB)