{"abstract":"The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. We are conducting this process in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. <bullet> Title of Information Collection: Exchange Visitor Program--Training/Internship Placement Plan. <bullet> OMB Control Number: 1405-0170. <bullet> Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection. <bullet> Originating Office: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, ECA/EC. <bullet> Form Number: Form DS-7002. <bullet> Respondents: Entities designated by the Department of State as sponsors of exchange visitor programs in the trainee or intern categories and U.S. businesses that provide the training or internship opportunity. <bullet> Estimated Number of Respondents: 160. <bullet> Estimated Number of Responses: 30,000. <bullet> Average Hours per Response: 2 hours. <bullet> Total Estimated Burden: 60,000. <bullet> Frequency: On occasion depending on the number of exchange participants annually. <bullet> Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits. <bullet> Date(s): The Department will accept comments from the public up to March 19, 2012.","action":"Notice of request for public comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF STATE","name":"State Department","id":476,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/state-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/476","parent_id":null,"slug":"state-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2012/01/18/2012-877.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"77 FR 2602","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":null,"disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Public Notice 7768"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2012-877","effective_on":null,"end_page":2602,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2012/01/18/2012-877.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/01/18/2012-877/60-day-notice-of-proposed-information-collection-form-ds-7002-traininginternship-placement-plan-omb","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2012-877?publication_date=2012-01-18","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2012-01-18/2012-877/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":1,"page_views":{"count":2227,"last_updated":"2026-09-23 06:15:06 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-01-18/pdf/2012-877.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-00877.pdf?1326808626","publication_date":"2012-01-18","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2012/01/18/2012-877.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2012-04-13T23:42:15Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":2602,"subtype":null,"title":"60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Form DS-7002, Training/Internship Placement Plan, OMB Control Number 1405-0170","toc_doc":"Training/Internship Placement Plan","toc_subject":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":77}