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public an early opportunity to comment
on information collection requests. The
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) may amend or waive the
requirement for public consultation to
the extent that public participation in
the approval process would defeat the
purpose of the information collection,
violate State or Federal law, or
substantially interfere with any agency’s
ability to perform its statutory
obligations. The IC Clearance Official,
Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management,
publishes this notice containing
proposed information collection
requests at the beginning of the
Departmental review of the information
collection. Each proposed information
collection, grouped by office, contains
the following: (1) Type of review
requested, e.g., new, revision, extension,
existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3)
Summary of the collection; (4)
Description of the need for, and
proposed use of, the information; (5)
Respondents and frequency of
collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Recordkeeping burden. ED invites
public comment.
The Department of Education is
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is
this collection necessary to the proper
functions of the Department; (2) will
this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
of burden accurate; (4) how might the
Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this
collection on respondents, including
through the use of information
technology.
Dated: December 15, 2006.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
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Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: New.
Title: Impact Evaluation of
Mandatory-Random Student Drug
Testing.
Abstract: The purpose of this study is
to evaluate the impact of mandatoryrandom student drug testing on
participation in school activities and on
substance use. Data collection includes
student surveys, school-level records of
substance-related incidents, school-level
drug testing results, and interviews of
school staff. Data will be collected from
52 study schools (randomly assigned to
treatment and control groups) and
external schools. Additional
Information: In keeping with the No
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Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Pub. L.
No. 107–110), which requires that
education decision makers base
instructional practices and programs on
scientifically based research, the Impact
Evaluation of Mandatory-Random
Student Drug Testing is designed to use
rigorous methods to estimate the
impacts of this drug-prevention strategy.
Frequency: Survey 5x, records.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 13,034.
Burden Hours: 6,660.
Requests for copies of the proposed
information collection request may be
accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov,
by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending
Collections’’ link and by clicking on
link number 3244. When you access the
information collection, click on
‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view.
Written requests for information should
be addressed to U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington,
DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be
electronically mailed to the Internet
address ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to
202–245–6623. Please specify the
complete title of the information
collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Department of Education.
The IC Clearance Official,
Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management invites
comments on the submission for OMB
review as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
22, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Rachel Potter, Desk Officer,
Department of Education, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street, NW., Room 10222, New
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
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Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) provide interested
Federal agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. OMB may amend or
waive the requirement for public
consultation to the extent that public
participation in the approval process
would defeat the purpose of the
information collection, violate State or
Federal law, or substantially interfere
with any agency’s ability to perform its
statutory obligations. The IC Clearance
Official, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management, publishes that notice
containing proposed information
collection requests prior to submission
of these requests to OMB. Each
proposed information collection,
grouped by office, contains the
following: (1) Type of review requested,
e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of
the collection; (4) Description of the
need for, and proposed use of, the
information; (5) Respondents and
frequency of collection; and (6)
Reporting and/or Recordkeeping
burden. OMB invites public comment.
Dated: December 15, 2006.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Social and Character
Development Research Program
National Evaluation.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; Individuals or household.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 11,381.
Burden Hours: 8,294.
Abstract: The SACD National
Evaluation will evaluate seven schoolbased interventions designed to promote
positive social and character
development among elementary school
children and determine, through
randomized field trials, whether the
interventions produce meaningful
effects. The primary research questions
are: (1) Do the SACD interventions affect
social-emotional competence, school
climate, positive and negative behavior,
and academic achievement?; (2) For
whom, and under what conditions, are
the interventions effective?; and (3)
What is the process by which the
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interventions affect children’s behavior?
Data collection activities will include
the administration of surveys to
children, teachers, principals, and
primary caregivers; school observations,
and school record abstractions over a
three year period: from 2004–05 to
2006–07. Results from the evaluation
will provide education professionals
with information they need to make
informed choices about which
intervention to adopt.
Requests for copies of the information
collection submission for OMB review
may be accessed from https://
edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and
by clicking on link number 3214. When
you access the information collection,
click on ‘‘Download Attachments ‘‘ to
view. Written requests for information
should be addressed to U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor,
Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests
may also be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–
245–6623. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection when
making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Notice
United States Election
Assistance Commission.
ACTION: Notice of public teleconference
meetings for the working subcommittees
of the Technical Guidelines
Development Committee.
AGENCY:
& TIMES: Tuesday, January 9,
2007, 10:30 a.m. EST; Thursday, January
11, 2007, 11 a.m. EST; Friday, January
12, 2006, 11 a.m. EST: Tuesday, January
23, 2007, 10:30 a.m. EST; Friday,
January 26, 2007, 11 a.m. EST;
Thursday, February 1, 2007, 11 a.m.
EST; Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 10:30
a.m. EST; Friday, February 9, 2007, 11
a.m. EST; Thursday, February 15, 2007,
11 a.m. EST; Tuesday, February 20,
2007, 10:30 a.m. EST; Friday, February
23, 2007, 11 a.m. EST; Thursday, March
1, 2007, 11 a.m. EST; Friday, March 2,
2007, 11 a.m. EST; Tuesday, March 6,
2007, 10:30 a.m. EST; Friday, March 9,
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2007, 11 a.m. EST; Thursday, March 15,
2007, 11 a.m. EDT; Friday, March 16,
2007, 11 a.m. EDT; Tuesday, March 20,
2007, 10:30 a.m. EDT.
STATUS: Audio recordings of working
subcommittee teleconferences are
available upon conclusion of each
meeting at: https://vote.nist.gov/
subcomm_mtgs.htm. Agendas for each
teleconference will be posted one week
in advance of each meeting at the above
Web site.
SUMMARY: The Technical Guidelines
Development Committee (the
‘‘Development Committee’’) was
established to act in the public interest
to assist the Executive Director of the
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
(EAC) in the development of voluntary
voting system guidelines. The
Committee held their first plenary
meeting on July 9, 2004. At this
meeting, the Development Committee
agreed to a resolution forming three
working groups: (1) Human Factors &
Privacy; (2) Security & Transparency;
and (3) Core Requirements & Testing to
gather and analyze information on
relevant issues. These working
subcommittees propose resolutions to
the TGDC on best practices,
specifications and standards.
Specifically, NIST staff and Committee
members will meet via the above
scheduled teleconferences to review and
discuss progress on tasks defined in
resolutions passed at Development
Committee plenary meetings. The
resolutions define technical work tasks
for NIST that will assist the Committee
in developing recommendations for
voluntary voting system guidelines. The
Committee met in its seventh plenary
session on December 4–5, 2007.
Documents and transcriptions of
Committee proceedings are available at:
https://vote.nist.gov/
PublicHearingsandMeetings.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Technical Guidelines Development
Committee (the ‘‘Development
Committee’’) was established pursuant
to 42 U.S.C. 15361, to act in the public
interest to assist the Executive Director
of the Election Assistance Commission
in the development of the voluntary
voting system guidelines. The
information gathered and analyzed by
the working subcommittees during their
teleconference meetings will be
reviewed at future Development
Committee plenary meetings.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Allan Eustis 301–
975–5099. If a member of the public
would like to submit written comments
concerning the Committee’s affairs at
any time before or after subcommittee
teleconference meetings, written
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comments should be addressed to the
contact person indicated above, or to
voting@nist.gov.
Thomas R. Wilkey,
Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings # 1
December 15, 2006.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER98–3564–012
Applicants: FPL Energy Wyman IV
LLC
Description: FPL Energy Wyman IV
LLC submits a Notice of Change in
material Facts by FPL Energy Wyman IV
LLC and Request for Waiver of 30-day
notice requirement.
Filed Date: 12/06/2006
Accession Number: 20061206–5003
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Wednesday, December 27, 2006.
Docket Numbers: ER07–43–001
Applicants: Arizona Public Service
Company
Description: Arizona Public Service
Company request to Revise its Proposed
Effective date to January 31, 2007 for its
10/26/06 Notice of Cancellation.
Filed Date: 12/11/2006
Accession Number: 20061208–5071
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, January 02, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER07–90–001
Applicants: New York State Electric &
Gas Corporation
Description: New York State Gas and
Electric Corporation submits
Supplement to Rate Schedule FERC No.
117.
Filed Date: 12/12/2006
Accession Number: 20061214–0008
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Friday, December 22, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER07–91–001
Applicants: New York State Electric &
Gas Corporation
Description: New York State Electric
and Gas Corporation submits
Supplement to Rate Schedule FERC No.
72 .
Filed Date: 12/12/2006
Accession Number: 20061214–0007
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Friday, December 22, 2007.
Docket Numbers: ER07–225–000
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for
OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
January 22, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Rachel Potter, Desk
Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395-6974.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform
its statutory obligations. The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management, publishes that
notice containing proposed information collection requests prior to
submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information
collection, grouped by office, contains the following: (1) Type of
review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)
Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information; (5)
Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.
Dated: December 15, 2006.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services,
Office of Management.
Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Social and Character Development Research Program National
Evaluation.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Individuals or
household.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 11,381.
Burden Hours: 8,294.
Abstract: The SACD National Evaluation will evaluate seven school-
based interventions designed to promote positive social and character
development among elementary school children and determine, through
randomized field trials, whether the interventions produce meaningful
effects. The primary research questions are: (1) Do the SACD
interventions affect social-emotional competence, school climate,
positive and negative behavior, and academic achievement?; (2) For
whom, and under what conditions, are the interventions effective?; and
(3) What is the process by which the
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interventions affect children's behavior? Data collection activities
will include the administration of surveys to children, teachers,
principals, and primary caregivers; school observations, and school
record abstractions over a three year period: from 2004-05 to 2006-07.
Results from the evaluation will provide education professionals with
information they need to make informed choices about which intervention
to adopt.
Requests for copies of the information collection submission for
OMB review may be accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting
the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number
3214. When you access the information collection, click on ``Download
Attachments `` to view. Written requests for information should be
addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also
be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-245-
6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection
when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
[FR Doc. E6-21814 Filed 12-20-06; 8:45 am]
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