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person agrees to the nomination,
acknowledges the responsibilities of
serving on the Committee, and will
actively participate in good faith in the
tasks of the Committee.
3. The Department of Commerce is
committed to equal opportunity in the
workplace and seeks a broad-based and
diverse Committee membership.
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Visiting Committee on Advanced
Technology (VCAT)
Addresses: Please submit nominations
to Gail Ehrlich, Executive Director,
Visiting Committee on Advanced
Technology, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau
Drive, Mail Stop 1060, Gaithersburg,
MD 20899–1060. Nominations may also
be submitted via FAX to 301–216–0529
or via e-mail at gail.ehrlich@nist.gov.
Additional information regarding the
Committee, including its charter,
current membership list, and executive
summary may be found on its electronic
homepage at: https://www.nist.gov/
director/vcat/vcat.htm.
For Further Information Contact: Gail
Ehrlich, Executive Director,Visiting
Committee on Advanced Technology,
National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail
Stop 1060, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–
1060, telephone 301–975–2149, fax
301–216–0529; or via e-mail at
gail.ehrlich@nist.gov.
Committee Information: The VCAT
was established in accordance with 15
U.S.C. 278 and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).
Objectives and Duties
1. The Committee shall review and
make recommendations regarding
general policy for NIST, its organization,
its budget, and its programs, within the
framework of applicable national
policies as set forth by the President and
the Congress.
2. The Committee functions solely as
an advisory body, in accordance with
the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act.
3. The Committee shall report to the
Director of NIST.
4. The Committee shall provide a
written annual report, through the
Director of NIST, to the Secretary of
Commerce for submission to the
Congress no later than 30 days after the
submittal to Congress of the President’s
annual budget request in each year.
Such report shall deal essentially,
though not necessarily exclusively, with
policy issues or matters which affect the
Institute, or with which the Committee
in its official role as the private sector
policy advisor of the Institute is
concerned. Each such report shall
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identify areas of program emphasis for
the Institute of potential importance to
the long-term competitiveness of the
United States industry, which could be
used to assist the United States
enterprises and United States industrial
joint research and development
ventures. Such report also shall
comment on the programmatic planning
document and updates thereto
submitted to Congress under
subsections (c) and (d) of section 23 of
the NIST Act (15 U.S.C. 278i). The
Committee shall submit to the Secretary
and Congress such additional reports on
specific policy matters as it deems
appropriate.
Membership
1. The Committee is composed of
fifteen members that provide
representation of a cross-section of
traditional and emerging United States
industries. Members shall be selected
solely on the basis of established
records of distinguished service and
shall be eminent in such fields as
business, research, new product
development, engineering, labor,
education, management consulting,
environment, and international
relations. No employee of the Federal
Government shall serve as a member of
the Committee.
2. The Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology
shall appoint the members of the
Committee, and they will be selected on
a clear, standardized basis, in
accordance with applicable Department
of Commerce guidance.
Miscellaneous
1. Members of the VCAT are not paid
for their service, but will, upon request,
be allowed travel expenses in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.,
while attending meetings of the
Committee or of its subcommittees, or
while otherwise performing duties at
the request of the chairperson, while
away from their homes or a regular
place of business.
2. Members of the Committee shall
serve as Special Government Employees
and are required to file an annual
Executive Branch Confidential Financial
Disclosure Report.
3. Meetings of the VCAT take place at
the NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg,
Maryland, and once each year at the
NIST site in Boulder, Colorado.
Meetings are one or two days in
duration and are held at least twice each
year.
4. Committee meetings are open to the
public.
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Nomination Information
1. Nominations are sought from all
fields described above.
2. Nominees should have established
records of distinguished service and
shall be eminent in fields such as
business, research, new product
development, engineering, labor,
education, management consulting,
environment and international relations.
The category (field of eminence) for
which the candidate is qualified should
be specified in the nomination letter.
Nominations for a particular category
should come from organizations or
individuals within that category. A
summary of the candidate’s
qualifications should be included with
the nomination, including (where
applicable) current or former service on
Federal advisory boards and Federal
employment. In addition, each
nomination letter should state that the
candidate agrees to the nomination,
acknowledges the responsibilities of
serving on the VCAT, and will actively
participate in good faith in the tasks of
the VCAT. Besides participation in one
or two-day meetings held at least twice
each year, it is desired that members be
able to devote the equivalent of two
days between meetings to either
developing or researching topics of
potential interest, and so forth in
furtherance of the Committee duties.
3. The Department of Commerce is
committed to equal opportunity in the
workplace and seeks a broad-based and
diverse VCAT membership.
Dated: July 30, 2009.
Patrick Gallagher,
Deputy Director.
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Dated: July 28, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Official, Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management.
Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: Reinstatement.
Title: The School Survey on Crime
and Safety (SSOCS), 2010 and 2012
Collection.
Frequency: Biennially.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 2,695.
Burden Hours: 2,022.
Abstract: The School Survey on Crime
and Safety (SSOCS) is a nationally
representative survey of elementary and
secondary school principals that serve
as the primary source of school-level
data on crime and safety in public
schools. SSOCS is the only recurring
federal survey collecting detailed
information on the incidence,
frequency, seriousness, and nature of
violence affecting students and school
personnel from the school’s perspective.
Additionally, data are collected on
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frequency and types of disciplinary
actions taken for select offenses;
perceptions of other disciplinary
problems, such as bullying, verbal abuse
and disorder in the classroom; and,
school policies and programs
concerning crime and safety. The
SSOCS is done on a biennial basis in the
spring of even-numbered years.
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 4057. 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., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to the Internet address
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–
401–0920. 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
Office of Innovation and Improvement;
Overview Information; Teacher Quality
Partnership Grants Program
Revised notice inviting applications
for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.405A.
Note: On May 27, 2009, we published in
the Federal Register (74 FR 25221) a notice
inviting applications for new FY 2009 awards
for the Teacher Quality Partnership Program
(Initial TQP Application Notice). Since that
time, Public Law (Pub. L.) 111–39 was
enacted, which made certain technical
amendments to the Higher Education
Opportunity Act of 2008, the original statute
authorizing the program. This notice inviting
applications has been updated to respond to
statutory changes made to the TQP program
and supersedes the Initial TQP Application
Notice.
Dates:
Applications Available: August 4,
2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: First Deadline: July 23,
2009. Second Deadline: October 6, 2009.
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Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: First Deadline: September 21,
2009. Second Deadline: December 7,
2009.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purposes of
the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP)
Grants Program are to: Improve student
achievement; improve the quality of
new and prospective teachers by
improving the preparation of
prospective teachers and enhancing
professional development activities for
new teachers; hold teacher preparation
programs at institutions of higher
education (IHEs) accountable for
preparing highly qualified teachers; and
recruit highly qualified individuals,
including minorities and individuals
from other occupations, into the
teaching force.
More specifically, the TQP Grants
Program seeks to improve the quality of
new teachers by creating partnerships
among IHEs, high-need school districts
(local educational agencies (LEAs)) their
high-need schools, and/or high-need
early childhood education (ECE)
program. These partnerships would
create model teacher preparation
programs at the pre-baccalaureate or
fifth-year level through the
implementation of specific reforms of
the IHE’s existing teacher preparation
programs, and/or model teaching
residency programs for individuals with
strong academic and/or professional
backgrounds but without teaching
experience. The TQP Grants Program
may also support school leadership
programs to train superintendents,
principals, ECE program directors, and
other school leaders in high-need or
rural LEAs.
Background:
On May 27, 2009, we published in the
Federal Register (74 FR 25221) the
Initial TQP Application Notice. Since
that time, Public Law 111–39 was
enacted, which made certain technical
amendments to the Higher Education
Act of 1965, as amended by the Higher
Education Opportunity Act—the
original statute authorizing the program.
This revised notice inviting applications
incorporates changes to the competition
that are based on technical amendments
made to the TQP program in Public Law
111–39.
Summary of Changes
Substantive Changes Made to Priorities
Based on Public Law 111–39 Technical
Amendments
For the convenience of applicants, we
summarize here the changes made to the
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division,
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
September 3, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New
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Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or send e-mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
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: July 28, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Official, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: Reinstatement.
Title: The School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2010 and 2012
Collection.
Frequency: Biennially.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 2,695.
Burden Hours: 2,022.
Abstract: The School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) is a
nationally representative survey of elementary and secondary school
principals that serve as the primary source of school-level data on
crime and safety in public schools. SSOCS is the only recurring federal
survey collecting detailed information on the incidence, frequency,
seriousness, and nature of violence affecting students and school
personnel from the school's perspective. Additionally, data are
collected on frequency and types of disciplinary actions taken for
select offenses; perceptions of other disciplinary problems, such as
bullying, verbal abuse and disorder in the classroom; and, school
policies and programs concerning crime and safety. The SSOCS is done on
a biennial basis in the spring of even-numbered years.
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
4057. 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.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may also be electronically
mailed to the Internet address ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-
0920. 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. E9-18565 Filed 8-3-09; 8:45 am]
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