Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests, 48813-48814 [2011-20198]
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SAFEGUARDS:
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
Computerized records maintained in a
controlled area are accessible only to
authorized personnel. Physical entry is
restricted by the use of locks, guards,
and is accessible only to authorized
personnel. Physical and electronic
access is restricted to designated
individuals having a need therefore in
the performance of official duties and
who are properly screened and cleared
for need-to-know. Electronic data
system is password and Common
Access Card (CAC) protected.
Parts of this system may be exempt
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) if the
information is compiled and maintained
by a component of the agency that
performs as its principle function any
activity pertaining to the enforcement of
criminal laws.
An exemption rule for this record
system has been promulgated in
accordance with the requirements of 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(1), (2), and (3), (c) and (e)
and published in 32 CFR part 312. For
additional information contact the
system manager.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Electronic records are retained
indefinitely for statistical purposes.
Paper copies of records are retained
permanently and retired to the
Washington National Records Center 3
years after case closure.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, Office of the
Assistant Inspector General, Office of
Professional Responsibility, 400 Army
Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202–4704.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Individuals seeking to determine
whether information about themselves
is contained in this system should
address written inquiries to the
Freedom of Information Act Requester
Service Center/Privacy Act Office, Room
1021, 400 Army Navy Drive, Arlington,
VA 22202–4704.
Written requests should contain the
individual’s full name (including former
names and aliases), and Social Security
Number (SSN), current home address,
telephone number, and the request must
be signed.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Individuals seeking access to
information about themselves contained
in this system should address written
inquiries to the Freedom of Information
Act Requester Service Center/Privacy
Act Office, Room 1021, 400 Army Navy
Drive, Arlington, VA 22202–4704.
Written requests should contain the
individual’s full name (including former
names and aliases), and SSN, current
home address, telephone number, and
the request must be signed.
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CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
The DoD OIG’s rules for accessing
records and for contesting contents and
appealing initial agency determinations
are published in 32 CFR part 312 or may
be obtained from the system manager.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Office of Inspector General System
Administrators.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests
Department of Education.
Comment request.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Education
(the Department), in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
provides the general public and Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and continuing
collections of information. This helps
the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and
minimize the reporting burden on the
public and helps the public understand
the Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. The Director,
Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management, invites comments on the
proposed information collection
requests as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden
and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or
mailed to U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please
note that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that Federal agencies provide interested
parties an early opportunity to comment
on information collection requests. The
SUMMARY:
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Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, 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. 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 the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology.
Dated: August 4, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: State Plan for
Assistive Technology under the
Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as
Amended.
OMB Control Number: 1820–0664.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Affected Public: Federal Government,
Not-for-profit-institutions; State, Local
or Tribal Government.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 56.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,144.
Abstract: Section 4 of the Assistive
Technology Act of 1998, as amended,
requires states to submit an application
in order to receive funds under the state
grant for assistive technology program.
This information collection will be used
by states to meet their application
requirements and annual data reports.
The Rehabilitation Services
Administration calls this application a
State Plan for Assistive Technology.
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 4701. 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
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mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed
to 202–401–0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information
collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
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
Applications for New Awards;
Postsecondary Education Center for
Individuals Who Are Deaf
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Overview Information:
Technical Assistance and
Dissemination to Improve Services and
Results for Children with Disabilities
(TA&D); Personnel Development to
Improve Services and Results for
Children with Disabilities (Personnel
Development); and Technology and
Media Services for Individuals with
Disabilities (T&M Services) Programs—
Postsecondary Education Center for
Individuals who are Deaf
Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2011.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.326D.
DATES:
Applications Available: August 9,
2011.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: September 8, 2011.
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Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Programs: Funding from
three programs—the TA&D, the
Personnel Development, and the T&M
Services Programs—supports this
competition.
The purpose of the TA&D Program is
to promote academic achievement and
to improve results for children with
disabilities by providing technical
assistance (TA), supporting model
demonstration projects, disseminating
useful information, and implementing
activities that are supported by
scientifically based research.
The Personnel Development Program:
(1) Helps address State-identified needs
for highly qualified personnel—in
special education, related services, early
intervention, and regular education—to
work with children with disabilities and
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(2) ensures that those personnel have
the skills and knowledge—derived from
practices that have been determined
through research and experience to be
successful—that are needed to serve
those children.
Finally, the T&M Services Program:
(1) Improves results for children with
disabilities by promoting the
development, demonstration, and use of
technology, (2) supports educational
media services activities designed to be
of educational value in the classroom
setting to children with disabilities, and
(3) provides support for captioning and
video description that is appropriate for
use in the classroom setting.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from
allowable activities specified in the
statute or otherwise authorized in the
statute (see sections 662(c)(2),
663(c)(8)(C), 674(b), and 681(d)of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. 1463 and
1481(d)).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2011 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards based on the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition, this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Postsecondary Education Center for
Individuals who are Deaf 84.326D
Background:
Individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing have unique communication
and language barriers that require a
range of accommodations for success in
postsecondary education settings.
Research, policy, and practice suggest
that decisions about accommodations
should be made on an individual basis
(Marschark, 2001; U.S. Department of
Education, 2005). For example, different
accommodations are needed for a
student who has hearing aids, a student
who has a cochlear implant and uses
oral-auditory strategies, a student with a
cochlear implant who uses sign
language in addition to oral-auditory
strategies, and a student who uses sign
language only (Marschark, 2001). It is
important that postsecondary
institutions be well-informed about the
various accommodations that may be
appropriate for students who are deaf or
hard of hearing, such as oral
transliteration services, cued language
transliteration services, sign language
transliteration, and interpreting and
transcription services.
To address the needs of these
students, section 682(d)(1)(B) of IDEA
requires that the Secretary ensure that,
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for each fiscal year, not less than
$4,000,000 is provided to address the
postsecondary, vocational, technical,
continuing, and adult education needs
of individuals with deafness. Pursuant
to this requirement, the Department’s
Office of Special Education Programs
(OSEP) has previously funded four
regional centers to assist postsecondary
institutions in more effectively
addressing the postsecondary,
vocational, technical, continuing, and
adult education needs of individuals
who are deaf or hard of hearing. These
centers have served collectively as the
Postsecondary Education Programs
Network (PEPNet). While PEPNet’s
project period is scheduled to end on
September 30, 2011, institutions of
higher education (IHEs) continue to
need assistance to support this
population. For more information about
PEPNet, see https://www.pepnet.org.
In addition to the funding required
under section 682(d)(1)(B) of IDEA,
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 (Section 504) and the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990, as
amended (ADA) outline postsecondary
institutions’ obligations to ensure they
do not discriminate on the basis of
disability, including in their provision
of academic adjustments and auxiliary
aids and services for students with
disabilities (34 CFR 104.44; 28 CFR
35.160–164; 28 CFR 36.303). Current
statistics show that many individuals
who are deaf or hard of hearing are
enrolling in mainstream postsecondary
institutions (Raue & Lewis, 2011). Given
the numbers of students enrolling in
mainstream postsecondary institutions,
and considering the various types of
accommodations that may be necessary
to serve this low-incidence population,
it is paramount that personnel at these
postsecondary institutions have the
knowledge and skills needed to provide
fully accessible learning experiences for
students who are deaf or hard of hearing
(Lang, 2002). For example, personnel
must be skilled at helping to determine
the appropriate type of interpreting
services for a particular student’s needs.
Personnel must also be knowledgeable
about other services from which the
student may benefit (e.g., captioning or
note-taking) and the availability of
newer technology, such as live textcaptioning technologies (e.g., C–Print or
Computer Assisted Realtime
Translation) and assistive listening
devices, that are effective
accommodations for students who are
deaf or hard of hearing (Cawthon,
Nichols, & Collier, 2009). Given the fast
pace of emerging technology, it is
particularly important for personnel to
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (the Department), in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and minimize the reporting burden
on the public and helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. The Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of
Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection
requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or
mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202-4537. Please note that written comments received
in response to this notice will be considered public records.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that Federal agencies provide
interested parties an early opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. The Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, 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. 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 the respondents, including through the use of information
technology.
Dated: August 4, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: State Plan for Assistive Technology under the
Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as Amended.
OMB Control Number: 1820-0664.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Affected Public: Federal Government, Not-for-profit-institutions;
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 56.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,144.
Abstract: Section 4 of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as
amended, requires states to submit an application in order to receive
funds under the state grant for assistive technology program. This
information collection will be used by states to meet their application
requirements and annual data reports. The Rehabilitation Services
Administration calls this application a State Plan for Assistive
Technology.
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 4701. 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
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mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify
the complete title of the information collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
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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