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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
U.S. Air Force Academy Board of
Visitors Notice of Meeting
U.S. Air Force Academy Board
of Visitors.
ACTION: Meeting notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with 10 U.S.C.
9355, the U.S. Air Force Academy
(USAFA) Board of Visitors (BoV) will
hold a meeting in the Capitol Building
Main Visitor Center Conference Rooms
208/209 in Washington, DC on
December 2, 2011. The meeting will
begin at 10:30 a.m. The purpose of this
meeting is to review morale and
discipline, social climate, curriculum,
instruction, infrastructure, fiscal affairs,
academic methods, and other matters
relating to the Academy. Specific topics
for this meeting include updates on
‘‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell;’’ a National and
Air Force perspective on Diversity; the
Air Force Academy Athletic
Corporation; Air Force Academy fiscal
issues; and the Superintendent’s update.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b, as
amended, and 41 CFR 102–3.155, the
Administrative Assistant to the
Secretary of the Air Force, in
consultation with the Office of the Air
Force General Counsel, has determined
in writing that the public interest
requires that a portion of this meeting,
the Character Update/Status of
Discipline, shall be closed to the public
because it will involve matters covered
by subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b.
Public attendance at any open portion
of the USAFA BoV meeting shall be
accommodated on a first-come, firstserved basis up to the reasonable and
safe capacity of the meeting room. In
addition, any member of the public
wishing to provide input to the USAFA
BoV should submit a written statement
in accordance with 41 CFR 102–3.140(c)
and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act and the
procedures described in this paragraph.
Written statements must address the
following details: the issue, discussion,
and a recommended course of action.
Supporting documentation may also be
included as needed to establish the
appropriate historical context and
provide any necessary background
information. Written statements can be
submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer (DFO) at the Air Force address
detailed below at any time. However, if
a written statement is not received at
least 10 calendar days before the first
day of the meeting which is the subject
of this notice, then it may not be
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provided to, or considered by, the BoV
until its next open meeting. The DFO
will review all timely submissions with
the BoV Chairperson and ensure they
are provided to members of the BoV
before the meeting that is the subject of
this notice. If after review of timely
submitted written comments, the BoV
Chairperson and DFO deem appropriate,
they may choose to invite the submitter
of the written comments to orally
present the issue during an open portion
of the BoV meeting that is the subject of
this notice. Members of the BoV may
also petition the Chairperson to allow
specific personals to make oral
presentations before the BoV. In
accordance with 41 CFR 102–3.140(d),
any oral presentations before the BoV
shall be in accordance with agency
guidelines provided pursuant to a
written invitation and this paragraph.
Direct questioning of BoV members or
meeting participants by the public is not
permitted except with the approval of
the DFO and Chairperson. For the
benefit of the public, rosters that list the
names of BoV members and any
releasable materials presented during
the open portions of this BoV meeting
shall be made available upon request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or to attend this
BoV meeting, contact Mr. David Boyle,
USAFA Programs Manager, Directorate
of Force Development, Manpower,
Personnel and Services, AF/A1DO, 1500
Perimeter Road, Suite 4750, Joint Base
Andrews, MD 20762–6604, (240) 612–
4019.
Bao-Anh Trinh,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review
Department of Education.
Comment request.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Director, Information
Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management
Services, Office of Management, invites
comments on the submission for OMB
review as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
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17th Street NW., Room 10222, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or
emailed to oira_submission@omb.eop.
gov with a cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
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
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) provide interested Federal
agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. The OMB is
particularly interested in comments
which: (1) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) Minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: November 10, 2011.
Darrin King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Privacy, Information and Records
Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Planning, Evaluation, and
Policy Development
Type of Review: New.
Title of Collection: Program
Performance Data Audits Project.
OMB Control Number: Pending.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Once.
Affected Public: Not-for-Profit
Institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 611.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 610.
Abstract: This clearance request is
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for the Office of
Planning, Evaluation, and Policy
Development’s (OPEPD’s) audit of grant
program procedures for collecting,
analyzing, and reporting performance
and evaluation data. This request is
necessary because OPEPD within the
U.S. Department of Education (ED) has
contracted with Decision Information
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Resources, Inc. and Mathematica Policy
Research, Inc. to assess the procedures
for collecting and reporting program
performance and evaluation data for
eleven ED grant programs. These audits
and assessments will provide ED with
insight into (1) whether the programs’
performance data are of high quality and
the methods used to aggregate and
report those data are sound; and (2)
whether the local evaluations conducted
by grantees (or their local evaluators) are
of high quality and yield information
that can be used to improve education
programs. This OMB submission
requests approval for the use of
interview protocols for collecting
information from program grantees and
their local evaluators and program office
contractors. All interview guides are
designed to address the major research
questions associated with this project.
All other data used to address the
audit’s research questions will come
from sources that will not require OMB
approval.
Copies of the information collection
submission for OMB review may be
accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site
at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain or from the Department’s Web
site at https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by
selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending
Collections’’ link and by clicking on
link number 4647. 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 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 ENERGY
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Blue Ribbon Commission on
America’s Nuclear Future
Office of Nuclear Energy,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces an
open meeting of the Blue Ribbon
Commission on America’s Nuclear
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Future (the Commission). The
Commission was organized pursuant to
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770), and
requires that public notice of this
meeting be announced in the Federal
Register. This notice is provided in
accordance with the Act.
DATES: Friday, December 2, 2011,
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: JW Marriott Washington,
DC, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20004. Telephone:
(202) 393–2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy A. Frazier, Designated Federal
Officer, U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202)
586–4243; facsimile (202) 586–0544; or
email:
CommissionDFO@nuclear.energy.gov.
Additional information will be available
at: https://www.brc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The President directed
that the Commission be established to
conduct a comprehensive review of
policies for managing the back end of
the nuclear fuel cycle. The Commission
will provide advice and make
recommendations on issues including
alternatives for the storage, processing,
and disposal of civilian and defense
spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste.
The Commission submitted its draft
report and draft recommendations to the
Secretary of Energy on July 29, 2011.
The report is due in January 2012.
This is the eighth open full
Commission meeting. Previous meetings
were held in March, May, July,
September, and November 2010, and
February and May 2011. Webcasts of the
previous meetings along with meeting
transcripts and presentation are
available at: https://www.brc.gov.
Purpose of the Meeting: There are two
purposes for this meeting. The first is to
allow the Co-chairs of the three
Subcommittees—Reactor and Fuel Cycle
Technology, Transportation and
Disposal, and Disposal—to review with
the Commission proposed revisions to
draft subcommittee recommendations
formulated as a result of public
comment. The full Commission will
discuss the proposed revisions. The
second purpose is for the
Commissioners to be briefed by the
newly-formed ad hoc subcommittee that
has been investigating the issue of comingling of defense and commercial
wastes.
Tentative Agenda: The meeting is
expected to begin at 9 a.m. on Friday,
December 2, 2011. The agenda will
include presentations by the three
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subcommittees of the Commission. The
subcommittee presentations are
expected to begin at 9 a.m. and end at
noon. After a break for lunch, the
meeting will resume at 1 p.m. with the
presentation from the Commission staff
and discussion among the
Commissioners. Public statements will
begin at approximately 3 p.m. and
conclude at approximately 4 p.m.
Public Participation: Individuals and
representatives of organizations who
would like to offer comments and
suggestions may do so at the end of the
public session on Friday, December 2,
2011. Approximately one hour will be
reserved for public comments from 3
p.m. to 4 p.m. Time allotted per speaker
will depend on the number who wish to
speak, but will not exceed five minutes.
The Designated Federal Officer is
empowered to conduct the meeting in a
fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business. Those wishing to
speak should register to do so beginning
at 8:30 a.m. on December 2, 2011, at the
JW Marriott Washington DC.
Registration to speak will close at
1 p.m., December 2, 2011.
Those not able to attend the meeting
or have insufficient time to address the
subcommittee are invited to send a
written statement to Timothy A. Frazier,
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., Washington
DC 20585, or email:
CommissionDFO@nuclear.energy.gov, or
post comments on the Commission Web
site at: https://www.brc.gov.
Additionally, the meeting will be
available via live video webcast. The
link will be available at: https://
www.brc.gov.
Minutes: The minutes of the meeting
will be available at: https://www.brc.gov
or by contacting Mr. Frazier. He may be
reached at the postal address or email
address above.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 10,
2011.
Latanya Butler,
Acting Deputy Committee Management
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division,
Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of
Management, invites comments on the submission for OMB review as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 19, 2011.
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
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or emailed to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a cc: to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 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 the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. The
OMB is particularly interested in comments which: (1) Evaluate whether
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of
the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Dated: November 10, 2011.
Darrin King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development
Type of Review: New.
Title of Collection: Program Performance Data Audits Project.
OMB Control Number: Pending.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Once.
Affected Public: Not-for-Profit Institutions; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 611.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 610.
Abstract: This clearance request is submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and
Policy Development's (OPEPD's) audit of grant program procedures for
collecting, analyzing, and reporting performance and evaluation data.
This request is necessary because OPEPD within the U.S. Department of
Education (ED) has contracted with Decision Information
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Resources, Inc. and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. to assess the
procedures for collecting and reporting program performance and
evaluation data for eleven ED grant programs. These audits and
assessments will provide ED with insight into (1) whether the programs'
performance data are of high quality and the methods used to aggregate
and report those data are sound; and (2) whether the local evaluations
conducted by grantees (or their local evaluators) are of high quality
and yield information that can be used to improve education programs.
This OMB submission requests approval for the use of interview
protocols for collecting information from program grantees and their
local evaluators and program office contractors. All interview guides
are designed to address the major research questions associated with
this project. All other data used to address the audit's research
questions will come from sources that will not require OMB approval.
Copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may
be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or from the Department's Web site at https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link
and by clicking on link number 4647. 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 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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