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2000, H.R. 5667’’ enacted on December
21, 2000.
Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 18,
2012.
DATES:
Written 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. 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 04809. 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 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.
ADDRESSES:
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
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information
and Records 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. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) Program—
Phase I—Grant Application Package.
OMB Control Number: 1820–0684.
Type of Review: Extension.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 200.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 9,000.
Abstract: The Small Business
Reauthorization Act of 2000, H.R. 5667
requires certain agencies, including the
U.S. Department of Education to
establish a SBIR program by reserving a
statutory percentage of their extramural
research and development budgets to be
awarded to small business concerns for
research or research and development
through a uniform, highly competitive,
three-phase process each fiscal year.
This information collection is being
submitted under the Streamlined
Clearance Process for Discretionary
Grant Information Collections (1894–
0001). Therefore, the 30-day public
comment period notice will be the only
public comment notice published for
this information collection.
Dated: April 13, 2012.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Advisory Council on Indian
Education (NACIE)
U.S. Department of Education.
Notice of an open meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This notice sets forth the
schedule for the upcoming public
meeting of the National Advisory
Council on Indian Education (the
Council) and is intended to notify the
general public of the meeting. This
notice also describes the functions of
the Council. Notice of the Council’s
meetings is required under Section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act.
Date and Time: May 2–3, 2012;
May 2, 2012—8 a.m.–5 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Savings Time.
May 3, 2012—8 a.m.–5 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Savings Time.
Location:
Washington, DC—Details about the
meeting location will be posted on the
Committee Web site on April 30, 2012.
Web site: www.NACIE-ED.org (To
RSVP, and for NACIE Meeting Updates,
and Final Agenda).
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The
National Advisory Council on Indian
Education is authorized by Section 7141
of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act. The Council is
established within the Department of
Education to advise the Secretary of
Education on the funding and
administration (including the
development of regulations, and
administrative policies and practices) of
any program over which the Secretary
has jurisdiction and includes Indian
children or adults as participants or
programs that may benefit Indian
children or adults, including any
program established under Title VII,
Part A of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act. The Council submits to
the Congress, not later than June 30 of
each year, a report on the activities of
the Council that includes
recommendations the Council considers
appropriate for the improvement of
Federal education programs that include
Indian children or adults as participants
or that may benefit Indian children or
adults, and recommendations
concerning the funding of any such
program.
One of the Council’s responsibilities
is to develop and provide
recommendations to the Secretary of
Education on the funding and
administration (including the
development of regulations, and
administrative policies and practices) of
any program over which the Secretary
has jurisdiction that can benefit Indian
children or adults participating in any
program which could benefit Indian
children. The purpose of this meeting is
to convene the Council to continue its
responsibilities for developing
recommendations to the Secretary of
Education on the funding and
administration (including the
development of regulations, and
administrative policies and practices) of
any program over which the Secretary
has jurisdiction and includes Indian
children or adults as participants or
programs that may benefit Indian
children or adults, including any
program established under Title VII,
Part A of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, and conduct discussions
on the development of the report to
Congress that should be submitted no
later than June 30, 2012.
There will be an opportunity for
public comment during this meeting on
May 3 from 1:30 p.m.–3 p.m. Comments
should pertain to the work of NACIE
and/or the Office of Indian Education.
Speakers will be allowed to comment
for 3–5 minutes.
Individuals who will need
accommodations for a disability in order
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to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting
services, assistive listening devices, or
material in alternative format) should
notify Jenelle Leonard at (202) 401–
3641, no later than Friday, April 27,
2012. We will attempt to meet requests
for accommodations after this date but
cannot guarantee their availability. The
meeting site is accessible to individuals
with disabilities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jenelle Leonard, Designated Federal
Official, Office of Indian Education, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: 202–205–2161. Fax: 202–
205–5870.
A report of the activities of the
meeting and related matters that are
informative to the public and consistent
with the policy of section 5 U.S.C.
552b(c) will be available to the public
within 21 days of the meeting. Records
are kept of all Council proceedings and
are available for public inspection at the
Office of Indian Education, United
States Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20202. Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–
5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
following site: www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister/.
To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1–866–
512–1830; or in the Washington, DC,
area at (202) 512–0000.
Note: The official version of this document
is the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Michael Yudin,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research; Notice of
Proposed Long-Range Plan for Fiscal
Years 2013–2017
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
The Assistant Secretary for
Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services proposes the National Institute
on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research’s (NIDRR’s) Long-Range Plan
(Plan) for fiscal years (FYs) 2013
through 2017. Pursuant to the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended,
the Department is required to develop a
plan for NIDRR that outlines NIDRR’s
priorities for rehabilitation research,
demonstration projects, training, and
related activities, and explains the basis
for these priorities.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before June 18, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about
the proposed Plan to Lynn Medley, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., Room 5140, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–
2700.
If you prefer to send your comments
by email, use the following address:
NIDRR-mailbox@ed.gov. You must
include the term ‘‘Long-Range Plan’’ in
the subject line of your electronic
message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynn Medley. Telephone: (202) 245–
7338 or by email: Lynn.Medley@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation to Comment: We invite you
to submit comments regarding the
proposed Plan. To ensure that your
comments have maximum effect in
developing the final Plan, we urge you
to identify clearly the specific area of
the Plan that each comment addresses
and to arrange your comments in the
same order as the proposed Plan. We are
particularly interested in comments on
the establishment of the Rehabilitation
Research Advisory Council (RRAC)
described in the Introduction of the
Plan.
During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all public comments
about the proposed Plan in Room 5140,
550 12th Street SW., Potomac Center
Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC, between
the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, Monday through
Friday of each week except Federal
holidays.
Assistance to Individuals with
Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record: On request we will
provide an appropriate accommodation
or auxiliary aid to an individual with a
disability who needs assistance to
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review the comments or other
documents in the public rulemaking
record for this notice. If you want to
schedule an appointment for this type of
accommodation or auxiliary aid, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Background: In developing the
research agenda in the proposed Plan,
NIDRR considered: the legislative
mandate for the Plan; stakeholder
suggestions and public input received
via email and the Internet in response
to the notice of proposed Long Range
Plan published in the Federal Register
on January 15, 2009 (Vol. 74, No. 10);
public responses to a January 15, 2009,
email solicitation to NIDRR grantees,
past grant applicants, disability
organizations, and other interested
parties inviting comment on the January
15, 2009, Federal Register notice of
proposed Long Range Plan; research and
program recommendations from NIDRR
grantee state of the science conferences;
an assessment and related
recommendations by the National
Academy of Sciences (NAS), National
Research Council, of NIDRR’s prioritysetting, peer review, and grant
mechanisms; and a review by NAS of
the products of a sample of 30 NIDRR
grantees (National Academy of Sciences
(2012), Review of Disability and
Rehabilitation Research: NIDRR
Grantmaking Processes and Products,
Washington, DC: National Academies
Press).
The purposes of the proposed Plan
are:
(1) To describe the broad general
principles that will guide NIDRR’s
policies and use of resources;
(2) To establish objectives for research
and related activities from which annual
research priorities can be formulated;
and
(3) To describe how NIDRR will
implement the Plan, i.e., the process by
which NIDRR establishes annual
priorities.
The authority for the Secretary to
establish the Plan is contained in
section 202(h) of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 762(h)).
The proposed Plan is published as an
attachment to this notice.
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc) by
contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC
20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–
7363. If you use a TDD or a TTY, call
the FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE)
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule for the upcoming public
meeting of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (the
Council) and is intended to notify the general public of the meeting.
This notice also describes the functions of the Council. Notice of the
Council's meetings is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act.
Date and Time: May 2-3, 2012;
May 2, 2012--8 a.m.-5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
May 3, 2012--8 a.m.-5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
Location:
Washington, DC--Details about the meeting location will be posted
on the Committee Web site on April 30, 2012.
Web site: www.NACIE-ED.org (To RSVP, and for NACIE Meeting Updates,
and Final Agenda).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Advisory Council on Indian
Education is authorized by Section 7141 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act. The Council is established within the Department of
Education to advise the Secretary of Education on the funding and
administration (including the development of regulations, and
administrative policies and practices) of any program over which the
Secretary has jurisdiction and includes Indian children or adults as
participants or programs that may benefit Indian children or adults,
including any program established under Title VII, Part A of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Council submits to the
Congress, not later than June 30 of each year, a report on the
activities of the Council that includes recommendations the Council
considers appropriate for the improvement of Federal education programs
that include Indian children or adults as participants or that may
benefit Indian children or adults, and recommendations concerning the
funding of any such program.
One of the Council's responsibilities is to develop and provide
recommendations to the Secretary of Education on the funding and
administration (including the development of regulations, and
administrative policies and practices) of any program over which the
Secretary has jurisdiction that can benefit Indian children or adults
participating in any program which could benefit Indian children. The
purpose of this meeting is to convene the Council to continue its
responsibilities for developing recommendations to the Secretary of
Education on the funding and administration (including the development
of regulations, and administrative policies and practices) of any
program over which the Secretary has jurisdiction and includes Indian
children or adults as participants or programs that may benefit Indian
children or adults, including any program established under Title VII,
Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and conduct
discussions on the development of the report to Congress that should be
submitted no later than June 30, 2012.
There will be an opportunity for public comment during this meeting
on May 3 from 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. Comments should pertain to the work of
NACIE and/or the Office of Indian Education. Speakers will be allowed
to comment for 3-5 minutes.
Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order
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to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting services, assistive listening
devices, or material in alternative format) should notify Jenelle
Leonard at (202) 401-3641, no later than Friday, April 27, 2012. We
will attempt to meet requests for accommodations after this date but
cannot guarantee their availability. The meeting site is accessible to
individuals with disabilities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenelle Leonard, Designated Federal
Official, Office of Indian Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 202-205-2161.
Fax: 202-205-5870.
A report of the activities of the meeting and related matters that
are informative to the public and consistent with the policy of section
5 U.S.C. 552b(c) will be available to the public within 21 days of the
meeting. Records are kept of all Council proceedings and are available
for public inspection at the Office of Indian Education, United States
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202.
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1-866-512-1830; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-0000.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/.
Michael Yudin,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education.
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