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Regulatory Impact Analysis
Under Executive Order 12866, the
Secretary must determine whether this
regulatory action is ‘‘significant’’ and,
therefore, subject to the requirements of
the Executive order and subject to
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Section 3(f) of Executive
Order 12866 defines a ‘‘significant
regulatory action’’ as an action likely to
result in a rule that may—
(1) Have an annual effect on the
economy of $100 million or more, or
adversely affect a sector of the economy,
productivity, competition, jobs, the
environment, public health or safety, or
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(3) Materially alter the budgetary
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or loan programs or the rights and
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President’s priorities, or the principles
stated in the Executive order.
This final regulatory action is not a
significant regulatory action subject to
review by OMB under section 3(f) of
Executive Order 12866.
We have also reviewed this regulatory
action under Executive Order 13563,
which supplements and explicitly
reaffirms the principles, structures, and
definitions governing regulatory review
established in Executive Order 12866.
To the extent permitted by law,
Executive Order 13563 requires that an
agency—
(1) Propose or adopt regulations only
on a reasoned determination that their
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that some benefits and costs are difficult
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and to the extent practicable—the costs
of cumulative regulations;
(3) In choosing among alternative
regulatory approaches, select those
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and other advantages; distributive
impacts; and equity);
(4) To the extent feasible, specify
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changing future compliance costs that
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among alternative regulatory
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Based on the analysis that follows, the
Department believes that this regulatory
action is consistent with the principles
in Executive Order 13563.
We also have determined that this
regulatory action would not unduly
interfere with State, local, and Tribal
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governmental functions.
In accordance with both Executive
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potential costs and benefits, both
quantitative and qualitative, of this
regulatory action. The potential costs
are those resulting from statutory
requirements and those we have
determined as necessary for
administering the Department’s
programs and activities.
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Dated: July 10, 2012.
Alexa Posny,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket ID ED–2012–OESE–0009]
Notice Reopening the Request for
Information (RFI) To Gather Technical
Expertise Pertaining to the
Disaggregation of Asian and Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
Student Data
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice reopening comment
period.
AGENCY:
On May 4, 2012, we
published in the Federal Register (77
FR 26531) an RFI that established a July
3, 2012, deadline for the submission of
written comments. We are reopening the
public comment period to give
interested parties additional time to
submit written comments.
DATES: Written submissions must be
received by August 13, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via U.S. mail, commercial delivery, or
hand delivery. We will not accept
comments by fax or by email. To ensure
SUMMARY:
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that we do not receive duplicate copies,
please submit your comments only one
time. In addition, please include the
Docket ID and the term ‘‘Data
Disaggregation Response’’ at the top of
your comments.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov to submit your
comments electronically. Information
on using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for accessing agency
documents, submitting comments, and
viewing the docket, is available on the
site under ‘‘How to Use This Site.’’
• U.S. Mail, Commercial Delivery, or
Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver
your comments, address them to Donald
Yu, Attention: ANHPI Student Data
Disaggregation RFI, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Room 7C157, Washington, DC 20202–
6132.
• Privacy Note: The Department’s
policy for comments received from
members of the public (including
comments submitted by mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery)
is to make these submissions available
for public viewing in their entirety on
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Therefore,
commenters should be careful to
include in their comments only
information that they wish to make
publicly available on the Internet.
Given the subject matter, some
comments may include proprietary
information as it relates to confidential
commercial information. The Freedom
of Information Act defines ‘‘confidential
commercial information’’ as information
the disclosure of which could
reasonably be expected to cause
substantial competitive harm. You may
wish to request that we not disclose
what you regard as confidential
commercial information.
To assist us in making a
determination on your request, we
encourage you to identify any specific
information in your comments that you
consider confidential commercial
information. Please list the information
by page and paragraph numbers.
While this RFI is seeking to gather
information related to policies and
practices, you should still make certain
your comments do not include
disclosures of personally identifiable
information from students’ education
records in a manner that violates the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act of 1974 (FERPA).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don
Yu, U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue SW., Room 3W104,
Washington, DC 20202–6132 by phone
at 202–205–4499.
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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:
Background
On May 4, 2012, we published an RFI
in the Federal Register (77 FR 26531) to
collect information about promising
practices and policies regarding existing
education data systems and models that
disaggregate data on subgroups within
the Asian and Native Hawaiian or Other
Pacific Island student population. The
deadline for written submissions during
the initial comment period was July 3,
2012. We are reopening the comment
period for written submissions in
response to the RFI notice through
August 13, 2012. We are reopening the
comment period to maximize
opportunities for State educational
agencies, local educational agencies,
schools, and institutions of higher
education to respond with their
disaggregation practices so as to yield
beneficial data for the Department to
analyze and report on.
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on
request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document:
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 via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
can 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). To use PDF, you must
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at this site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at: www.federalregister.gov.
Specifically, through the advanced
search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Dated: July 10, 2012.
Martha Kanter,
Under Secretary.
Deborah S. Delisle,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Science.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences
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463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public
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DATES: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 8:30
a.m.–5 p.m., and Friday, July 27, 2012,
9 a.m.–12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Bethesda North Hotel and
Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road,
Bethesda, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katie Perine, Office of Basic Energy
Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy,
Germantown Building, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585; Telephone:
(301) 903–6529.
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Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose
of this meeting is to provide advice and
guidance with respect to the basic
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D News from Office of Science/DOE
D News from the Office of Basic Energy
Sciences
D Future of ARPA–E
D Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
update
D Materials Sciences and Engineering
Division Committee of Visitors Report
D Mesoscale Discussion
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will be available for public review and
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket ID ED-2012-OESE-0009]
Notice Reopening the Request for Information (RFI) To Gather
Technical Expertise Pertaining to the Disaggregation of Asian and
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Student Data
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice reopening comment period.
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SUMMARY: On May 4, 2012, we published in the Federal Register (77 FR
26531) an RFI that established a July 3, 2012, deadline for the
submission of written comments. We are reopening the public comment
period to give interested parties additional time to submit written
comments.
DATES: Written submissions must be received by August 13, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via U.S. mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not
accept comments by fax or by email. To ensure
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that we do not receive duplicate copies, please submit your comments
only one time. In addition, please include the Docket ID and the term
``Data Disaggregation Response'' at the top of your comments.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to
submit your comments electronically. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents,
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site
under ``How to Use This Site.''
U.S. Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: If you
mail or deliver your comments, address them to Donald Yu, Attention:
ANHPI Student Data Disaggregation RFI, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 7C157, Washington, DC 20202-6132.
Privacy Note: The Department's policy for comments
received from members of the public (including comments submitted by
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery) is to make these
submissions available for public viewing in their entirety on the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Therefore,
commenters should be careful to include in their comments only
information that they wish to make publicly available on the Internet.
Given the subject matter, some comments may include proprietary
information as it relates to confidential commercial information. The
Freedom of Information Act defines ``confidential commercial
information'' as information the disclosure of which could reasonably
be expected to cause substantial competitive harm. You may wish to
request that we not disclose what you regard as confidential commercial
information.
To assist us in making a determination on your request, we
encourage you to identify any specific information in your comments
that you consider confidential commercial information. Please list the
information by page and paragraph numbers.
While this RFI is seeking to gather information related to policies
and practices, you should still make certain your comments do not
include disclosures of personally identifiable information from
students' education records in a manner that violates the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Yu, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 3W104, Washington, DC 20202-6132 by phone
at 202-205-4499.
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:
Background
On May 4, 2012, we published an RFI in the Federal Register (77 FR
26531) to collect information about promising practices and policies
regarding existing education data systems and models that disaggregate
data on subgroups within the Asian and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Island student population. The deadline for written submissions during
the initial comment period was July 3, 2012. We are reopening the
comment period for written submissions in response to the RFI notice
through August 13, 2012. We are reopening the comment period to
maximize opportunities for State educational agencies, local
educational agencies, schools, and institutions of higher education to
respond with their disaggregation practices so as to yield beneficial
data for the Department to analyze and report on.
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document: 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 via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can 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). To use PDF,
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this
site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at:
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Dated: July 10, 2012.
Martha Kanter,
Under Secretary.
Deborah S. Delisle,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2012-17185 Filed 7-12-12; 8:45 am]
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