National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation, 10790-10791 [2014-04076]
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IF EXECUTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state)
under penalty of perjury under the laws
of the United State of America that the
foregoing is true and correct. Executed
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IF EXECUTED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, ITS
TERRITORIES, POSSESSIONS, OR
COMMONWEALTHS:
[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0153]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Teacher Incentive Fund Annual
Performance Report
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state)
under penalty of perjury that the
foregoing is true and correct. Executed
on (date). (Signature)’.
AGENCY:
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
SUMMARY:
Individuals seeking access to
information about themselves contained
in this system should address written
inquiries to APM, Army Human
Resource System, 200 Stovall Street,
Room 8N09, ATTN: SFAE–PS–IP–HR,
Alexandria, VA 22332–6202.
Requests should contain the
individuals’ full name, SSN (last four)
or DoD ID number, current address,
telephone number and signature.
In addition, the requester must
provide a notarized statement or an
unsworn declaration made in
accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1746, in the
following format:
IF EXECUTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES:
‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state)
under penalty of perjury under the laws
of the United States of America that the
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IF EXECUTED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, ITS
TERRITORIES, POSSESSIONS, OR
COMMONWEALTHS:
‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state)
under penalty of perjury that the
foregoing is true and correct. Executed
on (date). (Signature)’.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
The Army’s rules for accessing
records, and for contesting contents and
appealing initial agency determinations
are contained in Army Regulation 340–
21; 32 CFR part 505; or may be obtained
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RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Defense Enrollment Eligibility
Reporting Systems (DEERS),
Synchronized Predeployment and
Operational Tracker Enterprise Suite
(SPOT–ES), and Electronic Military
Personnel Office (eMILPO) systems of
records.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before March
28, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0153
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any
reason, ED will temporarily accept
comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted; ED will ONLY accept
comments during the comment period
in this mailbox when the regulations.gov
site is not available. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to the Director of the
Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ,
Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105,
Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Lakesha Davis,
202–205–9533.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), 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,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
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soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. 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: Teacher Incentive
Fund Annual Performance Report.
OMB Control Number: 1810–NEW.
Type of Review: A new information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 92.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,232.
Abstract: ED requests a customized
annual performance report (APR) that
goes beyond the standard APR ED Form
524B; in order to facilitate the collection
of more standardized and
comprehensive data to inform
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA) measures to improve the
overall quality of data collection, and to
increase the quality and quantity of data
that can be used to inform policy
decisions and report to Congress.
Dated: February 20, 2014.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Committee on Foreign
Medical Education and Accreditation
Office of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education, National Committee on
Foreign Medical Education and
Accreditation.
ACTION: The purpose of this notice is to
announce the upcoming meeting of the
National Committee on Foreign Medical
Education and Accreditation
(NCFMEA). Parts of this meeting will be
AGENCY:
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open to the public, and the public is
invited to attend those portions.
Meeting Date and Place: The public
meeting will be held on Tuesday, April
15, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. until
approximately 5:30 p.m., at the U.S.
Department of Education, Eighth Floor
Conference Center, Office of
Postsecondary Education, 1990 K Street
NW., Washington, DC 20006. On
Wednesday, April 16, 2014, the
Committee will meet in Executive
Session from 8:00 a.m. until
approximately 2:00 p.m. This session
will not be open to the public.
Function: The NCFMEA was
established by the Secretary of
Education under Section 102 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended. The NCFMEA’s
responsibilities are to:
• Upon request of a foreign country,
evaluate the standards of accreditation
applied to medical schools in that
country; and,
• Determine the comparability of
those standards to standards for
accreditation applied to United States
medical schools.
Comparability of the applicable
accreditation standards is an eligibility
requirement for foreign medical schools
to participate in the William D. Ford
Federal Direct Student Loan Program,
20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.
Meeting Agenda: The NCFMEA will
review the standards of accreditation
applied to medical schools by several
foreign countries to determine whether
those standards are comparable to the
standards of accreditation applied to
medical schools in the United States
and/or reports previously requested of
countries by the NCFMEA. Discussion
of the standards of accreditation will be
held in sessions open to the public.
Discussions resulting in specific
determinations of comparability are
closed to the public in order that each
country may be properly notified by the
Department of the Committee’s
decision.
The countries which are scheduled to
be discussed are Costa Rica, Grenada,
India, Mexico, The Netherlands, Nevis,
and Pakistan. The meeting agenda, as
well as the staff analyses pertaining to
the meeting will be posted on the
Department of Education’s Web site
prior to the meeting at https://
www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/
ncfmea.html.
Reasonable Accommodations: The
meeting site is accessible to individuals
with disabilities. If you will need an
auxiliary aid or service to participate in
the meeting (e.g., interpreting service,
assistive listening device, or materials in
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an alternate format), notify the contact
person listed in this notice by April 4,
2014, although we will attempt to meet
a request received after that date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Griffiths, Executive Director for
the NCFMEA, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room
8073, Washington, DC 20006–8129,
telephone: 202 219–7035; fax: 202 502–
7874, or email: Carol.Griffiths@ed.gov.
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
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Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
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search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Brenda Dann-Messier,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
External Merit Review Meeting
Wind and Water Power
Technologies, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of External Peer Review
meeting.
AGENCY:
The Wind Power
Technologies Office within the U.S.
Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy intends to hold an External
Merit Review in Arlington, VA, on
March 24–28, 2014. The External
Review Panel will review current
projects and provide feedback on
technical/scientific/business merit, the
actual or anticipated results, and the
productivity and management
effectiveness of projects. The review
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panel will also assess projects’ potential
impact on the wind power industry and
identify additional research initiatives
and resources that might be required in
the future. The event is open to the
public based upon space availability.
DATES: DOE will hold the External Peer
Review from Monday, March 24th,
through Friday, March 28, 2014.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held at the DoubleTree Crystal City, 300
Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22203.
You may submit comments, identified
by any of the following methods:
• Email: [Mark.Higgins@ee.doe.gov].
Include ‘‘Wind Power Peer Review’’ in
the subject line of the message.
• Postal Mail: [Mark Higgins, EE–4W,
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585] Due to the
potential delays in DOE’s receipt and
processing of mail sent through the U.S.
Postal Service, DOE encourages
respondents to submit comments
electronically to ensure timely receipt.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Kalmuk, BCS, Incorporated,
1400 I (Eye) St. NW., Suite 510,
Washington, DC 20005, mkalmuk@bcshq.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The U.S. Department of Energy’s
(DOE) Wind and Water Power
Technologies is committed to
developing and deploying a portfolio of
innovative technologies for clean,
domestic power generation from landbased and offshore wind turbines. The
Wind and Water Power Technologies
portfolio is aimed at producing the next
generation of wind power technologies
and jump-starting private sector
innovation that is critical to the
country’s long-term economic growth,
energy security, and international
competitiveness. By executing objective,
comprehensive Peer Reviews, the Wind
and Water Power Technologies Office
ensures that its portfolio of project
addresses industry needs and impacts
the long-term development and
deployment of wind power technologies
in the United States.
Public Participation
The event is open to the public based
upon space availability. DOE will also
accept public comments as described in
ADDRESSES for purposes of developing
the Wind Power Program portfolio, but
will not respond individually to
comments received.
Participants at the External Merit
Review should limit information and
comments to those based on personal
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of
Education, National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and
Accreditation.
ACTION: The purpose of this notice is to announce the upcoming meeting
of the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and
Accreditation (NCFMEA). Parts of this meeting will be
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Meeting Date and Place: The public meeting will be held on Tuesday,
April 15, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. until approximately 5:30 p.m., at the
U.S. Department of Education, Eighth Floor Conference Center, Office of
Postsecondary Education, 1990 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20006. On
Wednesday, April 16, 2014, the Committee will meet in Executive Session
from 8:00 a.m. until approximately 2:00 p.m. This session will not be
open to the public.
Function: The NCFMEA was established by the Secretary of Education
under Section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. The
NCFMEA's responsibilities are to:
Upon request of a foreign country, evaluate the standards
of accreditation applied to medical schools in that country; and,
Determine the comparability of those standards to
standards for accreditation applied to United States medical schools.
Comparability of the applicable accreditation standards is an
eligibility requirement for foreign medical schools to participate in
the William D. Ford Federal Direct Student Loan Program, 20 U.S.C.
1087a et seq.
Meeting Agenda: The NCFMEA will review the standards of
accreditation applied to medical schools by several foreign countries
to determine whether those standards are comparable to the standards of
accreditation applied to medical schools in the United States and/or
reports previously requested of countries by the NCFMEA. Discussion of
the standards of accreditation will be held in sessions open to the
public. Discussions resulting in specific determinations of
comparability are closed to the public in order that each country may
be properly notified by the Department of the Committee's decision.
The countries which are scheduled to be discussed are Costa Rica,
Grenada, India, Mexico, The Netherlands, Nevis, and Pakistan. The
meeting agenda, as well as the staff analyses pertaining to the meeting
will be posted on the Department of Education's Web site prior to the
meeting at https://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/ncfmea.html.
Reasonable Accommodations: The meeting site is accessible to
individuals with disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or
service to participate in the meeting (e.g., interpreting service,
assistive listening device, or materials in an alternate format),
notify the contact person listed in this notice by April 4, 2014,
although we will attempt to meet a request received after that date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Griffiths, Executive Director
for the NCFMEA, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room
8073, Washington, DC 20006-8129, telephone: 202 219-7035; fax: 202 502-
7874, or email: Carol.Griffiths@ed.gov.
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 the
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.
Brenda Dann-Messier,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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