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Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E115,
Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Jon Utz, 202–
377–4040.
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
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: Federal Direct
Loan Program and Federal Family
Education Loan Program Teacher Loan
Forgiveness Forms.
OMB Control Number: 1845–0059.
Type of Review: A revision of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 8,700.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,871.
Abstract: These forms serve as the
means by which eligible borrowers in
the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan
Program and the Federal Family
Education Loan Program apply for
teacher loan forgiveness and request
forbearance on their loans while
performing qualifying teaching service.
Borrowers apply for loan forgiveness
after they have completed five years of
qualifying teaching service at a lowincome elementary school, secondary
school, or educational service agency.
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The Teacher Loan Forgiveness
Forbearance Request serves as the
means by which a borrower who
intends to apply for teacher loan
forgiveness requests forbearance
(permission to temporarily cease making
payments) on the loans for which he or
she is seeking forgiveness while
performing the teaching service
applicable that will qualify the borrower
for loan forgiveness.
Dated: March 13, 2014.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0121]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Highly Qualified Teachers Clearance
Office of Planning and
Evaluation and Policy Development
(OPEPD) Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 April 18,
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–0121
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 2E115,
Washington, DC 20202.
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For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Chester Scott,
202–453–6345.
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
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: Highly Qualified
Teachers Clearance.
OMB Control Number: 1875–NEW.
Type of Review: A new information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 17,053.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 115,000.
Abstract: As set forth in Section
145(b) of H.J. Res. 117, the Fiscal Year
2013 Continuing Resolution (CR)
Congress directed the U.S. Department
of Education (ED) to submit a report to
Congress on December 31, 2013,
regarding the degree to which certain
populations of students (students with
disabilities, English language learners,
rural students, and economically
disadvantaged students) are taught by
teachers participating in an alternative
route to certification program. State
educational agencies (SEAs) and local
educational agencies (LEAs) have not
been required to collect nor report this
information. The requested data must be
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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reported from schools to LEAs to SEAs.
ED respectfully seeks clearance to
collect this information required to
answer Congress’s directive. It is
anticipated that the collection is needed
for one year only, hence, SEAs are not
likely to alter their data collection and
reporting systems to meet this data
reporting requirement.
Dated: March 13, 2014.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
[FR Doc. 2014–05956 Filed 3–18–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Service Contract Inventory for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2013
Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of availability—FY 2013
Service Contract Inventory.
AGENCY:
Through this notice, the
Secretary announces the availability of
the Department of Education’s service
contract inventory on its Web site, at
https://www2.ed.gov/fund/data/report/
contracts/
servicecontractinventoryappendix/
servicecontractinventory.html.
A service contract inventory is a tool
for assisting an agency in better
understanding how contracted services
are being used to support mission and
operations and whether the contractors’
skills are being utilized in an
appropriate manner.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pier
Connors, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20202 by phone at 202–
245–6919 or email at Pier.Connors@
ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at
1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
743 of Division C of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2010, Public Law
111–117, requires civilian agencies,
other than the Department of Defense,
that are required to submit an inventory
in accordance with the Federal
Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998
(Pub. L. 105–270, 31 U.S.C. 501 note) to
submit their inventories to the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) in
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) by December 31, 2013. In
addition, section 743 requires these
agencies, which include the Department
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of Education, to (1) make the inventory
available to the public, and (2) publish
in the Federal Register a notice
announcing that the inventory is
available to the public along with the
name, telephone number, and email
address of an agency point of contact.
Through this notice, the Department
announces the availability of its
inventory on the following Web site:
https://www2.ed.gov/fund/data/report/
contracts/
servicecontractinventoryappendix/
servicecontractinventory.html. The
point of contact for the inventory is
provided under the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section in this
notice.
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document in
an accessible format (e.g., Braille, large
print, or audiotape) on request to the
program 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
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at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
can view this document, as well as all
other documents of this Department
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have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
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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.
Program Authority: Section 743 of
Division C of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2010, Public Law 111–
117.
Dated: March 14, 2014.
Thomas P. Skelly,
Director of Budget Service, delegated the
authority to perform the functions and duties
of the Chief Financial Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical
Advisory Committee (HTAC):
Correction
AGENCY:
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Notice of open meeting:
correction.
ACTION:
The Department of Energy
(DOE) published in the Federal Register
on March 5, 2014, a notice of an open
meeting for the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC).
The notice is being corrected to change
the address of the meeting.
SUMMARY:
Correction
In the Federal Register of March 5,
2014, in FR DOC. 2014–04834, on page
12501, please make the following
corrections:
In the ADDRESSES heading, second
column, first paragraph, first line, please
remove, ‘‘U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, Room 6A–112
and in its place add ‘‘The Radisson
Hotel—Reagan National Airport, 2020
Jefferson-Davis Highway, Arlington,
Virginia 22202’’.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 13,
2014.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–06043 Filed 3–18–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Northern New
Mexico; Meeting
Department of Energy.
Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This notice announces a
combined meeting of the Environmental
Monitoring and Remediation Committee
and Waste Management Committee of
the Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),
Northern New Mexico (known locally as
the Northern New Mexico Citizens’
Advisory Board [NNMCAB]). The
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that
public notice of this meeting be
announced in the Federal Register.
DATES: Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 2
p.m.–4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Cities of Gold Conference
Center, NNMCAB Conference Room,
10–B Cities of Gold Road, Pojoaque, NM
87506.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Menice Santistevan, Northern New
Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board, 94
Cities of Gold Road, Santa Fe, NM
87506. Phone (505) 995–0393; Fax (505)
989–1752 or Email:
menice.santistevan@nnsa.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2013-ICCD-0121]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Highly Qualified Teachers Clearance
AGENCY: Office of Planning and Evaluation and Policy Development
(OPEPD) Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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
April 18, 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-
0121 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 2E115, Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Chester Scott, 202-453-6345.
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 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: Highly Qualified Teachers Clearance.
OMB Control Number: 1875-NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 17,053.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 115,000.
Abstract: As set forth in Section 145(b) of H.J. Res. 117, the
Fiscal Year 2013 Continuing Resolution (CR) Congress directed the U.S.
Department of Education (ED) to submit a report to Congress on December
31, 2013, regarding the degree to which certain populations of students
(students with disabilities, English language learners, rural students,
and economically disadvantaged students) are taught by teachers
participating in an alternative route to certification program. State
educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) have
not been required to collect nor report this information. The requested
data must be
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reported from schools to LEAs to SEAs. ED respectfully seeks clearance
to collect this information required to answer Congress's directive. It
is anticipated that the collection is needed for one year only, hence,
SEAs are not likely to alter their data collection and reporting
systems to meet this data reporting requirement.
Dated: March 13, 2014.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-05956 Filed 3-18-14; 8:45 am]
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