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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 175 / Thursday, September 10, 2015 / Notices Dated: September 4, 2015. Yvette S. Jackson, Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. Federal Register of July 21, 2015, concerning notice of a public meeting of the Mississippi Advisory Committee. The public meeting has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Mojnaroski, DFO, at 312–353– 8311 or mwojnaroski@usccr.gov. [FR Doc. 2015–22782 Filed 9–9–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–34–C BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS Correction Notice of Public Availability of the Broadcasting Board of Governors FY– 2013 Service Contract Analysis and FY–2014 Service Contract Inventory The Broadcasting Board of Governors. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–117), the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is publishing this notice to instruct the public of the availability of its FY–2013 Service Contract Analysis and FY–2014 Service Contract Inventory. They are available on the BBG Internet site at https:// www.bbg.gov/about-the-agency/ research-reports/other/bbg-servicecontract-inventory/. The service contract inventory provides information on service contract actions over $25,000 made in FY–2014. The information is organized by function to show how contracted resources are distributed throughout the Agency. The inventory has been developed in accordance with guidance on service contract inventories issued on November 5, 2010 and on December 19, 2011 by the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James McGuirk, Senior Procurement Analyst, IBB Office of Contracts via email at jmcguirk@bbg.gov or at telephone number (202) 382–7840. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of July 21, 2015, in FR Doc. 2015–17785, on pages 43060–43061, withdraw the notice of a meeting of the Mississippi Advisory Committee for September 8, 2015, via conference call. The meeting has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. Dated: September 4, 2015. David Mussatt, Chief Regional Programs Unit. [FR Doc. 2015–22824 Filed 9–9–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6335–01–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. Title: School District Review Program. OMB Control Number: 0607–XXXX. Form Number(s): N/A. Type of Request: Regular Submission. Number of Respondents: 102. Average Hours per Response: 20. Burden Hours: 2040. Needs and Uses: The mission of the Geography Division (GEO) within the U.S. Census Bureau is to plan, coordinate, and administer all geographic and cartographic activities needed to facilitate Census Bureau Dated: September 3, 2015. statistical programs throughout the Chris Luer, United States and its territories. GEO Chief, IBB Office of Administration. manages programs that continuously [FR Doc. 2015–22861 Filed 9–9–15; 8:45 am] update features, boundaries, addresses, BILLING CODE 8610–01–P and geographic entities in the Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS (MAF/TIGER) System. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Notice of Public Meeting of the sponsors the School District Review Mississippi Advisory Committee; Program, which enables the Census Correction Bureau to create special tabulations of Decennial Census data by school district AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil geography. The demographic data Rights. produced by the Census Bureau for the ACTION: Notice; correction. NCES and related to each school district SUMMARY: The U.S. Commission on Civil is of vital importance for each state’s allocation under Title I of the Rights published a document in the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:28 Sep 09, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54517 Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The NCES identifies a Title I Coordinator, and the Census Bureau works with the NCES on assigning a Mapping Coordinator in each state to work with the Census Bureau to implement this work. The respondents for the SDRP are the Title I Coordinators and Mapping Coordinators from the fifty states and the District of Columbia. The SDRP invites respondent participation in two phases of the program: Annotation and Verification. As part of the 2015–2016 SDRP Annotation phase, the Mapping Coordinator in each state will receive a variety of materials from the Census Bureau to use in their review and update of school district boundaries, names, codes and geographic relationships. The Mapping Coordinators will use the Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER Partnership Software (MTPS) and Census supplied spatial data in digital shapefile format to identify boundary changes for their school districts. As part of the Verification phase of the SDRP, Mapping Coordinators will have the opportunity to either use the MTPS with Census Bureau supplied Verification shapefiles, or the Census Crowdsourcing Tool (CCT) to review and verify that the Census Bureau correctly captured their submitted information. If a respondent finds cases where the Census Bureau did not incorporate their proposed submissions correctly, the respondent can tag and comment the area of issue and that information will become available to the Census Bureau for corrections. The Census Bureau conducts the SDRP every two years under agreement from the NCES of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The Census Bureau invites state education officials to participate in the review and update of its national inventory of school district boundaries and district information. State education officials collaborate with local superintendents on their responses. The participants review and provide updates and corrections to the elementary, secondary, and unified school district names and Federal Local Education Agency (LEA) identification numbers, school district boundaries, and the grade ranges for which a school district is financially responsible. The participants submit updated digital spatial files back to the Census Bureau. The Census Bureau uses the updated school district information along with the most current Census population and income data, current population estimates, and tabulations of E:\FR\FM\10SEN1.SGM 10SEN1 54518 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 175 / Thursday, September 10, 2015 / Notices administrative records data, to form the Census Bureau’s estimates of the number of children aged five through seventeen in low-income families for each school district. These estimates of the number of children in low-income families residing within each school district are the basis of the funding allocation for each school district under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public Law (Pub. L.) 107–110. Affected Public: All fifty states and the District of Columbia. Frequency: Annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 16, 141, and 193. Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_Submission@ omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. Dated: September 4, 2015. Glenna Mickelson, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2015–22812 Filed 9–9–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Census Bureau Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the 2020 Census Field Tests U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on or before November 9, 2015. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:28 Sep 09, 2015 Jkt 235001 Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at jjessup@doc.gov). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Erin Love, Census Bureau, HQ–3H468E, Washington, DC 20233; (301) 763–2034 (or via the Internet at erin.s.love@census.gov). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The U.S. Census Bureau is committed to conducting research towards a 2020 Census that costs less while maintaining high quality results. The Census Bureau plans to request an extension of the current OMB approval to conduct a series of small-scale tests to research and evaluate how the use of automation can improve data collection activities. These tests will explore how the Census Bureau can use automated processes to improve efficiency, data quality, and response rates and reduce respondent burden. This information collection will operate as a generic clearance. The estimated number of respondents and annual reporting hours requested cover both the known and yet to be determined tests. A generic clearance is needed for these tests because though each share similar methodology, the exact number of tests and the explicit details of each test to be performed has yet to be determined. Once information collection plans are defined, they will be submitted on an individual basis in order to keep OMB informed as these tests progress. The Census Bureau plans to test the use of mobile computing devices, emails, text messages and applications in self-enumeration and data collection tasks. The enumeration functions research will focus on using various applications to enumerate households and persons. The research and evaluation may include: Developing an automated enumeration questionnaire; inviting respondents to participate; reminding them to participate; usability issues; conducting interviews; and ability to toggle to non-English language instrument. To test enumeration functions, the Census Bureau may conduct the enumeration directly with a household member or knowledgeable respondent. The questions asked in these tasks will be content or experimental content for the 2020 Census operations and forms, along with some attitudinal and satisfaction debriefing questions. PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 II. Method of Collection The information will be collected through observations, self-response, face-face interviews, and/or telephone interviews. III. Data OMB Control Number: 0607–0971. Form Number: Not yet determined. Type of Review: Regular submission. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 36,000 per year. Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6000 hours annually. Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is no cost to the respondent other than time to answer the information request. Respondents Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Sections 141 and 193. IV. Request for Comments Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter of public record. Dated: September 4, 2015. Glenna Mickelson, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. 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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54517-54518]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: School District Review Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Number of Respondents: 102.
    Average Hours per Response: 20.
    Burden Hours: 2040.
    Needs and Uses: The mission of the Geography Division (GEO) within 
the U.S. Census Bureau is to plan, coordinate, and administer all 
geographic and cartographic activities needed to facilitate Census 
Bureau statistical programs throughout the United States and its 
territories. GEO manages programs that continuously update features, 
boundaries, addresses, and geographic entities in the Master Address 
File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/
TIGER) System. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 
sponsors the School District Review Program, which enables the Census 
Bureau to create special tabulations of Decennial Census data by school 
district geography. The demographic data produced by the Census Bureau 
for the NCES and related to each school district is of vital importance 
for each state's allocation under Title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 
2001. The NCES identifies a Title I Coordinator, and the Census Bureau 
works with the NCES on assigning a Mapping Coordinator in each state to 
work with the Census Bureau to implement this work. The respondents for 
the SDRP are the Title I Coordinators and Mapping Coordinators from the 
fifty states and the District of Columbia. The SDRP invites respondent 
participation in two phases of the program: Annotation and 
Verification. As part of the 2015-2016 SDRP Annotation phase, the 
Mapping Coordinator in each state will receive a variety of materials 
from the Census Bureau to use in their review and update of school 
district boundaries, names, codes and geographic relationships. The 
Mapping Coordinators will use the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER Partnership 
Software (MTPS) and Census supplied spatial data in digital shapefile 
format to identify boundary changes for their school districts. As part 
of the Verification phase of the SDRP, Mapping Coordinators will have 
the opportunity to either use the MTPS with Census Bureau supplied 
Verification shapefiles, or the Census Crowdsourcing Tool (CCT) to 
review and verify that the Census Bureau correctly captured their 
submitted information. If a respondent finds cases where the Census 
Bureau did not incorporate their proposed submissions correctly, the 
respondent can tag and comment the area of issue and that information 
will become available to the Census Bureau for corrections. The Census 
Bureau conducts the SDRP every two years under agreement from the NCES 
of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The Census Bureau invites 
state education officials to participate in the review and update of 
its national inventory of school district boundaries and district 
information. State education officials collaborate with local 
superintendents on their responses. The participants review and provide 
updates and corrections to the elementary, secondary, and unified 
school district names and Federal Local Education Agency (LEA) 
identification numbers, school district boundaries, and the grade 
ranges for which a school district is financially responsible. The 
participants submit updated digital spatial files back to the Census 
Bureau. The Census Bureau uses the updated school district information 
along with the most current Census population and income data, current 
population estimates, and tabulations of

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administrative records data, to form the Census Bureau's estimates of 
the number of children aged five through seventeen in low-income 
families for each school district. These estimates of the number of 
children in low-income families residing within each school district 
are the basis of the funding allocation for each school district under 
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the 
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public Law (Pub. L.) 107-110.
    Affected Public: All fifty states and the District of Columbia.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 16, 141, and 193. Title I, 
Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: September 4, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-22812 Filed 9-9-15; 8:45 am]
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