Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; EDFacts Data Collection School Years 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19, 75077-75078 [2015-30417]
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that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Data Challenges
and Appeals Solution (DCAS).
OMB Control Number: 1845–0137.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
Sector, State, Local and Tribal
Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,029,889.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 175,081.
Abstract: This is a request for an
extension of the emergency clearance
that was granted on this collection for
the Data Challenges and Appeals
Solution (DCAS), a new system that will
allow institutions to challenge their selfreported data as well as Department
calculated metrics. The system will
ultimately provide for the receipt,
processing, data storage and archiving of
data challenges received from
institutions for challenges of Gainful
Employment (GE) metrics, Cohort
Default Rates (institutional and
programmatic), and Disclosure Rates
and Metrics. This request is for the first
phase of DCAS, the institutional
challenge to the GE completers list
provided to institutions by the
Department of Education. The other
aspects of DCAS will be made
functional and available to institutions
in stages, to allow for full development
and testing, through subsequent system
releases.
Dated: November 25, 2015.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0090]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; EDFacts
Data Collection School Years 2016–17,
2017–18, and 2018–19
National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing a revised information
collection.
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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 31, 2015.
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–2015–ICCD–0090
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 2E103,
Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Kashka
Kubzdela at (202) 502–7411or by email
kashka.kubzdela@ed.gov.
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
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response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: EDFacts Data
Collection School Years 2016–17, 2017–
18, and 2018–19.
OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW.
Type of Review: A revised information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 61.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 126,880.
Abstract: EDFacts is a U.S.
Department of Education (ED) initiative
to collect, analyze, report on and
promote the use of high-quality, prekindergarten through grade 12 (pre-K–
12) performance data for use in
education planning, policymaking, and
management and budget decision
making to improve outcomes for
students. EDFacts enables the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
to report on students, schools, staff,
services, and education outcomes at the
state, district, and school levels, by
centralizing data provided by state
education agencies, local education
agencies, and schools. This centralized
approach provides ED users with the
ability to efficiently analyze and report
on submitted data and has reduced the
reporting burden for state and local data
producers through the use of
streamlined data collection, analysis,
and reporting tools. EDFacts collects
information on behalf of ED grant and
program offices for approximately 180
data groups for all 50 states, Washington
DC, Puerto Rico, and seven outlying
areas and freely associated states
(American Samoa, Federated States of
Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Republic of Palau, and the U.S.
Virgin Islands), the Department of
Defense Education Activity (DoDEA),
and the Bureau of Indian Education
(BIE). NCES seeks authorization from
OMB to continue its EDFacts data
collection and is requesting a new
clearance for the 2016–17, 2017–18, and
2018–19 school years in order to
continue to provide EDFacts data to
Department of Education program
offices, as well as SEAs, LEAs, and
schools. In response to the 60-day
public comment period announced in
the Federal Register on July 9, 2015, ED
received 52 comments from 49
commenters. A summary of the
comments and ED’s responses are
provided in Attachment F. This notice
announces that the revised collection
package is now available for a 30-day
public comment period. This
submission includes a few proposed
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changes to the EDFacts data collection.
In addition to reviewing the proposed
changes (detailed in Attachment C and
the B Attachments), ED requests that
SEAs and other stakeholders respond to
the directed questions found in
Attachment D.
Dated: November 25, 2015.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
Eric S. Lander, President, Broad
Institute of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and Harvard.
Please note that because PCAST
operates under the provisions of FACA,
all public comments and/or
presentations will be treated as public
documents and will be made available
for public inspection, including being
posted on the PCAST Web site.
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24, 2015.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
President’s Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology
Office of Science, Department
of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation for
comments.
AGENCY:
The President’s Council of
Advisors on Science and Technology
(PCAST) is interested in hearing from
stakeholders on a series of questions
related to forensic science.
DATES: Please submit all responses by
December 23, 2015, 12:00 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: input must be submitted
electronically using the Web-based form
available at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/webform/pcastforensic-science-solicitation-questions0.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Specific questions about this notice
should be sent via email to Ms. Jennifer
Michael at Jennifer_L_Michael@
ostp.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
President’s Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology (PCAST) is an
advisory group of the Nation’s leading
scientists and engineers, appointed by
the President to augment the science
and technology advice available to him
from inside the White House, Cabinet
Departments, and other Federal
agencies. See the Executive Order at
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast.
PCAST is consulted about and provides
analyses and recommendations
concerning a wide range of issues where
understandings from the domains of
science, technology, and innovation
may bear on the policy choices before
the President. PCAST is co-chaired by
Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the
President for Science and Technology,
and Director, Office of Science and
Technology Policy, Executive Office of
the President, The White House; and Dr.
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Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
National Offshore Wind Strategy
Workshop
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notification of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Department of Energy
(DOE) Wind and Water Power
Technologies Office (WWPTO) and the
Department of the Interior (DOI) Bureau
of Ocean Energy Management Office
(BOEM) are convening a workshop to
obtain individual stakeholder insight
into the technical and market challenges
and potential pathways to facilitate the
development of the offshore wind
industry in the United States. The
workshop seeks individual input across
the range of U.S. offshore wind
stakeholders to better inform efforts to
update and refine the 2011 A National
Offshore Wind Strategy.
DATES: DOE and DOI will hold a
workshop on Thursday, December 10th,
2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in
Washington, DC. RSVP is required by
December 7th, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held
at the Hotel Palomar DC located at 2121
P St NW., Washington, DC 20037.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions may be directed to Greg
Matzat, Department of Energy at (202)
586–2776 or Greg.Matzat@ee.doe.gov, or
Jim Bennett, Department of the Interior
at (703) 787–1300 or James.Bennett@
boem.gov.
SUMMARY:
Since the
release of the 2011 A National Offshore
Wind Strategy: Creating an Offshore
Wind Energy Industry in the United
States, DOE has invested in 55 projects
and demonstrations and DOI has held
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five offshore wind lease sales. A 2016
update to A National Offshore Wind
Strategy is currently underway at the
agencies, which aims to better
understand how the industry has
changed in the past five years, identify
the key challenges still facing the U.S.
industry, explore potential pathways for
offshore wind in the U.S., and identify
the activities needed to facilitate
offshore wind development.
The focus of the workshop will be for
agencies to receive public input,
questions, and recommendations for
areas of potential improvement in the
refinement and updating of the 2011 A
National Offshore Wind Strategy.
Particular areas of interest will include
technical and market challenges facing
offshore wind and potential pathways
forward. Participants should limit
information and comments to those
based on personal experience,
individual advice, information, or facts
regarding these topics.
It is not the object of this session to
obtain any group position or consensus
relating to the strategic actions or
inactions of the industry as a whole or
those of DOE or DOI; rather, the
agencies are seeking as much insight as
possible from all the individuals at this
meeting. To most effectively use the
limited time please refrain from passing
judgment on another participant’s
recommendations or advice and,
instead, concentrate on your individual
experiences.
Public Participation: This meeting is
open to the public, subject to space
availability. Stakeholders from all
sectors in U.S. offshore wind energy are
encouraged to attend. Pre-registration is
required as space is limited.
Pre-Registration: To pre-register,
please include/enter your registration
information at the following URL
online: https://goo.gl/forms/1zm7N
P2wCt. If you have any questions about
registration, please contact Ronee Penoi
via email at rpenoi@cbuilding.org or by
telephone at (202) 853–9005.
Participants interested in attending
should pre-register no later than the
close of business on December 7th,
2015. All attendees are required to preregister. Space will be limited, and DOE
and DOI will continue to accept RSVPs
until they have reached maximum
attendance based on space limitations.
Privacy Notice: DOE and DOI are
requesting your name, company/
organization, work email address and
work telephone number in order to
register you for this government-led
event and to facilitate feedback, provide
updates, and potentially to plan for
future workshops. Providing this
information is voluntary, but is
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0090]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
EDFacts Data Collection School Years 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19
AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 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 revised information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 31, 2015.
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-2015-ICCD-
0090 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 2E103, Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela at (202) 502-
7411or by email kashka.kubzdela@ed.gov.
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: EDFacts Data Collection School Years 2016-17,
2017-18, and 2018-19.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: A revised information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 61.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 126,880.
Abstract: EDFacts is a U.S. Department of Education (ED) initiative
to collect, analyze, report on and promote the use of high-quality,
pre-kindergarten through grade 12 (pre-K-12) performance data for use
in education planning, policymaking, and management and budget decision
making to improve outcomes for students. EDFacts enables the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to report on students, schools,
staff, services, and education outcomes at the state, district, and
school levels, by centralizing data provided by state education
agencies, local education agencies, and schools. This centralized
approach provides ED users with the ability to efficiently analyze and
report on submitted data and has reduced the reporting burden for state
and local data producers through the use of streamlined data
collection, analysis, and reporting tools. EDFacts collects information
on behalf of ED grant and program offices for approximately 180 data
groups for all 50 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and seven
outlying areas and freely associated states (American Samoa, Federated
States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of Palau, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands), the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), and the
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). NCES seeks authorization from OMB to
continue its EDFacts data collection and is requesting a new clearance
for the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years in order to continue
to provide EDFacts data to Department of Education program offices, as
well as SEAs, LEAs, and schools. In response to the 60-day public
comment period announced in the Federal Register on July 9, 2015, ED
received 52 comments from 49 commenters. A summary of the comments and
ED's responses are provided in Attachment F. This notice announces that
the revised collection package is now available for a 30-day public
comment period. This submission includes a few proposed
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changes to the EDFacts data collection. In addition to reviewing the
proposed changes (detailed in Attachment C and the B Attachments), ED
requests that SEAs and other stakeholders respond to the directed
questions found in Attachment D.
Dated: November 25, 2015.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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