Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2022 Cycle II Field Test, 46944-46945 [2019-19300]

Download as PDF 46944 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 173 / Friday, September 6, 2019 / Notices 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: Foreign Gifts and Contracts Disclosures. OMB Control Number: 1801–NEW. Type of Review: A new information collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 400. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,000. Abstract: Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended, provides that institutions of higher education must file a disclosure report with the Secretary of Education under the following circumstances: Whenever any institution is owned or controlled by a foreign source or receives a gift from or enters into a contract with a foreign source, the value of which is $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with that foreign source within a calendar year, the institution shall file a disclosure report with the Secretary on January 31 or July 31, whichever is sooner. This collection of information is necessary to ensure that the Secretary receives sufficient information about gifts or contracts involving a foreign source, or about ownership or control of the institution by a foreign source, to be able to enforce 20 U.S.C. 1011f. Dated: September 3, 2019. Stephanie Valentine, PRA Coordinator, Information Collection Clearance Program, Information Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2019–19296 Filed 9–5–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No. ED–2019–ICCD–0113] jspears on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2022 Cycle II Field Test National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of Education (ED). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a reinstatement of a SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Sep 05, 2019 Jkt 247001 previously approved information collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before November 5, 2019. ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED– 2019–ICCD–0113. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https:// www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number 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 include the docket ID number and the title of the information collection request when requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period will not be accepted. 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, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9089, Washington, DC 20202–0023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202–245–7377 or email NCES.Information.Collections@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 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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: Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2022 Cycle II Field Test. OMB Control Number: 1850–0870. Type of Review: A reinstatement of a previously approved information collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 5,662. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,262. Abstract: The Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is a cyclical, large-scale study of adult skills and life experiences focusing on education and employment. PIAAC is an international study designed to assess adults in different countries over a broad range of abilities, from simple reading to complex problem-solving skills, and to collect information on individuals’ skill use and background. PIAAC is coordinated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and developed by participating countries with the support of the OECD. In the United States, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education (ED) conducts PIAAC. The U.S. participated in the PIAAC Main Study data collection in 2012 and conducted national supplement data collections in 2014 and 2017. All three of these collections are part of PIAAC Cycle I. A new PIAAC cycle is to be conducted every 10 years, and PIAAC Cycle II Main Study data collection will be conducted from August 2021 through March 2022. In preparation for the main study collection, PIAAC Cycle II will begin with a Field Test in 2020, in which 34 countries are expected to participate with the primary goal of evaluating newly developed assessment and questionnaire items and to test the PIAAC 2022 planned operations. PIAAC 2022 defines four core competency domains of adult cognitive skills that are seen as key to facilitating the social and economic participation of adults in advanced economies: (1) Literacy, (2) numeracy, (3) reading and numeracy components, and (4) adaptive problem solving. The U.S. will administer all four domains of the PIAAC 2022 assessment to a nationally E:\FR\FM\06SEN1.SGM 06SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 173 / Friday, September 6, 2019 / Notices representative sample of adults, along with a background questionnaire with questions about their education background, work history, the skills they use on the job and at home, their civic engagement, and sense of their health and well-being. The results are used to compare the skills capacities of the workforce-aged adults in participating countries, and to learn more about relationships between educational background, employment, and other outcomes. In addition, in PIAAC 2022, a set of financial literacy questions will be included in the background questionnaire. This request is to conduct the PIAAC Cycle II Field Test in April–June 2020. Dated: September 3, 2019. Stephanie Valentine, PRA Coordinator, Information Collection Clearance Program, Information Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2019–19300 Filed 9–5–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION Meeting: Technical Guidelines Development Committee; ‘‘Voluntary Voting Systems Guidelines and Technical Requirements’’ U.S. Election Assistance Commission. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: Thursday, September 19, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, and Friday, September, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Eastern time (estimated based on speed of business). ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 1335 East-West Highway (First Floor Conference Room), Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301) 563–3919. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerome Lovato, Telephone: (301) 563– 3929. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Technical Guidelines Development Committee will conduct an open meeting to discuss the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines and Technical Requirements. Agenda: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) will discuss the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 2.0 (VVSG 2.0) and all accompanying Technical Requirements. jspears on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:46 Sep 05, 2019 Jkt 247001 The TGDC will discuss the next TGDC meeting dates and the continuing steps to develop the Technical Requirements. There may be votes conducted at this meeting. Final Agenda will be published at www.eac.gov before the meeting. The TGDC will discuss the Requirements of the VVSG 2.0. Draft VVSG Requirements can be found at the link below: https://collaborate.nist.gov/ voting/bin/view/Voting/ VVSG20DraftRequirements. The most current version of the draft VVSG 2.0 Requirements is clearly marked at the top of the page to ensure the latest version is the topic of discussion at the time of the meetings. As stated in the disclaimer (and in each document), the Requirements are in a draft state and are not yet ready for final posting in their current form. These are provided ‘‘as is’’ for facilitating on-going discussions, but do not yet represent an official or final version. Members of the public may submit relevant written statements about the meeting’s content to the TGDC no later than 3:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. Statements may be sent electronically via https://www.eac.gov/contact/, via standard mail addressed to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, TGDC, 1335 East-West Highway, Suite 4300, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or by fax at 301–734–3108. This meeting is open to the public. Dated: September 3, 2019. Clifford D. Tatum, General Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance Commission. [FR Doc. 2019–19289 Filed 9–5–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2997–031] South Sutter Water District; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Major, new license. b. Project No.: P–2997–031. c. Date filed: July 1, 2019. d. Applicant: South Sutter Water District. e. Name of Project: Camp Far West Hydroelectric Project. PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 46945 f. Location: The existing hydroelectric project is located on the Bear River in Yuba, Nevada, and Placer Counties, California. The project, with the proposed project boundary modifications, would occupy a total of 2,674 acres. No federal or tribal lands occur within or adjacent to the project boundary or along the Bear River downstream of the project. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brad Arnold, General Manager, South Sutter Water District, 2464 Pacific Avenue, Trowbridge, California 95659. i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering, (202) 502–6382, quinn.emmering@ ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests and requests for cooperating agency status: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file motions to intervene and protests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission’s eFiling system at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–2997–031. The Commission’s Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. k. This application has been accepted, but is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. Project Description: The existing Camp Far West Hydroelectric Project operates to primarily provide water during the irrigation season, generate power, and meet streamflow requirements for the Bear River. The existing project includes: (1) A 185-foothigh, 40-foot-wide, 2,070-foot-long, zoned, earth-filled main dam; (2) a 45foot-high, 20-foot-wide, 1,060-foot-long, earth-filled south wing dam; (3) a 25foot-high, 20-foot-wide, 1,460-foot-long, earth-filled north wing dam; (4) a 15foot-high, 20-foot-wide, 1,450-foot-long, earth-filled dike; (5) a 1,886-acre E:\FR\FM\06SEN1.SGM 06SEN1

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[FR Doc No: 2019-19300]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2019-ICCD-0113]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 
2022 Cycle II Field Test

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, ED is 
proposing a reinstatement of a previously approved information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 5, 2019.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2019-ICCD-
0113. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number 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 [email protected]. Please include the docket ID 
number and the title of the information collection request when 
requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that comments 
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period 
will not be accepted. 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, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9089, 
Washington, DC 20202-0023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377 or 
email [email protected].

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: Program for the International Assessment of 
Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2022 Cycle II Field Test.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0870.
    Type of Review: A reinstatement of a previously approved 
information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 5,662.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,262.
    Abstract: The Program for the International Assessment of Adult 
Competencies (PIAAC) is a cyclical, large-scale study of adult skills 
and life experiences focusing on education and employment. PIAAC is an 
international study designed to assess adults in different countries 
over a broad range of abilities, from simple reading to complex 
problem-solving skills, and to collect information on individuals' 
skill use and background. PIAAC is coordinated by the Organization for 
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and developed by 
participating countries with the support of the OECD. In the United 
States, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the 
U.S. Department of Education (ED) conducts PIAAC. The U.S. participated 
in the PIAAC Main Study data collection in 2012 and conducted national 
supplement data collections in 2014 and 2017. All three of these 
collections are part of PIAAC Cycle I. A new PIAAC cycle is to be 
conducted every 10 years, and PIAAC Cycle II Main Study data collection 
will be conducted from August 2021 through March 2022. In preparation 
for the main study collection, PIAAC Cycle II will begin with a Field 
Test in 2020, in which 34 countries are expected to participate with 
the primary goal of evaluating newly developed assessment and 
questionnaire items and to test the PIAAC 2022 planned operations. 
PIAAC 2022 defines four core competency domains of adult cognitive 
skills that are seen as key to facilitating the social and economic 
participation of adults in advanced economies: (1) Literacy, (2) 
numeracy, (3) reading and numeracy components, and (4) adaptive problem 
solving. The U.S. will administer all four domains of the PIAAC 2022 
assessment to a nationally

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representative sample of adults, along with a background questionnaire 
with questions about their education background, work history, the 
skills they use on the job and at home, their civic engagement, and 
sense of their health and well-being. The results are used to compare 
the skills capacities of the workforce-aged adults in participating 
countries, and to learn more about relationships between educational 
background, employment, and other outcomes. In addition, in PIAAC 2022, 
a set of financial literacy questions will be included in the 
background questionnaire. This request is to conduct the PIAAC Cycle II 
Field Test in April-June 2020.

    Dated: September 3, 2019.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Information Collection Clearance Program, Information 
Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-19300 Filed 9-5-19; 8:45 am]
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