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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
[Docket ID: USN–2023–HQ–0011]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Department of the Navy,
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: 60-Day information collection
notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Navy Fleet Readiness Center Southeast
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comments received by June 12, 2023.
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identified by docket number and title,
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Southeast Access Badge Application;
OMB Control Number 0703–CURE.
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Electronic (SE) Computer Coordinated
Universal Retrieval Entry (CCURE) 9000
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policy regulations in OPNAVINST
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Law Enforcement Program,’’ which
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people and assets throughout the Navy.
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allowing the contractor employee access
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using information to process personnel
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may be used for investigative purposes
and communications in the event of an
emergency or security event.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Annual Burden Hours: 186.67.
Number of Respondents: 1,600.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 1,600.
Average Burden per Response: 7
minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
Dated: April 5, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Regional Advisory Committees
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Request for nominations to
serve on the Regional Advisory
Committees.
AGENCY:
The Secretary of Education
(Secretary) invites interested parties to
submit nominations for individuals for
appointment to serve on the Regional
Advisory Committees (RACs).
SUMMARY:
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Nominations for appointment of
individuals to serve on the RACs must
be submitted by May 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit
nominations, including attachments, to
the Secretary by the following method:
• Electronically via electronic mail to
OESE.RAC@ed.gov (please indicate
‘‘Regional Advisory Committee
Nomination’’ in the email subject line
and specify the specific Region to which
you are nominating, e.g., ‘‘Regional
Advisory Committee Nomination:
Appalachia’’).
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Daley, Group Leader,
Comprehensive Centers Group, Office of
Program and Grantee Support Services,
U.S. Department of Education.
Telephone: 202–987–1057. Email:
OESE.RAC@ed.gov.
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Privacy Act Statement
Purpose: The purpose of collecting
nomination information is for the
Secretary to consult with and seek
nomination recommendations from the
chief executive officers of States, chief
State school officers, and education
stakeholders within the Regional
Advisory Committee’s region on
individuals for appointment for
membership on a RAC. The nomination
information will be used to evaluate,
select, and appoint individuals for
membership on RACs and to conduct
necessary ethics vetting and ethics
training for nominees who are
appointed to the RAC. Finally, the
nomination information will be used to
communicate with nominees and, if
appointed, with appointees to conduct
the business of the RACs.
Authorities: The collection of the
nomination information is authorized
by the Educational Technical Assistance
Act of 2002 (ETAA) (Pub. L. 107–279;
20 U.S.C. 9605); 5 U.S.C. 301; Public
Law 95–521, Ethics in Government Act
of 1978; Public Law 101–194, Ethics
Reform Act of 1989, as amended; and
Executive Orders 12674, 12565, and
11222, as amended. The (RACs) are also
governed by the provisions of 5 U.S.C.
chapter 10 (Federal Advisory
Committees).
Routine Use Disclosures: Although
the Department does not otherwise
anticipate nonconsensually disclosing
the information you provide outside of
the Department, the Department may
nonconsensually disclose such
information pursuant to the published
routine uses described in the following
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System of Records Notices: ‘‘Secretary’s
Communications Control System’’ (18–
01–01), ‘‘Employee Conduct—
Government Ethics’’ (18–09–03), and
‘‘Executive Branch Confidential
Financial Disclosure Reports’’ (OGE/
GOVT–2), the most recent versions of
which are located on the Department’s
‘‘Privacy Act System of Record Notice
Issuances (SORN)’’ web page at
www2.ed.gov/notices/ed-pia.html.
Consequences of Failure to Provide
Information: Submitting nominations
with the requested information in
response to this notice is voluntary. You
are not required to provide the
personally identifiable information
requested; however, if you do not, then
the Department may not be able to
consider the nominee for membership
on a RAC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Secretary is establishing the RACs, one
for each region served by the Regional
Educational Laboratories, in order to
collect information on the education
needs of each region and how those
needs may be addressed through
technical assistance activities provided
by comprehensive centers described in
section 203 of the Educational
Technical Assistance Act (ETAA).
Comprehensive centers provide
training, professional development, and
technical assistance to State educational
agencies (SEAs), local educational
agencies (LEAs), regional educational
agencies, and schools in the region
where the center is located for
assistance with school improvement
activities and to disseminate and
provide information, reports, and
publications that can be used for
improving academic achievement,
closing achievement gaps, and
encouraging and sustaining school
improvement (as described in section
1111(d) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended (20 U.S.C. 6311(d))), to
schools, educators, parents, and
policymakers within the region in
which the center is located.
In choosing individuals for
membership on the RACs, the Secretary
is also seeking recommendations from
the chief executive officers of States,
chief State school officers, and
education stakeholders within each
region served by the Regional
Educational Laboratories.
The RACs will seek input regarding
the need for the technical assistance
activities described in section 203 of the
ETAA and how those needs would be
most effectively addressed. In order to
achieve this purpose, the RACs will
seek input from chief executive officers
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of States; chief State school officers;
and, through processes which may
include open hearings to solicit the
views and needs of schools (including
public charter schools), educators,
parents, teachers, administrators,
members of the Regional Educational
Laboratory Governing Board, LEAs,
librarians, businesses, SEAs, and other
customers (such as adult education
programs) within the region regarding
the need for the activities described in
20 U.S.C. 9564 and 9602 and how those
needs would be most effectively
addressed.
Not later than 6 months after each
RAC is first convened, it will submit a
report to the Secretary based on the
assessment of education needs within
each region to be served. Each report
will contain an analysis of the needs of
the region and technical advice to the
Secretary regarding how those needs
would be most effectively addressed.
Under section 207 of the ETAA, the
Secretary shall establish priorities for
the comprehensive centers to address,
taking into account these regional
assessments and other relevant regional
surveys of education needs to the extent
the Secretary deems appropriate.
Section 206(b) of the ETAA requires
that the membership of each RAC
contain a balanced representation of
States in the region and include not
more than one representative of each
SEA geographically located in the
region. The membership of each RAC
may include the following:
representatives of LEAs, both rural and
urban; representatives of institutions of
higher education, including those that
represent university-based research on
education and subjects other than
education; parents; practicing educators,
including classroom teachers,
principals, administrators, school board
members, and other local school
officials; representatives of business;
and researchers. Each RAC will be
comprised of not more than 25
members.
Nomination Process
Any interested person or organization
may nominate one or more qualified
individuals for membership. Please be
sure to use the information noted in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice and
include the name of the RAC to which
the nomination applies in the subject
line. If you would like to nominate an
individual or yourself for appointment
to one of the RACs listed below, please
submit the following information:
(a) A cover letter addressed to
Honorable Miguel Cardona, Secretary of
Education. Please provide in the cover
letter, the reason(s) the nominated
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individual is interested in being
selected as a nominee for appointment
by the Secretary to serve on a RAC.
Attachments:
(b) A copy of the nominee’s resume/
curriculum vitae;
(c) Contact information for the
nominee (name, title, mailing address,
phone number, and email address); and
(d) The group(s) the nominee may
qualify to represent from the following
categories (list all that apply):
(1) SEA.
(2) LEA, including:
(i) Rural LEA.
(ii) Urban LEA.
(3) Practicing educator.
(i) Classroom teacher.
(ii) School principal.
(iii) Other school administrator.
(iv) School board member.
(v) Other local school official.
(4) Parent.
(5) Institution of higher education.
(i) University-based education
research.
(ii) University-based research on
subjects other than education.
(6) Business.
(7) Researcher.
In addition, the cover letter must state
that the nominee (if you are nominating
someone other than yourself) has agreed
to be nominated and is willing to serve,
if appointed, on one of the RACs.
Nominees will be appointed based on
technical qualifications, professional
experience, demonstrated knowledge of
issues, demonstrated experience,
integrity, impartiality, and good
judgment.
The RAC regions are:
1. Appalachia (Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia, and West Virginia);
2. Central (Colorado, Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota, and Wyoming);
3. Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, District of
Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania);
4. Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin);
5. Northeast and Islands (Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire,
New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island,
Vermont, and the Virgin Islands);
6. Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana,
Oregon, and Washington);
7. Pacific (American Samoa,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam, Hawaii, Palau, and Republic of
the Marshall Islands);
8. Southeast (Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina,
and South Carolina);
9. Southwest (Arkansas, Bureau of
Indian Education, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas); and
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10. West (Arizona, California, Nevada,
and Utah).
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Appointment
Miguel A. Cardona,
Secretary of Education.
The Secretary will appoint members
for the life of the committee, which will
span not more than 6 months. The
committee will meet at least two times
during this period. In the event an
individual is appointed by the Secretary
to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the
expiration of the full term, the RAC
member will be appointed to complete
the remaining term of service of the
former RAC member. All appointed
RAC members will serve without
compensation.
Each RAC may be comprised of both
representatives of organizations or
recognizable groups of persons and
Special Government Employees (SGEs).
Representative members will not
provide their own personal or
independent advice based on their own
individual expertise and experience, but
rather, gather and synthesize
information and the views of
stakeholders they represent. SGE
members will be chosen for their
individual expertise, qualifications, and
experiences; they will provide technical
advice and recommendations based on
their independent judgment and will
not be speaking for, or representing the
views of, any nongovernmental
organization or recognizable group of
persons.
Accessible Format: Upon request to
the program contact person listed under
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U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
ACTION: Sunshine Act notice; notice of
public meeting agenda.
AGENCY:
Public meeting: U.S. Election
Assistance Commission.
DATES: Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 1:00
p.m.–2:30 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The Election Assistance
Commission hearing room at 633 3rd St.
NW, Washington, DC 20001. The
meeting is open to the public and will
be livestreamed on the U.S. Election
Assistance Commission YouTube
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristen Muthig, Telephone: (202) 897–
9285, Email: kmuthig@eac.gov.
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Purpose: In accordance with the
Government in the Sunshine Act
(Sunshine Act), Public Law 94–409, as
amended (5 U.S.C. 552b), the U.S.
Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
will hold a public meeting to discuss
supporting military and Uniformed and
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(UOCAVA) voters.
Agenda: The U.S. Election Assistance
Commission (EAC) will host a public
meeting to discuss how federal state and
local offices support and communicate
with military and overseas voters.
The agenda includes panel
discussions with representatives from
federal agencies, election officials, and
subject matter experts. Panelists will
give remarks and respond to questions
from the EAC Commissioners.
Also included in this event will be a
review of a new EAC resource for
election officials as they serve military
and overseas voters in their
jurisdictions.
The full agenda will be posted in
advance on the EAC website:
www.eac.gov/events/2023/04/26/uselection-assistance-commission-publicmeeting-april-26-2023.
Background: The Help America Vote
Act of 2002 (HAVA) charged the EAC to
serve as a national clearinghouse and
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Regional Advisory Committees
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Request for nominations to serve on the Regional Advisory
Committees.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education (Secretary) invites interested
parties to submit nominations for individuals for appointment to serve
on the Regional Advisory Committees (RACs).
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DATES: Nominations for appointment of individuals to serve on the RACs
must be submitted by May 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit nominations, including attachments, to the
Secretary by the following method:
Electronically via electronic mail to [email protected]
(please indicate ``Regional Advisory Committee Nomination'' in the
email subject line and specify the specific Region to which you are
nominating, e.g., ``Regional Advisory Committee Nomination:
Appalachia'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Daley, Group Leader,
Comprehensive Centers Group, Office of Program and Grantee Support
Services, U.S. Department of Education. Telephone: 202-987-1057. Email:
[email protected].
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and
wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.
Privacy Act Statement
Purpose: The purpose of collecting nomination information is for
the Secretary to consult with and seek nomination recommendations from
the chief executive officers of States, chief State school officers,
and education stakeholders within the Regional Advisory Committee's
region on individuals for appointment for membership on a RAC. The
nomination information will be used to evaluate, select, and appoint
individuals for membership on RACs and to conduct necessary ethics
vetting and ethics training for nominees who are appointed to the RAC.
Finally, the nomination information will be used to communicate with
nominees and, if appointed, with appointees to conduct the business of
the RACs.
Authorities: The collection of the nomination information is
authorized by the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (ETAA)
(Pub. L. 107-279; 20 U.S.C. 9605); 5 U.S.C. 301; Public Law 95-521,
Ethics in Government Act of 1978; Public Law 101-194, Ethics Reform Act
of 1989, as amended; and Executive Orders 12674, 12565, and 11222, as
amended. The (RACs) are also governed by the provisions of 5 U.S.C.
chapter 10 (Federal Advisory Committees).
Routine Use Disclosures: Although the Department does not otherwise
anticipate nonconsensually disclosing the information you provide
outside of the Department, the Department may nonconsensually disclose
such information pursuant to the published routine uses described in
the following System of Records Notices: ``Secretary's Communications
Control System'' (18-01-01), ``Employee Conduct--Government Ethics''
(18-09-03), and ``Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure
Reports'' (OGE/GOVT-2), the most recent versions of which are located
on the Department's ``Privacy Act System of Record Notice Issuances
(SORN)'' web page at www2.ed.gov/notices/ed-pia.html.
Consequences of Failure to Provide Information: Submitting
nominations with the requested information in response to this notice
is voluntary. You are not required to provide the personally
identifiable information requested; however, if you do not, then the
Department may not be able to consider the nominee for membership on a
RAC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary is establishing the RACs, one
for each region served by the Regional Educational Laboratories, in
order to collect information on the education needs of each region and
how those needs may be addressed through technical assistance
activities provided by comprehensive centers described in section 203
of the Educational Technical Assistance Act (ETAA). Comprehensive
centers provide training, professional development, and technical
assistance to State educational agencies (SEAs), local educational
agencies (LEAs), regional educational agencies, and schools in the
region where the center is located for assistance with school
improvement activities and to disseminate and provide information,
reports, and publications that can be used for improving academic
achievement, closing achievement gaps, and encouraging and sustaining
school improvement (as described in section 1111(d) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 6311(d))),
to schools, educators, parents, and policymakers within the region in
which the center is located.
In choosing individuals for membership on the RACs, the Secretary
is also seeking recommendations from the chief executive officers of
States, chief State school officers, and education stakeholders within
each region served by the Regional Educational Laboratories.
The RACs will seek input regarding the need for the technical
assistance activities described in section 203 of the ETAA and how
those needs would be most effectively addressed. In order to achieve
this purpose, the RACs will seek input from chief executive officers of
States; chief State school officers; and, through processes which may
include open hearings to solicit the views and needs of schools
(including public charter schools), educators, parents, teachers,
administrators, members of the Regional Educational Laboratory
Governing Board, LEAs, librarians, businesses, SEAs, and other
customers (such as adult education programs) within the region
regarding the need for the activities described in 20 U.S.C. 9564 and
9602 and how those needs would be most effectively addressed.
Not later than 6 months after each RAC is first convened, it will
submit a report to the Secretary based on the assessment of education
needs within each region to be served. Each report will contain an
analysis of the needs of the region and technical advice to the
Secretary regarding how those needs would be most effectively
addressed. Under section 207 of the ETAA, the Secretary shall establish
priorities for the comprehensive centers to address, taking into
account these regional assessments and other relevant regional surveys
of education needs to the extent the Secretary deems appropriate.
Section 206(b) of the ETAA requires that the membership of each RAC
contain a balanced representation of States in the region and include
not more than one representative of each SEA geographically located in
the region. The membership of each RAC may include the following:
representatives of LEAs, both rural and urban; representatives of
institutions of higher education, including those that represent
university-based research on education and subjects other than
education; parents; practicing educators, including classroom teachers,
principals, administrators, school board members, and other local
school officials; representatives of business; and researchers. Each
RAC will be comprised of not more than 25 members.
Nomination Process
Any interested person or organization may nominate one or more
qualified individuals for membership. Please be sure to use the
information noted in the ADDRESSES section of this notice and include
the name of the RAC to which the nomination applies in the subject
line. If you would like to nominate an individual or yourself for
appointment to one of the RACs listed below, please submit the
following information:
(a) A cover letter addressed to Honorable Miguel Cardona, Secretary
of Education. Please provide in the cover letter, the reason(s) the
nominated
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individual is interested in being selected as a nominee for appointment
by the Secretary to serve on a RAC.
Attachments:
(b) A copy of the nominee's resume/curriculum vitae;
(c) Contact information for the nominee (name, title, mailing
address, phone number, and email address); and
(d) The group(s) the nominee may qualify to represent from the
following categories (list all that apply):
(1) SEA.
(2) LEA, including:
(i) Rural LEA.
(ii) Urban LEA.
(3) Practicing educator.
(i) Classroom teacher.
(ii) School principal.
(iii) Other school administrator.
(iv) School board member.
(v) Other local school official.
(4) Parent.
(5) Institution of higher education.
(i) University-based education research.
(ii) University-based research on subjects other than education.
(6) Business.
(7) Researcher.
In addition, the cover letter must state that the nominee (if you
are nominating someone other than yourself) has agreed to be nominated
and is willing to serve, if appointed, on one of the RACs.
Nominees will be appointed based on technical qualifications,
professional experience, demonstrated knowledge of issues, demonstrated
experience, integrity, impartiality, and good judgment.
The RAC regions are:
1. Appalachia (Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia);
2. Central (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota, and Wyoming);
3. Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New
Jersey, and Pennsylvania);
4. Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin);
5. Northeast and Islands (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New
Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the Virgin
Islands);
6. Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington);
7. Pacific (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Palau, and
Republic of the Marshall Islands);
8. Southeast (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North
Carolina, and South Carolina);
9. Southwest (Arkansas, Bureau of Indian Education, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas); and
10. West (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah).
Appointment
The Secretary will appoint members for the life of the committee,
which will span not more than 6 months. The committee will meet at
least two times during this period. In the event an individual is
appointed by the Secretary to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the
expiration of the full term, the RAC member will be appointed to
complete the remaining term of service of the former RAC member. All
appointed RAC members will serve without compensation.
Each RAC may be comprised of both representatives of organizations
or recognizable groups of persons and Special Government Employees
(SGEs). Representative members will not provide their own personal or
independent advice based on their own individual expertise and
experience, but rather, gather and synthesize information and the views
of stakeholders they represent. SGE members will be chosen for their
individual expertise, qualifications, and experiences; they will
provide technical advice and recommendations based on their independent
judgment and will not be speaking for, or representing the views of,
any nongovernmental organization or recognizable group of persons.
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Miguel A. Cardona,
Secretary of Education.
[FR Doc. 2023-07480 Filed 4-10-23; 8:45 am]
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