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Committee.
Dated: October 26, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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Defense Advisory Committee on
Military Personnel Testing; Notice of
Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness, (USD(P&R))
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee meeting.
AGENCY:
The DoD is publishing this
notice to announce that the following
Federal Advisory Committee meeting of
the Defense Advisory Committee on
Military Personnel Testing (DACMPT)
will take place.
DATES: Open to the public Tuesday,
December 19, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. to
3:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: This will be a virtual
meeting using Microsoft Teams. Link is:
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SUMMARY:
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Additional meeting details will be
posted on: https://dacmpt.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Dr.
Sofiya Velgach, (703) 697–9271 (Voice),
703 614–9272 (Facsimile),
osd.pentagon.ousd-p-r.mbx.dacmpt@
mail.mil (Email). Mailing address is
DFO, Accession Policy, Office of the
USD(P&R), Room 3D1066, The
Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–4000.
The most up-to-date changes to the
meeting can be found on the website:
https://dacmpt.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting is being held under the
provisions of chapter 10 of title 5,
United States Code (U.S.C.) (commonly
known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory
Committee Act’’ or ‘‘FACA’’); 5 U.S.C.
552b (commonly known as the
‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’);
and 41 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) 102–3.140 and 102–3.150.
Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose
of the meeting is to provide an overview
and obtain DACMPT members’
recommendation on the methodology
and proposed way forward for allowing
the use of calculators on the quantitative
sections of the Armed Services
Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB).
Additional information can be found at
https://dacmpt.com.
Agenda:
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
1:00 p.m.–1:05 p.m. Welcome and
Opening Remarks, Dr. Sofiya
Velgach, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Manpower
and Reserve Affairs/Accession
Policy
1:05 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Calculators on
the ASVAB, Dr. David M. Trippe,
Office of People Analytics/Defense
Testing and Assessment Center
2:00 p.m.–2:45 p.m. Immediate
Implementation of Calculators, Mr.
Ethan Blankenship Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Manpower and Reserve Affairs/
Accession Policy
2:45 p.m.–2:55 p.m. Public Comments
2:55 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Closing
Comments. Dr. Nancy Tippins,
Chair
Latest version of the agenda will be
posted on https://dacmpt.com.
Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102–3.140
through 102–3.165, and the availability
of space, this meeting is virtually open
to the public. Dial-in and access
availability is based on first-come, firstserved basis. All members of the public
who wish to attend the public meeting
must contact the DFO no later than
12:00 p.m. on Monday, December 4,
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2023, as listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Written Statements: Pursuant to 41
CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140 and
section 10(a)(3) of the FACA, interested
persons may submit written statements
to the DACMPT at any time about its
approved agenda or at any time on the
DACMPT’s mission. Written statements
should be submitted to the DACMPT’s
DFO at the address or facsimile number
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section. If statements pertain to
a specific topic being discussed at the
planned meeting, then these statements
must be submitted no later than five (5)
business days prior to the meeting in
question. Written statements received
after this date may not be provided to,
or not considered by the DACMPT until
its next meeting. The DFO will review
all timely submitted written statements
and provide copies to all the DACMPT
members before the meeting that is the
subject of this notice. Please note that
since the DACMPT operates under the
provisions of the FACA, all submitted
comments and public presentations will
be treated as public documents and will
be made available for public inspection.
Opportunity for public comments will
be provided at the end of each day.
Public comments will be limited to 2
minutes per person, as time allows.
Dated: October 30, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Accrediting Agencies Currently
Undergoing Review for the Purpose of
Recognition by the U.S. Secretary of
Education
Accreditation Group, Office of
Postsecondary Education, U.S.
Department of Education.
ACTION: Call for written third-party
comments.
AGENCY:
This notice provides
information to members of the public on
submitting written comments for
accrediting agencies currently
undergoing review for the purpose of
recognition by the U.S. Secretary of
Education.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Herman Bounds, Director, Accreditation
Group, Office of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20202,
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telephone: (202) 453–7615, or email:
herman.bounds@ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
request for written third-party
comments concerning the performance
of accrediting agencies under review by
the Secretary of Education is required
by 496(n)(1)(A) of the Higher Education
Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended, and
pertains to the winter 2025 meeting of
the National Advisory Committee on
Institutional Quality and Integrity
(NACIQI). The meeting date and
location have not been determined but
will be announced in a later Federal
Register notice. In addition, a later
Federal Register notice will describe
how to register to provide oral
comments at the meeting. Note: Written
comments about the specific agencies
identified below will not be accepted or
provided to NACIQI members if those
comments are submitted after the
deadline provided in this Federal
Register notice, which is December 8,
2023. Written comments must be
submitted to the mailbox identified
below. Do not submit written comments
directly to Department officials or to
NACIQI members.
Agencies under Review and
Evaluation: The Department requests
written comments from the public on
the following accrediting agencies,
which are currently undergoing review
and evaluation by the Accreditation
Group, and which will be reviewed at
the winter 2025 NACIQI meeting. The
agencies are listed by the type of
application or report each agency has
submitted. Please note, each agency’s
current scope of recognition is indicated
below. If any agency requested to
expand its scope of recognition,
identified are both the current scope of
recognition and the requested scope of
recognition.
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Compliance Reports
1. American Occupational Therapy
Association, Accreditation Council for
Occupational Therapy Education. Scope
of Recognition: The accreditation and
preaccreditation of occupational therapy
educational programs offering the
professional master’s degree and
occupational therapy doctorate (OTD)
degree; the accreditation of occupational
therapy assistant programs offering a
baccalaureate degree and associate
degree; and the accreditation of these
programs offered via distance education.
Geographic Area of Accrediting
Activities: The United States. The
compliance report includes findings of
noncompliance with certain criteria in
34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
part 602 identified in the October 19,
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2022, letter from the senior Department
official (SDO) following the July 19,
2022, NACIQI meeting. The SDO letter
is available under NACIQI meeting date
7/19/2022, at https://
surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/
public-documents.
2. Association for Clinical Pastoral
Education. Scope of Recognition: The
preaccreditation and accreditation of
CPE Level I/Level II programs and
Certified Educator CPE programs, and
the accreditation of these programs
offered via distance education.
Geographic Area of Accrediting
Activities: The United States. The
compliance report includes findings of
noncompliance with certain criteria in
34 CFR part 602 identified in the
November 10, 2022, letter from the SDO
following the July 19, 2022, NACIQI
meeting. The SDO letter is available
under NACIQI meeting date 7/19/2022,
at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/
erecognition/#/public-documents.
3. Accrediting Council for Pharmacy
Education. Scope of Recognition: The
accreditation and pre-accreditation of
professional degree programs in
pharmacy leading to the degree of
Doctor of Pharmacy, including those
programs offered via distance education.
Geographic Area of Accrediting
Activities: The United States. The
compliance report includes findings of
noncompliance with certain criteria in
34 CFR part 602 identified in the
November 7, 2022, letter from the SDO
following the July 19, 2022, NACIQI
meeting. The SDO letter is available
under NACIQI meeting date 7/19/2022,
at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/
erecognition/#/public-documents.
4. Middle States Commission on
Secondary Schools. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation of
institutions with postsecondary, nondegree granting career and technology
programs, to include the accreditation of
postsecondary, non-degree granting
institutions that offer all or part of their
educational programs via distance
education modalities. Geographic Area
of Accrediting Activities: The United
States. The compliance report includes
findings of noncompliance with certain
criteria in 34 CFR part 602 identified in
the October 19, 2022, letter from the
SDO following the July 19, 2022,
NACIQI meeting. The SDO letter is
available under NACIQI meeting date 7/
19/2022, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/
erecognition/#/public-documents.
5. Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools, Commission on Colleges.
Scope of Recognition: The accreditation
and pre-accreditation (‘‘Candidate for
Accreditation’’) of degree-granting
institutions of higher education in
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Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and
Virginia, including the accreditation of
educational programs offered via
distance and correspondence education,
and direct assessment within these
institutions. The accreditation status of
these institutions and their recognition
extends to the SACSCOC Board of
Trustees, Executive Council, and the
Appeals Committee of the Collegiate
College Delegate Assembly on cases of
initial candidacy or initial accreditation
and for continued accreditation or
candidacy. The compliance report
includes findings of noncompliance
with certain criteria in 34 CFR part 602
identified in the November 7, 2022,
letter from the SDO following the July
19, 2022, NACIQI meeting. The SDO
letter is available under NACIQI
meeting date 7/19/2022, at https://
surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/
public-documents.
Submission of Written Comments
Regarding a Specific Accrediting
Agency Under Review
Written comments about the
recognition of any of the accrediting
agencies listed above must be received
by December 8, 2023, in the
ThirdPartyComments@ed.gov mailbox.
Please include in the subject line
‘‘Written Comments: (agency name).’’
The electronic mail (email) must
include the name(s), title, organization/
affiliation, mailing address, email
address, and telephone number of the
person(s) making the comment.
Comments should be submitted as a
PDF, Microsoft Word document or in a
medium compatible with Microsoft
Word that is attached to an email or
provided in the body of an email
message. Comments about an agency
that has submitted a compliance report
scheduled for review by the Department
must relate to the criteria for recognition
cited in the SDO letter that requested
the compliance report following the July
19, 2022, NACIQI meeting, or in the
Secretary’s appeal decision, if any. The
SDO letters for the specific agencies
referenced in this Federal Register
notice are available under NACIQI
meeting date 7/19/2022, at https://
surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/
public-documents.
Only written materials submitted by
the deadline to the email address listed
in this notice, and in accordance with
these instructions, become part of the
official record concerning agencies
scheduled for review and are considered
by the Department and NACIQI in their
deliberations. Written comments about
the specific agencies identified in this
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Federal Register notice that are
submitted after the deadline will not be
considered by the Department or
provided to NACIQI for purposes of the
current review. However, comments
may be provided orally at the winter
2025 NACIQI meeting, which has not
yet been scheduled, but which will be
announced in a future Federal Register
notice.
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
available via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site, you
can view this document, as well as all
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Department.
Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c; 20 U.S.C.
1099b.
Nasser Paydar,
Assistant Secretary for the Office of
Postsecondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection
Extension
Department of Energy.
Notice of request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Energy
(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to
extend for three years, an information
collection request with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before January 5, 2024.
If you anticipate any difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed in the
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section as soon as possible.
Written comments may be
sent to Aisha I. Miranda Rivera,
aisha.miranda-rivera@hq.doe.gov, or at
Department of Energy, Grid Deployment
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Office, 1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Suite 4H–065, Washington, DC 20585,
(240) 429–5213.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aisha Miranda Rivera, aisha.mirandarivera@hq.doe.gov, or at Department of
Energy, Grid Deployment Office, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Suite 4H–
065, Washington, DC 20585, (240) 429–
5213.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the extended
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 of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (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.
This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–5200;
(2) Information Collection Request
Titled: Puerto Rico Energy Resiliency
Fund (PR–ERF), Household Intake
Form.
(3) Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved emergency
collection.
(4) Purpose: To authorize the use of
the ‘Household Intake Form’ to collect
homeowner data necessary to qualify
households as eligible to receive rooftop
solar and battery storage installations as
prescribed under the DOE Grid
Deployment Office’s (GDO) PR–ERF.
Eligibility is limited to very low-income,
single-family households that (1) reside
in a Last Mile Community 1 or (2)
include an individual with an energydependent disability.
The PR–ERF, a $1 billion initiative
authorized by Congress under the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2023, Public Law 117–328, will
incentivize the installation of rooftop
solar and battery storage technologies
for eligible households.
GDO plans to initiate installations of
solar PV and battery storage systems
before the 2024 hurricane season to
address the harm and risk represented
by the fragility of the islands’ power
system. Failure to collect the
information necessary to verify
eligibility in a timely manner will cause
delays in providing assistance necessary
to reestablish the reliability of electric
service to these vulnerable residents.
This narrow scope in purpose
necessitates the need for a diligent
verification process to demonstrate to
Congress, Senior Leadership, and the
public that this specific demographic
has been served. GDO developed an inperson application process recognizing
that the demographic served will lack
access to broadband and have limited
mobility but that it is essential to
program operation to verify beneficiary
eligibility for participation in the
program.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 40,200.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 80,000.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 56,800.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $845,520.
Statutory Authority: The Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2023, Public Law
117–328,2 directs the Department of
Energy to improve the resilience of the
Puerto Rican electric grid, including
grants for low-and-moderate-income
households and households that include
individuals with disabilities for the
purchase and installation of renewable
energy, energy storage, and other grid
technologies. This narrow scope in
purpose necessitates the need for a
diligent verification process to
demonstrate to Congress, Senior
Leadership, and the public that this
specific demographic has been served.
1 https://clausa.app.carto.com/map/9d2a8e252f54-4f88-b95b-7151739bd3c7.
2 FY23 Summary of Appropriations
Provisions.pdf (house.gov).
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This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on October 20, 2023,
by Maria D. Robinson, pursuant to
delegated authority from the Secretary
of Energy. That document with the
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purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Accrediting Agencies Currently Undergoing Review for the Purpose
of Recognition by the U.S. Secretary of Education
AGENCY: Accreditation Group, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S.
Department of Education.
ACTION: Call for written third-party comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides information to members of the public on
submitting written comments for accrediting agencies currently
undergoing review for the purpose of recognition by the U.S. Secretary
of Education.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Herman Bounds, Director, Accreditation
Group, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW, Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20202,
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telephone: (202) 453-7615, or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This request for written third-party
comments concerning the performance of accrediting agencies under
review by the Secretary of Education is required by 496(n)(1)(A) of the
Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended, and pertains to the
winter 2025 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional
Quality and Integrity (NACIQI). The meeting date and location have not
been determined but will be announced in a later Federal Register
notice. In addition, a later Federal Register notice will describe how
to register to provide oral comments at the meeting. Note: Written
comments about the specific agencies identified below will not be
accepted or provided to NACIQI members if those comments are submitted
after the deadline provided in this Federal Register notice, which is
December 8, 2023. Written comments must be submitted to the mailbox
identified below. Do not submit written comments directly to Department
officials or to NACIQI members.
Agencies under Review and Evaluation: The Department requests
written comments from the public on the following accrediting agencies,
which are currently undergoing review and evaluation by the
Accreditation Group, and which will be reviewed at the winter 2025
NACIQI meeting. The agencies are listed by the type of application or
report each agency has submitted. Please note, each agency's current
scope of recognition is indicated below. If any agency requested to
expand its scope of recognition, identified are both the current scope
of recognition and the requested scope of recognition.
Compliance Reports
1. American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council
for Occupational Therapy Education. Scope of Recognition: The
accreditation and preaccreditation of occupational therapy educational
programs offering the professional master's degree and occupational
therapy doctorate (OTD) degree; the accreditation of occupational
therapy assistant programs offering a baccalaureate degree and
associate degree; and the accreditation of these programs offered via
distance education. Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: The
United States. The compliance report includes findings of noncompliance
with certain criteria in 34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 602
identified in the October 19, 2022, letter from the senior Department
official (SDO) following the July 19, 2022, NACIQI meeting. The SDO
letter is available under NACIQI meeting date 7/19/2022, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
2. Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. Scope of
Recognition: The preaccreditation and accreditation of CPE Level I/
Level II programs and Certified Educator CPE programs, and the
accreditation of these programs offered via distance education.
Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: The United States. The
compliance report includes findings of noncompliance with certain
criteria in 34 CFR part 602 identified in the November 10, 2022, letter
from the SDO following the July 19, 2022, NACIQI meeting. The SDO
letter is available under NACIQI meeting date 7/19/2022, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
3. Accrediting Council for Pharmacy Education. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation and pre-accreditation of professional
degree programs in pharmacy leading to the degree of Doctor of
Pharmacy, including those programs offered via distance education.
Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: The United States. The
compliance report includes findings of noncompliance with certain
criteria in 34 CFR part 602 identified in the November 7, 2022, letter
from the SDO following the July 19, 2022, NACIQI meeting. The SDO
letter is available under NACIQI meeting date 7/19/2022, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
4. Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools. Scope of
Recognition: The accreditation of institutions with postsecondary, non-
degree granting career and technology programs, to include the
accreditation of postsecondary, non-degree granting institutions that
offer all or part of their educational programs via distance education
modalities. Geographic Area of Accrediting Activities: The United
States. The compliance report includes findings of noncompliance with
certain criteria in 34 CFR part 602 identified in the October 19, 2022,
letter from the SDO following the July 19, 2022, NACIQI meeting. The
SDO letter is available under NACIQI meeting date 7/19/2022, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
5. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on
Colleges. Scope of Recognition: The accreditation and pre-accreditation
(``Candidate for Accreditation'') of degree-granting institutions of
higher education in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and
Virginia, including the accreditation of educational programs offered
via distance and correspondence education, and direct assessment within
these institutions. The accreditation status of these institutions and
their recognition extends to the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, Executive
Council, and the Appeals Committee of the Collegiate College Delegate
Assembly on cases of initial candidacy or initial accreditation and for
continued accreditation or candidacy. The compliance report includes
findings of noncompliance with certain criteria in 34 CFR part 602
identified in the November 7, 2022, letter from the SDO following the
July 19, 2022, NACIQI meeting. The SDO letter is available under NACIQI
meeting date 7/19/2022, at https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
Submission of Written Comments Regarding a Specific Accrediting Agency
Under Review
Written comments about the recognition of any of the accrediting
agencies listed above must be received by December 8, 2023, in the
[email protected] mailbox. Please include in the subject line
``Written Comments: (agency name).'' The electronic mail (email) must
include the name(s), title, organization/affiliation, mailing address,
email address, and telephone number of the person(s) making the
comment. Comments should be submitted as a PDF, Microsoft Word document
or in a medium compatible with Microsoft Word that is attached to an
email or provided in the body of an email message. Comments about an
agency that has submitted a compliance report scheduled for review by
the Department must relate to the criteria for recognition cited in the
SDO letter that requested the compliance report following the July 19,
2022, NACIQI meeting, or in the Secretary's appeal decision, if any.
The SDO letters for the specific agencies referenced in this Federal
Register notice are available under NACIQI meeting date 7/19/2022, at
https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/#/public-documents.
Only written materials submitted by the deadline to the email
address listed in this notice, and in accordance with these
instructions, become part of the official record concerning agencies
scheduled for review and are considered by the Department and NACIQI in
their deliberations. Written comments about the specific agencies
identified in this
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Federal Register notice that are submitted after the deadline will not
be considered by the Department or provided to NACIQI for purposes of
the current review. However, comments may be provided orally at the
winter 2025 NACIQI meeting, which has not yet been scheduled, but which
will be announced in a future Federal Register notice.
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 available via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site, you can view this document, as
well as all other documents of the Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF,
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the
site. 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.
Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c; 20 U.S.C. 1099b.
Nasser Paydar,
Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2023-24434 Filed 11-3-23; 8:45 am]
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