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meeting or may be sent to the Board’s 

Washington office. 

The Board will hold the record open 

until May 2, 2011, for the receipt of 

additional materials. A transcript of the 

meeting will be made available by the 

Board for inspection by the public at the 

Board’s Washington office and at DOE’s 

public reading room at the DOE Federal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585. The Board 

specifically reserves its right to further 

schedule and otherwise regulate the 

course of the meeting and hearing, to 

recess, reconvene, postpone, or adjourn 

the meeting and hearing, conduct 

further reviews, and otherwise exercise 

its power under the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended. 

Dated: February 28, 2011. 

Peter S. Winokur, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4899 Filed 3–1–11; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3670–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), 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 and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 2, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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. 

Dated: February 28, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: College Access 

Challenge Grant Program (CACG) 

Program—Annual Performance Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0802. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, 

Local, or Tribal Government, State 

Educational Agencies or Local 

Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 57. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,280. 

Abstract: The College Access 

Challenge Grant statute requires 

grantees to submit an annual 

performance report that contains 

activities and services that have been 

implemented, the cost of providing such 

activities and services, the number of 

participating students, and 

contributions from private 

organizations. The U.S. Department of 

Education is collecting this information 

to ensure that states are complying with 

statutory requirements, grantees are 

making significant progress in meeting 

goals and objectives and that funds are 

being spent in an allowable, allocable, 

and reasonable manner. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4506. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4806 Filed 3–2–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Education Research and Special 

Education Research Grant Programs; 

Institute of Education Sciences; 

Overview Information; Education 

Research and Special Education 

Research Grant Programs; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.305A, 

84.305B, 84.305D, 84.305E, 84.324A, 

84.324B, and 84.324C. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Institute of 

Education Sciences (Institute) 

announces the Institute’s FY 2012 

competitions for grants to support 

education research and special 

education research. The Director takes 

this action under the Education 

Sciences Reform Act of 2002, title I of 

Public Law 107–279. The intent of these 

grants is to provide national leadership 

in expanding fundamental knowledge 

and understanding of education from 

early childhood education through 

postsecondary and adult education. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The central 

purpose of the Institute’s research grant 

programs is to provide parents, 

educators, students, researchers, 

policymakers, and the general public 

with reliable and valid information 

about education practices that support 

learning and improve academic 

achievement and access to education 


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