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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Practice by Former Members 

and Employees of the Commission 

(OMB Control No. 3038–0025). This is 

a request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: Commission Rule 140.735–6 

governs the practice before the 

Commission of former members and 

employees of the Commission and is 

intended to ensure that the Commission 

is aware of any existing conflict of 

interest. The rule generally requires 

former members and employees who are 

employed or retained to represent any 

person before the Commission within 

two years of the termination of their 

CFTC employment, to file a brief written 

statement with the Commission’s Office 

of General Counsel. The proposed rule 

was promulgated pursuant to the 

Commission’s rulemaking authority 

contained in section 8a(5) of the 

Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 

12a(5) (1994), as amended. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for the CFTC’s regulations 

were published on December 30, 1981. 

See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). The 

Federal Register notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

this collection of information was 

published on December 11, 2013 (78 FR 

75333). 

Burden statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

average .10 hours per response to file 

the brief written statement. This 

estimate include the time needed to 

review instructions; develop, acquire, 

install, and utilize technology and 

systems for the purposes of collecting, 

validating, and verifying information, 

processing and maintaining information 

and disclosing and providing 

information; adjust the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; train 

personnel to be able to respond to a 

collection of information; and transmit 

or otherwise disclose the information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 3. 

Estimated number of responses: 4.5. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: .10 hours. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 

Dated: February 7, 2014. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03048 Filed 2–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket No. DARS–2014–0014] 

Negotiation of a Reciprocal Defense 

Procurement Memorandum of 

Understanding With the Republic of 

Slovenia 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: On behalf of the U.S. 

Government, DoD is contemplating 

negotiating and concluding a Reciprocal 

Defense Procurement (RDP) 

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 

with the Republic of Slovenia (hereafter 

‘‘Slovenia’’). DoD is requesting industry 

feedback regarding its experience in 

public defense procurements conducted 

by or on behalf of the Slovenian 

Ministry of Defense or Armed Forces. 

DATES: Submit written comments to the 

address shown below on or before 

March 14, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to 

Defense Procurement and Acquisition 

Policy, Attn: Mr. Victor Deal, 3060 

Defense Pentagon, Room 5E621, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060; or by 

email to Victor.T.Deal3.civ@mail.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Victor Deal, Senior Analyst, Office of 

the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition, Technology and Logistics 

(OUSD(AT&L)), Defense Procurement 

and Acquisition Policy, Contract Policy 

and International Contracting; Room 

5E621, 3060 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060; telephone 

(703) 697–9351. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RDP 

MOUs that DoD has with 23 

‘‘qualifying’’ countries are concluded at 

the level of the Secretary of Defense and 

his counterpart. The purpose of RDP 

MOUs is to promote rationalization, 

standardization, and interoperability of 

conventional defense equipment with 

allies and other friendly governments. 

These MOUs provide a framework for 

ongoing communication regarding 

market access and procurement matters 

that enhance effective defense 

cooperation. 

RDP MOUs generally include 

language by which the Parties agree that 

their defense procurements will be 

conducted in accordance with certain 

implementing procedures. These 

procedures relate to— 

• Publication of notices of proposed 

purchases; 

• The content and availability of 

solicitations for proposed purchases; 

• Notification to each unsuccessful 

offeror; 

• Feedback, upon request, to 

unsuccessful offerors concerning the 

reasons they were not allowed to 

participate in a procurement or were not 

awarded a contract; and 

• Providing for the hearing and 

review of complaints arising in 

connection with any phase of the 

procurement process to ensure that, to 

the extent possible, complaints are 

equitably and expeditiously resolved. 

Based on the MOU, each country 

affords the other country certain 

benefits on a reciprocal basis consistent 

with national laws and regulations. The 

benefits that the United States accords 

to the products of qualifying countries 

include— 

• Offers of qualifying country end 

products are evaluated without applying 

the price differentials otherwise 

required by the Buy American statute 

and the Balance of Payments Program; 

• The chemical warfare protection 

clothing restrictions in 10 U.S.C. 2533a 

and the specialty metals restriction in 

10 U.S.C. 2533b(a)(1) do not apply to 

products manufactured in a qualifying 

country; and 

• Customs, taxes, and duties are 

waived for qualifying country end 

products and components. 

If DoD (for the U.S. Government) 

concludes an RDP MOU with the 

Republic of Slovenia, then Slovenia 

would be listed as one of the ‘‘qualifying 

countries’’ in the definition of 

‘‘qualifying country’’ at DFARS 225.003, 

and offers of products of Slovenia or 

that contain components from Slovenia 

would be afforded the benefits available 

to all qualifying countries. This also 

means that U.S. products would be 

exempt from any analogous ‘‘Buy 

Slovenia’’ and ‘‘Buy European Union’’ 

laws or policies applicable to 

procurements by the Slovenian Ministry 

of Defense or Armed Forces. 

While DoD is evaluating Slovenia’s 

laws and regulations in this area, DoD 

would benefit from U.S. industry’s 

experience in participating in Slovenia’s 

public defense procurements. DoD is, 

therefore, asking U.S. firms that have 

participated or attempted to participate 

in procurements by or on behalf of 

Slovenia’s Ministry of Defense or Armed 

Forces to let us know if the 

procurements were conducted with 

transparency, integrity, fairness, and 

due process in accordance with 

published procedures, and if not, the 

nature of the problems encountered. 

DoD is also interested in comments 

relating to the degree of reciprocity that 

exists between the United States and 

Slovenia when it comes to the openness 

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of defense procurements to offers of 

products from the other country. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03036 Filed 2–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0014] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; State of 

Preschool Survey 2013–2015 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 14, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number Ed-2014–ICCD–0014 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. 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, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Katrina Ingalls, 

703–620–3655 or electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. We will ONLY 

accept comments in this mailbox when 

the regulations.gov site is not available 

to the public for any reason. 

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: State of Preschool 

Survey 2013–2015. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0895. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 53. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 636. 

Abstract: The National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), within the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of 

the U.S. Department of Education (ED), 

is seeking approval to conduct in 2014, 

2015, and 2016 the annual, web-based 

State of Preschool survey, which 

centralizes data about publicly provided 

early childhood education 

opportunities. Data are collected from 

state agencies responsible for providing 

early childhood education and made 

available for secondary analyses. Data 

collected as part of the survey focus on 

enrollment counts in state-funded early 

childhood education programs, funding 

provided by the states for these 

programs, and program monitoring and 

licensing policies. The collected data 

are then reported, both separately and in 

combination with extant data available 

from federal agencies supporting early 

childhood education programs such as 

Head Start and the U.S. Census Bureau. 

Data from the U.S. Census Bureau form 

the basis for some of the rates developed 

for the State of Preschool reports. The 

data and annual report resulting from 

the State of Preschool data collection 

provide a key information resource for 

research and for federal and state policy 

on publicly funded early childhood 

education. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, 

Information Collection Clearance Division, 

Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03030 Filed 2–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0015] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Annual 

Student Activities Report 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 14, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0015 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. 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, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Kate Mullan, 202– 

401–0563 or electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. We will ONLY 

accept comments in this mailbox when 

the regulations.gov site is not available 

to the public for any reason. 

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 

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