57708 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 186 / Monday, September 27, 2004 / Notices 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

ACF–196TT ..................................................................................................... 32 4 8 1,024 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours ..................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,024 

In compliance with the requirements 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Information Services, 

370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 

Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF 

Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail: 

grjohnson@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments on: (a) Whether the proposed 

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; (c) 

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. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication.

Dated: September 22, 2004. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance, Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–21610 Filed 9–24–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Deviation From Competition to Extend 

the 5-Year Cooperative Agreement 

Between the Head Start Bureau and 

the National Center for Family Literacy

AGENCY: Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The five-year Cooperative 

Agreement between the Head Start 

Bureau and the National Center for 

Family Literacy (NCFL) expires 

September 28, 2004. The Head Start Act 

contains language requiring the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services to make available every year, at 

least $3,000,000 to ensure that local 

Head Start programs receive training 

and technical assistance to help them 

provide high quality family literacy 

services. If the current Cooperative 

Agreement expires, the Department can 

not comply with the requirements of the 

Act. The Head Start Bureau intends to 

extend the current Cooperative 

Agreement with the National Center for 

Family Literacy for a period of one year 

(September 29, 2004–September 28, 

2005), at a funding level of $3,000,000. 

The National Center for Family 

Literacy has been providing training and 

technical assistance to Head Start 

programs for the past five years. They 

have trained Head Start Family Literacy 

teams, consisting of administrators, 

supervisors and front line staff: those 

who deal with parents and children, 

and those who are responsible for 

distribution of resources within the 

programs. The training focuses on the 

areas of child development, parent 

education, helping programs to engage 

parents in working with their children, 

and adult education, and conducting 

them with sufficient intensity and 

duration to ensure positive outcomes. In 

addition, NCFL trainers provide on-site 

technical assistance to help programs 

implement family literacy services in 

their specific communities. 

The NCFL has already developed 

training and technical assistance 

materials and protocols specifically 

designed to support Head Start 

programs as they implement family 

literacy services. Extending this 

cooperative agreement maintains the 

provision of training and technical 

assistance to local programs. Local 

programs would continue to receive 

services, and the Head Start Bureau 

would be assured that the full amount 

of money identified to provide support 

for family literacy services for this year 

would be spent in providing these 

services, rather than in developing 

materials and protocols.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Willa Siegel, Head Start Bureau, 330 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC, (202) 205–

4011.

Dated: September 12, 2004. 

Frank Fuentes, 

Deputy Commissioner, Administration on 

Children, Youth and Families.

[FR Doc. 04–21547 Filed 9–24–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Office of the Director; Notice of Closed 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of the 

Advisory Committee to the Director, 

National Institutes of Health. The 

meeting will be closed in accordance 

with the provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(9)(c)(6), Title 5 

U.S.C. The applications and the 

discussions could reveal confidential 

trade secrets or commercial property 

such as patentable material and 

personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: Advisory Committee 

to the Director, National Institutes of Health. 

Date: September 22, 2004. 

Time: 8:45 a.m. to adjournment. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate NIH 

Director’s Pioneer Award applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Building 1, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, 

(teleconference). 

Contact Person: Shelly Pollard, 

Coordinator for the Advisory Committee to 

the Director, National Institutes of Health, 

Building 31, Room 5B64, Tel: 301/496–0959, 

Fax: 301/402–0395. 

Any interested person may file written 

comments with the committee by forwarding 

the statement to the Contact Person listed on 

this notice. The statement should include the 

name, address, telephone number and when