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Futures Association (NFA) Applications 

Suite System (Exempted). 

DATES: This action will be effective 

November 14, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Harman-Stokes, Chief Privacy 

Officer, kharman-stokes@cftc.gov, 202– 

418–6629, Office of the Executive 

Director, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 

20581. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 

552a, and as part of the Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission effort to 

review and update system of records 

notices, the Commission is retiring two 

system of records notices, CFTC–20 

Registration and CFTC–28 SelfRegulatory Organization Disciplinary 

Action Files. The Commission is retiring 

these system notices because the records 

are covered by the revised SORN CFTC– 

12, NFA Applications Suite System. 

The Commission will continue to 

authorize the NFA to collect and 

maintain records on its behalf by 

delegated authority, as provided in the 

revised CFTC–12, National Futures 

Association (NFA) Applications Suite 

System (Exempted). The Commission 

will rely upon and follow the revised 

CFTC–12 NFA Applications Suite 

System (Exempted). Eliminating CFTC– 

20 and CFTC–28 will not have an 

adverse impact on individuals and will 

promote the overall streamlining and 

management of CFTC Privacy Act 

record systems. 

Accordingly, as of its effective date, 

this notice formally terminates system 

of records notices CFTC–20 and CFTC– 

28 and removes them from the 

inventory of the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission system of records 

notices. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

24, 2014, by the Commission. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23203 Filed 9–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Privacy Act of 1974 System of Records 

Notice 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; publication of character 

of a revised system of records. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (Commission or 

CFTC) is revising a system of records 

under the Privacy Act of 1974, CFTC– 

12, Fitness Investigations, and renaming 

the system ‘‘National Futures 

Association (NFA) Applications Suite 

System (Exempted)’’ to more broadly 

cover the activities of NFA on behalf of 

the Commission by delegated authority 

and also cover new data collections for 

swap dealers, major swap participants 

and retail foreign exchange dealers as 

required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 

Reform Act and recent Commission 

rules. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 30, 2014. This action 

will be effective without further notice 

on November 10, 2014, unless revised 

pursuant to comments received. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by ‘‘NFA Applications Suite 

System (Exempted)’’ by any of the 

following methods: 

• Agency Web site, via its Comments 

Online process: http://

comments.cftc.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the Web site. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Comments may be submitted at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Secretary of the Commission, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 

20581. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as 

Mail, above. Please submit your 

comments using only one method. 

All comments must be submitted in 

English, or if not, accompanied by an 

English translation. Comments will be 

posted as received to www.cftc.gov. You 

should submit only information that 

you wish to make available publicly. If 

you wish the Commission to consider 

information that you believe is exempt 

from disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act, a petition for 

confidential treatment of the exempt 

information may be submitted according 

to the procedures established in § 145.9 

of the Commission’s regulations, 17 CFR 

145.9. 

The Commission reserves the right, 

but shall have no obligation, to review, 

pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or 

remove any or all of a submission from 

http://www.cftc.gov that it may deem to 

be inappropriate for publication, such as 

obscene language. All submissions that 

have been redacted or removed that 

contain comments on the merits of the 

notice will be retained in the public 

comment file and will be considered as 

required under all applicable laws, and 

may be accessible under the Freedom of 

Information Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Harman-Stokes, Chief Privacy 

Officer, kharman-stokes@cftc.gov, 202– 

418–6629, Office of the Executive 

Director, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 

20581. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. The Privacy Act 

Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 

U.S.C. 552a, a ‘‘system of records’’ is 

defined as any group of records under 

the control of a federal government 

agency from which information about 

individuals is retrieved by name or 

other personal identifier. The Privacy 

Act establishes the means by which 

government agencies collect, maintain, 

and use information that is personally 

identifiable in a government system of 

records. 

Each government agency is required 

to publish a notice in the Federal 

Register of a system of records in which 

the agency identifies and describes each 

system of records it maintains, the 

reasons why the agency uses the 

personally identifying information 

therein, the routine uses for which the 

agency will disclose such information 

outside the agency, and how individuals 

may exercise their rights under the 

Privacy Act to determine if the system 

contains information about them, among 

other things. 

II. NFA Applications Suite System 

(Exempt) 

The Commission proposes to revise a 

system of records notice (SORN), CFTC– 

12, ‘‘Fitness Investigations,’’ and rename 

the notice as ‘‘National Futures 

Association (NFA) Applications Suite 

System (Exempted).’’ The notice revises 

the description of the system and 

enhancements to more broadly cover the 

activities of NFA on behalf of the 

Commission by delegated authority and 

also covers new data collections for 

swap dealers, major swap participants 

and retail foreign exchange dealers as 

required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 

Reform Act and recent Commission 

rules. The revised notice also exempts 

from certain Privacy Act requirements 

those records in this system that refer, 

relate to or are from third-party sources 

related to fitness or other investigations 

of registrants or applicants for 

registration. Though subject to change 

with future information technology 

upgrades, the notice covers activities 

that are currently automated by the 

following NFA databases and 

applications: 


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• BASIC—Background Affiliation 

Status Information Center; 

• Fingerprint system; 

• DDOC—Disclosure Document 

System; 

• EFC—Electronic Filing Cabinet; 

• EasyFile; 

• FACTS—Financial Analysis & 

Audit Compliance Tracking System; 

• Fitness Image; 

• NFA Audit System; 

• ORS—Online Registration System; 

• WinjammerTM Online Filing 

System. 

This single SORN will replace and 

rename CFTC–12, ‘‘Fitness 

Investigations,’’ and will result in 

retirement of two other SORNs, CFTC– 

20, ‘‘Registration,’’ and CFTC–28, ‘‘SelfRegulatory Organization Disciplinary 

Action Files.’’ 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

24, 2014, by the Commission. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

CFTC–12 

SYSTEM NAME: 

National Futures Association (NFA) 

Applications Suite System (Exempted). 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The electronic applications and 

databases that comprise the NFA 

Applications Suite System (Exempted) 

are located in two primary locations, 

NFA, 300 South Riverside, Suite 1800, 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 and the CFTC, 

Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20581. Some 

information is also located at CFTC 

regional offices at 525 West Monroe 

Street, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60661; 

140 Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, 

NY 10005; and 4900 Main Street, Suite 

500, Kansas City, MO 64112. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals who have applied or who 

may apply for registration as futures 

commission merchants, introducing 

brokers, commodity pool operators, 

commodity trading advisors, leverage 

transaction merchants, swap dealers, 

major swap participants, retail foreign 

exchange dealers and agricultural trade 

option merchants (ATOMs); individuals 

who file notices of exemption or claims 

for exemption from certain CFTC 

requirements; individuals who are or 

may become principals (as defined in 17 

CFR 3.1); individuals who have applied 

or who may apply for registration as 

associated persons of the foregoing 

firms; and floor brokers and floor 

traders. Also individuals, who have 

been suspended, expelled, disciplined, 

or denied access to or by a selfregulatory organization (SRO), 

including, but not limited to, NFA or 

who have been subject to a CFTC civil 

or administrative action. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Information pertaining to the fitness 

of the individuals or firms to engage in 

business subject to the Commission’s 

jurisdiction, including but not limited to 

registration forms, schedules and 

supplements, fingerprint cards which 

are required for certain individual 

registrants as provided under CFTC 

rules, correspondence relating to 

registration, fitness investigations, and 

reports and memoranda reflecting 

information developed from various 

sources. This system includes 

investigatory material compiled for law 

enforcement purposes whose disclosure 

the Commission staff has determined 

could compromise Commission 

investigations, or would reveal the 

identity of a source who furnished 

information to the Commission under 

an express promise that the identity of 

the source would be held in confidence. 

Information pertaining to disciplinary 

or other adverse action taken by an SRO 

or the CFTC, including the name of the 

person against whom such action was 

taken, the action taken, and the reasons. 

Information submitted by certain 

individuals or firms to enable NFA and/ 

or CFTC supervision and oversight of 

activities governed by the Commodity 

Exchange Act, such as financial 

statements, reports and notice filings; 

disclosure documents; and submissions 

by swap dealers and major swap 

participants pursuant to Commission 

Regulation 3.10(a)(1)(v)(A) and 

information developed by the NFA and/ 

or CFTC related to such information. 

Information submitted by individuals 

related to notices of exemption or 

claims for exemption from certain CFTC 

requirements and information 

developed by NFA and/or the CFTC 

related to the notice of exemption or 

claim for exemption. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The Commodity Exchange Act, 7 

U.S.C. 1, et seq., and the rules and 

regulations promulgated thereunder. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The records in this system are used to 

support the Commission’s registration 

and other regulatory authority as 

delegated to NFA. This involves 

maintaining fitness investigation and 

other fitness related records, including 

investigatory material compiled for law 

enforcement purposes, non-fitness 

registration records, images of 

registration records, information related 

to disciplinary action taken by the CFTC 

and self-regulatory organizations 

including NFA; processing hard copy 

and electronic fingerprint cards; and 

maintaining a web based registration 

system, records related to notices of 

exemption or claims for exemption from 

certain CFTC requirements, and 

financial statements, reports, notices 

and other filings that enable NFA and 

the CFTC to oversee registrant activities 

for compliance with legal requirements. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

NFA may disclose information 

contained in those portions of this 

system of records maintained by NFA, 

but any such disclosure must be made 

in accordance with NFA rules that have 

been approved by the Commission or 

permitted to become effective without 

Commission approval. Disclosures must 

be made under circumstances 

authorized by the Commission as 

consistent with the Commission’s 

regulations and routine uses. 

NFA generally makes available to the 

public on NFA Web site(s), including 

the Background Affiliation Status 

Information Center (BASIC), firm 

directories, registration forms, business 

addresses, telephone numbers, 

registration categories, biographical 

supplements (except for any 

confidential information on 

supplementary attachments to the 

forms), effective dates of registration, 

registration status, and disciplinary 

action taken concerning futures 

commission merchants, introducing 

brokers, commodity pool operators, 

commodity trading advisors, swap 

dealers, major swap participants and 

retail foreign exchange dealers and their 

associated persons. NFA also will 

release records or portions of records to 

any member of the public if such 

records or portions are ‘‘public’’ or 

‘‘publicly available’’ under CFTC 

Regulations 1.10(g) or 145.0. 

For information not made available to 

the public as explained above, NFA may 

disclose information contained in those 

portions of this system of records 

maintained by NFA: 

(1) To any person with whom an 

applicant or registrant is or plans to be 

associated as an associated person or 

affiliated as a principal or with whom 

an individual is or plans on being 

associated as a swap associated person; 

(2) to any futures commission 

merchant or retail foreign exchange 

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broker, whether an applicant or 

registrant, has or plans to enter into a 

guarantee agreement under CFTC 

Regulation 1.10; 

(3) to boards of trade designated as 

contract markets or to any other futures 

associations registered with the 

Commission to assist those 

organizations in carrying out their 

responsibilities under the Act, or to 

national securities exchanges or 

national securities associations 

registered with the Securities & 

Exchange Commission to assist those 

organizations in carrying out their 

responsibilities under the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934; 

(4) to federal, state or local law 

enforcement or regulatory agencies 

acting within the scope of their 

jurisdiction or for their use in meeting 

responsibilities assigned to them under 

law (to the same extent that the 

Commission may disclose such 

registration information under Sections 

8(e) and 8(g) of the Act); 

(5) pursuant to an order of a court of 

competent jurisdiction; except that, 

subpoenas and summonses covering 

non-public portions of registration 

records and copies of the non-public 

records shall be promptly forwarded to 

the Commission to enable the 

Commission to consult with NFA on 

how to proceed; 

(6) otherwise with the authorization 

of the FOI, Privacy and Sunshine Act 

Compliance staff or the General Counsel 

of the Commission or his or her 

designee, in accordance with CFTC 

Regulations 145.7(b), (h) and (i); the 

Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 

552; and the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a; 

and 

(7) to any individual or firm, or 

person acting on behalf of the 

individual or firm, who seeks access to 

registration records, excluding any 

reports reflecting information developed 

from sources outside the Commission or 

NFA compiled or generated in 

connection with determining fitness for 

registration or affiliation as a principal, 

in connection with that individual’s or 

firm’s application for registration. 

Information in this system may also 

be disclosed in accordance with the 

blanket routine uses numbered 1 

through 19 that appear at the beginning 

of the Commission’s compilation of its 

systems of records notices, which can be 

found in the Federal Register at 76 FR 

5974 (Feb. 2, 2011). 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Paper records are stored in file folders 

and binders. Electronic records, 

including computer files, are stored on 

the Commission’s network, NFA 

databases or applications, NFA Web 

site, and other electronic media (e.g., 

microfiche) as needed. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

By the name of the individual or firm, 

an NFA identification number, docket 

number or by cross-indexing an 

individual’s file to the name of the firm 

with which the individual is associated 

or affiliated (e.g., the name of the futures 

commission merchant). 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records are protected from 

unauthorized access and improper use 

through administrative, technical and 

physical security measures. 

Administrative measures includes 

workforce security awareness training. 

Technical security measures within the 

NFA and CFTC include restrictions on 

computer access to authorized 

individuals, required use of strong 

passwords that are frequently changed, 

use of encryption for certain data types 

and transfers, and regular review of 

security procedures and best practices 

to enhance security. Physical measures 

include restrictions on building access 

to authorized individuals and 

maintenance of records in lockable 

offices and filing cabinets. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

These records are retained and 

disposed of in accordance with CFTC 

Records Schedules available at: 

www.cftc.gov/ucm/groups/public/@

aboutcftc/documents/file/

recordsdispositionschedule.pdf. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

For records held by the Commission 

related to fitness investigations and 

registration: Director, Division of Swap 

Dealer and Intermediary Oversight 

(DSIO), Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 

20581. Surveillance Branch Chiefs in 

the regional offices at 525 West Monroe 

Street, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60661 

and 140 Broadway, 19th Floor, New 

York, NY 10005. For records held by the 

Commission related to disciplinary 

action: Director, Division of Market 

Oversight (DMO), Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20581. 

For records held by NFA: Vice 

President for Registration, National 

Futures Association, 300 South 

Riverside, Suite 1800, Chicago, Illinois 

60606. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether this system of records contains 

information about themselves or seeking 

access to records about themselves in 

this system of records, or contesting the 

content of records about themselves 

contained in this system of records 

should address written inquiry to FOIA/ 

Privacy Act Request, Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, Three 

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20581. Telephone (202) 

418–5000. 

Individuals may also request 

registration information by telephone 

directly from the NFA information 

center at (800) 621–3570 or (312) 781– 

1410. Inquiries can also be made to NFA 

by fax at (312) 781–1459 or via the 

Internet at information@nfa.futures.org. 

NFA will query the system about 

current registration status and 

registration and disciplinary history, 

and will provide instructions on how to 

make written requests for copies of 

records. The Internet may be used to 

obtain information on current 

registration status and futures-related 

regulatory actions at 

www.nfa.futures.org. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The individual or firm on whom the 

record is maintained; the individual’s 

employer; individuals filing reparations 

complaints or answers; Federal, state 

and local regulatory and law 

enforcement agencies; commodities and 

securities exchanges; NFA; Financial 

Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA); 

foreign futures and securities authorities 

and INTERPOL; self-regulatory 

organizations notifying the Commission 

of disciplinary or other adverse actions 

taken; and other miscellaneous sources. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

The records in this system that refer, 

relate to or are from third-party sources 

related to fitness or other investigations 

of applicants for registration or 

registrants are exempted by the 

Commission from certain provisions of 

the Privacy Act of 1974 pursuant to the 

terms of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 

552a(k)(2), and the Commission’s rules 

promulgated thereunder, 17 CFR 146.12. 

These records are exempt from the 

notification procedures, records access 

procedures, and record contest 

procedures set forth in the system 

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from the requirement that the sources of 

records in the system be described. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23186 Filed 9–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[Docket ID USAF–2014–0025] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by October 30, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Licari, 571–372–0493. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title, Associated Form and OMB 

Number: DoD Statement of Intent; AMC 

Form 207; OMB Control Number 0701– 

0137. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 15. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 15. 

Average Burden per Response: 20 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 300. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

the Department of Defense commercial 

Airlift Division (HQ AMC/A34B) and is 

responsible for the assessment of a 

commercial air carrier’s ability to 

provide quality, safe, and reliable airlift 

to the Department of Defense. HQ AMC/ 

A34B uses Air Mobility Command 

(AMC) Form 207 to acquire information 

needed to make a determination if the 

commercial carriers can support the 

Department of Defense. Information is 

evaluated and used in the approval 

process. Failure to respond renders the 

commercial air carrier ineligible for 

contracts to provide air carrier service to 

the Department of Defense. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Jasmeet Seehra at the Office of 

Management and Budget, Desk Officer 

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick 

Licari. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD 

Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center 

Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Dated: September 18, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22629 Filed 9–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0111] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; High 

School Reform Study 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Office of Planning, Evaluation and 

Policy Development (OPEPD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

30, 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–0111 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. 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 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Joanne Bogart, 

202–205–7855. 

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: High School 

Reform Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1875—NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,670. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 835. 

Abstract: This request for OMB 

clearance is to collect data through a 

nationally representative survey of high 

schools during the 2014–15 school year. 


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