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information collection should be sent to 

Mr. Oleinick at the Office of 

Management and Budget, Desk Officer 

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings, WHS/ESCD/

Information Management Division, 1225 

South Clark Street, Suite 504, Arlington, 

VA 22202–4326.

Dated: December 15, 2004. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy 

Meeting of the Ocean Research 

Advisory Panel

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of open meetings.

SUMMARY: The Ocean Research Advisory 

Panel (ORAP) will meet to discuss 

National Oceanographic Partnership 

Program (NOPP) activities. All sessions 

of the meetings will remain open to the 

public.

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

Wednesday, January 5, 2005, from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday, January 6, 

2005, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In order to 

maintain the meetings time schedules, 

members of the public will be limited in 

their time to speak to the Panel. 

Members of the public should submit 

their comments one week in advance of 

the meetings to the meeting Point of 

Contact.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Consortium for Oceanographic 

Research and Education, 1201 New 

York Ave, NW., Suite 420, Washington, 

DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Melbourne G. Briscoe, Office of Naval 

Research, 800 North Quincy Street, 

Arlington, VA 22217–5660, telephone 

(703) 696–4120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of open meetings is provided in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). The 

purpose of this meeting is to discuss 

NOPP activities. The meetings will 

include discussions on ocean 

observations, current and future NOPP 

activities, and other current issues in 

the ocean sciences community.

Dated: December 15, 2004. 

J.H. Wagshul, 

Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information 

Management Case Services Team, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, 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 February 

22, 2005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

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

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Leader, 

Information Management Case Services 

Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the 

Chief Information Officer, publishes that 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

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: December 16, 2004. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Leader, Information Management Case 

Services Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Paul Douglas Teachers 

Scholarship Performance Report. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Federal 

Government. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden:

Responses: 57. 

Burden Hours: 684. 

Abstract: This program has not 

received funding since 1994. It was 

originally designed to assist State 

agencies provide scholarships to 

talented and meritorious students who 

were seeking teacher careers at the preschool, elementary, or secondary level. 

Requests for 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 2652. 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., 

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to the Internet 

address OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 

202–245–6621. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be directed to Joseph Schubart at 

his e-mail address Joe.Schubart@ed.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339.

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