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1998, to provide protection and 

advocacy services to individuals with 

disabilities for the purposes of assisting 

in the acquisition, utilization, or 

maintenance of assistive technology or 

assistive technology services. 

Additional Information: Section 102 

of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 

(Act) requires that the Secretary make a 

grant to an entity in each State to 

support protection and advocacy 

services through the systems established 

to provide protection and advocacy 

services under the Developmental 

Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights 

Act of 2000 (DD Act), for the purposes 

of assisting in the acquisition, 

utilization, or maintenance of assistive 

technology or assistive technology 

services for individuals with 

disabilities. 

Frequency: Periodically. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 56. 

Burden Hours: 9. 

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 2469. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to Vivian Reese, 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 4050, Regional 

Office Building 3, Washington, DC 

20202–4651 or to the e-mail address 

vivan.reese@ed.gov. Requests may also 

be electronically mailed to the Internet 

address OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 

202–708–9346. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements, 

contact Sheila Carey at her e-mail 

address Sheila.Carey@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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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records; What Works Clearinghouse 

(18–13–06) 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(Privacy Act), the U.S. Department of 

Education (the Department or ED) 

publishes this notice of a new system of 

records for the Institute of Education 

Sciences (IES or the Institute) ‘‘What 

Works Clearinghouse’’ (WWC or 

Clearinghouse). The Clearinghouse is a 

web-based system that will maintain a 

national registry of educational 

interventions—educational programs, 

products, and practices that are claimed 

to enhance important student outcomes. 

In particular, the Clearinghouse will 

assess and report on the strength of 

research-based evidence of the 

effectiveness of these educational 

programs. 

The Institute anticipates that the 

Clearinghouse will gather personal 

information in two ways. First, the 

Clearinghouse will be collecting 

identifying information from members 

of the public when— 

1. The public voluntarily and 

anonymously suggests studies, 

interventions, and topics for WWC 

review, and provides optional contact 

information. 

2. The public voluntarily subscribes 

to receive e-mail updates about new 

information on the WWC Web site. 

In both cases, access to contact 

information will be restricted to 

authorized WWC staff on a need-toknow basis. In the case of e-mail 

addresses, this information will only be 

available to the Web site administrator. 

Second, evaluators—individuals and 

organizations—may use the Web site to 

voluntarily submit contact information 

and information about their services and 

experience in evaluating educational 

programs. The purpose of this 

information is to create a public listing 

to assist people in identifying those 

evaluators who are potentially qualified 

to conduct rigorous studies of the 

effectiveness of education programs. 

Interested evaluators will sign a letter 

giving their written permission for this 

information to be used in the registry. 

DATES: The Department seeks comment 

on the new system of records described 

in this notice, in accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act. We 

must receive your comments on or 

before March 31, 2004. 

The Department filed a report 

describing the system of records covered 

by this notice with the Chair of the 

Senate Committee on Governmental 

Affairs, the Chair of the House 

Committee on Government Reform, and 

the Administrator of the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

OMB, on February 25, 2004. This 

system of records will become effective 

at the later date of—(1) the expiration of 

the 40-day period for OMB review on 

April 5, 2004 or (2) March 31, 2004, 

unless the system of records needs to be 

changed as a result of public comment 

or OMB review. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this system of records to Nancy Loy, 

Ph.D., Contracting Officer’s Technical 

Representative (COR), What Works 

Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of 

Education, Institute of Education 

Sciences, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., 

suite 504, Washington, DC 20208. If you 

prefer to send comments through the 

Internet, use the following address: 

comments@ed.gov. You must include 

the term ‘‘What Works Clearinghouse’’ 

in the subject line of the electronic 

comment. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this notice in suite 504, 555 New 

Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 

between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through 

Friday of each week except Federal 

holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals With 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record 

On request, we will supply an 

appropriate aid, such as a reader or 

print magnifier, to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

aid, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 

CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Loy. Telephone: (202) 208–3680. 

If you use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD), you may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 

CONTACT. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)) 

requires the Department to publish in 

the Federal Register this notice of a new 

system of records maintained by the 

Department. The Department’s 

regulations implementing the Privacy 

Act are contained in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) in 34 CFR part 5b. 

The Privacy Act applies to a record 

about an individual that contains 

individually identifiable information 

that is retrieved by a unique identifier 

associated with each individual, such as 

a name or social security number. The 

information about each individual is 

called a ‘‘record’’ and the system, 

whether manual or computer-based, is 

called a ‘‘system of records.’’ The 

Privacy Act requires each agency to 

publish notices of systems of records in 

the Federal Register and to prepare 

reports to OMB whenever the agency 

publishes a new or altered system of 

records. Each agency is also required to 

send copies to the Chair of the Senate 

Committee on Governmental Affairs and 

the Chair of the House Committee on 

Government Reform. These reports are 

intended to permit an evaluation of the 

probable or potential effect of the 

proposal on the privacy or other rights 

of individuals. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You may view this document, as well 

as other Department of Education 

documents published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

news/fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll-free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: February 25, 2004. 

Grover J. Whitehurst, 

Director, Institute of Education Sciences. 

For reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Director of the Institute of 

Education Sciences (IES or the Institute) 

of the U.S. Department of Education (the 

Department or ED) publishes a notice of 

a new system of records to read as 

follows: 

18–13–06 

SYSTEM NAME: 

What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) 

Database. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Aspen Systems Corporation, 2277 

Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 

20850. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE 

SYSTEM: 

This web-based system will maintain 

a national registry of educational 

interventions—educational programs, 

products, and practices that are claimed 

to enhance important student outcomes. 

In particular, the WWC will assess and 

report on the strength of research-based 

evidence of the effectiveness of these 

educational programs. 

There are two categories of 

individuals covered by the system. First, 

the WWC will be collecting identifying 

information from members of the public 

if the public voluntarily and 

anonymously suggests studies, 

interventions, and topics for WWC 

review, and provides optional contact 

information. The WWC will also collect 

information from the public if an 

individual voluntarily subscribes to 

receive e-mail updates about new 

information on the WWC Web site. 

Second, evaluators—individuals and 

organizations—may use the Web site to 

voluntarily submit contact information 

and information about their services and 

experience in evaluating educational 

programs. The purpose of this 

information is to create a public listing 

to assist people in identifying those 

evaluators who are potentially qualified 

to conduct rigorous studies of the 

effectiveness of education programs. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

For members of the public who 

suggest a study, intervention, or topic 

for WWC review, and choose to provide 

contact information, the form will 

include name, title, organization, 

mailing address, e-mail address, phone 

number, URL and comments. The 

individual will be able to choose 

whether or not to submit any contact 

information at all, provide just a contact 

name and e-mail address, or give more 

detailed contact information, including 

title, organization, mailing address, 

phone number, URL, or comments. 

For members of the public who 

voluntarily subscribe to receive e-mail 

updates from the WWC Web site, an 

automated system will collect and retain 

the e-mail addresses of subscribers. 

Finally, evaluators may use the Web 

site to voluntarily submit contact 

information—name, work mailing and 

e-mail addresses, phone number— 

together with information about their 

services and experience, if they would 

like this information to be included in 

the public-access, web-based registry of 

evaluators. 

This notice does not cover records, 

including but not limited to letters, emails, and facsimiles, sent by 

individuals to the Secretary, Deputy 

Secretary, Senior Officers, such as the 

Director of IES, for whom the 

Department controls responses to these 

inquiries. Further, this notice does not 

cover the official correspondence files of 

IES, specifically the hard copies of 

official documents and electronic 

images of certain incoming and outgoing 

documents. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 

2002, Pub. L. 107–279 (2002), sections 

172(a)(2) and (3). 

PURPOSE(S): 

This system of records is maintained 

to provide the WWC with the means to: 

1. Contact members of the public who 

suggest a study, intervention, or topic 

for review and who choose voluntarily 

to provide optional contact information, 

if their suggestions need clarification. 

2. Send e-mail updates about new 

information on the WWC Web site to 

subscribers. 

3. Provide contact information for 

evaluators who wish to have their 

services, experience, and contact 

information included in the publicaccess, web-based registry of evaluators. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE 

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND 

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

The Department may disclose 

information contained in a record in 

this system of records under the routine 

uses listed in this system of records 

without the consent of the individual if 

the disclosure is compatible with the 

purposes for which the record was 

collected. These disclosures may be 

made on a case-by-case basis or, if the 

Department has complied with the 

computer matching requirements of the 

Privacy Act, under a computer matching 

agreement. 

1. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

Advice Disclosure. The Department may 

disclose records to the Department of 

Justice (DOJ) and OMB if the 

Department concludes that disclosure is 

desirable or necessary in determining 

whether particular records are required 

to be disclosed under the FOIA. 

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2. Disclosure to the DOJ. The 

Department may disclose records to the 

DOJ to the extent necessary for 

obtaining DOJ advice on any matter 

relevant to an audit, inspection, or other 

inquiry related to the programs covered 

by this system. 

3. Contract Disclosure. If the 

Department contracts with an entity for 

the purposes of performing any function 

that requires disclosure of records in 

this system to employees of the 

contractor, the Department may disclose 

the records to those employees. Before 

entering into a contract, the Department 

shall require the contractor to maintain 

Privacy Act safeguards as required 

under 5 U.S.C. 552a(m) with respect to 

the records in the system. 

4. Litigation and Alternative Dispute 

Resolution (ADR) Disclosures. 

(a) Introduction. In the event that one 

of the parties described in (a)(i) through 

(v) is involved in litigation or ADR, or 

has an interest in litigation or ADR, the 

Department may disclose certain 

records to the parties described in 

paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this 

routine use under the conditions 

specified in those paragraphs: 

(i) The Department, or any of its 

components; or 

(ii) Any Department employee in his 

or her official capacity; or 

(iii) Any Department employee in his 

or her official capacity if the DOJ has 

agreed or been requested to provide or 

arrange for representation for the 

employee; or 

(iv) Any Department employee in his 

or her individual capacity if the 

Department has agreed to represent the 

employee; or 

(v) The United States if the 

Department determines that the 

litigation is likely to affect the 

Department or any of its components. 

(b) Disclosure to the DOJ. If the 

Department determines that disclosure 

of certain records to the DOJ is relevant 

and necessary to litigation or ADR, and 

is compatible with the purpose for 

which the records were collected, the 

Department may disclose those records 

as a routine use to the DOJ. 

(c) Adjudicative disclosures. If the 

Department determines that disclosure 

of certain records to an adjudicative 

body before which the Department is 

authorized to appear or to an individual 

or entity designated by the Department 

or otherwise empowered to resolve or 

mediate disputes is relevant and 

necessary to the litigation or ADR, the 

Department may disclose those records 

as a routine use to the adjudicative 

body, individual, or entity. 

(d) Parties, counsel, representatives 

and witnesses. If the Department 

determines that disclosure of certain 

records to a party, counsel, 

representative or witness is relevant and 

necessary to the litigation or ADR, the 

Department may disclose those records 

as a routine use to the party, counsel, 

representative or witness. 

5. Research Disclosure. The 

Department may disclose records to a 

researcher if an appropriate official of 

the Department determines that the 

individual or organization to which the 

disclosure would be made is qualified to 

carry out specific research related to 

functions or purposes of this system of 

records. The official may disclose 

records from this system of records to 

that researcher solely for the purpose of 

carrying out that research related to the 

functions or purposes of this system of 

records. The researcher shall be 

required to maintain Privacy Act 

safeguards with respect to the disclosed 

records. 

6. Congressional Member Disclosure. 

The Department may disclose 

information to a Member of Congress 

from the record of an individual in 

response to an inquiry from the Member 

made at the written request of that 

individual. The Member’s right to the 

information is no greater than the right 

of the individual who requested it. 

7. Enforcement Disclosure. In the 

event that information in this system of 

records indicates, either on its face or in 

connection with other information, a 

violation or potential violation of any 

applicable statute, regulation, or order 

of a competent authority, the 

Department may disclose the relevant 

records to the appropriate agency, 

whether foreign, Federal, State, Tribal, 

or local, charged with the responsibility 

of investigating or prosecuting that 

violation or charged with enforcing or 

implementing the statute, Executive 

order, rule, regulation, or order issued 

pursuant thereto. 

DISCLOSURES TO CONSUMER REPORTING 

AGENCIES: 

Not applicable to this system of 

records. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND 

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

The information in the tracking 

system will be stored on a server 

maintained by the WWC subcontractor 

staff. Records generated by the system 

will be maintained electronically on the 

server. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

The public will have access to the 

searchable, web-based registry of 

evaluators, containing information 

voluntarily submitted by evaluators 

about their services and experience, as 

well as contact information, after the 

evaluators have signed a letter giving 

their written permission for this 

information to be used in the registry. 

The data are retrieved by searching by 

record number, type of suggestion, 

study author, title, reference type, 

publisher, topic, type of intervention, 

and organization. 

The data for the evaluator registry will 

be searchable on the WWC publicaccess Web site by topic, type of 

research, geographic area, study title, 

intervention title, years of experience, 

and contact information. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Access to this system will be 

restricted to authorized WWC 

contractors, subcontractors, consultants, 

and ED employees on a need-to-know 

basis. Authorized users of this system 

will enter a unique user ID as well as 

a password to enter the system. They 

will be required to change their 

passwords periodically, and they will 

not be allowed to repeat old passwords. 

Any individual who attempts to log in 

to the system three times and fails will 

be locked out of the system. Access after 

that time requires intervention by the 

system manager. 

The computer system employed by 

the WWC offers a high degree of 

resistance to tampering and 

circumvention. This security system 

limits data access to authorized WWC 

staff and controls individual users’ 

ability to access and alter records within 

the system. 

All file servers, routers/hubs, tape 

back-up stations, and communications 

servers are located in secure rooms at 

the subcontractor’s Headquarters site, 

and only authorized personnel have 

access via key or magnetic card. 

All files will be password-protected 

and back-up files will be secured in a 

locked area. Access to the data files and 

software on the WWC site are controlled 

through the Microsoft NT Server 

operating system by providing all staff 

with user accounts (user IDs). All secure 

user accounts will require passwords 

that must be changed every six months. 

Passwords for ongoing data processing 

will be changed frequently, and users 

will be blocked from gaining access to 

certain types of data and programs 

based on their IDs and passwords. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records in this system will be 

retained in accordance with the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA) General 

Records Schedule 20, Item 1.c which 

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provides disposal authorization for 

electronic files and hard-copy printouts 

created to monitor system usage. 

Records will be deleted or destroyed 

when the agency determines they are no 

longer needed for administrative, legal, 

audit, or other operational purposes. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Contracting Officer’s Representative 

(COR), What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. 

Department of Education, Institute of 

Education Sciences, 555 New Jersey 

Avenue, NW., suite 504, Washington, 

DC 20208. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

If you wish to determine whether a 

record exists about you in the system of 

records, provide the system manager 

with your name or e-mail address. Your 

request for notification must also meet 

the requirements of the regulations in 34 

CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity. 

You may also present your request in 

person or make your request in writing 

to the system manager at the above 

address. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Request to access a record also must 

reasonably specify the record contents 

sought and otherwise meet the 

requirements of the regulations in 34 

CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

If you wish to change the content of 

a record in this system of records, you 

must contact the system manager at the 

above address and follow the steps 

outlined in the NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE 

section. Requests to amend a record 

must also reasonably identify the 

record, specify the information being 

contested, provide in writing your 

reasons for requesting the change, and 

otherwise meet the regulations in 34 

CFR 5b.7. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information in this system is obtained 

from members of the public and 

evaluators who voluntarily provide 

information. The primary way for the 

public and evaluators to contact the 

WWC is electronically through the 

WWC Web site, although they also 

could contact the WWC by telephone, 

by mail, or in person. 

SYSTEM EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS 

OF THE PRIVACY ACT: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP04–173–000] 

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of 

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff 

February 24 2004. 

Take notice that on February 20, 2004, 

Dominion Transmission, Inc. (DTI) 

tendered for filing as part of its FERC 

Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, 

First Revised Sheet No. 1159, with an 

effective date of March 1, 2004. 

DTI states that the purpose of this 

filing is to remove the five-year term 

matching cap from its right-of-first 

refusal tariff provisions. 

Any person desiring to be heard or to 

protest said filing should file a motion 

to intervene or a protest with the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426, in accordance with sections 

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s 

rules and regulations. All such motions 

or protests must be filed in accordance 

with section 154.210 of the 

Commission’s regulations. Protests will 

be considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceedings. 

Any person wishing to become a party 

must file a motion to intervene. This 

filing is available for review at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary. Enter 

the docket number excluding the last 

three digits in the docket number field 

to access the document. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. The Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filings. 

See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site under the e-Filing link. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP04–110–001] 

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice 

of Compliance Filing 

February 24, 2004. 

Take notice that on February 20, 2004, 

El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso) 

tendered for filing as part its FERC Gas 

Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1A, 

with an effective date of February 13, 

2004: 

Sub 1st Revised Original Sheet No. 287A 

Substitute Original Sheet No. 287B 

Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 353 

El Paso states that the tariff sheets are 

being filed to implement certain 

changes to the procedures for the redesignation of primary point changes in 

compliance with the Commission’s 

February 5, 2004, Order in this 

proceeding. 

Any person desiring to protest said 

filing should file a protest with the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426, in accordance with section 

385.211 of the Commission’s rules and 

regulations. All such protests must be 

filed in accordance with section 154.210 

of the Commission’s regulations. 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceedings. This filing is available 

for review at the Commission in the 

Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary 

link. Enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits in the docket 

number field to access the document. 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. The Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filings. 

See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site under the e-Filing link. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

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