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facilitate the ability of Airmen to 

move from any component into 

another at multiple points in their 

career path without prejudice; 

Enhancing the total force through 

equalized opportunities across the 

components for professional and 

technical education and shared 

experiences. 

Recognizing in promotion and 

selection processes differing but 

equivalent ends, ways, and means 

of professional development; 

Fundamental shift in policy goals for 

‘‘Deploy-to-Dwell,’’ ‘‘Mobilizationto-Dwell,’’ and associated metrics 

for the post-Afghanistan period, as 

well as how deployment credit will 

be accounted; 

Reconsider the nation’s needs for 

Overseas Basing and the capacity of 

continental United States’ 

infrastructure afforded by 

investments in Reserve and Guard 

basing capacities available to the 

Total Force. 

Meeting Accessibility: In accordance 

with section 10(d) of the FACA, 5 U.S.C. 

552b, and 41 CFR 102–3.155, the DoD 

determined that the Tuesday, December 

10, 2013 meeting will be closed to the 

public in its entirety. Specifically, the 

Director of Administration and 

Management, with the coordination of 

the DoD FACA Attorney, has 

determined in writing that this meeting 

will be closed to the public because it 

discussed classified information and 

matters covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). 

Written Comments: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140 and 

section 10(a)(3) of the FACA, the public 

or interested organizations may submit 

written comments to the Commission in 

response to the stated agenda of the 

closed meeting or the Commission’s 

mission. The Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO) will review all submitted written 

statements before forwarding to the 

Commission. Written comments should 

be submitted to Mrs. Marcia Moore, 

DFO, via facsimile or electronic mail, 

the preferred modes of submission. Each 

page of the comment must include the 

author’s name, title or affiliation, 

address, and daytime phone number. 

All contact information may be found in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. While written comments are 

forwarded to the Commissioners upon 

receipt, note that all written comments 

on the Commission’s charge, as 

described in the Background section, 

must be received by 5:00 p.m. on 

December 13, 2013 to be considered by 

the Commissioners for the final report. 

This deadline for emailed and faxed 

comments has been extended from 

November 29, 2013. The postmark 

deadline to mail comments was 

November 8, 2013. 

Due to difficulties finalizing the 

meeting agenda for the scheduled 

meeting of the National Commission on 

the Structure of the Air Force for 

Tuesday, December 10, 2013, the 

requirements of 41 CFR 102–3.150(a) 

were not met. Accordingly, the 

Advisory Committee Management 

Officer for the Department of Defense, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150(b), 

waives the 15-calendar day notification 

requirement. 

Background 

The National Commission on the 

Structure of the Air Force was 

established by the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 

(Pub. L. 112–239). The Department of 

Defense sponsor for the Commission is 

the Director of Administration and 

Management, Mr. Michael L. Rhodes. 

The Commission is tasked to submit a 

report, containing a comprehensive 

study and recommendations, by 

February 1, 2014 to the President of the 

United States and the Congressional 

defense committees. The report will 

contain a detailed statement of the 

findings and conclusions of the 

Commission, together with its 

recommendations for such legislation 

and administrative actions it may 

consider appropriate in light of the 

results of the study. The comprehensive 

study of the structure of the U.S. Air 

Force will determine whether, and how, 

the structure should be modified to best 

fulfill current and anticipated mission 

requirements for the U.S. Air Force in 

a manner consistent with available 

resources. 

The evaluation factors under 

consideration by the Commission are for 

a U.S. Air Force structure that—(a) 

meets current and anticipated 

requirements of the combatant 

commands; (b) achieves an appropriate 

balance between the regular and reserve 

components of the Air Force, taking 

advantage of the unique strengths and 

capabilities of each; (c) ensures that the 

regular and reserve components of the 

Air Force have the capacity needed to 

support current and anticipated 

homeland defense and disaster 

assistance missions in the United States; 

(d) provides for sufficient numbers of 

regular members of the Air Force to 

provide a base of trained personnel from 

which the personnel of the reserve 

components of the Air Force could be 

recruited; (e) maintains a peacetime 

rotation force to support operational 

tempo goals of 1:2 for regular members 

of the Air Forces and 1:5 for members 

of the reserve components of the Air 

Force; and (f) maximizes and 

appropriately balances affordability, 

efficiency, effectiveness, capability, and 

readiness. 

Dated: December 11, 2013. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0126] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Alternative Student Outcomes for 

Growth Measures Case Studies 

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 a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

15, 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–2013–ICCD–0126 

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, Room 

2E103, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Kathy Axt, 540– 

776–7742 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 


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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: Alternative 

Student Outcomes for Growth Measures 

Case Studies. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 182. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 364. 

Abstract: This submission is a request 

for approval of data collection activities 

that will be used to support the MidAtlantic Regional Educational 

Laboratory (REL) Alternative Student 

Outcomes for Growth Measures Case 

Studies. The study is being funded by 

the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) 

U.S. Department of Education and is 

being implemented by ICF International 

and its subcontractor, Mathematica 

Policy Research. This submission 

requests approval to recruit districts for 

the study and conduct in person and 

telephone interviews with staff in 

participating districts. 

This study aims to fill the gap in 

information available to districts and 

policymakers on measures of student 

growth that do not use state 

standardized tests via qualitative case 

studies of up to nine districts that are 

using alternative measures of student 

achievement growth in teacher 

performance ratings. The studies will 

address what alternative measures of 

student achievement growth in teacher 

performance ratings. The case studies 

will address what alternative outcome 

measures are used, how the alternative 

growth measures are implemented, 

challenges and obstacles in 

implementation, how the measures are 

being used. Where possible, the 

Department will examine the extent of 

differentiation produced by the 

measures—specifically, the distribution 

of teacher performance on the measures, 

as compared with the distribution of 

teacher performance on conventional 

value added measures that are based on 

state assessments. The Department will 

conduct semi-structured interviews 

with district administrators leading 

teacher evaluation or effectiveness 

efforts, teacher representatives (such as 

union leaders), teachers (including both 

classroom teachers and instructional 

coaches), and principals. The data 

collected will be summarized and 

analyzed using a case study approach. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; National 

Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research—Small 

Business Innovation Research 

Program—Phase I 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: National 

Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)—Small 

Business Innovation Research Program 

(SBIR)—Phase I Notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2014. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.133S–1. 

DATES: Applications Available: 

December 16, 2013. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 14, 2014. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the SBIR program is four-fold: 

• Stimulate technological innovation 

in the private sector. 

• Encourage participation in 

innovation and entrepreneurship by 

socially and economically 

disadvantaged persons. 

• Strengthen the role of small 

business in meeting Federal research 

and development (R&D) needs. 

• Increase private-sector 

commercialization of innovations 

derived from U.S. Department of 

Education (Department) R&D funding. 

Background 

The Small Business Innovation 

Development Act of 1982 (Act), Pub. L. 

97–219, established the SBIR program. 

The Act requires certain agencies, 

including the Department, to reserve a 

statutory percentage of their extramural 

R&D budgets for two phases of the threephase SBIR program (see http://sbir.gov/ 

about/about-sbir for more information 

on the program). 

Phase I awards are to determine, 

insofar as possible, the scientific or 

technical merit, feasibility, and 

commercial potential of R&D projects 

submitted under the SBIR program. 

Phase I awards are for amounts up to 

$75,000 and for a period of up to six 

months. Phase II projects continue the 

development of Phase I projects. 

Funding is based on the results 

achieved in Phase I and the scientific 

and technical merit and commercial 

potential of the proposed Phase II 

project. Only Phase I grantees are 

eligible to apply for Phase II funding. 

Phase II awards are for amounts up to 

$575,000 over a period of two years. 

In Phase III, the small business 

grantee pursues commercial 

applications of the Phase I and II R&D. 

The SBIR program does not fund Phase 

III. 

All SBIR projects funded by NIDRR 

must address the needs of individuals 

with disabilities. (See 29 U.S.C. 760.) 

Project activities may include: 

• Conducting manufacturing-related 

R&D that encompasses improvements in 

existing methods or processes, or 

wholly new processes, machines, or 

systems, that benefit individuals with 

disabilities; 

• Exploring the uses of technology to 

ensure equal access to education, 

employment, community environments, 

and information for individuals with 

disabilities; and 

• Improving the quality and utility of 

disability and rehabilitation research. 

Executive Order 13329 states that 

continued technological innovation is 

critical to a strong manufacturing sector 

in the United States economy and seeks 

to ensure that Federal agencies assist the 

private sector in its manufacturing 

innovation efforts. The Department’s 

SBIR program encourages innovative 

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