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OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30128 Filed 11–29–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 30, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, 

New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 

395–5806 or e-mailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a 

cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

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. The OMB is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: (1) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) Minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: November 23, 2010. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title of Collection: Integrated 

Evaluation of ARRA Funding, 

Implementation and Outcomes, 

Recruitment Package. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Once. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies or Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 5,551. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,509. 

Abstract: On February 17, 2009, 

President Obama signed the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 

into law (Pub. L. 111–5). ARRA 

supports investments in innovative 

strategies that are intended to lead to 

improved results for students, long-term 

gains in school and local education 

agency (LEA) capacity for success, and 

increased productivity and 

effectiveness. 

This evaluation will focus on 

answering four sets of policy/research 

questions: 

• To what extent did ARRA funds go 

to the intended recipients? 

• Is ARRA associated with the 

implementation of the key reform 

strategies it promoted? 

• What implementation supports and 

challenges are associated with ARRA? 

• Is ARRA associated with improved 

outcomes? 

The integrated evaluation will draw 

on existing data, including ED data 

collections, ED ARRA program files, 

ARRA required reporting, and databases 

of achievement and other outcomes. The 

evaluation will also collect new 

information through surveys of (1) the 

50 states and the District of Columbia, 

(2) a nationally representative sample of 

school districts, and (3) a nationally 

representative sample of schools within 

the sampled school districts. Surveys 

are planned for spring 2011, spring 

2012, and spring 2013. Subsamples of 

school districts will also be drawn to 

receive a smaller set of questions (polls); 

these polls will be administered twice 

between 2011 and 2013. 

A report will be prepared in the first 

year of the evaluation to describe the 

distribution of funding. A report and 

state tabulations will be prepared after 

each annual survey. The first report, 

based on the 2011 surveys, will focus on 

early ARRA implementation and 

strategies. The second report, based on 

the 2012 surveys, will expand upon 

strategies implemented under ARRA. 

The final report will draw upon existing 

data on outcomes as well as data from 

the 2013 surveys. 

This collection is for the recruitment 

phase of the evaluation. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/

public/do/PRAMain or from the 

Department’s Web site at http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4385. 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., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection and 

OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

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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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Procedural Manual for the Election 

Assistance Commission’s Voting 

System Testing and Certification 

Program, Version 2.0 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice; publication of Voting 

System Testing and Certification 

Manual, Version 2.0, for 60 day public 

comment period on EAC Web site. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) is publishing a 

procedural manual for its Voting System 

Testing and Certification Program. This 

manual sets the administrative 

procedures for obtaining an EAC 

Certification for voting systems. 

Participation in the program is strictly 

voluntary. The program is mandated by 

the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) at 

42 U.S.C. 15371. 


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DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on this draft procedural 

manual on or before 5 p.m. EDT on 

January 31, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments via 

e-mail to 

VotingSystemGuidelines@eac.gov; via 

mail to Brian Hancock, Director of 

Voting System Certification, U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 1201 

New York Avenue, Suite 300, 

Washington, DC 20005; or via fax to 

202–566–1392. An electronic copy of 

the proposed manual may be found on 

the EAC’s Web site, http://www.eac.gov/ 

open/comment.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Hancock, Director, Voting System 

Certification, Washington, DC (202) 

566–3100, Fax: (202) 566–1392. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background. HAVA requires that the 

EAC certify and decertify voting 

systems. Section 231(a)(1) of HAVA (42 

U.S.C. 15371) specifically requires the 

EAC to ‘‘* * * provide for the testing, 

certification, decertification and 

recertification of voting system 

hardware and software by accredited 

laboratories.’’ To meet this obligation, 

the EAC has created a voluntary 

program to test voting systems to 

Federal voting system standards. The 

Voting System Testing and Certification 

Manual, published below, will set the 

procedures for this program. 

In creating the Certification Manual in 

2006 the EAC sought input from experts 

and stakeholders. Specifically, the EAC 

conducted meetings with 

representatives from the voting system 

test laboratory and voting system 

manufacturing community. The 

Commission also held a public hearing 

in which it received testimony from 

State election officials, the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

academics, electronic voting system 

experts and public interest groups. 

Finally, the EAC sought input from the 

public. 

EAC is required to resubmit the 

Testing and Certification Manual for 

renewal in accordance with Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 requirements. 

The Testing and Certification Division 

has updated sections of the manual to 

reflect proposed changes in certification 

procedures. These sections are 

highlighted for ease of review. 

Comments. Please submit comments 

consistent with the information below. 

Comments should identify and cite the 

section of the manual at issue. Where a 

substantive issue is raised, please 

propose a recommended change or 

alternative policy. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, to request 

comments regarding the burden of 

responding to the information collection 

activities of the proposed manual; 

please refer to the EAC’s Web site, 

http://www.eac.gov, for further 

information about the submission of 

comments regarding burden. 

Alice Miller, 

Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Biomass Research and Development 

Technical Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Biomass Research 

and Development Technical Advisory 

Committee under Section 9008(d) of the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008. The Federal Advisory Committee 

Act requires that agencies publish these 

notices in the Federal Register to allow 

for public participation. This notice 

announces the meeting of the Biomass 

Research and Development Technical 

Advisory Committee. 

DATES: December 15, 2010 at 8 a.m.-5:15 

p.m. EDT 

ADDRESSES: Williamsburg Room (104– 

A), USDA Whitten Building, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura McCann, Designated Federal 

Officer for the Committee, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–7766, 

laura.mccann@ee.doe.gov; or Chrissy 

Fagerholm, (202) 586–2933, 

Christina.Fagerholm@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and guidance that promotes 

research and development leading to the 

production of biobased fuels and 

biobased products. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include the following: 

• Update on USDA Biomass R&D 

Activities. 

• Update on DOE Biomass R&D 

Activities. 

• Presentation from the National 

Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and 

Bioproducts. (NAABB) Algae 

Consortium. 

• Presentation on the Knowledge 

Discovery Framework. 

• Presentation on USDA 

sustainability findings. 

Public Participation: In keeping with 

procedures, members of the public are 

welcome to observe the business of the 

Biomass Research and Development 

Technical Advisory Committee. To 

attend the meeting and/or to make oral 

statements regarding any of the items on 

the agenda, you must contact Laura 

McCann at 202–586–7766; E-mail: 

laura.mccann@ee.doe.gov or Chrissy 

Fagerholm at (202) 586–2933; E-mail: 

Christina.Fagerholm@ee.doe.gov at least 

5 business days prior to the meeting. 

Please note that this meeting will be 

held in a Federal building, and therefore 

a photo ID and advance notice will be 

required to enter. Members of the public 

will be heard in the order in which they 

sign up at the beginning of the meeting. 

Reasonable provision will be made to 

include the scheduled oral statements 

on the agenda. The Chair of the 

Committee will make every effort to 

hear the views of all interested parties. 

If you would like to file a written 

statement with the Committee, you may 

do so either before or after the meeting. 

The Chair will conduct the meeting to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying at http:// 

www.brdisolutions.com/publications/ 

default.aspx#meetings. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on November 

24, 2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–29–000] 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company; Notice of Application 

November 22, 2010. 

Take notice that on November 12, 

2010, CenterPoint Energy Gas 

Transmission Company (CenterPoint), 

1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 

77002, filed in Docket No. CP11–29– 

000, a request for abandonment 

authority, pursuant to 18 CFR part 157 


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