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of the project and will produce 

quantitative and qualitative data to the 

extent possible. 

(3) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will provide performance 

feedback and permit periodic 

assessment of progress toward achieving 

intended outcomes. 

(4) The extent to which the evaluation 

will provide guidance about effective 

strategies suitable for replication or 

testing in other settings. 

Note for (e) Quality of the project 

evaluation: Grantees will be expected to 

report on the progress of their evaluation 

through the required annual performance 

report as discussed in section VI.4 of this 

notice. In addressing this criterion, 

applicants may want to consider using the 

evaluation plan to shape the development of 

the project from the beginning of the grant 

period. Applicants also may want to include 

benchmarks to monitor progress toward 

specific project objectives, including 

ambitious student foreign language 

proficiency objectives, and outcome 

measures to assess the impact on teaching 

and learning or other important outcomes for 

project participants. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Grant Administration: Applicants 

should budget for a two-day meeting for 

project directors in Washington, DC, 

and a FLAP meeting at the American 

Council on the Teaching of Foreign 

Languages (ACTFL) Conference in 

Boston, MA, November 19–21, 2010. 

Funding for the meeting and conference 

should be budgeted for each subsequent 

year of the grant. 

4. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. You must also submit an 

annual performance report that provides 

the most current performance and 

financial expenditure information as 

specified by the Secretary in 34 CFR 

75.118. The Secretary may also require 

more frequent performance reports 

under 34 CFR 75.720(c). 

5. Performance Measures: In response 

to the Government Performance and 

Results Act (GPRA), the Department 

developed three objectives for 

evaluating the overall effectiveness of 

the Foreign Language Assistance 

Program (FLAP) LEA program. Grantees 

funded under this competition will be 

expected to collect and report to the 

Department data related to these 

measures. Applicants should discuss in 

the application narrative how they 

propose to collect these data. 

Grantees under this competition are 

not expected to report on Objective 1, 

Measures 1.1 of 2 and 1.2 of 2. 

Objective 1: To expand foreign 

language study in non-critical languages 

for students served by FLAP. 

Measure 1.1 of 2: The number of 

students participating in foreign 

language instruction in the non-critical 

languages(s) in the schools funded by 

FLAP. 

Measure 1.2 of 2: The average number 

of minutes per week of foreign language 

instruction in the non-critical 

languages(s) in the schools funded by 

FLAP. 

Objective 2: To expand foreign 

language study in critical languages for 

students served by FLAP. 

Measure 2.1 of 2: The number of 

students participating in foreign 

language instruction in the critical 

language(s) in the schools funded by 

FLAP. 

Measure 2.2 of 2: The average number 

of minutes per week of foreign language 

instruction in the critical languages(s) 

provided in the schools funded by 

FLAP. 

Objective 3: To improve the foreign 

language proficiency of students served 

by FLAP. 

Measure 3.1 of 1: The number of 

students in FLAP projects who meet 

ambitious project objectives for foreign 

language proficiency. 

We expect each LEA funded under 

this competition to document how its 

project is helping the Department meet 

these performance measures. Grantees 

will be expected to report on progress in 

meeting these performance measures in 

their Annual Performance Report and in 

their Final Performance Report. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For Further Information Contact: 

Rebecca Richey, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5C141, Washington, DC 20202– 

6510. Telephone: (202) 401–1443 or by 

e-mail: rebecca.richey@ed.gov or 

Cynthia Ryan, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5C140, Washington, DC 20202– 

6510. Telephone: (202) 401–1436 or by 

e-mail: cynthia.ryan@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

persons listed under For Further 

Information Contact in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

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. 

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: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: March 10, 2010. 

Richard Smith, 

Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary and 

Director, Office of English Language 

Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and 

Academic Achievement for Limited English 

Proficient Students. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5616 Filed 3–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer 

Matching Program 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice—Computer Matching 

between the Department of Education 

and the Department of Homeland 

Security, United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, formerly the 

Immigration and Naturalization Service. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Final 

Guidance Interpreting the Provisions of 

Public Law 100–503, the Computer 

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 

1988 (54 FR 25818 (June 19, 1989)) and 

OMB Circular A–130, Appendix I (65 

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hereby given of the computer matching 

program between the Department of 

Education (ED) (the recipient agency), 

and the Department of Homeland 

Security, United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) (the 

source agency). 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988, and OMB 

Circular A–130, the following 

information is provided: 

1. Names of Participating Agencies. 

The U.S. Department of Education 

and the U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security, USCIS. 

2. Purpose of the Match. 

The matching program entitled 

‘‘Verification Division USCIS/ED’’ will 

permit ED to confirm the immigration 

status of alien applicants for, or 

recipients of, financial assistance under 

Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended (HEA), as authorized 

by section 484(g) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1091(g)). The Title IV programs include: 

the Federal Pell Grant Program; the 

Academic Competitiveness Grant 

Program; the National Science and 

Mathematics Access to Retain Talent 

Grant Program; the Iraq and Afghanistan 

Service Grant Program; the Federal 

Perkins Loan Program; the Federal 

Work-Study Program; the Federal 

Supplemental Educational Opportunity 

Grant Program; the Federal Family 

Education Loan Program; the William D. 

Ford Federal Direct Loan Program; the 

Leveraging Educational Assistance 

Partnership Program; and the Gaining 

Early Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs. 

3. Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program. 

The information contained in the 

USCIS data base is referred to as the 

Verification Information System (VIS), 

and is authorized under the Immigration 

Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), 

Public Law 99–603. ED seeks access to 

the VIS database for the purpose of 

confirming the immigration status of 

applicants for assistance, as authorized 

by section 484(g) of the HEA, 20 U.S.C. 

1091(g), and consistent with the Title IV 

student eligibility requirements of 

section 484(a)(5) of the HEA, 20 U.S.C. 

1091(a)(5). USCIS is authorized to 

participate in this immigration status 

verification under section 103 of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act, as 

amended, 8 U.S.C. 1103. 

4. Categories of Records and 

Individuals Covered. 

The records to be used in the match 

and the roles of the matching 

participants are described as follows: 

Through the use of user identification 

codes and passwords, authorized 

persons from ED will transmit 

electronically data from its Privacy Act 

system of records entitled, ‘‘Federal 

Student Aid Application File (18–11– 

01)’’ to USCIS. The data will include the 

alien registration number, the first and 

last name, date of birth, current social 

security number and gender of the alien 

applicant for, or recipient of, Title IV 

assistance. This action will initiate a 

search for corresponding data elements 

in a USCIS Privacy Act system of 

records entitled ‘‘Verification 

Information System Records Notice 

(DHS–2007–0010).’’ Where there is a 

match of records, the system will add 

the following data to the record and 

return the file to ED: the primary or 

secondary verification number, the date 

of entry into the U.S., the country of 

birth, and the USCIS status code of the 

alien applicant or recipient, and a code 

indicating that the alien applicant or 

recipient was confirmed to be an 

eligible non-citizen or that this 

determination could not be made. In 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(p), ED 

will not suspend, terminate, reduce, or 

make a final denial of any Title IV 

assistance to such individual, or take 

other adverse action against such 

individual, as a result of information 

produced by such a match, until (1)(a) 

ED has independently verified the 

information; or (b) the Data Integrity 

Board of ED determines in accordance 

with guidance issued by the Director of 

the OMB that (i) the information is 

limited to identification and amount of 

benefits paid by ED under a Federal 

benefit program; and (ii) there is a high 

degree of confidence that the 

information provided to ED is accurate; 

(2) the individual receives a notice from 

ED containing a statement of its findings 

and informing the individual of the 

opportunity to contest such findings by 

submitting documentation 

demonstrating a satisfactory 

immigration status within 30 days of 

receipt of the notice; and (3) 30 days 

from the date of the individual’s receipt 

of such notice has expired. 

5. Effective Dates of the Matching 

Program. 

The matching program will become 

effective 40 days after a copy of the 

computer matching agreement, as 

approved by the Data Integrity Board of 

each agency, is transmitted to Congress 

and OMB, unless the requested ten day 

waiver is approved by OMB or unless 

OMB objects to some or all of the 

agreement, or 30 days after publication 

of this notice in the Federal Register, 

whichever date is later. The matching 

program will continue for 18 months 

after the effective date and may be 

extended for an additional 12 months 

thereafter, if the conditions specified in 

5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D) have been met. 

6. Address for Receipt of Public 

Comments or Inquires. 

Mr. Leroy Everett, Management and 

Program Analyst, U.S. Department of 

Education, Federal Student Aid, Union 

Center Plaza, 830 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20002–5345. 

Telephone: (202) 377–3265. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), call the Federal Relay Service 

(FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document in an accessible 

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

audiotape or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed in 

the preceding paragraph. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You can view this document, as well 

as all other documents of this 

Department 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 the PDF you 

must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at this site. 

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.* 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; Pub. L. No. 100– 

503. 

Dated: March 10, 2010. 

William J. Taggart, 

Chief Operating Officer Federal Student Aid. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5613 Filed 3–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting 

comments on the proposed three-year 

extension to the Form EIA–846, 

‘‘Manufacturing Energy Consumption 

Survey.’’ 


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