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that does not meet the standards in 34 

CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has 

not fulfilled the conditions of a prior 

grant; or is otherwise not responsible. 

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); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your 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. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multi-year award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). 

For the CIBE Program, final and 

annual reports must be submitted into 

the International Resource Information 

System (IRIS) online data and reporting 

system. You can view the performance 

report screens and instructions at 

http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/CIBE.pdf. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993, as updated by the GPRA 

Modernization Act of 2010 on January 4, 

2011, the Department will use the 

following performance measures to 

evaluate the success of the CIBE 

Program: 

1: Percentage of CIBE Program 

participants who advanced in their 

professional field two years after their 

participation. 

2: Percentage of CIBE projects that 

established or internationalized a 

concentration, degree, or professional 

program with a focus on or connection 

to international business over the course 

of the CIBE grant period. (long-term 

measure). 

3: Percentage of CIBE projects for 

which there was an increase in the 

export business activities of the project’s 

business industry participants. 

The information provided by grantees 

in their performance reports submitted 

via IRIS will be the source of data for 

these measures. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Secretary may 

consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the 

extent to which a grantee has made 

‘‘substantial progress toward meeting 

the objectives in its approved 

application.’’ This consideration 

includes the review of a grantee’s 

progress in meeting the targets and 

projected outcomes in its approved 

application, and whether the grantee 

has expended funds in a manner that is 

consistent with its approved application 

and budget. In making a continuation 

grant, the Secretary also considers 

whether the grantee is operating in 

compliance with the assurances in its 

approved application, including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Timothy Duvall, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 

6069, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7622 or by email: 

timothy.duvall@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, 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 compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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 via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site 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). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: May 29, 2014. 

Lynn B. Mahaffie, 

Senior Director, Policy Coordination, 

Development, and Accreditation Service, 

delegated the authority to perform the 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance, a proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

proposed collection will provide the 

Secretary of Energy with the appropriate 

information needed to make an 

informed determination regarding a 

request to directly or indirectly engage 

or participate in the development or 

production of special nuclear material 

outside the United States. Section 

57b.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) 

of 1954, as amended by section 302 of 

the Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 

1978 (NNPA) enacted by Public Law 

95–242, empowers the Secretary of 

Energy (Secretary) to authorize persons 

to directly or indirectly engage or 

participate in the development or 

production of special nuclear material 

outside the United States. In order to 

implement Section 57b.(2), DOE 

promulgated a rule found at 10 CFR part 

810. This rule describes what activities 

are within the scope of control, what 

activities are generally authorized by the 

Secretary, and what activities require a 

specific authorization. The regulation 

requires the submission of specific 

information essential for the Secretary 


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to make a non-inimicality finding about 

the proposed transfer of U.S. nuclear 

technology, assistance or expertise. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

July 3, 2014. If you anticipate that you 

will be submitting comments, but find 

it difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, please 

advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at 202–395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503 and LaReina Parker, Office of 

Nonproliferation and International 

Security (NA–24), National Nuclear 

Security Administration, Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaReina Parker, Office of 

Nonproliferation and International 

Security, NA–24, National Nuclear 

Security Administration, Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585, telephone, 

(202) 586–6493; Part810.SNOPR@hq.

doe.gov. The collection instrument can 

be viewed at the following Web site: 

http://www.regulations.gov/index.jsp#

!documentDetail;D=DOE_FRDOC_0001- 

2467. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. A1901–0263; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy 

Activities; (3) Type of Request: 

Reinstatement; (4) Purpose: Pursuant to 

Section 57b.(2), DOE promulgated a rule 

found at 10 CFR part 810 that 

implements the broad provisions 

therein. Specifically, this rule describes 

what activities are within the scope of 

control, what activities are generally 

authorized, what activities require a 

specific authorization, provides 

information requirements for reporting 

generally and specifically authorized 

activities, and information requirements 

for applications for specific 

authorization. The information is 

essential for the Secretary to make a 

non-inimicality finding about the 

proposed transfer of U.S. nuclear 

technology, assistance or expertise, and 

applies to anyone that is a ‘‘person’’ 

under the regulation that engages in the 

export or provision of assistance to a 

foreign civilian nuclear program; (5) 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 145; (6) Annual Estimated 

Number of Total Responses: 322; (7) 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 966; (8) Annual Estimated 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 

Burden: The total annual cost burden is 

estimated at $999.50. 

Statutory Authority: Section 57 b.(2) 

of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, 

as amended by section 302 of the 

Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 1978 

(NNPA) enacted by Public Law 95–242. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 23, 

2014. 

Richard Goorevich, 

Senior Policy Advisor, Office of 

Nonproliferation and International Security. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Commission To Review the 

Effectiveness of the National Energy 

Laboratories 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Establish the 

Commission To Review the 

Effectiveness of the National Energy 

Laboratories. 

SUMMARY: Following consultation with 

the Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration, notice 

is hereby given that the Commission To 

Review the Effectiveness of the National 

Energy Laboratories (Commission) will 

be established. The Commission will 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Secretary of Energy. 

Additionally, the establishment of the 

Commission has been determined to be 

essential to the conduct of the 

Department’s business and to be in the 

public interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed upon the 

Department of Energy by law and 

agreement. The Commission will 

operate in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act and the rules and 

regulations in implementation of that 

Act. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463), section 319 of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2014, Public Law 

113–76, and in accordance with title 41, 

Code of Federal Regulations, section 

102–3.65, and following consultation 

with the Committee Management 

Secretariat, General Services 

Administration, notice is hereby given 

that the Commission to Review the 

Effectiveness of the National Energy 

Laboratories will be established. 

The activities of the Commission will 

include, but are not limited to: 

Two phases are planned for the 

Commission. In Phase 1, the objective of 

the Commission is to address whether 

the Department of Energy’s (DOE) 

national laboratories are properly 

aligned with the Department’s strategic 

priorities; have clear, well understood, 

and properly balanced missions that are 

not unnecessarily redundant and 

duplicative; have unique capabilities 

that have sufficiently evolved to meet 

current and future energy and national 

security challenges; are appropriately 

sized to meet the Department’s energy 

and national security missions; and are 

appropriately supporting other Federal 

agencies and the extent to which it 

benefits DOE missions. 

For Phase 2, the Commission shall 

also determine whether there are 

opportunities to more effectively and 

efficiently use the capabilities of the 

national laboratories, including 

consolidation and realignment, reducing 

overhead costs, reevaluating governance 

models using industrial and academic 

bench marks for comparison, and 

assessing the impact of DOE’s oversight 

and management approach. In its 

evaluation, the Commission should also 

consider the cost and effectiveness of 

using other research, development, and 

technology centers and universities as 

an alternative to meeting DOE’s energy 

and national security goals. 

The Commission shall analyze the 

effectiveness of the use of laboratory 

directed research and development 

(LDRD) to meet the Department of 

Energy’s science, energy, and national 

security goals. The Commission shall 

further evaluate the effectiveness of the 

Department’s oversight approach to 

ensure LDRD-funded projects are 

compliant with statutory requirements 

and congressional direction, including 

requirements that LDRD projects be 

distinct from projects directly funded by 

appropriations and that LDRD projects 

derived from the Department’s national 

security programs support the national 

security mission of the Department of 

Energy. Finally, the Commission shall 

quantify the extent to which LDRD 

funding supports recruiting and 

retention of qualified staff. 

The Commission will submit a report 

containing the Commission’s findings 

and conclusions to the Secretary of 

Energy, the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House of 

Representatives, and the Senate. 

The Commission terminates following 

submission of its final report to the 

Secretary of Energy and the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of 

Representatives and the Senate, unless, 


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