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www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick 

Licari. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD 

Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center 

Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Dated: December 22, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30356 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Intent To Grant an Exclusive License 

of U.S. Government-Owned Patent 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 

209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), 

announcement is made of the intent to 

grant an exclusive, royalty-bearing, 

revocable license to U.S. Patents 

7,899,687; 8,510,129; and 8,682,692; 

issued respectively on March 1, 2011, 

August 13, 2013 and March 25, 2014, 

entitled respectively ‘‘System and 

method for handling medical 

information,’’ ‘‘Medical information 

handling system and method,’’ and 

‘‘Medical information handling method, 

and foreign patents derived from PCT 

Application PCT/US03/15071 filed on 

May 15, 2003, entitled ‘‘System and 

method for handling medical 

information’’ to Vista Partners, LLC, 

with its principal place of business at 

Hanger 9B2, 7375 South Peoria, 

Englewood, CO 80112–4157. 

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army 

Medical Research and Materiel 

Command, ATTN: Command Judge 

Advocate, MCMR–JA, 504 Scott Street, 

Fort Detrick, MD 21702–5012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

licensing issues, Mr. Barry Datlof, Office 

of Research & Technology Assessment, 

(301) 619–0033. For patent issues, Ms. 

Elizabeth Arwine, Patent Attorney, (301) 

619–7808, both at telefax (301) 619– 

5034. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Anyone 

wishing to object to grant of this license 

can file written objections along with 

supporting evidence, if any, within 15 

days from the date of this publication. 

Written objections are to be filed with 

the Command Judge Advocate (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30457 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2014–0052] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance, the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 29, 2015. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Number: Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS), 

Independent Research and Development 

Technical Descriptions; OMB Control 

Number 0704–0483. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 700. 

Responses per Respondent: 

Approximately 38.5. 

Annual Responses: 26,950. 

Average Burden per Response: 

Approximately .5 hours. 

Annual Response Burden Hours: 

13,475. 

Needs and Uses: DFARS 231.205–18 

requires contractors to report 

independent research and development 

(IR&D) projects to the Defense Technical 

Information Center (DTIC) using the 

DTIC’s online IR&D database. The data 

provides in-process information on 

IR&D projects for which DoD reimburses 

the contractor as an allowable indirect 

expense. In addition to improving the 

Department’s ability to determine 

whether contractor IR&D costs are 

allowable, the data provides visibility 

into the technical content of industry 

IR&D activities to meet DoD needs. 

Affected Public: Businesses and other 

for-profit entities. 

Reporting Frequency: At least 

annually and when the project is 

completed. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number, and title for the Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other public 

submissions from members of the public 

is to make these submissions available 

for public viewing on the internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check http://www.regulations.gov 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

DoD Public Collections Clearance 

Officer: Mr. Frederick C. Licari. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Mr. Licari at: Publication 

Collections Program, WHS/ESD 

Information Management Division, 4800 

Mark Center Drive, 2nd Floor, East 

Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 

22350–3100. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0139] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Evaluation of Preschool Special 

Education Practices Phase I 

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. 

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DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

29, 2015. 

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–2014–ICCD–0139 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will only accept comments 

during the comment period in this 

mailbox when the regulations.gov site is 

not available. 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, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Yumiko 

Sekino, 202–219–2046. 

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 

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: Evaluation of 

Preschool Special Education Practices 

Phase I. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,251. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,226. 

Abstract: The main objective of the 

Evaluation of Preschool Special 

Education Practices, Phase I study is to 

assess the feasibility of conducting a 

large-scale randomized controlled trial 

(RCT) evaluation of one or more 

curricula or interventions that are used 

with preschool children with 

disabilities to promote their learning of 

language, literacy, social-emotional 

skills, and/or appropriate behavioral 

skills for school. The feasibility 

assessment will consider the core 

features of an evaluation design, 

including the following: (1) Curricula 

and/or interventions to be evaluated; (2) 

Study context and participants; and (3) 

Key design elements, such as the 

counterfactual condition, unit of 

assignment, target minimum detectable 

effects (MDEs), sample size, and data 

collection plans. 

Dated: December 23, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Nevada. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 

5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: National Atomic Testing 

Museum, 755 East Flamingo Road, Las 

Vegas, Nevada 89119. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Ulmer, Board Administrator, 

232 Energy Way, M/S 505, North Las 

Vegas, Nevada 89030. Phone: (702) 630– 

0522; Fax (702) 295–5300 or Email: 

NSSAB@nnsa.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda: 

1. Recommendation Development for 

Annual Nevada National Security Site 

Environmental Report—Work Plan Item 

#5 

2. Updates and Recommendation 

Development for Assessment of the 

Underground Test Area Quality 

Assurance Plan Implementation—Work 

Plan Item #8 

3. Recommendation Development for 

Potential New Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (RCRA) Part B 

Permitted Mixed Waste Disposal Unit— 

Work Plan Item #9 

4. Recommendation Development for 

Waste Management Symposia 

Briefings—Work Plan Item #1 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Nevada, welcomes the attendance of the 

public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Barbara 

Ulmer at least seven days in advance of 

the meeting at the phone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral presentations pertaining to agenda 

items should contact Barbara Ulmer at 

the telephone number listed above. The 

request must be received five days prior 

to the meeting and reasonable provision 

will be made to include the presentation 

in the agenda. The Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer is empowered to 

conduct the meeting in a fashion that 

will facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Individuals wishing to make 

public comments can do so during the 

15 minutes allotted for public 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing to Barbara Ulmer at the address 

listed above or at the following Web 

site: http://nv.energy.gov/nssab/

MeetingMinutes.aspx 

Issued at Washington, DC, on December 22, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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