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one or more qualified individuals for 

membership. If you would like to 

nominate an individual or yourself for 

appointment to the Board, please submit 

the following information to the U.S. 

Department of Education’s White House 

Liaison Office: 

• A copy of the nominee’s re ́sume ́; 

• A cover letter that provides your 

reason(s) for nominating the individual; 

and 

• Contact information for the 

nominee (name, title, business address, 

business phone, fax number, and 

business e-mail address). 

In addition, the cover letter must state 

that the nominee (if nominating 

someone other than yourself) has agreed 

to be nominated and is willing to serve 

on the Board. Nominees will be 

appointed based on technical 

qualifications and professional 

experience. An individual who has 

previously served on the Board for six 

consecutive years may not be 

reappointed for two years after the 

expiration of the sixth year of service. 

DATES: Nominations for the Board must 

be submitted (postmarked, if sending by 

mail; received electronically; or 

received, if hand delivered) by October 

19, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

nominations, including attachments, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Electronically: Send to: 

WhiteHouseLiaison@ed.gov (specify in 

the e-mail subject line, ‘‘FIPSE 

Nomination’’); or 

• Mail, express delivery, hand 

delivery, messenger, or courier service: 

Submit one copy of the documents 

listed above to the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, White 

House Liaison Office, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 7C109, 

Washington, DC 20202. Attn: Karen 

Akins. 

For questions, contact Karen Akins, 

White House Liaison Office, at (202) 

401–3677; fax (202) 205–0723, or via email at WhiteHouseLiaison@ed.gov. 

Dated: September 14, 2009. 

Arne Duncan, 

Secretary of Education. 

[FR Doc. E9–22524 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Committee on Foreign 

Medical Education and Accreditation 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, 

Office of Postsecondary Education. 

ACTION: Request for nominations to 

serve on the National Committee on 

Foreign Medical Education and 

Accreditation (NCFMEA). 

SUMMARY: At this time, the Secretary of 

Education invites interested parties to 

submit nominations for individuals to 

serve on the National Committee on 

Foreign Medical Education and 

Accreditation (NCFMEA). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NCFMEA is authorized by the Higher 

Education Act as amended (HEA) [20 

U.S.C. 1002(a)(2)(B)]. The Committee 

shall consist of 11 members appointed 

by the Secretary of Education, one of 

whom shall be a student at the time of 

appointment, enrolled in an accredited 

medical school. Upon request from a 

foreign country, the NCFMEA evaluates 

the standards of accreditation applied to 

applicant foreign medical schools in 

that country and determines the 

comparability of these standards to 

standards for accreditation applied to 

medical schools in the United States. 

Medical schools located in foreign 

countries that lack an NCFMEA finding 

of comparability of their accrediting 

standards are not eligible to have their 

U.S. students receive Federal student 

aid funds under Title IV of the HEA. 

Nomination Process: Any interested 

person or organization may nominate 

one or more qualified individuals for 

membership. If you would like to 

nominate an individual or yourself for 

appointment to the NCFMEA, please 

submit the following information to the 

U.S. Department of Education’s White 

House Liaison Office: 

• A copy of the nominee’s re ́sume ́; 

• A cover letter that provides your 

reason(s) for nominating the individual; 

and 

• Contact information for the 

nominee (name, title, business address, 

business phone, fax number, and 

business e-mail address). 

In addition, the cover letter must state 

that the nominee (if you are nominating 

someone other than yourself) has agreed 

to be nominated and is willing to serve 

on the Committee. Nominees should be 

respected in the educational community 

and representative of relevant 

constituencies, and will be appointed 

based on technical qualifications, 

professional experience, and a 

demonstrated broad knowledge of 

[foreign] medical school education and 

accreditation. 

DATES: Nominations for the NCFMEA 

must be submitted (postmarked, if 

sending by mail; submitted 

electronically; or received, if hand 

delivered) by October 19, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

nominations, including attachments, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Electronically: Send to: 

WhiteHouseLiaison@ed.gov (specify in 

the e-mail subject line, ‘‘NCFMEA 

Nomination’’). 

• Mail, express delivery, hand 

delivery, messenger, or courier service: 

Submit one copy of the documents 

listed above to the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, White 

House Liaison Office, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 7C109, 

Washington, DC 20202. Attn: Karen 

Akins. 

For questions, contact Karen Akins, 

White House Liaison Office, at (202) 

401–3677; fax (202) 205–0723, or via email at WhiteHouseLiaison@ed.gov. 

Dated: September 14, 2009. 

Arne Duncan, 

Secretary of Education. 

[FR Doc. E9–22518 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting 

roundtable discussion. 

DATE & TIME: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 

9 a.m.–4 p.m. (EST). 

PLACE: Kellogg Conference Center, 

Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave., 

NE., Washington, DC 20002. (202) 651– 

6000. 

AGENDA: The Commission will host a 

roundtable discussion regarding 

research, development and 

implementation of technologies and 

other assistance to make voting more 

accessible. Panelists at the roundtable 

will help to inform the Commission 

regarding the types of research that 

should be supported through the 

Accessible Voting Technology Initiative 

(AVTI). The AVTI is a competitive grant 

program that will fund research and 

technology adoption to make voting 

systems (including paper ballots) more 

accessible to all voters and make the 

entire election process more welcoming 

and accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. Competitive grants for this 

initiative will be issued under the Help 

America Vote Act of 2002 and funded 

by the Omnibus Appropriations Act for 

Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub. L. 111–8). The 

Commission is currently accepting 

comments on the plan for development 

of a notice of funding announcement 

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