Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 194 / Thursday, October 8, 2009 / Notices 51839 

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the 

members of the Performance Review 

Board (PRB) for the Department of 

Education for the Senior Executive 

Service (SES) performance cycle that 

ended September 30, 2009. Under 5 

U.S.C. 4314(c)(1) through (5), each 

agency is required to establish one or 

more PRBs. 

Composition and Duties 

The PRB of the Department of 

Education for 2009 is composed of 

career senior executives and a noncareer 

senior executive. 

The PRB reviews and evaluates the 

initial appraisal of each senior 

executive’s performance, along with any 

comments by that senior executive and 

by any higher-level executive or 

executives. The PRB makes 

recommendations to the appointing 

authority relative to the performance of 

the senior executive, including 

recommendations on performance 

awards. The Department of Education’s 

PRB also makes recommendations on 

SES pay adjustments for career senior 

executives. 

Membership 

The Secretary has selected the 

following executives of the Department 

of Education for the specified SES 

performance cycle: Chair: JoAnn Ryan, 

Michael Roark, Thomas Skelly, Danny 

Harris, James Manning, Linda Stracke, 

Winona Varnon, Joe Conaty, and Sue 

Betka. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Beth Pultz, Director, Executive 

Resources Team, Human Resources 

Services, Office of Management, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 2E124, LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4573. 

Telephone: (202) 401–0853. 

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Dated: October 2, 2009. 

Arne Duncan, 

Secretary of Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Advisory Committee on 

Institutional Quality and Integrity 

AGENCY: Department of Education, 

Office of Postsecondary Education. 

ACTION: Notice of Reestablishment of the 

National Advisory Committee on 

Institutional Quality and Integrity 

(NACIQI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Secretary of 

Education (Secretary) announces the 

reestablishment of the NACIQI. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (Pub. L. 92–463, as amended; 5 

U.S.C.A., Appendix 2), except for 

section 14 of FACA, will govern the 

NACIQI. 

Purpose: The charter for the NACIQI 

has expired. The Secretary needs to 

reestablish the NACIQI as provided for 

in section 106 of the Higher Education 

Opportunity Act (HEOA), Public Law 

110–315, 122 Stat. 3078 et seq. The 

HEOA amended section 114 of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA), establishing the 

NACIQI. The revised NACIQI charter 

incorporates the changes outlined in the 

HEOA, including: 

• Committee structure—number of 

members. 

• Member appointments— 

nominating sources, qualifications, 

length of terms, and timing (including 

the timing of the notices to be published 

soliciting nominations for the positions 

to be filled by the Secretary). 

• Selection of the chairperson. 

• Meetings—agenda, Secretary’s 

designee, and timing of Federal Register 

meeting notices. 

• Reports—timing, review, and 

distribution of the annual report. 

Sections 101(c) and 487(c)(4)of the 

HEA, and section 801(6) of the Public 

Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 296(6), 

require the Secretary to publish lists of 

State approval agencies, nationally 

recognized accrediting agencies, and 

State approval and accrediting agencies 

for programs of nurse education, that 

the Secretary determines to be reliable 

authorities as to the quality of education 

provided by the institutions and 

programs they accredit. Eligibility of 

higher education institutions and 

programs for participation in various 

Federal assistance programs requires 

accreditation by an agency listed by the 

Secretary. The NACIQI advises the 

Secretary in the discharge of these and 

other functions, as follows: 

1. Advises the Secretary with respect 

to the establishment and enforcement of 

the standards of accrediting agencies or 

associations under subpart 2 of part H 

of Title IV, HEA; 

2. Advises the Secretary with respect 

to the recognition of a specific 

accrediting agency or association; 

3. Advises the Secretary with respect 

to the preparation and publication of the 

list of nationally recognized accrediting 

agencies and associations; 

4. Advises the Secretary with respect 

to the eligibility and certification 

process for institutions of higher 

education under Title IV, HEA, together 

with recommendations for 

improvements in such process; 

5. Advises the Secretary with respect 

to the relationship between— 

A. Accreditation of institutions of 

higher education and the certification 

and eligibility of such institutions; and 

B. State licensing responsibilities with 

respect to such institutions; 

6. Carries out such other advisory 

functions relating to accreditation and 

institutional eligibility as the Secretary 

may prescribe by regulation. 

For Additional Information Contact: 

U.S. Department of Education, White 

House Liaison Office, Washington, DC 

20202, telephone: (202) 401–3677. 

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. 

Arne Duncan, 

Secretary of Education. 

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