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SAFEGUARDS: 

Computerized records maintained in a 

controlled area are accessible only to 

authorized personnel. Physical entry is 

restricted by the use of locks, guards, 

and is accessible only to authorized 

personnel. Physical and electronic 

access is restricted to designated 

individuals having a need therefore in 

the performance of official duties and 

who are properly screened and cleared 

for need-to-know. Electronic data 

system is password and Common 

Access Card (CAC) protected. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Electronic records are retained 

indefinitely for statistical purposes. 

Paper copies of records are retained 

permanently and retired to the 

Washington National Records Center 3 

years after case closure. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Office of the Inspector General of the 

Department of Defense, Office of the 

Assistant Inspector General, Office of 

Professional Responsibility, 400 Army 

Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202–4704. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

is contained in this system should 

address written inquiries to the 

Freedom of Information Act Requester 

Service Center/Privacy Act Office, Room 

1021, 400 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, 

VA 22202–4704. 

Written requests should contain the 

individual’s full name (including former 

names and aliases), and Social Security 

Number (SSN), current home address, 

telephone number, and the request must 

be signed. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system should address written 

inquiries to the Freedom of Information 

Act Requester Service Center/Privacy 

Act Office, Room 1021, 400 Army Navy 

Drive, Arlington, VA 22202–4704. 

Written requests should contain the 

individual’s full name (including former 

names and aliases), and SSN, current 

home address, telephone number, and 

the request must be signed. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The DoD OIG’s rules for accessing 

records and for contesting contents and 

appealing initial agency determinations 

are published in 32 CFR part 312 or may 

be obtained from the system manager. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Office of Inspector General System 

Administrators. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Parts of this system may be exempt 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) if the 

information is compiled and maintained 

by a component of the agency that 

performs as its principle function any 

activity pertaining to the enforcement of 

criminal laws. 

An exemption rule for this record 

system has been promulgated in 

accordance with the requirements of 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(1), (2), and (3), (c) and (e) 

and published in 32 CFR part 312. For 

additional information contact the 

system manager. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), 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 and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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. 

Dated: August 4, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: State Plan for 

Assistive Technology under the 

Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as 

Amended. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0664. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: Federal Government, 

Not-for-profit-institutions; State, Local 

or Tribal Government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 56. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,144. 

Abstract: Section 4 of the Assistive 

Technology Act of 1998, as amended, 

requires states to submit an application 

in order to receive funds under the state 

grant for assistive technology program. 

This information collection will be used 

by states to meet their application 

requirements and annual data reports. 

The Rehabilitation Services 

Administration calls this application a 

State Plan for Assistive Technology. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4701. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 


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mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Postsecondary Education Center for 

Individuals Who Are Deaf 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination to Improve Services and 

Results for Children with Disabilities 

(TA&D); Personnel Development to 

Improve Services and Results for 

Children with Disabilities (Personnel 

Development); and Technology and 

Media Services for Individuals with 

Disabilities (T&M Services) Programs— 

Postsecondary Education Center for 

Individuals who are Deaf 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2011. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.326D. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: August 9, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: September 8, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Programs: Funding from 

three programs—the TA&D, the 

Personnel Development, and the T&M 

Services Programs—supports this 

competition. 

The purpose of the TA&D Program is 

to promote academic achievement and 

to improve results for children with 

disabilities by providing technical 

assistance (TA), supporting model 

demonstration projects, disseminating 

useful information, and implementing 

activities that are supported by 

scientifically based research. 

The Personnel Development Program: 

(1) Helps address State-identified needs 

for highly qualified personnel—in 

special education, related services, early 

intervention, and regular education—to 

work with children with disabilities and 

(2) ensures that those personnel have 

the skills and knowledge—derived from 

practices that have been determined 

through research and experience to be 

successful—that are needed to serve 

those children. 

Finally, the T&M Services Program: 

(1) Improves results for children with 

disabilities by promoting the 

development, demonstration, and use of 

technology, (2) supports educational 

media services activities designed to be 

of educational value in the classroom 

setting to children with disabilities, and 

(3) provides support for captioning and 

video description that is appropriate for 

use in the classroom setting. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from 

allowable activities specified in the 

statute or otherwise authorized in the 

statute (see sections 662(c)(2), 

663(c)(8)(C), 674(b), and 681(d)of the 

Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. 1463 and 

1481(d)). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2011 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards based on the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Postsecondary Education Center for 

Individuals who are Deaf 84.326D 

Background: 

Individuals who are deaf or hard of 

hearing have unique communication 

and language barriers that require a 

range of accommodations for success in 

postsecondary education settings. 

Research, policy, and practice suggest 

that decisions about accommodations 

should be made on an individual basis 

(Marschark, 2001; U.S. Department of 

Education, 2005). For example, different 

accommodations are needed for a 

student who has hearing aids, a student 

who has a cochlear implant and uses 

oral-auditory strategies, a student with a 

cochlear implant who uses sign 

language in addition to oral-auditory 

strategies, and a student who uses sign 

language only (Marschark, 2001). It is 

important that postsecondary 

institutions be well-informed about the 

various accommodations that may be 

appropriate for students who are deaf or 

hard of hearing, such as oral 

transliteration services, cued language 

transliteration services, sign language 

transliteration, and interpreting and 

transcription services. 

To address the needs of these 

students, section 682(d)(1)(B) of IDEA 

requires that the Secretary ensure that, 

for each fiscal year, not less than 

$4,000,000 is provided to address the 

postsecondary, vocational, technical, 

continuing, and adult education needs 

of individuals with deafness. Pursuant 

to this requirement, the Department’s 

Office of Special Education Programs 

(OSEP) has previously funded four 

regional centers to assist postsecondary 

institutions in more effectively 

addressing the postsecondary, 

vocational, technical, continuing, and 

adult education needs of individuals 

who are deaf or hard of hearing. These 

centers have served collectively as the 

Postsecondary Education Programs 

Network (PEPNet). While PEPNet’s 

project period is scheduled to end on 

September 30, 2011, institutions of 

higher education (IHEs) continue to 

need assistance to support this 

population. For more information about 

PEPNet, see http://www.pepnet.org. 

In addition to the funding required 

under section 682(d)(1)(B) of IDEA, 

section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973 (Section 504) and the Americans 

with Disabilities Act of 1990, as 

amended (ADA) outline postsecondary 

institutions’ obligations to ensure they 

do not discriminate on the basis of 

disability, including in their provision 

of academic adjustments and auxiliary 

aids and services for students with 

disabilities (34 CFR 104.44; 28 CFR 

35.160–164; 28 CFR 36.303). Current 

statistics show that many individuals 

who are deaf or hard of hearing are 

enrolling in mainstream postsecondary 

institutions (Raue & Lewis, 2011). Given 

the numbers of students enrolling in 

mainstream postsecondary institutions, 

and considering the various types of 

accommodations that may be necessary 

to serve this low-incidence population, 

it is paramount that personnel at these 

postsecondary institutions have the 

knowledge and skills needed to provide 

fully accessible learning experiences for 

students who are deaf or hard of hearing 

(Lang, 2002). For example, personnel 

must be skilled at helping to determine 

the appropriate type of interpreting 

services for a particular student’s needs. 

Personnel must also be knowledgeable 

about other services from which the 

student may benefit (e.g., captioning or 

note-taking) and the availability of 

newer technology, such as live textcaptioning technologies (e.g., C–Print or 

Computer Assisted Realtime 

Translation) and assistive listening 

devices, that are effective 

accommodations for students who are 

deaf or hard of hearing (Cawthon, 

Nichols, & Collier, 2009). Given the fast 

pace of emerging technology, it is 

particularly important for personnel to 


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