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(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the 

Department of Education. 

(e) If you mail your application 

through the U.S. Postal Service, we do 

not accept either of the following as 

proof of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

(f) If your application is postmarked 

after the application deadline date, we 

will not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

(g) If you submit your application by 

hand delivery, you (or a courier service) 

must deliver three copies of the 

application by hand, on or before 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time on 

the application deadline date. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the contact person listed 

in this section. 

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official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

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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 

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Department. 

Dated: August 8, 2011. 

Brenda Dann-Messier, 

Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20443 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Committee on Measures of Student 

Success 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics, Institute of Education 

Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming meeting of the Committee on 

Measures of Student Success 

(Committee). The notice also describes 

the functions of the Committee. Notice 

of this meeting is required by section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) and is intended 

to notify the public of their opportunity 

to attend. 

DATES: September 7, 2011. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet in 

Washington, DC at 1990 K Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20006, 8th Floor 

Conference Center. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Archie Cubarrubia, Designated Federal 

Official, Committee on Measures of 

Student Success, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20006. E-mail: 

Archie.Cubarrubia@ed.gov. Telephone: 

(202) 502–7601. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee is established to advise the 

Secretary of Education in assisting twoyear degree-granting institutions of 

higher education in meeting the 

completion or graduation rate disclosure 

requirements outlined in section 485 of 

the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended. Specifically, the Committee 

shall develop recommendations 

regarding the accurate calculation and 

reporting of completion or graduation 

rates of entering certificate/degreeseeking, full-time, undergraduate 

students by two-year degree granting 

institutions of higher education. The 

Committee may also recommend 

additional or alternative measures of 

student success that are comparable 

alternatives to the completion or 

graduation rates of entering degreeseeking full-time undergraduate 

students and that consider the mission 

and role of two-year degree granting 

higher education institutions. These 

recommendations shall be provided to 

the Secretary no later than April 2012. 

The agenda for the meeting will 

include a discussion among Committee 

members regarding preliminary findings 

and recommendations for the 

Committee’s final report to the 

Secretary. 

Individuals interested in attending the 

meeting must register in advance 

because of limited space issues. To 

register, please send an e-mail request to 

studentsuccess@ed.gov. Individuals 

who will need accommodations for a 

disability in order to attend the meeting 

(e.g., interpreting services, assistive 

listening devices, or materials in 

alternative format) should notify John 

Fink at (202) 502–7328 no later than 

August 31, 2011. We will attempt to 

meet requests for accommodations after 

this date but cannot guarantee their 

availability. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

Opportunities for public comment are 

available through the Committee’s Web 

site at http://www2.ed.gov/about/ 

bdscomm/list/acmss.html. Records are 

kept of all Committee proceedings and 

are available for public inspection on 

the Web site and at the National Center 

for Education Statistics, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20006 from the 

hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. E.S.T. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may 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) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fed-register/index.html. To use PDF you 

must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at this site. If you 

have questions about using PDF, call the 

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), 

toll free at 1–866–512–1830; or in the 

Washington, DC, area at (202) 512–0000. 

Note: 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. 

John Q. Easton, 

Director, Institute of Education Sciences. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20508 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer 

Matching Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Inspector General, 

U.S. Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of computer matching 

between the U.S. Department of 

Education and the U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended, and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

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guidelines on the conduct of computer 

matching programs, notice is hereby 

given of the establishment of a computer 

matching program between the U.S. 

Department of Education (ED) (recipient 

agency), and the U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) (source 

agency). This matching program will 

become effective as explained in this 

notice. 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100–503) 

and the Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protections Amendments of 1990 (Pub. 

L. 101–508) (Privacy Act), Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching 

Programs published in the Federal 

Register on June 19, 1989 (54 FR 25818), 

and OMB Circular No. A–130, 

Transmittal Memorandum #4, 

Management of Federal Information 

Resources (Nov. 28, 2000), we provide 

the following information: 

1. Names of Participating Agencies 

The U.S. Department of Education 

and the U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

2. Purpose of the Match 

The purpose of this matching program 

between ED and OPM is to assist ED in 

detecting improper disbursements or 

overpayments of need-based student 

financial assistance funds under Title IV 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA), to Federal employees 

or their dependents. Overpayments may 

occur when Federal employee 

applicants underreport family income 

on the Free Application for Federal 

Student Aid (FAFSA). Financial need is 

determined by using a standard formula, 

established by Congress, to evaluate the 

financial information reported on the 

FAFSA and to determine the expected 

family contribution (EFC). A 

fundamental element in this standard 

formula is the student’s or parents’ 

income. This program will assist in 

verifying the income information 

reported by Federal employees on the 

FAFSA. ED will compare the FAFSA 

income to the income listed in OPM/ 

GOVT–1 General Personnel Records 

System (71 FR 35342, June 29, 2006). 

3. Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program 

ED is authorized to participate in the 

matching program under the Inspector 

General Act (IG Act) (5 U.S.C. App.). 

Section 2 of the IG Act authorizes ED’s 

Office of Inspector General (OIG) to 

conduct audits and investigations 

relating to the programs and operations 

of ED. Section 4(a)(3) of the IG Act 

provides that it shall be the duty and 

responsibility of each Inspector General 

to coordinate other activities carried out 

or financed by ED for the purpose of 

preventing and detecting fraud and 

abuse in its programs and operations. In 

addition, under section 4(a)(4) of the IG 

Act it is the responsibility of ED’s 

Inspector General to coordinate 

relationships between ED and other 

Federal agencies with respect to all 

matters relating to the prevention and 

detection of fraud and abuse in 

programs and operations administered 

or financed by ED. 

4. Categories of Records and 

Individuals Covered by the Match 

The Office of Inspector General Data 

Analytics System (ODAS) (18–10–02), 

which downloads data from the 

National Student Loan Data System 

(NSLDS) (18–11–06) and contains 

FAFSA information that ED uses to 

determine eligibility for need-based 

student financial assistance, will be 

matched against OPM’s General 

Personnel Records System, which 

maintains records of current and former 

Federal employees, including grades, 

dates, and salaries for all Federal 

positions held. 

5. Effective Dates of the Matching 

Program 

The matching program will become 

effective: (1) Thirty days after 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register; or (2) forty days after a report 

concerning the matching program has 

been transmitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget and the 

Congress, whichever date occurs last. 

The matching program will continue for 

18 months and can be extended for an 

additional 12 months thereafter if the 

conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 

552a(o)(2)(D) have been met. 

6. Address for Receipt of Public 

Comments or Inquiries 

Individuals wishing to comment on 

this matching program or obtain 

additional information about the 

program, including requesting a copy of 

the computer matching agreement 

between ED and OPM, should contact 

Ms. Shelley Shepherd, Assistant 

Counsel to the Inspector General, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7077. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), call the Federal Relay Service 

(FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed in 

the preceding paragraph. 

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: http://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: http:// 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Dated: August 9, 2011. 

Kathleen S. Tighe, 

Inspector General. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20608 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA No. 84.325F] 

National Center To Enhance the 

Professional Development of School 

Personnel Who Share Responsibility 

for Improving Results for Children 

With Disabilities; Final Extension of 

Project Period and Waiver 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education 

Programs, Office of Special Education 

and Rehabilitative Services, Department 

of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of final extension of 

project period and waiver for the 

National Center to Enhance the 

Professional Development of School 

Personnel Who Share Responsibility for 

Improving Results for Children with 

Disabilities. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary issues this 

notice to waive the requirements in the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) 

that generally prohibit project periods 

exceeding five years and extensions of 

project periods involving the obligation 

of additional Federal funds. This 

extension of project period and waiver 

enables the currently funded National 

Center to Enhance the Professional 

Development of School Personnel Who 

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