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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. 

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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 

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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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Share Responsibility for Improving 

Results for Children with Disabilities to 

receive funding from October 1, 2011, 

through September 30, 2012. 

DATES: The extension of project period 

and waiver is effective August 12, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shedeh Hajghassemali, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., room 4091, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2550. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7506. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 7, 

2011, the Department published a notice 

in the Federal Register (76 FR 32968– 

32969) proposing an extension of 

project period and a waiver of 34 CFR 

75.250 and 75.261(a) and (c) in order 

to— 

(1) Enable the Secretary to provide 

additional funds to the currently funded 

National Center to Enhance the 

Professional Development of School 

Personnel Who Share Responsibility for 

Improving Results for Children with 

Disabilities (Center) for an additional 

12-month period, from October 1, 2011, 

through September 30, 2012; and 

(2) Request comments on the 

proposed extension of project period 

and waiver. 

There are no substantive differences 

between the notice of proposed 

extension of project period and waiver 

and this notice of final extension of 

project period and waiver. 

Public Comment 

In response to our invitation in the 

notice of proposed project period and 

waiver, we did not receive any 

substantive comments. Generally, we do 

not address comments that do not 

express views on the substance of the 

notice of proposed extension of project 

period and waiver. 

Waiver of Delayed Effective Date 

The Administrative Procedure Act 

requires that a substantive rule must be 

published at least 30 days before its 

effective date, except as otherwise 

provided for good cause (5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3)). We received no substantive 

comments on the proposed extension of 

project period and waiver, and we have 

not made any substantive changes to the 

proposal. The Secretary has therefore 

determined to waive the delayed 

effective date to ensure a timely 

continuation grant to the entity affected. 

Background 

On June 19, 2006, the Department 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 35260) inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2006 for a National 

Professional Development Enhancement 

Center (Center), funded under the 

Personnel Development to Improve 

Services and Results for Children with 

Disabilities program authorized under 

section 662 of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 

U.S.C. 1462. 

The purpose of the Center is to 

provide pre-service training and 

professional development programs 

with high-quality instructional modules, 

materials, and resources in order to 

improve the overall quality of special 

education personnel training and 

professional development. The Center’s 

goals are to help ensure that local 

educational agencies (LEAs) and schools 

have the capacity to implement school 

improvement programs; to close 

achievement gaps between students 

with disabilities and their peers; and to 

promote access to, and greater 

participation and progress in, the 

general education curriculum in the 

least restrictive environment for 

students with disabilities. 

Based on the 2006 notice inviting 

applications, the Department made one 

award to Vanderbilt University to serve 

as the Center. The project period was 60 

months, and it is scheduled to end on 

September 30, 2011. 

We believe that it is not in the public 

interest to hold a new competition 

under this program in 2011 to fund a 

new Center as the Department is 

currently working on changes to the 

entire Personnel Development to 

Improve Services and Results for 

Children with Disabilities program. The 

program’s new design will ensure that 

all projects the program supports are 

more strategically aligned with each 

other and that all projects better meet 

the needs of LEAs and schools for 

effective personnel. The Department is 

currently shaping these changes and 

expects to fund a new competition in 

FY 2012. However, we also have 

concluded that it is not in the public 

interest for the Center to have a lapse in 

the provision of the resources currently 

provided by the Center. 

For these reasons, the Secretary 

waives the requirements in 34 CFR 

75.250, which prohibit project periods 

exceeding five years; waives the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and 

(c), which limit the extension of a 

project period if the extension involves 

the obligation of additional Federal 

funds; and is issuing a continuation 

award under 34 CFR 75.253 in the 

amount of $1,350,000 to Vanderbilt 

University (H325F060003) to operate 

the Center for an additional 12-month 

period. 

Waiving these regulations and issuing 

this continuation award ensure that preservice and professional development 

programs will continue to receive 

instructional modules, materials, and 

resources to improve the overall quality 

of training for individuals who provide 

services to students with disabilities. 

With this final extension of project 

period and waiver, the Center will 

conduct the following activities during 

FY 2012: 

(a) Build on the previous work of the 

project by developing additional 

products, and disseminating both new 

and previously developed products to 

an increased number of institutions of 

higher education, State educational 

agencies, LEAs, and any other entities 

that provide training and professional 

development to individuals who 

provide services to students with 

disabilities. 

(b) Develop products and services 

based on the input obtained from the 

comprehensive needs-assessments, 

textbook analyses, focus groups, and 

consumer-input processes previously 

conducted by the Center that tapped the 

experiences and expertise of an array of 

partners, consumers, and advisors, 

including staff from the Department’s 

Office of Special Education Programs. In 

addition, the Center must continue to 

seek recommendations from consumers 

and the Department to guide the 

development of enhancements (e.g., 

interactive modules, case studies, 

activities, information briefs) and 

services (e.g., technical assistance to 

faculty, training of trainers, training 

sessions, and dissemination activities) 

provided by the Center. 

(c) Continue to disseminate project 

products to instructors and their 

students through a cost-free, dedicated 

Web site that meets accessibility 

standards under section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act. (See http:// 

www.section508.gov for additional 

information on these standards.) 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that this final 

extension of project period and waiver 

will not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. The only entities that will be 

affected are the current grantee serving 

as the Professional Development 

Enhancement Center and any other 

potential applicants. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

The final extension of project period 

and the waiver do not contain any 

information collection requirements. 

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Intergovernmental Review 

This program is subject to the 

requirements of Executive Order 12372 

and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. 

One of the objectives of the Executive 

order is to foster an intergovernmental 

partnership and a strengthened 

federalism. The Executive order relies 

on processes developed by State and 

local governments for coordination and 

review of proposed Federal financial 

assistance. This document provides 

early notification of our specific plans 

and actions for this program. 

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. 

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. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20605 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA No. 84.326H] 

National Early Childhood Technical 

Assistance Center; 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 Early Childhood Technical 

Assistance Center. 

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 

Early Childhood Technical Assistance 

Center to receive funding from October 

1, 2011 through September 30, 2012. 

DATES: The extension of project period 

and waiver is effective August 12, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

Martin Eile, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 4056, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 

Washington, DC 20202–2550. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7431. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 7, 

2011, the Department published a notice 

in the Federal Register (76 FR 32967) 

proposing an extension of project period 

and a waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a) and (c) in order to— 

(1) Enable the Secretary to provide 

additional funds to the currently funded 

National Early Childhood Technical 

Assistance Center (NECTAC) for an 

additional 12-month period, from 

October 1, 2011, through September 30, 

2012; and 

(2) Request comments on the 

proposed extension of project period 

and waiver. 

There are no substantive differences 

between the notice of proposed 

extension of project period and waiver 

and this notice of final extension of 

project period and waiver. 

Public Comment 

In response to our invitation in the 

notice of proposed extension of project 

period and waiver, we did not receive 

any substantive comments. Generally 

we do not address comments that do not 

express views on the substance of the 

notice of proposed extension of project 

period and waiver. 

Waiver of Delayed Effective Date 

The Administrative Procedure Act 

requires that a substantive rule must be 

published at least 30 days before its 

effective date, except as otherwise 

provided for good cause (5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3)). We received no substantive 

comments on the notice of proposed 

extension of project period and waiver, 

and we have not made any substantive 

changes to the proposal. The Secretary 

has therefore determined to waive the 

delayed effective date to ensure a timely 

continuation grant to the entity affected. 

Background 

On April 28, 2006, the Department 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 25163) inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2006 for NECTAC. The 

purpose of the NECTAC, which was 

funded under the Technical Assistance 

and Dissemination to Improve Services 

and Results for Children with 

Disabilities (TA&D) program, authorized 

under section 663 of the Individuals 

with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 

20 U.S.C. 1463, is to ensure that eligible 

infants, toddlers, and children with 

disabilities (ages birth through five 

years) receive, as appropriate, services 

under Parts B and C of IDEA that 

ultimately improve their developmental 

and early learning outcomes. Another 

purpose of the NECTAC is to ensure that 

the families of eligible infants, toddlers, 

and children receiving services under 

Part C of IDEA receive services 

necessary to enhance families’ capacity 

to meet the developmental needs of 

their infants, toddlers, or children. 

Based on the 2006 notice inviting 

applications, the Department made one 

award for a period of 60 months to the 

University of North Carolina at Chapel 

Hill to carry out the activities of the 

NECTAC. 

Currently, the NECTAC focuses on 

providing technical assistance to 

strengthen State and local early 

childhood systems and improve 

outcomes for infants, toddlers, and 

children with disabilities and families 

of infants, toddlers, and children 

receiving services under Part C of IDEA. 

The NECTAC’s current project period 

is scheduled to end on September 30, 

2011. We believe that it is not in the 

public interest to hold a new 

competition under this program in 2011 

to fund a new NECTAC. An extension 

of the current grantee’s project will align 

the end of the current NECTAC project 

period with the expiration of the project 

period for the Technical Assistance 

Center on Social-Emotional Intervention 

for Young Children (CFDA No. 84.326B) 

and allow for the Department to develop 

a strategic and better coordinated 

approach to early childhood special 

education technical assistance without 

there being a lapse in the provision of 

technical assistance services currently 

provided by the NECTAC. We also have 

concluded that it is not in the public 

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