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Control in the Pulp and Paper Industry, 

in any right, title and interest the United 

States Air Force has in: In U.S. Patent 

No. 8,732,100 entitled ‘‘Method and 

Apparatus for Event Detection 

Permitting Per Event Adjustment of 

False Alarm Rate’’, issued on May 20th, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: An 

exclusive license for this patent will be 

granted unless a written objection is 

received within fifteen (15) days from 

the date of publication of this Notice. 

Written objections should be sent to: Air 

Force Research Laboratory, Office of the 

Staff Judge Advocate, AFRL/RIJ, 26 

Electronic Parkway, Rome, New York 

13441–4514. Telephone: (315) 330– 

2087; Facsimile (315) 330–7583. 

Henry Williams, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2015–ICCD–0018] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Middle 

Grades Longitudinal Study of 2016– 

2017 (MGLS:2017) Recruitment for Item 

Validation and Operational Field Tests 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 27, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2015–ICCD–0018 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Kashka 

Kubzdela 202–502–7411. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), 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, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. 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. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Middle Grades 

Longitudinal Study of 2016–2017 

(MGLS:2017) Recruitment for Item 

Validation and Operational Field Tests. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0911. 

Type of Review: A reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 8,128. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,794. 

Abstract: The Middle Grades 

Longitudinal Study of 2016–2017 

(MGLS:2017) is the first study 

sponsored by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), within the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of 

the U.S. Department of Education (ED), 

to follow a nationally-representative 

sample of students as they enter and 

move through the middle grades (grades 

6–8). The data collected through 

repeated measures of key constructs will 

provide a rich descriptive picture of the 

academic experiences and development 

of students during these critical years 

and will allow researchers to examine 

associations between contextual factors 

and student outcomes. The study will 

focus on student achievement in 

mathematics and literacy along with 

measures of student socioemotional 

wellbeing and other outcomes. The 

study will also include a special sample 

of students with different types of 

disabilities that will provide descriptive 

information on their outcomes, 

educational experiences, and special 

education services. Baseline data for the 

MGLS: 2017 will be collected from a 

nationally-representative sample of 6th 

grade students in winter of 2017 with 

annual follow-ups in winter 2018 and 

winter 2019 when most of the students 

in the sample will be in grades 7 and 8, 

respectively. This request is to contact 

and recruit public school districts and 

public and private schools to participate 

in the winter 2016 concurrent item 

validation and operational field tests for 

the MGLS:2017. The primary purpose of 

the Item Validation Field Test is to 

determine the psychometric properties 

of items and the predictive potential of 

assessment and survey items so that 

valid, reliable, and useful assessment 

and survey instruments can be 

composed for the main study. The 

primary purposes of the Operational 

Field Test are to obtain information on 

recruiting, particularly for the targeted 

disability groups; on obtaining a 

tracking sample that can be used to 

study mobility patterns in subsequent 

years; and on administrative 

procedures. 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Personal Authentication Service (PAS) 

for FSA ID; Agency Contact 

Information, Total Estimated Number 

of Annual Responses, Total Estimated 

Number of Annual Burden Hours and 

the Abstract; Correction 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 


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ACTION: Correction Notice. 

SUMMARY: On February 23, 2015 the U.S. 

Department of Education published a 

30-day comment period notice in the 

Federal Register Pages 9447, Column 3; 

Page 9448, Column 1 and 2 seeking 

public comment for an information 

collection entitled, ‘‘Personal 

Authentication Service (PAS) for FSA 

ID’’. ED is requesting a correction to the 

agency contact information, total 

estimated number of annual responses, 

total estimated number of annual 

burden hours and the abstract. The FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

should read as: For specific questions 

related to collection activities, please 

contact Beth Grebeldinger, 202–377– 

4018. The total estimated number of 

annual responses should read as 

55,300,000. The total estimated number 

of annual burden hours should read as 

7,370,000. The abstract should read as 

Federal Student Aid (FSA) is replacing 

the current PIN system with the 

Personal Authentication Service (PAS) 

which will employ an FSA ID, a 

standard user name and password 

solution. In order to create an FSA ID to 

gain access to certain FSA systems 

(FAFSA on the Web, NSLDS, 

StudentLoans.gov, etc.) a user must 

register on-line for an FSA ID account. 

The FSA ID will allow the customer to 

have a single identity, even if there is a 

name change or change to other 

personally identifiable information. The 

information collected to create the FSA 

ID enables electronic authentication and 

authorization of users for FSA webbased applications and information and 

protects users from unauthorized access 

to user accounts on all protected FSA 

sites. 

The Acting Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 

Information and Records Management 

Services, Office of Management, hereby 

issues a correction notice as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Alaska 

Native Education Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: Alaska Native 

Education Program. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.356A. 

DATES: Applications Available: February 

26, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 27, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Alaska Native Education (ANE) 

program is to support innovative 

projects that enhance the educational 

services provided to Alaska Native 

children and adults. These projects may 

include the activities authorized under 

section 7304(a)(2) and (a)(3) of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). 

Note: Congress has expressly authorized 

the use of FY 2015 program funds for 

construction of facilities that support the 

operation of ANE programs. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

one competitive preference priority and 

one invitational priority. In accordance 

with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv), the 

competitive preference priority is from 

section 7304(c) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 

7544(c)). 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2015 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition, this priority is a 

competitive preference priority. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an 

additional 10 points to an application 

that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Alaska Native Organizations. 

Applications from an Alaska Native 

organization, including an Alaska 

Native regional nonprofit organization, 

or a consortium that includes at least 

one Alaska Native organization or 

Alaska Native regional nonprofit 

organization. 

Note: In order to receive a competitive 

preference under this priority, the applicant 

must provide documentation supporting its 

claim that it meets this priority. 

Under this competition, we also are 

particularly interested in applications 

that address the following priority. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2015, and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

This priority is: 

Preservation of Native Culture and 

Language. 

Applications that propose to carry out 

activities that preserve and strengthen 

Alaska Native culture and language. 

Definitions: These definitions are 

from section 7306 of the ESEA (20 

U.S.C. 7546) and 34 CFR 77.1(c). For 

purposes of this competition, the 

following definitions apply: 

Alaska Native has the same meaning 

as the term ‘‘Native’’ has in section 3(b) 

of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)). 

Alaska Native organization means a 

federally recognized tribe, consortium of 

tribes, regional nonprofit Native 

association, and another organization 

that: Has or commits to acquire 

expertise in the education of Alaska 

Natives; and has Alaska Natives in 

substantive and policymaking positions 

within the organization. 

Logic model (also referred to as theory 

of action) means a well-specified 

conceptual framework that identifies 

key components of the proposed 

process, product, strategy, or practice 

(i.e., the active ‘‘ingredients’’ that are 

hypothesized to be critical to achieving 

the relevant outcomes) and describes 

the relationships among the key 

components and outcomes, theoretically 

and operationally. 

Strong theory means a rationale for 

the proposed process, product, strategy, 

or practice that includes a logic model. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7544. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 

98, and 99. (b) The OMB Guidelines to 

Agencies on Governmentwide 

Debarment and Suspension 

(Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as 

adopted and amended as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) 

The Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and 

Audit Requirements for Federal Awards 

in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and 

amended in 2 CFR part 3474. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$16,808,028. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 


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