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EST to 4:30 p.m. EST. These times and 

the agenda topics are subject to change. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hall of the States, Room 383/385, 

444 North Capitol St NW, Washington, 

DC 20001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Veva Deheza, NIDIS Executive Director, 

David Skaggs Research Center, Room 

GD102, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 

80305. Email: Veva.Deheza@noaa.gov; 

or visit the NIDIS website at 

www.drought.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Integrated Drought Information 

System (NIDIS) was established by 

Public Law 109–430 on December 20, 

2006, and reauthorized by Public Law 

113–86 on March 6, 2014, with a 

mandate to provide an effective drought 

early warning system for the United 

States; coordinate, and integrate as 

practicable, Federal research in support 

of a drought early warning system; and 

build upon existing forecasting and 

assessment programs and partnerships. 

See 15 U.S.C. 313d. The Public Law also 

calls for consultation with ‘‘relevant 

Federal, regional, State, tribal, and local 

government agencies, research 

institutions, and the private sector’’ in 

the development of NIDIS. 15 U.S.C. 

313d(c). The NIDIS Executive Council 

provides the NIDIS Program Office with 

an opportunity to engage in individual 

consultation with senior resource 

officials from NIDIS’s Federal partners, 

as well as leaders from state and local 

government, academia, 

nongovernmental organizations, and the 

private sector. 

Status: This meeting will be open to 

public participation. Individuals 

interested in attending should register at 

https://cpaess.ucar.edu/meetings/2018/ 

spring-2018-nidis-executive-councilmeeting. Please refer to this web page 

for the most up-to-date meeting times 

and agenda. Seating at the meeting will 

be available on a first-come, first-served 

basis. 

Special Accommodations: This 

meeting is physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

special accommodations may be 

directed no later than 12:00 p.m. on 

April 13, 2018, to Elizabeth Ossowski, 

Program Coordinator, David Skaggs 

Research Center, Room GD102, 325 

Broadway, Boulder CO 80305; Email: 

Elizabeth.Ossowski@noaa.gov. 

Matters To Be Considered: The 

meeting will include the following 

topics: (1) NIDIS implementation 

updates and 2018 priorities, (2) 

Executive Council member updates and 

2018 priorities, (3) Federal coordination 

around drought early warning, (4) 

Drought Risk Management and the 

Water Utilities Sector, (5) National 

Drought Forum: Taking Stock Five 

Years Out, (6) Current drought research, 

applications, and response in the West, 

(7) Understanding the Midwest Drought 

Trade Footprint, and (8) National 

Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring 

Network and Public-Private 

Partnerships. 

Dated: March 16, 2018. 

David Holst, 

Chief Financial Officer/Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–06276 Filed 3–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KB–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Application Package for Segal 

AmeriCorps Education Award 

Commitment Form 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service (CNCS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (CNCS), as part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirement on respondents can be 

properly assessed. 

Currently, CNCS is soliciting 

comments concerning its proposed 

renewal of the Segal AmeriCorps 

Education Award Matching Program 

Commitment Form. This form is 

submitted by institutions of higher 

education that provide educational 

benefits for AmeriCorps alumni. These 

benefits can include matching the 

AmeriCorps Education Award that 

members receive after successful 

completion of the AmeriCorps program, 

scholarships, and application fee 

waivers. Completion of this information 

collection is required for institutions to 

enroll in the Segal AmeriCorps 

Education Award Matching Program 

and appear on the Segal AmeriCorps 

Education Award Matching Program 

section of the Corporation for National 

and Community Service website. 

Copies of the information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by May 

29, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service; 

Attention: Rhonda Taylor, 250 E Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

CNCS at the mail address given in 

paragraph (1) above, between 9:00 a.m. 

and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except federal holidays. 

(3) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through regulations.gov. For this 

reason, please do not include in your 

comments information of a confidential 

nature, such as sensitive personal 

information or proprietary information. 

If you send an email comment, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comment that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rhonda Taylor, 202–606–6721, or by 

email at RTaylor@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Segal AmeriCorps 

Education Award Commitment Form. 

OMB Control Number: 3045–0143. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Affected Public: Institutions of higher 

education that provide incentives for 

AmeriCorps alumni such as matching 

the AmeriCorps Education Award that 

members receive after successful 

completion of the AmeriCorps Program 


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and that request to be listed on the Segal 

AmeriCorps Education Award Matching 

Program section of the Corporation for 

National and Community Service 

website. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: Two hundred colleges and 

universities. 

Total Estimated Annual Frequency: 

Once every five years. 

Total Estimated Average Response 

Time per Response: Average 30 

minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 100 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): None. 

Abstract: The information is provided 

by institutions of higher education who 

are requesting to be listed on the Segal 

AmeriCorps Education Award Matching 

Program section of the Corporation for 

National and Community Service 

website. The information will be 

collected electronically by the 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service. Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. All written comments will 

be available for public inspection on 

regulations.gov. 

Dated: March 19, 2018. 

Rhonda Taylor, 

Director of Partnerships and Program 

Engagement. 

[FR Doc. 2018–06173 Filed 3–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DOD–2018–OS–0001] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense, DoD. 

ACTION: 30-day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to OMB for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by April 27, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be 

emailed to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra, DoD 

Desk Officer, at oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer, Docket ID number, and 

title of the information collection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Licari, 571–372–0493, or whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Personnel Security 

Investigation Projection for Industry 

Census Survey; OMB Control Number 

0704–0417. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Number of Respondents: 10,421. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 10,421. 

Average Burden per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 5,210.50. 

Needs and Uses: Executive order 

(E.O.) 12829, ‘‘National Industrial 

Security Program (NISP),’’ stipulates 

that the Secretary of Defense shall serve 

as the Executive Agent for inspecting 

and monitoring the contractors, 

licensees, and grantees who require or 

will require access to classified 

information; and for determining the 

eligibility for access to classified 

information of contractors, licensees, 

and grantees and their respective 

employees. The Under Secretary of 

Defense for Intelligence assigned 

Defense Security Service (DSS) the 

responsibility for central operational 

management of NISP personnel security 

investigation (PSI) workload 

projections, and for monitoring of NISP 

PSI funding and investigations. The 

execution of the collection instrument is 

an essential element of DSS’ ability to 

plan, program and budget for the PSI 

needs of NISP personnel security 

investigations. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, 

state, local or tribal governments. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

You may also submit comments and 

recommendations, identified by Docket 

ID number and title, by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, Docket 

ID number, and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick 

Licari. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD 

Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center 

Drive, East Tower, Suite 03F09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Dated: March 23, 2018. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–06238 Filed 3–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 17–41] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 


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