22536 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 73 / Tuesday, April 16, 2013 / Notices 

The Commission shall advise the 

President and the Secretary in the 

following areas: (i) Developing, 

implementing, and coordinating 

educational programs and initiatives at 

the Department and other agencies to 

improve educational opportunities and 

outcomes for Hispanics of all ages; (ii) 

increasing the participation of the 

Hispanic community and HispanicServing Institutions in the Department’s 

programs and in education programs at 

other agencies; (iii) engaging the 

philanthropic, business, nonprofit, and 

education communities in a national 

dialogue regarding the mission and 

objectives of this order; (iv) establishing 

partnerships with public, private, 

philanthropic, and nonprofit 

stakeholders to meet the mission and 

policy objectives of this order. 

Agenda 

The Commission will review initial 

subcommittee ideas and plans for 

Commission activities for 2013, and 

have breakout sessions with the 

established subcommittees. 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations in order to attend the 

meeting (e.g., interpreting services, 

assistive listening devices, or material in 

alternative format) should notify Marco 

A. Davis, Acting Executive Director, 

White House Initiative on Educational 

Excellence for Hispanics at 202–401– 

1411 no later than noon EDT, 

Wednesday, April 24, 2013. We will 

attempt to meet requests for such 

accommodations after this date, but 

cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. 

Individuals who wish to attend the 

Commission meetings must RSVP by 

noon EDT, Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 

to WhiteHouseforHispanicEducation

@ed.gov. Members of the public must 

RSVP by the due date. 

An opportunity for public comment is 

available throughout the day on 

Tuesday, April 30, 2013, from 10 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., EDT. Individuals who wish to 

provide comments will be allowed three 

minutes to speak. Those members of the 

public interested in submitting written 

comments may do so by submitting 

written comments to the attention of 

Emmanuel Caudillo, White House 

Initiative on Educational Excellence for 

Hispanics, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW., 

Room 5W215, Washington, DC 20202, 

by Tuesday, April 23, 2013. 

Records are kept of all Commission 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the office of the White 

House Initiative on Educational 

Excellence for Hispanics, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW., Room 4W108, Washington, 

DC 20202, Monday through Friday 

(excluding federal holidays) during the 

hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Electronic Access to the 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: 

www.ed.gov/fedregister/index.html. To 

use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat 

Reader, which is available free at this 

site. For 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. 

Martha Kanter, 

Under Secretary, Department of Education. 

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Procedural Manual for the Election 

Assistance Commission’s Voting 

System Test Laboratories Program 

Manual, Version 2.0 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice; publication of Voting 

System Test Laboratories Program 

Manual, Version 2.0, for 60 day public 

comment period on EAC Web site. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) is publishing a 

procedural manual for its Voting System 

Testing and Certification Program. This 

manual sets the administrative 

procedures for becoming an EAC 

accredited test laboratory and guidelines 

for VSTL participation in the EAC 

Testing and Certification Program. The 

program is mandated by the Help 

America Vote Act (HAVA) at 42 US.C. 

15371. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background. HAVA requires that the 

EAC provide for the accreditation and 

revocation of accreditation of 

independent, non-federal laboratories 

qualified to test voting systems to 

Federal standards (Section 231(b) of 

HAVA (42 US.C. 15371(b))). Generally, 

the EAC considers for accreditation 

those laboratories evaluated and 

recommended by the National Institute 

of Standards and Technology (NIST). 

The Voting System Test Laboratory 

Program Manual, published below, sets 

the procedures for this program. 

EAC is required to resubmit the 

Testing and Certification Manual for 

renewal in accordance with Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 requirements. 

The Testing and Certification Division 

has updated sections of the manual to 

reflect proposed changes in certification 

procedures. These sections are 

highlighted for ease of review. 

Comments. Please submit comments 

consistent with the information below. 

Comments should identify and cite the 

section of the manual at issue. Where a 

substantive issue is raised, please 

propose a recommended change or 

alternative policy. 

Comments are also invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed 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 proposed 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents. 

This notice is published in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, to request comments regarding the 

burden of responding to the information 

collection activities of the proposed 

manual; please refer to the EAC’s Web 

site, www.eac.gov, for further 

information about the submission of 

comments regarding burden. 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on this draft procedural 

manual on or before 5:00 p.m. EDT on 

June 17, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments via email 

to VotingSystemGuidelines@eac.gov; via 

mail to Brian Hancock, Director of 

Voting System Certification, U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 1201 

New York Avenue, Suite 300, 

Washington, DC 20005; or via fax to 

202–566–1392. An electronic copy of 

the proposed manual may be found on 

the EAC’s Web site http://www.eac.gov/ 

open/comment.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Hancock, Director, Voting System 

Certification, Washington, DC, (202) 

566–3100, Fax: (202) 566–1392. 

Alice Miller, 

Chief Operating Officer and Acting Executive 

Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

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