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Information collection Respondents Frequency Responses Time Total hours 

Work Statements .................................................................... 55 1 55 1–2 hr. ......... 55–110 

BIF (LMI 1A, 1B) .................................................................... 55 1 55 1–6 hr. ......... 55–330 

Quarterly Automated Financial Reports ................................. 48 4 192 10–50 min. .. 32–160 

Monthly Automated Financial Reports ................................... 48 *8 384 5–25 min. .... 32–160 

BLS Cooperative Statistics Financial Report (LMI 2A) .......... 7 12 84 1–5 hr. ......... 84–420 

Quarterly Status Report (LMI 2B) .......................................... 1–30 4 4–120 1 hr. ............. 4–120 

Budget Variance Request Form ............................................. 1–55 1 1–55 5–25 min. .... 0–23 

Total ................................................................................ 1–55 ........................ 775–945 ..................... 262–1323 

Average Totals ................................................................ 55 ........................ 860 ..................... 793 

* Reports are not received for end-of-quarter months, i.e., December, March, June, September. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of the information collection 

request; they also will become a matter 

of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of 

January 2006. 

Cathy Kazanowski 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

[FR Doc. E6–981 Filed 1–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 06–01] 

Notice of the February 8, 2006 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

Board of Directors Meeting; Sunshine 

Act Meeting 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

TIME AND DATE: 2 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., 

Wednesday, February 8, 2006. 

PLACE: Department of State, 2201 C 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information on the meeting may be 

obtained from Joyce B. Lanham via email at Board@mcc.gov or by telephone 

at (202) 521–3600. 

STATUS: Meeting will be closed to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Board 

of Directors (the ‘‘Board’’) of the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(‘‘MCC’’) will hold a meeting to discuss 

and consider Threshold Country 

Program submissions of two countries 

that are eligible for FY 2006 Millennium 

Challenge Account (‘‘MCA’’) assistance 

under section 616 of the Millennium 

Challenge Act of 2003 (the ‘‘Act’’); an 

MCC Operations update; Compact 

development issues related to MCAeligible countries; and certain 

administrative matters. The agenda 

items are expected to involve the 

consideration of classified information 

and will be closed to the public. 

Dated: January 24, 2006. 

Jon A. Dyck, 

Vice President and General Counsel, 

Millennium Challenge Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 06–785 Filed 1–24–06; 10:33 am] 

BILLING CODE 9210–01–P 

FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH 

REVIEW COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act, Meetings 

January 17, 2006. 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, 

January 26, 2006. 

PLACE: The Richard V. Backley Hearing 

Room, 9th Floor, 601 New Jersey 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Commission will hear oral argument on 

the matter Secretary of Labor v. 

Sedgman, Docket Nos. SE 2002–11, SE 

2003–69, and SE 2003–189. (Issues 

include whether the Administrative 

Law Judge properly concluded that 

Sedgman violated 39 CFR 77.200; 

whether the judge properly held that the 

Secretary of Labor did not abuse her 

discretion in citing Sedgman for 

violations of 30 CFR 77.200 and 

77.1710(g); whether the judge properly 

followed the statutory penalty criteria 

set forth at 30 U.S.C. 820(i) in setting a 

penalty for the section 77.200 violation; 

and whether the judge was correct in 

deciding to vacate the penalty he 

assessed for the section 77.200 violation 

because there was an unreasonable 

delay by the Secretary in proposing the 

penalty.) 

Any person attending this oral 

argument who requires special 

accessibility features and/or auxiliary 

aids, such as sign language interpreters, 

must inform the Commission in advance 

of those needs, subject to 29 CFR 

2706.150(a)(3) and 2706.160(d). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFO: Jean 

Ellen, (202) 434–9950 / (202) 708–9300 

for TDD Relay / 1–800–877–8339 for toll 

free. 

Jean H. Ellen, 

Chief Docket Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 06–802 Filed 1–24–06; 1:23 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6735–01–M 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to request establishment and clearance 

of this collection. In accordance with 

the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

we are providing opportunity for public 

comment on this action. After obtaining 

and considering public comment, NSF 

will prepare the submission requesting 

OMB clearance of this collection for no 

longer than 3 years. 

Comments are 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 colleciton of information; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (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. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received by March 27, 2006 to be 


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assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the information collection and 

requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request should be 

addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm. 

295, Arlington, VA 22230, or by e-mail 

to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne Plimpton on (703) 292–7556 or 

send e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Clearance for Program 

Evaluation of the National Science 

Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career 

Development (CAREER) Program. 

Title of Collection: Evaluation of the 

National Science Foundation’s (NSF) 

Faculty Early Career Development 

(CAREER) Program. 

OMB Control No.: 3145–(NEW). 

Expiration Date of Approval: Not 

applicable. 

Abstract: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) requests a three-year 

clearance for research, evaluation and 

data collection (e.g., surveys and 

interviews) from actual and potential 

applicants to and other stakeholders in 

the Faculty Early Career Development 

Program (CAREER). CAREER 

stakeholders typically are limited to 

PhD scientists and engineers and faculty 

and administrators from universities 

and not-for-profit institutions (e.g., 

museums, non-degree granting 

educational or research institutions), 

and former NSF employees and 

intergovernmental personnel act (IPA) 

appointees. A preliminary, predecessor 

study to this new evaluation research 

was approved through September 2001 

as an external (third-party) program 

evaluation under the EHR Generic 

Clearance (OMB 345–0136). The earlier 

CAREER study was conducted by Abt 

Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA, and it 

examined only the first three years that 

NSF provided CAREER grants to eligible 

institutions in Fiscal Years (FY) 1995 

through 1997. A copy of Abt’s final 

report to NSF entitled Faculty Early 

Career Development (CAREER) Program: 

External Evaluation Summary Report 

(NSF 01–134) was posted in August 

2001 on NSF’s Web site and remains 

available at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/ 

2001/nsf01134/pdf. The new CAREER 

program evaluation is estimated to cover 

from FY 1995 through FY 2005. 

NSF established the CAREER Program 

to support career-development for 

beginning teacher-scholars in Science, 

Technology, Engineering and 

Mathematics (STEM), within the context 

of the mission of their employing 

organization. CAREER typically awards 

a grant to support the research and 

educational activities conducted by 

individual scientists and engineers with 

PhDs (or the equivalent). For specific 

details and the most updated 

information regarding CAREER program 

operations, please visit the NSF Web 

site at: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/

pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5262&fromfund. 

NSF has contracted a new program 

evaluation of CAREER, to be conducted 

by Abt Associates Inc. Through this new 

evaluation of the CAREER Program NSF 

aims to identify, measure and 

document: 

(1) The longer-term impacts of this 

program on the research activities, 

educational activities and career 

advancement of CAREER awardees; 

(2) the program’s impacts on the 

integration of research and education by 

individual STEM faculty; 

(3) the impacts of the CAREER 

program on the institutions (including 

at the department or other subinstitutional level) that administer the 

NSF funding to a CAREER scientist or 

engineer; and 

(4) changes within NSF that may be 

attributed to the CAREER program’s 

operations, benefiting scientists and 

engineers, and other CAREER stake 

holders. 

The primary methods of data 

collection will include meta-data 

collection from open sources and from 

records at NSF and grantee institutions; 

surveys, institutional site visits, and inperson and telephone interviews. There 

is a bounded (or limited) number of 

respondents within the general public 

who will be affected by this research, 

including current and former CAREER 

awardees, scientists and engineers 

currently or once eligible to apply to 

CAREER, other scientists and engineers 

and the STEM research and education 

committees. NSF will use the CAREER 

program evaluation data and analyses to 

respond to requests from Committees of 

Visitors (COV), Congress and the Office 

of Management and Budget, particularly 

as related to the Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 

and the Program Effectiveness Rating 

Tool (PART). NSF will also use the 

program evaluation to improve 

communication with CAREER 

stakeholders and to share the broader 

impacts of the CAREER program with 

the general public. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households, Business or other for profit, 

Federal Government, State, Local or 

Tribal Government and not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,000. 

Burden on the Public: 2,000 hours. 

Dated: January 20, 2006. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 06–712 Filed 1–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness 

Analysis of Federal Programs 

AGENCY: Office of Management and 

Budget. 

ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of 

OMB Circular A–94. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Management 

and Budget revised Circular A–94 in 

1992. The revised Circular specified 

certain discount rates to be updated 

annually when the interest rate and 

inflation assumptions used to prepare 

the budget of the United States 

Government were changed. These 

discount rates are found in Appendix C 

of the revised Circular. The updated 

discount rates are shown below. The 

discount rates in Appendix C are to be 

used for cost-effectiveness analysis, 

including lease-purchase analysis, as 

specified in the revised Circular. They 

do not apply to regulatory analysis. 

DATES: The revised discount rates are 

effective immediately and will be in 

effect through January 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert B. Anderson, Office of Economic 

Policy, Office of Management and 

Budget, (202) 395–3381. 

James D. Foster, 

Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office 

of Management and Budget. 

Appendix C—Discount Rates for CostEffectiveness, Lease Purchase, and 

Related Analyses 

Revised January 2006. 

Effective Dates. This appendix is updated 

annually around the time of the President’s 

budget submission to Congress. This version 

of the appendix is valid through the end of 

January 2007. A copy of the updated 

appendix can be obtained in electronic form 

through the OMB home page at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a094/ 


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