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Areas Studies (EELIAS) system to 

complete the final report. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the objective for the 

BIE program is to meet the nation’s 

security and economic needs through 

the development of a national capacity 

in foreign languages, and area and 

international studies. 

The Department will use the 

following measures to evaluate its 

success in meeting this objective. 

BIE Performance Measures: (1) The 

number of outreach activities that are 

adopted or further disseminated within 

a year, divided by the total number of 

BIE outreach activities conducted in the 

current year. (2) Percentage of projects 

judged to be successful by the program 

officer, based on a review of information 

provided in annual performance reports. 

If funded, information from your final 

performance report submitted via the 

electronic Evaluation of Exchange, 

Language, International, and Area 

Studies system will be used to record 

and evaluate the performance of your 

project. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: Ms. 

Tanyelle Richardson, International 

Education Programs Service, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6017, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–7626 

or by e-mail: 

tanyelle.richardson@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

VIII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

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text or Adobe Portable Document 

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using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

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DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

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edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: October 5, 2006. 

James F. Manning, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. E6–16827 Filed 10–10–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice; Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and 

Hearing Agenda. 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, October 26, 

2006, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 

PLACE: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC), 1225 New York 

Ave., NW., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 

20005. (Metro Stop: Metro Center) 

AGENDA: The Commission will conduct 

a public meeting and hearing on EAC’s 

post-election voting system testing and 

certification program. The Commission 

will receive presentations by 

representatives of the National Institute 

of Standards and Technology (NIST), 

representatives of testing laboratories, 

equipment manufacturers, election 

officials, community interest groups and 

Commission staff members. The 

Commission will also meet to consider 

other administrative matters. 

EAC will provide a public comment 

period to receive comments regarding 

the voting system testing and 

certification program. Members of the 

public who wish to speak must contact 

and register with EAC by 5:00 p.m. on 

Tuesday, October 24, 2006. Speakers 

may contact EAC via e-mail at 

testimony@ec.gov, or via mail addressed 

to the U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1225 New York Ave., NW., 

Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005, or 

by fax at 202/566–3127. Comments will 

be strictly limited to 3 minutes per 

person or organization to ensure the 

fullest participation possible. All 

speakers will be contacted prior to the 

hearing. EAC also encourages members 

of the public to submit written 

testimony via e-mail, mail or fax. All 

public comments will be taken in 

writing via e-mail at testimony@eac.gov, 

or via mail addressed to the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 1225 

New York Ave., NW., Suite 1100, 

Washington, DC 20005, or by fax at 202/ 

566–3127. 

This meeting and hearing will be 

open to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–

3100. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 06–8645 Filed 10–6–06; 4:01 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–M 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

The No FEAR Act Notice 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: DOE is providing notice to all 

of its employees, former employees, and 

applicants for employment about the 

rights and remedies that are available to 

them under the Federal 

antidiscrimination laws and 

whistleblower protection laws. This 

notice fulfills DOE’s notification 

obligations under the Notification and 

Federal Employees Antidiscrimination 

and Retaliation Act (No FEAR Act), as 

implemented by Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) regulations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil 

Schuldenfrei, Attorney-Advisor, Office 

of Civil Rights and Diversity, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Room 5B–168, 

1000 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, telephone (202) 

586–5687 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Hearing-impaired or speechimpaired individuals may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

15, 2002, Congress enacted the 

‘‘Notification and Federal Employee 

Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act 

of 2002,’’ which is now known as the 

No FEAR Act. One purpose of the Act 

is to ‘‘require that Federal agencies be 

accountable for violations of 

antidiscrimination and whistleblower 

protection laws.’’ Public Law 107–174, 

Summary. In support of this purpose, 

Congress found that ‘‘agencies cannot be 

run effectively if those agencies practice 

or tolerate discrimination.’’ Public Law 

107–174, Title I, General Provisions, 

section 101(1). 

The Act also requires this agency to 

provide this notice to Federal 

employees, former Federal employees 

and applicants for Federal employment 

to inform you of the rights and 

protections available to you under 

Federal antidiscrimination and 

whistleblower protection laws. 


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