5364 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 20 / Monday, January 31, 2011 / Notices 

1When new regulations for the IDEA–B program 

were issued in 2006, the maintenance of effort 

requirements were re-codified at 34 CFR 300.203– 

300.205. 

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Background 

On December 21, 2006, the Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (Assistant 

Secretary) issued a final program 

determination letter (PDL) seeking to 

recover from Oklahoma $583,943.29 of 

Part B of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA–B) 

funds. These funds, based on a finding 

in a single audit of Oklahoma (Audit 

Control Number 06–04–58175), were 

determined by the Assistant Secretary to 

have been expended, during fiscal year 

2003, in violation of the IDEA–B’s 

maintenance of effort requirement set 

out in 34 CFR 300.230–300.233 (2003).1

Specifically, the PDL identified 76 LEAs 

in Oklahoma that violated the 

maintenance of effort requirement and 

the amount of that violation for each of 

those LEAs. 

Oklahoma filed an Application for 

Review of this PDL with the Office of 

Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) on 

February 26, 2007. On April 16, 2007, 

the OALJ granted the parties Joint 

Motion to Conduct Voluntary Discovery, 

Engage in Settlement, Negotiations, and 

Suspend the Procedural Schedule (Joint 

Motion). Since this Joint Motion was 

granted, Oklahoma has presented the 

Department with extensive 

documentation and analysis, not 

available to the Department at the time 

the PDL was issued, to support its 

contention that the total level of the 

maintenance of effort violation was 

lower than set out in the PDL. On the 

basis of that documentation the 

Assistant Secretary, on November 22, 

2010, filed a Notice of Reduction of 

Claim with the OALJ that reduced the 

claim in this matter from $583,943.29 to 

$289,501.76. 

The Department proposes to 

compromise this remaining claim to 

$217,126.32. Based on litigation risks 

and the costs of proceeding through the 

administrative and, possibly, court 

process for this appeal, the Department 

has determined that it would not be 

practical or in the public interest to 

continue this proceeding. In addition, in 

light of corrective actions Oklahoma has 

taken, we do not anticipate recurrence 

of this maintenance of effort violation. 

As a result, under the authority in 20 

U.S.C. 1234a(j), the Department has 

determined that compromise of this 

claim for $217,126.32 is appropriate. 

The public is invited to comment on the 

Department’s intent to compromise this 

claim. Additional information may be 

obtained by calling or writing to Ronald 

B. Petracca at the telephone number and 

address listed at the beginning of this 

notice. 

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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1234a(j). 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Thomas Skelly, Director, Budget 

Service, to perform the functions and 

duties of the Chief Financial Officer of 

the Department of Education. 

Dated: January 26, 2011. 

Thomas Skelly, 

Director, Budget Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–2079 Filed 1–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Public Availability of Department of 

Energy FY 2010 Service Contract 

Inventory 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of public availability of 

FY 2010 Service Contract Inventories. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

743 of Division C of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 

111–117), Department of Energy is 

publishing this notice to advise the 

public of the availability of the FY 2010 

Service Contract inventory. This 

inventory provides information on 

service contract actions over $25,000 

that were made in FY 2010. The 

information is organized by function to 

show how contracted resources are 

distributed throughout the agency. The 

inventory has been developed in 

accordance with guidance issued on 

November 5, 2010 by the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Office of 

Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). 

OFPP’s guidance is available at http://

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/

omb/procurement/memo/servicecontract-inventories-guidance11052010.pdf. Department of Energy has 

posted its inventory and a summary of 

the inventory at the following link: 

http://www.management.energy.gov/

policy_guidance/competitive_

sourcing.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the service contract 

inventory should be directed to Jeff 

Davis in the Strategic Programs Division 

at 202–287–1877 or jeff.davis@hq.

doe.gov. 

Dated: January 25, 2011. 

David Boyd, 

Deputy Director, Office of Procurement and 

Assistance Management. 

[FR Doc. 2011–2028 Filed 1–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management Advisory 

Board Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Advisory Board (EMAB). 

The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires 

that public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 

8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Green Valley Ranch, 2300 

Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson, 

Nevada 89052. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen G. Ellis, Designated Federal 

Officer, EMAB (EM–42), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone (202) 

586–5810; fax (202) 586–0293 or e-mail: 

kristen.ellis@em.doe.gov. 


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