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collect section 618 data from States and 

making specific recommendations to 

OSEP to improve, enhance, or redesign 

current processes to meet the 

Department’s needs for data collections 

included in EDFacts. The annual study 

must consider the availability of new 

Internet and other technologies for the 

collection and reporting of data, as well 

as any new data needs; 

(i) Establishing, maintaining, and 

meeting at least annually with a 

national advisory group that will be 

responsible for providing annual 

feedback on the plans, activities, and 

accomplishments of the Center; 

(j) Maintaining ongoing 

communication with the OSEP Project 

Officer, including monthly conference 

calls. Budget for a three-day Project 

Directors’ meeting in Washington, DC 

during each year of the project plus ten 

additional two-day trips annually to 

Washington, DC to attend additional 

national meetings and to meet and 

collaborate with the OSEP Project 

Officer and other funded projects for 

purposes of cross-project collaboration 

and information exchange; 

(k) Budgeting five percent of the grant 

amount annually to support emerging 

needs as identified jointly through 

consultation with the OSEP project 

officer; and 

(l) If a project maintains a Web site, 

including relevant information and 

documents in a format that meets a 

government or industry-recognized 

standard for accessibility. 

Note: In each budget period of 12 months, 

OSEP estimates that approximately 30 

percent of the effort under this proposed 

priority will be devoted to activities and 

products described in paragraph (c) of this 

section and approximately 70 percent of the 

effort will be devoted to the remaining 

activities described in this section. 

Fourth and Fifth Years of the Project 

In deciding whether to continue 

funding the Center for the fourth and 

fifth years, the Secretary will consider 

the requirements of 34 CFR 75.253(a), 

and in addition—

(a) The recommendation of a review 

team consisting of experts selected by 

the Secretary, which review will be 

conducted in Washington, DC during 

the last half of the project’s second year. 

Projects must budget for travel expenses 

associated with this one-day intensive 

review; 

(b) The timeliness and effectiveness 

with which all requirements of the 

negotiated cooperative agreement have 

been or are being met by the Center; and 

(c) Evidence of the degree to which 

the Center’s activities have contributed 

to improvements in the quality of Statereported data. 

Eligibility Requirements 

Background 

The Secretary is proposing that public 

and private agencies and organizations 

would be eligible for a grant under this 

program. The Secretary believes that 

this will provide the broadest possible 

pool of applicants to achieve the 

purpose of the priority. 

Proposed Eligibility Requirements 

The following entities would be 

eligible for funding under this program: 

Public and private agencies and 

organizations, including for-profit and 

non-profit agencies and organizations. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice of proposed priority and 

eligibility requirements has been 

reviewed in accordance with Executive 

Order 12866. Under the terms of the 

order, we have assessed the potential 

costs and benefits of this regulatory 

action. 

The potential costs associated with 

this regulatory action are those resulting 

from statutory requirements and those 

we have determined as necessary for 

administering this program effectively 

and efficiently. 

In assessing the potential costs and 

benefits—both quantitative and 

qualitative—of this regulatory action, 

we have determined that the benefits of 

the proposed regulatory action justify 

the costs. 

We have also determined that this 

regulatory action does not unduly 

interfere with State, local, and tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

Intergovernmental Review 

This program is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the 

Executive Order is to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism. The Executive 

Order relies on processes developed by 

State and local governments for 

coordination and review of proposed 

Federal financial assistance. 

This document provides early 

notification of our specific plans and 

actions for this program. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You may view this document, as well 

as all other Department of Education 

documents published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

news/fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

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

index.htm. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 84.373Y Technical Assistance on 

Data Collection—Technical Assistance 

Center for Data Collection, Analysis, and Use 

for Accountability in Special Education and 

Early Intervention) 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1411(c) and 

1416(i)(2). 

Dated: January 19, 2007. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, February 8, 

2007, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. 

PLACE: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1225 New York Ave., NW., 

Suite 150, Washington, DC 20005. 

(Metro Stop: Metro Center). 

AGENDA: The Commission will receive 

an update on the Voting System 

Laboratory Accreditation Program; The 

Commission will receive an update on 

the EAC audit process and hear 

presentations from state officials on 

their experiences with the audit process; 

The Commission will receive a 

presentation of the research findings 

regarding voter identification 

requirements. The Commission will 

consider other administrative matters. 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–

3100. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

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