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Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2. 

Dated: April 20, 2010. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTCs)—Improved Outcomes 

for Individuals With Serious Mental 

Illness and Co-Occurring Conditions 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.133B–5. 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed priority. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services proposes a funding priority for 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

administered by NIDRR. Specifically, 

this notice proposes a priority for an 

RRTC on Improved Outcomes for 

Individuals with Serious Mental Illness 

and Co-Occurring Conditions. The 

Assistant Secretary may use this priority 

for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2010 

and later years. We take this action to 

focus research attention on areas of 

national need. We intend this priority to 

improve rehabilitation services and 

outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before May 24, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this notice to Donna Nangle, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 5142, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2700. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by e-mail, use the following address: 

donna.nangle@ed.gov. You must 

include the term ‘‘Proposed Priority for 

an RRTC on Improved Outcomes for 

Individuals with Serious Mental Illness 

and Co-Occurring Conditions’’ in the 

subject line of your electronic message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Nangle. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7462 or by e-mail: 

donna.nangle@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

This notice of proposed priority is in 

concert with NIDRR’s Final Long-Range 

Plan for FY 2005–2009 (Plan). The Plan, 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on February 15, 2006 (71 FR 

8165), can be accessed on the Internet 

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

about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/ 

policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the 

quality and utility of disability and 

rehabilitation research; (2) foster an 

exchange of expertise, information, and 

training to facilitate the advancement of 

knowledge and understanding of the 

unique needs of traditionally 

underserved populations; (3) determine 

best strategies and programs to improve 

rehabilitation outcomes for underserved 

populations; (4) identify research gaps; 

(5) identify mechanisms of integrating 

research and practice; and (6) 

disseminate findings. 

This notice proposes a priority that 

NIDRR intends to use for RRTC 

competitions in FY 2010 and possibly 

later years. However, nothing precludes 

NIDRR from publishing additional 

priorities, if needed. Furthermore, 

NIDRR is under no obligation to make 

an award for this priority. The decision 

to make an award will be based on the 

quality of applications received and 

available funding. 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding this 

notice. To ensure that your comments 

have maximum effect in developing the 

notice of final priority, we urge you to 

identify clearly the specific topic that 

each comment addresses. 

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1Consumer-directed models of service delivery 

are defined by the belief that individuals with 

disabilities should determine the types, amounts, 

and sources of the services they receive. In the 

mental health services context, consumer-directed 

care approaches include self-help and mutual-aid 

support groups, mental illness self-management, 

and advance crisis planning by individuals with 

SMI (Cook, 2005). 

We invite you to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

and its overall requirement of reducing 

regulatory burden that might result from 

this proposed priority. Please let us 

know of any further ways we could 

reduce potential costs or increase 

potential benefits while preserving the 

effective and efficient administration of 

the program. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this notice in room 5142, 550 12th 

Street, SW., PCP, Washington, DC, 

between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m., Washington, DC time, Monday 

through Friday of each week except 

Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

is to plan and conduct research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, including 

international activities, to develop 

methods, procedures, and rehabilitation 

technology, that maximize the full 

inclusion and integration into society, 

employment, independent living, family 

support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities, and to 

improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended. 

RRTC Program 

The purpose of the RRTC program is 

to improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended, through advanced 

research, training, technical assistance, 

and dissemination activities in general 

problem areas, as specified by NIDRR. 

Such activities are designed to benefit 

rehabilitation service providers, 

individuals with disabilities, and the 

family members or other authorized 

representatives of individuals with 

disabilities. In addition, NIDRR intends 

to require all RRTC applicants to meet 

the requirements of the General 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTC) Requirements priority 

that it published in a notice of final 

priorities in the Federal Register on 

February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6132). 

Additional information on the RRTC 

program can be found at: http:// 

www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/resprogram.html#RRTC. 

Statutory and Regulatory Requirements 

of RRTCs 

RRTCs must— 

• Carry out coordinated advanced 

programs of rehabilitation research; 

• Provide training, including 

graduate, pre-service, and in-service 

training, to help rehabilitation 

personnel more effectively provide 

rehabilitation services to individuals 

with disabilities; 

• Provide technical assistance to 

individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties; 

• Disseminate informational materials 

to individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties; and 

• Serve as centers of national 

excellence in rehabilitation research for 

individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties. 

Applicants for RRTC grants must also 

demonstrate in their applications how 

they will address, in whole or in part, 

the needs of individuals with 

disabilities from minority backgrounds. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and 

764(b)(2). 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350. 

Proposed Priority 

This notice contains one proposed 

priority. 

Improved Outcomes for Individuals 

With Serious Mental Illness and CoOccurring Conditions 

Background 

As many as 6.5 percent of adults ages 

18–64 experience serious mental illness 

(SMI) during any 12-month period 

(Kessler et al., 2008). Individuals with 

SMI are at high risk for chronic diseases 

such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, 

asthma, and cancer (Colton & 

Manderscheid, 2006; Sederer, et al., 

2006). The comorbidity of SMI and 

chronic disease is associated with 

limitations on activities such as self-care 

and employment (McKnight-Eily et al., 

2007). Individuals with SMI experience 

disproportionately low rates of 

employment compared to the general 

United States population and to other 

individuals with disabilities, and those 

with SMI and co-occurring conditions 

work even fewer hours, have lower total 

earnings, and are less likely to engage in 

competitive employment than those 

with SMI alone (Cook et al., 2005; 

Goldberg et al., 2007). 

Health promotion, illness selfmanagement, and using a holistic 

approach to rehabilitation are practices 

that have been rigorously studied and 

effectively used to prevent, control, or 

treat a variety of medical conditions 

such as diabetes, breast and cervical 

cancer, heart disease, and stroke. Peerdelivered health and wellness education 

curriculums also have been widely 

implemented to reduce tobacco or 

alcohol usage, improve nutrition, and 

modify risk behaviors among the general 

population or subpopulations, including 

women, workers, and members of racial 

or ethnic minorities (CDC, 2009; Collins, 

Marks, and Koplan, 2009). While some 

of this research and practice addresses 

health promotion for individuals with 

SMI, the science for individuals with 

SMI is still emerging, and has not 

sufficiently advanced to address the 

needs and experiences of individuals 

with SMI and co-occurring conditions 

(CMHS, 2005; Richardson et al., 2005; 

Sederer et al., 2006). 

Past research funded by NIDRR and 

others provides a potential base for 

testing models that link management 

and self-management of SMI and cooccurring physical conditions to mental 

health recovery (Vandiver, 2007). For 

example, consumer-to-consumer 

education and consumer-directed 

programs 1 for individuals with SMI can 

be effective in promoting recovery from 

mental illness and merit further study as 

mechanisms for health promotion 

(CMHS, 2005). At the systems level, lack 

of integration and coordination of 

mental health and primary care services 

contribute to poor health outcomes for 

those with SMI (CMHS, 2005). Further 

study on integration and coordination of 

mental health and primary care services 

at the systems level, therefore, would be 

highly beneficial for individuals with 

SMI and co-occurring physical 

conditions. 

Improved management of SMI and cooccurring conditions could contribute to 

improved health and employment 

outcomes for these individuals 

(Merikangas et al., 2007). Research is 

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needed to develop interventions that 

address the interactions between SMI 

and health that are potential barriers to 

competitive employment, economic 

well-being, and maximum participation 

in society. 

References 

Center for Mental Health Services 

(CMHS), Substance Abuse and Mental 

Health Services Administration. (2005). 

HHS Pub. No. 4040. Rockville, MD: 

Building Bridges: Mental Health 

Consumers and Primary Care 

Representatives in Dialogue. U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. See http:// 

download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/ 

SMA06-4040/ 

Policy_Makers_Booklet.pdf. 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). (2009). The Guide to 

Community Preventive Services. U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. See http:// 

www.thecommunityguide.org/ 

index.html. 

Collins, J., Marks, J., & Koplan, J. 

(2009). Chronic disease prevention and 

control: Coming of age at the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

Preventing Chronic Disease [serial 

online]. See http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/ 

issues/2009/jul/08_0171.htm. 

Colton, C. & Manderscheid, R. (2006). 

Congruencies in increased mortality 

rates, years of potential life lost, and 

causes of death among public mental 

health clients in eight States. Preventing 

Chronic Disease [serial online]. See 

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/ 

apr/05_0180.htm. 

Cook, J. (2005). ‘‘Patient-Centered’’ 

and ‘‘Consumer-Directed’’ Mental Health 

Services. Prepared for the Institute of 

Medicine, Committee on Crossing the 

Quality Chasm—Adaptation to Mental 

Health & Addictive Disorders. See 

http://www.cmhsrp.uic.edu/download/ 

IOMreport.pdf. 

Cook, J., Burke-Miller, J., Blyler, C., 

Leff, H., Mueser, K., Gold, P., Goldberg, 

R., Mueser, K., Toprac, M., McFarlane, 

W., Shafer, M., Blankertz, L., Dudek, K., 

Razzano, L., Grey, D., & Burke-Miller, J. 

(2005). Results of a Multisite 

Randomized Trial of Supported 

Employment Interventions for 

Individuals With Severe Mental Illness. 

Archives of General Psychiatry, (62), 

505–512. See http://archpsyc.amaassn.org/cgi/content/full/62/5/505. 

Goldberg, R., Shafer, M., Onken, S., 

McFarlane, W., Donegan, K., Carey, M., 

Kaufmann, C. & Grey, D. (2007). Effects 

of co-occurring disorders on 

employment outcomes in a multisite 

randomized study of supported 

employment for people with severe 

mental illness. Journal of Rehabilitation 

Research and Development, 44(6), 837– 

850. 

Kessler, R., Heeringa, S., Lakoma, M., 

Petukhova, M., Rupp, A., Schoenbaum, 

M., Wang, P., & Zaslavsky, A. (2008). 

The Individual-Level and Societal-Level 

Effects of Mental Disorders on Earnings 

in the United States: Results From the 

National Comorbidity Survey 

Replication. American Journal of 

Psychiatry, 165, 703–711. 

McKnight-Eily, L., Elam-Evans, L., 

Strine, T., Zack, M., Perry, G., PresleyCantrell, L., Edwards, V., & Croft, J.B. 

(2007). Activity limitation, chronic 

disease, and comorbid serious 

psychological distress in U.S. adults— 

BRFSS 2007. International Journal of 

Public Health, 54, S111–S119. 

Merikangas, K., Ames, M., Cui, L., 

Stang, P., Ustun, T., Von Korff, M., & 

Kessler, R. (2007). The Impact of 

Comorbidity of Mental and Physical 

Conditions on Role Disability in the US 

Adult Household Population. Archives 

of General Psychiatry, 64(10), 1180– 

1188. See http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/ 

cgi/content/full/64/10/1180. 

Richardson, C., Faulkner, G., 

McDevitt, J., Skrinar, G., Hutchinson, D., 

& Piette, J. (2005). Integrating Physical 

Activity Into Mental Health Services for 

Persons With Serious Mental Illness. 

Psychiatric Services, 56(3), 324–331. 

See http://ps.psychiatryonline.org. 

Sederer, L., Silver, L., McVeigh, K., & 

Levy, J. (2006). Integrating care for 

medical and mental illnesses. 

Preventing Chronic Disease [serial 

online]. See http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/ 

issues/2006/apr/05_0214.htm. 

Vandiver, V. (2007). Health Promotion 

as Brief Treatment: Strategies for 

Women with Co-morbid Health and 

Mental Health Conditions. Brief 

Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 7(3), 

161–175. See http:// 

btci.edina.clockss.org/cgi/content/ 

abstract/7/3/161. 

Proposed Priority 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

proposes a priority for a Rehabilitation 

Research and Training Center (RRTC) on 

Improved Outcomes for Individuals 

with Serious Mental Illness and CoOccurring Conditions. The RRTC must 

conduct research to adapt, modify, and 

enhance health and mental health 

models to improve health and 

employment outcomes for individuals 

with serious mental illness (SMI) and 

co-occurring conditions. The RRTC 

must conduct research, knowledge 

translation, training, dissemination, and 

technical assistance within a framework 

of self-management and consumerdirected services. Under this priority, 

the RRTC must contribute to the 

following outcomes: 

(a) Increased knowledge that can be 

used to enhance the health and wellbeing of individuals with SMI and cooccurring conditions. The RRTC must 

contribute to this outcome by: 

(1) Conducting research to develop a 

better understanding of the health, and 

health care needs of individuals with 

SMI and co-occurring conditions. 

(2) Conducting research to identify or 

develop and then test interventions that 

aim to improve health outcomes and 

promote recovery among individuals 

living with SMI and co-occurring 

conditions. These interventions must 

include individual-level health 

promotion strategies, such as peer 

supports and consumer control, as well 

as system-level strategies for the 

delivery of physical and mental health 

services. These interventions must be 

based on the findings of research 

conducted under paragraph (a)(1) of this 

proposed priority. In carrying out this 

activity, the grantee must investigate the 

applicability of strategies that have 

proven successful with the general 

population or other subpopulations to 

determine if they are effective with 

individuals with SMI and co-occurring 

conditions. 

(b) Improved employment outcomes 

among individuals with SMI and cooccurring conditions. The RRTC must 

contribute to this outcome by 

conducting research that demonstrates 

how improvements in health service 

delivery mechanisms, self-management, 

peer support, and consumer control 

affect employment outcomes in 

individuals with SMI and co-occurring 

conditions. In carrying out this activity 

the grantee must utilize one or more of 

the interventions developed under 

paragraph (a)(2) of this proposed 

priority. 

(c) Increased incorporation of research 

findings related to SMI, co-occurring 

conditions, health management, and 

employment into practice or policy. The 

RRTC must contribute to this outcome 

by coordinating with appropriate 

NIDRR-funded knowledge translation 

grantees to advance their work in the 

following areas: 

(1) Developing, evaluating, or 

implementing strategies to increase 

utilization of research findings related 

to SMI, co-occurring conditions, health 

management, and employment. 

(2) Conducting training, technical 

assistance, and dissemination activities 

to increase utilization of research 

findings related to SMI, co-occurring 

conditions, health management, and 

employment. 

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Types of Priorities 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice the Federal Register. The effect 

of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

Final Priority: We will announce the 

final priority in a notice in the Federal 

Register. We will determine the final 

priority after considering responses to 

this notice and other information 

available to the Department. This notice 

does not preclude us from proposing 

additional priorities, requirements, 

definitions, or selection criteria, subject 

to meeting applicable rulemaking 

requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use this priority, we invite applications 

through a notice in the Federal Register. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice 

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 

proposed regulatory action. 

The potential costs associated with 

this proposed 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 proposed regulatory 

action, we have determined that the 

benefits of the proposed priority justify 

the costs. 

Discussion of Costs and Benefits 

The benefits of the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Programs have been well 

established over the years in that similar 

projects have been completed 

successfully. This proposed priority will 

generate new knowledge through 

research and development. 

Another benefit of this proposed 

priority is that the establishment of a 

new RRTC will improve the lives of 

individuals with disabilities. The new 

RRTC will disseminate and promote the 

use of new information that will 

improve the options for individuals 

with disabilities to obtain, retain, and 

advance in employment. 

Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can 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 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. 

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.html. 

Dated: April 20, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Request for Substantive Comments on 

the EAC’s Proposed Requirements for 

the Testing of Pilot Voting Systems To 

Serve UOCAVA Voters; Correction 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: This is a correcting to provide 

for a thirty day public comment period 

as reflected by commission tally vote. 

The original notice incorrectly provided 

for a fifteen day public comment period. 

The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) is publishing for 

public comment a set of proposed 

requirements for the testing of pilot 

voting systems to be used by 

jurisdictions to serve Uniformed and 

Overseas voters. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Masterson, Phone (202) 566– 

3100, e-mail 

votingsystemguidelines@eac.gov. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of March 31, 

2010, on page 16090, in the first 

column, correct the DATE caption to 

read: 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before 4 p.m. EST on April 30, 2010. 

Alice Miller, 

Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, intends to 

extend, for three years, an information 

collection request with the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

Comments were invited on: (a) Whether 

the extended 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 collection of information, 

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 collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before June 22, 2010. 

If you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period or if you 

want access to the collection of 

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