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12 p.m. on December 1, 2014, will include discussion of new and pending administrative/minor disciplinary infractions and non-judicial punishments involving the Midshipmen attending the U.S. Naval Academy to include but not limited to individual honor/conduct violations within the Brigade. The discussion of such information cannot be adequately segregated from other topics, which precludes opening the executive session of this meeting to the public. Accordingly, the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (Management) has determined in writing that the meeting shall be partially closed to the public because the discussions during the executive session from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. will be concerned with matters coming under sections 552b(c)(5), (6), and (7) of title 5, United States Code.

Dated: September 29, 2014. N.A. Hagerty-Ford, Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 2014–23903 Filed 10–7–14; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

**[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0139]**

**Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;**  **Evaluation of Preschool Special Education Practices Phase I** 

**AGENCY :**  Institute of Education Sciences/ National Center for Education Statistics (IES), Department of Education (ED).

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq. ), ED is proposing a new information collection.

**DATES :**  Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before December 8, 2014.

**ADDRESSES :**  Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0139 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily accept

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period will not be accepted; ED will ONLY accept comments during the comment period in this mailbox when the regulations.gov site is not available. Written requests for information or comments submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105, Washington, DC 20202.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Yumiko Sekino, 202–219–2046.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The Department of Education (ED), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the public’s reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department’s information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Please note that written comments received in response to this notice will be considered public records.

Title of Collection: Evaluation of Preschool Special Education Practices Phase I.

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. Type of Review: A new information collection.

Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,251.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 609.

Abstract: The main objective of the Evaluation of Preschool Special Education Practices, Phase I study is to assess the feasibility of conducting a large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluation of one or more curricula or interventions that are used with preschool children with disabilities to promote their learning of language, literacy, social-emotional skills, and/or appropriate behavioral skills for school. The feasibility assessment will consider the core features of an evaluation design, including the following: (1) Curricula and/or interventions to be evaluated; (2) Study context and participants; and (3) Key design elements, such as the counterfactual condition, unit of assignment, target minimum detectable effects (MDEs), sample size, and data collection plans.

Data to inform the feasibility assessment will be obtained through surveys of school district preschool special education coordinators and state Section 619 coordinators, the subject of the current submission. Preschool special education coordinators in school districts and state Section 619 coordinators will provide information to address the study’s overarching research question—whether there are promising curricula and interventions for preschool children with disabilities for which a large-scale effectiveness trial would be feasible and add value to the field. The district survey will be administered in a nationally representative sample of 1,200 school districts serving preschool children with disabilities as a 30-minute web survey. The state survey will be administered in all 50 states and the District of Columbia as a 10-minute editable PDF survey. Data collection for each survey will begin in April 2015.

The feasibility assessment will also be informed by use of extant data and conduct of an evidence review. In addition to collected survey data, extant data will provide information about preschool special education programs, the curricula and interventions that are available and supported by these programs, and the context in which curricula and interventions are delivered to inform decisions about key design elements. The evidence review will identify promising curricula and interventions for preschool children with disabilities and features about their implementation in schools.

Information obtained as part of the data collection for Phase I will be used to develop a publicly available report to provide educators and policymakers with nationally representative descriptive information about current preschool special education programs. If the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) decides to sponsor an RCT following the feasibility assessment, separate OMB packages will be submitted that request clearance for recruitment and data collection activities for the RCT.


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Dated: October 2, 2014. Stephanie Valentine, Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.

[FR Doc. 2014–23958 Filed 10–7–14; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

**National Board for Education Sciences**

**AGENCY :**  Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.

**ACTION :**  Announcement of an open meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming meeting of the National Board for Education Sciences (NBES). The notice also describes the functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required by Section 10(a) (2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and is intended to notify the public of their opportunity to attend the meeting.

**DATES :**  The NBES meeting will be held on October 30, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

**ADDRESSES :**  80 F Street NW., Large Board Room, Washington, DC 20001

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Ellie Pelaez, Designated Federal Official, NBES, U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue NW., Room 600 E, Washington, DC 20208; phone: (202) 219–0644; fax: (202) 219–1402; email: Ellie.Pelaez@ed.gov

. **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  NBES’ Statutory Authority and Function: The National Board for Education Sciences is authorized by Section 116 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA), 20 U.S.C. 9516. The Board advises the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) on, among other things, the establishment of activities to be supported by the Institute and the funding for applications for grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for research after the completion of peer review. The Board also reviews and evaluates the work of the Institute.

Meeting Agenda: On October 30, 2014, starting at 9:00 a.m., the Board meeting will commence and members will approve the agenda. From 9:05 to 10:15 a.m., the Commissioners of IES’s national centers will give an overview of recent developments at IES. This session will be followed by a question and answer period regarding the Commissioners’ reports. A break will take place from 10:15 to 10:30 a.m. The Board meeting will resume from 10:30 to 12:00 p.m. when the Board will discuss ‘‘Research on Educating African American Males.’’ NBES Chair David Chard and Thomas Brock, Commissioner of the National Center for Education Research (NCER), will provide the opening remarks, followed by a panel discussion with researchers studying specific interventions. Roundtable discussion by board members will take place after the panel discussion. The meeting will break for lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

From 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., the Board will consider the topic, ‘‘Higher Education Rating System.’’ Following opening remarks by the Department of Education’s Under Secretary Ted Mitchell, a roundtable discussion of the topic will take place.

Closing remarks from Sue Betka, Acting Director of IES, and David Chard, will take place from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., with adjournment scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

Submission of comments regarding the Board’s policy recommendations: There will not be an opportunity for public comment. However, members of the public are encouraged to submit written comments related to NBES to Ellie Pelaez (see contact information above). A final agenda is available from Ellie Pelaez (see contact information above) and is posted on the Board Web
site http://ies.ed.gov/director/board/ agendas/index.asp.

Access to Records of the Meeting: The Department will post the official report of the meeting on the NBES Web site no later than 90 days after the meeting. Pursuant to the FACA, the public may also inspect the materials at 555 New Jersey Avenue NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC, by emailing Ellie.Pelaez@ed.gov or by calling (202) 219–0644 to schedule an appointment.

Reasonable Accommodations: The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, assistive listening device, or materials in an alternate format), notify the contact person listed in this notice by or before October 23, 2014. Although we will attempt to meet a request received after October 23, 2014, we may not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to arrange it.

Electronic Access to this Document: 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 via the Federal Digital System at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site 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). To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the site. You may also access documents of the Department published in the Federal Register by using the article search feature at: www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published by the Department.

Authority: Section 116 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA), 20 U.S.C. 9516.

Sue Betka, Acting Director, Institute of Education
Science.

[FR Doc. 2014–23992 Filed 10–7–14; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board** 

**AGENCY :**  U.S. Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Designation of Performance Review Board Standing Register.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice provides the Performance Review Board Standing Register for the Department of Energy. This listing supersedes all previously published lists of PRB members.

**DATES :**  This appointment is effective as of September 30, 2014. Bremer, John Brown, Fred Buttress, Larry Cadieux, Gena Chalk, Steven Gamage, Sarah Geiser, David Jones, Wayne Lee, Terri Lenhard, Joseph Mefford, Penny O’Konski, Peter Stephenson, April Waisley, Sandra White, William I. Williams, Thomas D.

Issued in Washington, DC, October 2, 2014. Tonya M. Mackey, Director, Office of Executive Resources, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer.

[FR Doc. 2014–24019 Filed 10–7–14; 8:45 am]

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