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project, we will consider the extent to 

which the applicant has identified 

specific gaps and weaknesses in the 

preparation of all students for 

postsecondary education and careers 

without need for remediation, the 

nature and magnitude of those gaps and 

weaknesses, and the extent to which the 

proposed project will address those gaps 

and weaknesses effectively. 

Final Priorities, Requirements, 

Definition, and Selection Criteria 

We will announce the final priorities, 

requirements, definition, and selection 

criteria in a notice in the Federal 

Register. We will determine the final 

priorities, requirements, definitions, and 

selection criteria 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, and selection 

criteria, subject to meeting applicable 

rulemaking requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use one or more of these priorities, 

requirements, definition, and selection 

criteria, 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 

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 priorities, 

requirements, definition, and selection 

criteria justify the costs. 

We have determined, also, that this 

regulatory action does not unduly 

interfere with State, local, and tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

Discussion of Costs and Benefits: 

Elsewhere in this notice we discuss the 

potential costs and benefits, both 

quantitative and qualitative, of the 

proposed priorities, requirements, 

definition, and selection criteria under 

the background sections to the 

Priorities, Requirements, Definition, and 

Selection Criteria. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) 

Certain sections of the proposed 

priorities, requirements, definition, and 

selection criteria for the SLC grant 

program contain changes to information 

collection requirements already 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under OMB control 

number 1810–0676 (1890–0001). We 

will be publishing a separate notice in 

the Federal Register requesting 

comments on these changes. 

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. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

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: March 26, 2010. 

Thelma Mele ́ndez de Santa Ana, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Proposed Information Quality 

Guidelines Policy 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comment on Proposed Information 

Quality Guidelines Policy. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) seeks public 

comment on the Proposed Information 

Quality Guidelines policy. The policy 

outlines the EAC’s directives and 

required procedures to implement the 

OMB Guidelines for Ensuring and 

Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, 

Utility, and Integrity of Information 

Disseminated by Federal Agencies, 67 

FR 8452 (‘‘OMB Guidelines’’). The EAC 

developed the Proposed Information 

Quality Guidelines to meet its 

obligations under the OMB Guidelines 

and to codify its high standards of 

quality in the production of information 

disseminated outside the agency. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 4 p.m. EDT on 

April 30, 2010. 

Comments: Public comments are 

invited on the information contained in 

the policy. Comments on the proposed 

policy should be submitted 

electronically to HAVAinfo@eac.gov. 

Written comments on the proposed 

policy can also be sent to the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 1201 

New York Avenue, NW., Suite 300, 

Washington, DC 20005, ATTN: 

Proposed Information Quality 

Guidelines Policy. 

Obtaining a Copy of the Policy: To 

obtain a free copy of the policy: (1) 

Access the EAC Website at http:// 

www.eac.gov; (2) write to the EAC 

(including your address and phone 

number) at U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1201 New York Avenue, 

NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005, 

ATTN: Information Quality Guidelines. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Tamar Nedzar, Ms. Karen Lynn-Dyson 

or Ms. Shelly Anderson at (202) 566– 

3100. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–7134 Filed 3–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Notice: Request for Substantive 

Comments on the EAC’s Proposed 

Requirements for the Testing of Pilot 

Voting Systems To Serve UOCAVA 

Voters 

AGENCY: United States Election 

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