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in accordance with the Federal 

Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 

(Pub. L. 105–270, 31 U.S.C. 501 note) to 

submit their inventories to the Office of 

Federal Procurement Policy in the 

Office of Management and Budget. In 

addition, section 743 requires these 

agencies, which include the Department 

of Education, to (1) make the inventory 

available to the public, and (2) publish 

in the Federal Register a notice 

announcing that the inventory is 

available to the public along with the 

name, telephone number, and email 

address of the agency point of contact. 

Through this notice, the Department 

announces the availability of its 

inventory for FY 2021 on the following 

website: www2.ed.gov/fund/data/ 

report/contracts/ 

servicecontractinventoryappendix/ 

servicecontractinventory.html. The 

point of contact is provided under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

contact person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format. The Department 

will provide the requestor with an 

accessible format that may include Rich 

Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), 

a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc, or 

other accessible format. 

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Code of Federal Regulations at 

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site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

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Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Denise L. Carter, 

Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of 

the Office of Finance and Operations, 

Delegated the Authority to Perform the Duties 

and Functions of the Office of Finance and 

Operations Assistant Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0143] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) 

Program Annual Performance Report 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 2, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be submitted within 30 days of 

publication of this notice. Click on this 

link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain to access the site. Find this 

information collection request (ICR) by 

selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ 

under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then 

check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public 

Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov 

provides two links to view documents 

related to this information collection 

request. Information collection forms 

and instructions may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Information 

Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting 

statements and other supporting 

documentation may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Marie Julienne, 

202–987–1054. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department 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: Veterans Upward 

Bound (VUB) Program Annual 

Performance Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0832. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

local, and Tribal governments; private 

sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 62. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,054. 

Abstract: All Veterans Upward Bound 

projects must provide instruction in 

mathematics through pre-calculus, 

laboratory science, foreign language, 

composition, and literature. Projects 

may also provide short-term remedial or 

refresher courses for veterans who are 

high school graduates but have delayed 

pursuing postsecondary education. 

Projects are also expected to assist 

veterans in securing support services 

from other locally available resources 

such as the U.S. Department of Veterans 

Affairs, veterans’ associations, and other 

state and local agencies that serve 

veterans. 

The Department’s annual performance 

report (APR) for VUB collects each 

current grantee’s data at the participant 

level on services and performance over 

the course of a year. The Department 

uses the information conveyed in the 

performance report to assess a grantee’s 

progress in meeting its approved goals 

and objectives and to evaluate a 

grantee’s prior experience in accordance 

with the program regulations in 34 CFR 

645.32. Grantees’ annual performance 

reports also provide information on the 

outcomes of projects’ work and of the 

VUB program as a whole. In addition, 

APR data allows the Department to 

respond to the reporting requirements of 

the Government Performance and 

Results Act. 

The APR has been updated to include 

questions related to the Competitive 

Preference Priorities used in the most 

recent competition. These questions are 

not expected to affect the total burden 

hours per response. 

Dated: September 27, 2023. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

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