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badges. The average total uniform cost 

for the listed items is $1,800.00. Based 

on these current costs, the Department 

is increasing the initial maximum 

uniform allowance for uniformed police 

personnel to $1,800.00. A notice of this 

planned action was published in 

Federal Register on October 10, 2006 

(71 FR 59496). Since no comments were 

received by the date of December 11, 

2006, the Department of Defense is 

proceeding with the establishment of 

the higher initial maximum uniform 

allowance rate for uniformed police 

personnel. The effective date of this 

higher initial maximum uniform 

allowance rate is February 11, 2007. 

Dated: February 15, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternative OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–788 Filed 2–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

26, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, 

Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 

encouraged to submit responses 

electronically by e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax 

to (202) 395–6974. Commenters should 

include the following subject line in 

their response ‘‘Comment: [insert OMB 

number], [insert abbreviated collection 

name, e.g., ‘‘Upward Bound 

Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting 

comments electronically should not 

submit paper copies. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: February 15, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Strategies for Native American 

Parent Involvement. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: 

Individuals or household. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 40. 

Burden Hours: 60. 

Abstract: The Strategies for Native 

American Parent Involvement study 

entails four focus groups with Native 

American parents to explore: (1) The 

ways in which Native American parents 

and families get involved in their 

children’s education; (2) the barriers to 

their involvement; and (3) school 

strategies that have helped these 

families get involved in their children’s 

education. Participating parents will be 

chosen from Center Region states with 

high concentrations of Native American 

students. Results of the study will be 

provided to school, district, and SEA 

administrators so they can make use of 

strategies to increase parent 

involvement of Native American 

communities. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3238. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments ’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E7–2999 Filed 2–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; 

Overview Information; Foundations for 

Learning; Notice inviting applications 

for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 

2007 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.215H. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: February 22, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 13, 2007. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 12, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: (1) Local 

educational agencies (LEAs); (2) Local 

councils; (3) Community-based 

organizations (CBOs), including faithbased organizations; (4) Other public or 

nonprofit private entities; or (5) A 

combination of such entities. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration’s budget request for FY 

2007 does not include funds for this 

program. However, we are inviting 

applications to allow enough time to 

complete the grant process before the 

end of the current fiscal year if Congress 

appropriates funds for this program. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2008 and subsequent years based on the 

list of unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$200,000–$300,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$245,500. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 4. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 18 months. 


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