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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. ED invites 

public comment. 

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 respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Planning, Evaluation and 

Policy Development 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: National Survey of Algebra 

Teachers. 

Abstract: The National Mathematics 

Advisory Panel (Panel), established 

within the Department of Education as 

part of the President’s American 

Competitiveness Initiative through 

Executive Order 13398, April 18, 2006, 

intends to conduct a national survey of 

algebra teachers currently teaching 

during 2007 spring semester. Through 

this survey, the Panel seeks to 

understand day-to-day experiences of 

algebra teachers in public school 

classrooms across the nation to obtain 

thought-provoking, revealing 

information and to conduct further 

research. Because learning algebra is so 

often a turning point in a student’s math 

education—when the student either 

thrives and moves forward or struggles 

and perhaps gives up on math—algebra 

teachers can offer a unique perspective 

on math education that is well worth 

understanding in some detail. 

Additional Information: The 

Department is requesting emergency 

processing for this collection in order to 

conduct this survey immediately. The 

Math Panel must survey algebra 

teachers this school term of 2007 by the 

beginning of April 2007, allowing 

teachers several weeks to respond to the 

survey before the end of the school year. 

The Panel intends to study the survey 

responses, and review results of the 

research and will summarize their 

findings. These findings will under-pin 

recommendations presented by the 

Panel in the final report. If the normal 

clearance process was followed, this 

survey would not be able to be 

conducted and a final report would be 

incomplete. Therefore, it is essential 

that the survey is conducted by the 

beginning of April 2007 so that teachers 

have enough time to respond to the 

survey and results of the survey can be 

presented in time. 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 1,000. 

Burden Hours: 333. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 3284. 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 the Internet 

address 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; National 

Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research—Disability 

and Rehabilitation Research Projects 

and Centers Program—Rehabilitation 

Engineering Research Centers 

(RERCs)—Accessible Medical 

Instrumentation (CFDA No. 84.133E–6); 

and Workplace Accommodations 

(CFDA No. 84.133E–7) 

ACTION: Notices inviting applications for 

new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2007; 

Correction. 

SUMMARY: On February 14, 2007, we 

published in the Federal Register (72 

FR 7325 and 7328) two notices inviting 

applications (NIAs) for new awards for 

FY 2007 for the RERC for Accessible 

Medical Instrumentation and the RERC 

for Workplace Accommodations 

competitions. Each of the NIAs 

contained an incorrect date for the 

deadline of transmittal of applications. 

In the NIA for the RERC for 

Accessible Medical Instruction (CFDA 

No. 84.133E–6), on pages 7325 and 

7326, first columns, ‘‘Deadline for 

Transmittal of Applications: April 30, 

2007’’ is corrected to read ‘‘Deadline for 

Transmittal of Applications: April 16, 

2007.’’

In the NIA for the RERC for 

Workplace Accommodations (CFDA No. 

84.133E–7), on pages 7328 and 7329, 

third columns, ‘‘Deadline for 

Transmittal of Applications: April 30, 

2007’’ is corrected to read ‘‘Deadline for 

Transmittal of Applications: April 16, 

2007.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 6030, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 

(202) 245–7462 or by e-mail: 

donna.nangle@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the TDD number at (202) 245–7317 or 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request by contacting the program 

contact person listed in this section. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may 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. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

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 

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Dated: February 22, 2007. 

Andrew J. Pepin, 

Executive Administrator for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–3439 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am] 

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting for the 

Technical Guidelines Development 

Committee. 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, March 22, 

2007, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST; Friday, 

March 23, 2007, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST. 

PLACE: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Building 101, Employees Lounge, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–8900. 

STATUS: The meeting will be open to the 

public. There is no fee to attend, but, 

due to security requirements, advance 

registration is required. Registration and 

additional meeting information will be 

available at http://www.vote.nist.gov by 

March 1, 2007. This meeting will be 

Web cast. 

SUMMARY: The Technical guidelines 

Development Committee (the 

‘‘Development Committee’’) has 

scheduled a plenary meeting for March 

22nd and 23rd, 2007. The Committee 

was established in 2004 to act in the 

public interest to assist the Executive 

Director of the U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) in the development 

of voluntary voting system guidelines. 

The Development Committee has held 

seven previous meetings. The 

proceedings of these plenary sessions 

are available at http://vote.nist.gov. The 

purpose of the eighth meeting of the 

Development Committee will be to 

review and approve a draft of 

recommendations for future voluntary 

voting system guidelines to the EAC. 

The draft recommendations respond to 

tasks defined in resolutions passed at 

the previous Technical Guideline 

Development Committee meetings. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Technical Guidelines Development 

Committee (the ‘‘Development 

Committee’’) has scheduled a plenary 

meeting for March 22nd and 23rd, 2007. 

The committee was established 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 15361, to act in 

the public interest to assist the 

Executive Director of the Election 

Assistance Commission in the 

development of the voluntary voting 

system guidelines. The Technical 

Guidelines Development Committee 

held their first plenary meeting on July 

9, 2004. At this meeting, the 

Development Committee agreed to a 

resolution forming three working 

groups: (1) Human Factors & Privacy; (2) 

Security & Transparency; and (3) Core 

Requirements & Testing to gather 

information and review preliminary 

reports on issues pertinent to voluntary 

voting standard recommendations. At 

subsequent plenary sessions, additional 

resolutions were debated and adopted 

by the TGDC. The resolutions define 

technical work tasks for NIST that assist 

the TGDC in developing 

recommendations for voluntary voting 

system guidelines. The Development 

Committee approved initial 

recommendations for voluntary voting 

system guidelines at the April 20th & 

21st, 2005 meeting. The 

recommendations were formally 

delivered to the EAC in May 2005 for 

their review. In September of 2005, the 

Development Committee began review 

of preliminary technical reports for the 

next iteration of voluntary voting system 

guidelines. The Committee will review 

and debate draft recommendations for 

the next iteration of voluntary voting 

system guidelines at the March 22nd 

and 23rd, 2007 meeting. 

CONTACT INFORMATION: Allan Eustis 301–

975–5099. If a member of the public 

would like to submit comments 

concerning the Committee’s affairs at 

any time before or after the meeting, 

written comments should be addressed 

to the contact person indicated above, c/ 

o NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 

8970, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 or to 

voting@nist.gov. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Science 

DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the DOE/NSF Nuclear 

Science Advisory Committee (NSAC). 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public 

Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of these meetings be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, March 8, 2007; 9:20 

a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2007; 8 

a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 

1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, VA 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda L. May, U.S. Department of 

Energy; SC–26/Germantown Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–1290; 

Telephone: 301–903–0536. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and guidance on a continuing 

basis to the Department of Energy and 

the National Science Foundation on 

scientific priorities within the field of 

basic nuclear science research. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include discussions of the following: 

Thursday, March 8, 2007 

• Perspectives from Department of 

Energy and National Science 

Foundation. 

• Presentation of the Neutrino 

Scientific Assessment Group 

Subcommittee Report. 

• Report from NuPECC. 

• Report on the Committee of 

Visitors. 

• Update on the Education and ACI 

Town Meetings. 

• Public Comment (10-minute rule). 

Friday, March 9, 2007 

• Discussion of Transmittal Letter for 

the COV Report. 

• Status Report from NSAC RIB Task 

Force. 

• Update on Town Meetings I–IV. 

• Public Comment (10-minute rule). 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. If you would like to 

file a written statement with the 

Committee, you may do so either before 

or after the meeting. If you would like 

to make oral statements regarding any of 

these items on the agenda, you should 

contact Brenda L. May, 301–903–0536 

or Brenda.May@science.doe.gov (email). You must make your request for 

an oral statement at least 5 business 

days before the meeting. Reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

scheduled oral statements on the 

agenda. The Chairperson of the 

Committee will conduct the meeting to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Public comment will follow 

the 10-minute rule. This notice is being 

published less than 15 days before the 

date of the meeting due to programmatic 

issues that had to be resolved. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 30 days at the Freedom 


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