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statutory obligations. The Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, publishes this

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 at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

Dated: November 10, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Type of Review: New.

Title: Streamlined Clearance Process

for Discretionary Grant Information

Collections. Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not for Profit institutions; State, Local

or Tribal Government, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 1.

Burden Hours: 1.

Abstract: This information collection

plan provides the U.S. Department of

Education with the option of submitting

its discretionary grant information

collections through a streamlined

Paperwork Reduction Act clearance

process. This streamlined information to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) and, at the same time, publishes

a 30-day public comment period notice

in the Federal Register. OMB will then

have 60 days after the public comment

period begins to reach a decision on the

information collection.

[FR Doc. 97–30092 Filed 11–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board.

ACTION: Amendment to notice of closed

and partially meetings of the Governing

Board.

SUMMARY: This amends the notice of

closed and partially closed meetings of

the National Assessment Governing

Board published on Monday, November

10, 1997 in Vol. 62, No. 217, page

60488. On November 21—full Board

8:00 to 10:15 a.m., (open). Full Board,

12:00 noon–4:00 p.m., (open); Joint

meeting of Achievement Levels and

Design and Methodology Committees,

4:00–5:00 p.m., (open); Reporting and

Dissemination Committee, 4:00–5:00

p.m., (open); and Joint meeting of

Subject Area Committees #1 and #2,

4:00–5:00 p.m., (open).

The agenda for the 8:00–10:15 a.m.

session of the full Board has been

changed to include a presentation and

discussion on NAEP redesign issues and

the Executive Director’s report has been

eliminated from the agenda.. The

agenda for the full Board session

scheduled for 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m.

has been changed to include an update

on the voluntary national tests

initiative, and discussion on processes

to be utilized in the review of contracts

and test specifications. The presentation

on NAEP activities from framework

development to reporting the results has

been eliminated from the agenda. The

agendas for the 4:00–5:00 p.m. meetings

of the Governing Board committees are

as follows: the joint Achievement Levels

and Design and Methodology

Committees will consider technical

aspects of the current Voluntary

National Tests contract; the Reporting

and Dissemination Committee will

discuss issues related to Voluntary

National Tests reporting, use, and

information for parents and the public;

and the joint Subject Area Committees

#1 and #2 will be provided an update on

specifications for the Voluntary

National Tests.

DATES: November 20–22, 1997.

LOCATION: Ritz Carlton Hotel, Pentagon

City, 1250 South Hayes Street,

Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer,

National Assessment Governing Board,

Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street, NW,

Washington, D.C., 20002–4233,

Telephone: (202) 357–6938.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 97–30279 Filed 11–14–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer

Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice—computer matching

between the Department of Education

and the Internal Revenue Service,

Department of Treasury.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Computer

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of

1988, Public Law 100–503, and the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of

Matching Programs, notice is hereby

given of the computer matching

program between the Department of

Education (ED) (the recipient agency),

and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Department of Treasury (the source

agency).

Notice of the matching program was

originally published in the Federal

Register on June 3, 1993 (58 FR 31587);

the program became effective on May

8,1995. Duration was 18 months plus a

one-year extension permitted by the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the

Computer Matching and Privacy

Protection Act of 1988 (5 U.S.C.

552a(o)(2)(D)). The one-year extension

expired on August 31, 1997. This

document notifies the public of the

approval of a new agreement between

the Department of Treasury and

Department of Education to continue

the matching program. The Data

Integrity Boards of both agencies have

approved this new agreement.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, and

OMB guidance on the computer

matching provision of the Privacy Act,

the following is provided:

1. Name of Participating Agencies

The U. S. Department of Education

(ED) and the Internal Revenue Service

(IRS) of the U. S. Department of

Treasury.

2. Purpose of the Match

This matching program, entitled

Taxpayer Address Request , permits ED

to have access to any taxpayer’s mailing

address who has defaulted on certain

loans extended under the Higher

Education Act for the purposes of

locating the taxpayer to collect the loan.

This Agreement further provides for

redisclosure by the Secretary of

Education of a taxpayer’s mailing

address to any lender, or State or

nonprofit guarantee agency, also

participating under the Higher

Education Act, or any educational

institution with which the Secretary of

Education has an agreement under that

Act.
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3. Authority for Conducting the

Matching Program

The information contained in the IRS

data base is referred to TAR, and is

authorized under the Internal Revenue

Code (IRC) 6103 (m) (4), Public Law 99–

603. ED seeks access to this data base

under the Higher Education Act of 1965,

as amended under section 3 (a) (1) of the

Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of

1962.

4. Categories of Records and

Individuals Covered

The records to be used in the match

and the roles of the matching

participants are described as follows:

ED will provide the Social Security

Number (ssn) and first four letters of the

last name of each student who has

defaulted under a loan program

authorized under Title IV of the Higher

Education Act of 1965. This information

will be extracted from the Title IV

Program File system of records (18–40–

0024). The ED data will be matched

against IRS’’ system of records to collect

the most recent address of each taxpayer

who matches the SSN and first four

letters provided by ED.

5. Effective Dates of the Matching

Program

The matching program will become

effective 40-days after a copy of the

agreement, as approved by the Data

Integrity Board of each agency, is sent

to Congress and the Office of

Management and Budget, or 30-days

after publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, unless OMB

disapproves the Matching Program

within the 40-day review period. If

OMB takes no action within the 40-

days, this Matching Program becomes

effective after both the 40-day OMB

period and the 30-day Federal Register

period have passed. The matching

program will continue for 18 months

after the effective date and may be

extended for an additional 12 months, if

the conditions specified in 5 U. S. C.

552a (o) (2) (D) have been met.

6. Address for Receipt of Public

Comments or Inquiries

The person to contact if there are any

questions or inquiries is:

Cynthia D.B. Mills, Management

Analyst, Federal Family Student Loan

Systems Division, Office of

Postsecondary Education, Development

Division, US Department of Education,

600 Independence Avenue, SW, (Room

4613, ROB–3), Washington, DC 20202,

Telephone: 202–708–9768. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TTD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

the preceding paragraph.

Electronic Access to This Document

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the

Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with

Search, which is available free at either

of the previous sites. If you have

questions about using the pdf, call the

U. S. Government Printing Office toll

free at 1–888–293–6498.

Anyone may also view these

documents in text copy only on an

electronic bulletin board of the

Department . Telephone: (202) 219–

1511 or toll free, 1–800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option

G—Files/Announcement, Bulletins and

Press Releases.

Note: The official version of this document

is the document published in the Federal

Register.

Dated: November 7, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–30050 Filed 11–14–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Research

Office of Environmental Management;

Energy Research Financial Assistance

Program Notice 98–04; Environmental

Management Science Program:

Research Related to Decontamination

and Decommissioning of Facilities

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy

(DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting grant

applications.

SUMMARY: The Offices of Energy

Research (ER) and Environmental

Management (EM), U.S. Department of

Energy, hereby announce their interest

in receiving grant applications for

performance of innovative, fundamental

research to support specifically

activities for facility decontamination

and decommissioning (D&D); which

include, but are not limited to, the

characterization, monitoring, and

certification of contaminated equipment

and facilities; contaminant removal,

contaminant control of various

treatment processes; the treatment,

removal, and stabilization of DOE D&Dderived radioactive, hazardous

chemical, and mixed wastes.

DATES: Potential applicants are strongly

encouraged to submit a brief

preapplication. All preapplications,

referencing Program Notice 98–04,

should be received by DOE by 4:30 P.M.

E.S.T., December 16, 1997. A response

encouraging or discouraging a formal

application generally will be

communicated to the applicant within

three weeks of receipt. The deadline for

receipt of formal applications is 4:30

P.M., E.S.T., March 17, 1998, in order to

be accepted for merit review and to

permit timely consideration for award

in Fiscal Year 1998.

ADDRESSES: All preapplications,

referencing Program Notice 98–04,

should be sent to Dr. Roland F. Hirsch,

ER–73, Mail Stop F–240, Office of

Biological and Environmental Research,

U.S. Department of Energy, 19901

Germantown Road, Germantown, MD

20874–1290. Preapplications will be

accepted if submitted by U. S. Postal

Service, including Express Mail,

commercial mail delivery service, or

hand delivery, but will not be accepted

by fax, electronic mail, or other means.

After receiving notification from DOE

concerning successful preapplications,

applicants may prepare and submit

formal applications. Applications must

be sent to: U.S. Department of Energy,

Office of Energy Research, Grants and

Contracts Division, ER–64, 19901

Germantown Road, Germantown, MD

20874–1290, Attn: Program Notice 98–

04. The above address for formal

applications must also be used when

submitting formal applications by U.S.

Postal Service Express Mail, any

commercial mail delivery service, or

when hand carried by the applicant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Roland F. Hirsch, ER–73, Mail Stop F–

240, Office of Biological and

Environmental Research, Office of

Energy Research, U.S. Department of

Energy, 19901 Germantown Road,

Germantown, MD 20874–1290,

telephone: (301) 903–5349, fax: (301)

903–0567, E-mail:

roland.hirsch@oer.doe.gov, or Mr. Mark

Gilbertson, Office of Science and Risk

Policy, Office of Science and

Technology, Office of Environmental

Management, 1000 Independence