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IV. Nomination Procedures 

Any interested person or organization 

may nominate a qualified candidate for 

membership on the Board. Nominations 

must include: 

1. A letter describing the nominee’s 

interests and qualifications to serve on 

the Board and including an indication 

that the nominee is willing to be 

considered for Board membership; and 

2. A complete resume or curriculum 

vitae for the nominee. 

CFPB does not request letters of 

recommendation and will not consider 

them. To evaluate potential sources of 

conflicts of interest, the Bureau may ask 

potential candidates to provide 

information related to financial holdings 

and/or professional affiliations, and to 

allow the Bureau to perform a 

background check. 

The Bureau will not review 

nominations and will not answer 

questions from internal or external 

parties regarding nominations until the 

nominations period has closed. 

Dated: February 17, 2012. 

Meredith Fuchs, 

Chief of Staff, Consumer Financial Protection 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4240 Filed 2–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Director, 

Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

submission for OMB review as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

26, 2012. 

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 N.W., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

emailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a 

cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

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. The OMB is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: (1) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) Minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: February 17, 2012. 

Ellen Campbell, 

Acting Deputy Director Privacy, Information 

and Records Management Services Office of 

Management. 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B 

State Performance Plan (SPP) and 

Annual Performance Report (APR). 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0624. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: Federal Government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 60. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 330,600. 

Abstract: In accordance with 20 

U.S.C. 1416(b)(1), not later than one 

year after the date of enactment of the 

Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act, as revised in 2004, each State must 

have in place a performance plan that 

evaluates the State’s efforts to 

implement the requirements and 

purposes of Part B and describe how the 

State will improve such 

implementation. This plan is called the 

Part B State Performance Plan (Part B— 

SPP). In accordance with 20 U.S.C. 

1416(b)(2)(C)(ii) the State shall report 

annually to the public on the 

performance of each local educational 

agency located in the State on the 

targets in the State’s performance plan. 

The State also shall report annually to 

the Secretary on the performance of the 

State under the State’s performance 

plan. This report is called the Part B 

Annual Performance Report (Part B— 

APR). Information Collection 1820–0624 

corresponds to 34 CFR 300.600– 

300.602. 

Copies of the information collection 

submission for OMB review may be 

accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site 

at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain or from the Department’s Web 

site at http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by 

selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 04736. 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., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection and 

OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

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. 2012–4221 Filed 2–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad 

Program—Short-Term Projects and 

Advanced Overseas Intensive 

Language Training Projects 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: Fulbright-Hays 

Group Projects Abroad Program—ShortTerm Projects and Advanced Overseas 

Intensive Language Training Projects; 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2012. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.021A and 84.021B. 

Dates: Applications Available: 

February 23, 2012. Deadline for 

Transmittal of Applications: April 23, 

2012. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The FulbrightHays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) 

Program supports overseas projects in 

training, research, and curriculum 

development in modern foreign 

languages and area studies for groups of 

teachers, students, and faculty engaged 

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