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Tribal, who may at times support a 

federal agency (such as a first responder 

supporting FEMA during a disaster 

relief effort), personnel working for any 

organization serving the ASG: The 

Allied System for Geospatial 

Intelligence, a federation of countries 

(allies) of the United States interested in 

geospatial concerns. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,350. 

Number of Respondents: 2,700. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: Semi-annually. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

Respondents are geospatial 

professionals who participate in the 

tasking, collection, analysis, 

dissemination, or various other support 

roles. Many of these roles involve life 

and death decision-support, and NGA 

seeks ways to deliver geospatial 

information more rapidly and more 

efficiently. By understanding 

requirements, NGA can develop 

products and services and delivery 

methods that provide the necessary 

decision-support. 

Dated: January 18, 2013. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2013–01411 Filed 1–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2012–ICCD–0057] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

National Assessment of Education 

Progress (NAEP) 2014–2016 System 

Clearance 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

IES, NCES. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

25, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2012–ICCD–0057 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. Written 

requests for information or comments 

submitted by postal mail or delivery 

should be addressed to the Director of 

the Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. 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 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: National 

Assessment of Education Progress 

(NAEP) 2014–2016 System Clearance. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0790. 

Type of Review: Revision of an 

existing collection of information. 

Respondents/Affected Public: States, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,609,126. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 758,329. 

Abstract: NCES is requesting a 3 year 

generic system clearance for the 

National Assessment of Education 

Progress (NAEP) to be administered in 

the 2014–2016 timeframe (OMB #1850– 

0790). The primary reason for the 

system clearance request is that it 

enables NAEP to meet its large and 

complex assessment reporting schedules 

and deliverables through a more 

efficient clearance process. NAEP is a 

federally authorized survey of student 

achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in 

various subject areas, such as 

mathematics, reading, writing, science, 

U.S. history, civics, geography, 

economics, technology and engineering 

literacy (TEL), and the arts. The 

National Assessment of Educational 

Progress Authorization Act (Pub. L. 

107–279 Title III, section 303) requires 

the assessment to collect data on 

specified student groups and 

characteristics, including information 

organized by race/ethnicity, gender, 

socio-economic status, disability, and 

limited English proficiency. It requires 

fair and accurate presentation of 

achievement data and permits the 

collection of background, noncognitive, 

or descriptive information that is related 

to academic achievement and aids in 

fair reporting of results. The intent of 

the law is to provide representative 

sample data on student achievement for 

the nation, the states, and 

subpopulations of students and to 

monitor progress over time. The nature 

of NAEP is that burden alternates from 

a relatively low burden in national-level 

administration years to a substantial 

burden increase in state-level 

administration years when the sample 

has to allow for estimates for individual 

states and some of the large urban 

districts. Consequently, the estimated 

respondent burden is substantially 

lower for the 2014 and 2016 versus the 

2015 administration of NAEP. The 

NAEP results will be reported to the 

public through the Nations Report Card 

as well as other online NAEP tools. 

Dated: January 18, 2013. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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