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Accessible Format: Individuals with 

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Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

David Bergeron, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Policy, Planning, and 

Innovation to perform the functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Postsecondary Education. 

Dated: March 26, 2012. 

David Bergeron, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

Planning, and Innovation, delegated the 

authority to perform the functions and duties 

of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Advisory Committee on 

Institutional Quality and Integrity 

(NACIQI) 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, 

Office of Postsecondary Education, 

National Advisory Committee on 

Institutional Quality and Integrity. 

ACTION: Announcement of an open 

meeting of the National Advisory 

Committee on Institutional Quality and 

Integrity (NACIQI) and information 

pertaining to members of the public 

submitting third-party written and oral 

comments. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of Postsecondary 

Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 

8072, Washington, DC 20006. 

NACIQI’S Statutory Authority and 

Function: The NACIQI is established 

under Section 114 of the HEA of 1965, 

as amended, 20 U.S.C. 1011c. The 

NACIQI advises the Secretary of 

Education about: 

• The establishment and enforcement 

of the criteria for recognition of 

accrediting agencies or associations 

under Subpart 2, Part H, Title IV, of the 

HEA, as amended. 

• The recognition of specific 

accrediting agencies or associations or a 

specific State approval agency. 

• The preparation and publication of 

the list of nationally recognized 

accrediting agencies and associations 

• The eligibility and certification 

process for institutions of higher 

education under Title IV, of the HEA, 

together with recommendations for 

improvement in such process. 

• The relationship between (1) 

accreditation of institutions of higher 

education and the certification and 

eligibility of such institutions, and (2) 

State licensing responsibilities with 

respect to such institutions. 

• Any other advisory function 

relating to accreditation and 

institutional eligibility that the 

Secretary may prescribe. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda for the June 25–26, 2012, 

meeting of the National Advisory 

Committee on Institutional Quality and 

Integrity (NACIQI); and provides 

information to members of the public on 

submitting written comments and on 

requesting to make oral comments at the 

meeting. The notice of this meeting is 

required under Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) and Section 114(d)(1)(B) of the 

Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as 

amended. 

Meeting Date and Place: The NACIQI 

meeting will be held on June 25–26, 

2012, from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 

approximately 5:30 p.m. at the Westin 

Alexandria, 400 Courthouse Square, 

Alexandria, VA 22314. 

Meeting Agenda: Below is a list of 

agencies, including their current and 

requested scopes of recognition, 

scheduled for review during the June 

25–26, 2012, meeting: 

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition 

Accrediting Agencies 

1. The Association for Biblical Higher 

Education (ABHE), Commission on 

Accreditation (Current Scope: The 

accreditation and preaccreditation 

(‘‘Candidate for Accreditation’’) of Bible 

colleges and institutes in the United 

States offering undergraduate programs 

through both campus-based instruction 

and distance education.) Requested 

Scope: The preaccreditation and 

accreditation of institutions of biblical 

higher education in the United States 

offering undergraduate and graduate 

programs (including master’s, first 

professional, and doctoral degrees) 

through campus-based instruction and 

distance education; and the 

accreditation of undergraduate and 

graduate programs of biblical and 

ministerial education offered in 

nationally or regionally accredited 

institutions whose overall mission and 

curricula are compatible with ABHE’s 

purpose and membership standards, via 

campus-based and distance education. 

2. Accreditation Commission for 

Midwifery Education (Current Scope: 

The accreditation and pre-accreditation 

of basic certificate, basic graduate nursemidwifery, direct entry midwifery, and 

pre-certification nurse-midwifery 

education programs. The accreditation 

and pre-accreditation of freestanding 

institutions of midwifery education that 

may offer other related health care 

programs to include nurse practitioner 

programs, and including those 

institutions and programs that offer 

distance education.) Requested Scope: 

The accreditation and pre-accreditation 

of basic certificate, basic graduate nursemidwifery, direct entry midwifery, and 

pre-certification nurse-midwifery 

education programs. 

3. Accreditation Council for Pharmacy 

Education (Current Scope: The 

accreditation and preaccreditation of 

professional degree programs in 

pharmacy leading to the degree of 

Doctor of Pharmacy.) 

4. Association for Clinical Pastoral 

Education, Inc., Accreditation 

Commission (Current Scope: The 

accreditation of both clinical pastoral 

education (CPE) centers and CPE and 

Supervisory CPE programs located 

within the United States and territories.) 

5. American Dental Association, 

Commission on Dental Accreditation 

(Current Scope: The accreditation of 

predoctoral dental education programs 

(leading to the D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree), 

advanced dental education programs, 

and allied dental education programs 

that are fully operational or have 

attained ‘‘Initial Accreditation’’ status, 

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including programs offered via distance 

education.) 

6. American Occupational Therapy 

Association, Accreditation Council for 

Occupational Therapy Education 

(Current Scope: The accreditation of 

occupational therapy education 

programs offering the professional 

master’s degree, combined 

baccalaureate/master’s degree, and 

occupational therapy doctorate (OTD) 

degree; the accreditation of occupational 

therapy assistant programs offering the 

associate degree or a certificate; and the 

accreditation of these programs offered 

via distance education.) 

7. Commission on Collegiate Nursing 

Education (Current Scope: The 

accreditation of nursing education 

programs in the United States, at the 

baccalaureate and graduate degree 

levels, including programs offering 

distance education.) Requested Scope: 

The accreditation of nursing education 

programs in the United States, at the 

baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral 

levels, including programs offering 

distance education. 

8. Middle States Commission on 

Secondary Schools (Current Scope: The 

accreditation of institutions with 

postsecondary, non-degree granting 

career and technology programs in 

Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New 

York, Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, 

and the U.S. Virgin Islands including 

those that offer all or part of their 

educational programs via distance 

education modalities.) 

9. Distance Education and Training 

Council, Accrediting Commission 

(Current Scope: The accreditation of 

postsecondary institutions in the United 

States that offer degree programs 

primarily by the distance education 

method up to and including the 

professional doctoral degree, and are 

specifically certified by the agency as 

accredited for Title IV purposes; and for 

the accreditation of postsecondary 

institutions in the United States not 

participating in Title IV that offer 

programs primarily by the distance 

education method up through the 

professional doctoral degree.) 

10. National League for Nursing 

Accrediting Commission (Current 

Scope: The accreditation in the United 

States of programs in practical nursing, 

and diploma, associate, baccalaureate 

and higher degree nurse education 

programs, including those offered via 

distance education.) Requested Scope: 

Accreditation of nursing education 

programs and schools, both 

postsecondary and higher degree, which 

offer either a certificate, diploma, or a 

recognized professional degree 

including clinical doctorate, master’s, 

baccalaureate, associate, diploma, and 

practical nursing programs in the 

United States and its territories, 

including those offered via distance 

education. 

11. Southern Association of Colleges 

and Schools (SACS), Commission on 

Colleges (COC) (Current Scope: The 

accreditation and preaccreditation 

(‘‘Candidate for Accreditation’’) of 

degree-granting institutions of higher 

education in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 

Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, 

Texas, and Virginia, including distance 

education programs offered at those 

institutions). Requested Scope: The 

accreditation and preaccreditation 

(‘‘Candidate for Accreditation’’) of 

degree-granting institutions of higher 

education in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 

Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, 

Texas, and Virginia, including the 

accreditation of programs offered via 

distance and correspondence education 

within these institutions. This 

recognition extends to the SACS–COC 

Board of Trustees and the Appeals 

Committee of the College Delegate 

Assembly on cases of initial candidacy 

or initial accreditation and for 

continued accreditation or candidacy. 

State Approval Agency for Public 

Postsecondary Vocational Education 

1. Puerto Rico State Agency for the 

Approval of Public Postsecondary 

Vocational, Technical Institutions and 

Programs (Current Scope: Recognition 

as the State agency for the approval of 

public postsecondary vocational 

technical education in the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico). 

Compliance Reports 

1. American Speech-LanguageHearing Association, Council on 

Academic Accreditation in Audiology 

and Speech-Language Pathology 

(Current Scope: The accreditation and 

preaccreditation (Accreditation 

Candidate) throughout the United States 

of education programs in audiology and 

speech-language pathology leading to 

the first professional or clinical degree 

at the master’s or doctoral level, and the 

accreditation of these programs offered 

via distance education. 

2. National Accrediting Commission 

of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc. 

(Current Scope: The accreditation 

throughout the United States of 

postsecondary schools and departments 

of cosmetology arts and sciences and 

massage therapy). 

Request for Degree-Granting Authority 

In accordance with the ‘‘Federal 

Policy Governing the Granting of 

Academic Degrees by Federal Agencies’’ 

(approved by a letter from the Director, 

Bureau of the Budget, to the Secretary, 

Health, Education, and Welfare, dated 

December 23, 1954), the Secretary is 

required to establish a review committee 

to advise the Secretary concerning any 

legislation that may be proposed that 

would authorize the granting of degrees 

by a Federal agency. After considering 

the criteria established by the policy, 

the review committee forwards its 

recommendation concerning a Federal 

agency’s proposed degree-granting 

authority to the Secretary, who then 

forwards the committee’s 

recommendation and the Secretary’s 

recommendation to the Office of 

Management and Budget and the 

Department of Defense. The Secretary 

uses the NACIQI as the review 

committee required for this purpose. 

Accordingly, the Advisory Committee 

will review the following request: 

1. Under the authority of Department 

of Defense Instruction DODI–3305.01, 

dated December 22, 2006, incorporating 

change 1 of February 9, 2011, the 

National Intelligence University, Bolling 

Air Force Base, requests degree-granting 

authority to award a Master’s of Science 

and Technology Intelligence degree. 

Submission of Written Comments: 

Written comments must be received by 

April 16, 2012, in the 

accreditationcommittees@ed.gov 

mailbox and include the subject line 

‘‘Written Comments: re (agency name).’’ 

The email must include the name, title, 

affiliation, mailing address, email 

address, telephone and facsimile 

numbers and Web site (if any) of the 

person/group making the comment. 

Comments should be submitted as a 

Microsoft Word document or in a 

medium compatible with Microsoft 

Word (not a PDF file) that is attached to 

an electronic mail message (email) or 

provided in the body of an email 

message. Comments about an agency’s 

compliance report must relate to the 

issues raised and the criteria for 

recognition cited in the Secretary’s letter 

that requested the report. Comments 

about an agency’s renewal of 

recognition must relate to its 

compliance with the Criteria for the 

Recognition of Accrediting Agencies or 

the Criteria and Procedures for 

Recognition of State Agencies for 

Approval of Public Postsecondary 

Vocational Education, as appropriate, 

which are available at http:// 

www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/ 

index.html. Third parties having 

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concerns about agencies regarding 

matters outside the scope of the petition 

should report those concerns to 

Department staff. Only material 

submitted by the deadline to the email 

address listed in this notice, and in 

accordance with these instructions, 

become part of the official record 

concerning agencies scheduled for 

review and are considered by the 

Department and the NACIQI in their 

deliberations. Please do not send 

material directly to the NACIQI 

members. 

Submission of Requests To Make An 

Oral Comment: There are two methods 

the public may use to make a third-party 

oral comment of three to five minutes 

concerning one of the agencies 

scheduled for review on June 25–26, 

2012. Oral comments about agencies 

seeking continued recognition must 

relate to the criteria for the recognition 

of accrediting agencies or the Criteria 

and Procedures for Recognition of State 

Agencies for Approval of Public 

Postsecondary Vocational Education, as 

appropriate, which are available at: 

http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/ 

accred/index.html. 

Method One: Submit a request by 

email to the 

accreditationcommittees@ed.gov 

mailbox. Please do not send material 

directly to NACIQI members. Requests 

must be received by April 16, 2012, and 

include the subject line ‘‘Oral Comment 

Request: re (agency name).’’ The email 

must include the name, title, affiliation, 

mailing address, email address, 

telephone and facsimile numbers and 

Web site (if any) of the person/group 

requesting to speak. All individuals or 

groups submitting an advance request in 

accordance with this notice will be 

afforded an opportunity to speak for a 

minimum of three minutes each. Each 

request must concern the recognition of 

a single agency or institution tentatively 

scheduled in this notice for review, be 

no more than one page (maximum), and 

must include: 

1. The name, title, affiliation, mailing 

address, email address, telephone and 

facsimile numbers, and Web site (if any) 

of the person/group requesting to speak; 

and, 

2. A brief summary of the principal 

points to be made during the oral 

presentation. 

Method Two: Register at the meeting 

location on June 25 or June 26, 2012, to 

make an oral comment during the 

NACIQI’s deliberations concerning a 

particular agency or institution 

scheduled for review that day. The 

requestor must provide his or her name, 

title, affiliation, mailing address, email 

address, telephone and facsimile 

numbers, and Web site (if any). A total 

of up to fifteen minutes during each 

agency review will be allotted for 

commenters who register on June 25 or 

June 26, 2012. Individuals or groups 

will be selected on a first-come, firstserved basis. If selected, each 

commenter may speak from three to five 

minutes, depending on the number of 

individuals or groups who signed up the 

day of the meeting. 

If a person or group requests to make 

comments in advance, they cannot also 

register for an oral presentation 

opportunity on June 25 or June 26, 2012. 

The oral comments made will become 

part of the official record and will be 

considered by the Department and 

NACIQI in their deliberations. 

Individuals and groups making oral 

presentations concerning scheduled 

agencies may not distribute written 

materials at the meeting. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: The 

Department will post the official report 

of the meeting on the NACIQI Web site 

shortly after the meeting. Pursuant to 

the FACA, the public may also inspect 

the materials at 1990 K Street NW., 

Washington, DC, by emailing 

aslrecordsmanager@ed.gov or by calling 

(202) 219–7067 to schedule an 

appointment. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. If you will need an 

auxiliary aid or service to participate in 

the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 

assistive listening device, or materials in 

an alternate format), notify the contact 

person listed in this notice at least two 

weeks before the scheduled meeting 

date. Although we will attempt to meet 

a request received after that date, we 

may not be able to make available the 

requested auxiliary aid or service 

because of insufficient time to arrange 

it. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Griffiths, Acting Executive 

Director, NACIQI, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 

8072, Washington, DC 20006–8129, 

telephone: (202) 219–7035, fax: (202) 

219–7005, or email: 

Carol.Griffiths@ed.gov. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

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 via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can 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). To use PDF, you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

David Bergeron, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Policy, Planning, and 

Innovation to perform the functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Postsecondary Education. 

David Bergeron, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

Planning, and Innovation, delegated the 

authority to perform the functions and duties 

of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy, 

DoE. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) invites public comment on a 

proposed collection of information that 

DOE is developing for submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) 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; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

The proposed collection would 

involve information for a scorecard that 

would assist DOE’s Clean Cities 

Coalitions and stakeholders in assessing 

the level of readiness of their 

communities for plug-in electric 

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