82342 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 225 / Friday, November 24, 2023 / Notices 

Honorable (Hon.) Sasha Baker, Acting 

USDP, will welcome the DPB; The Hon. 

Mara Karlin, Performing the Duties of 

the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 

for Policy (DUSDP), and The Hon. 

Celeste A. Wallander, Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for International 

Security Affairs, will provide an update 

on how the Office of the USDP is 

approaching Russia; Mr. Nicholas R. 

Berliner, Special Assistant to the 

President and Senior Director for Russia 

and Central Asia, National Security 

Council, will provide an update from 

the Intelligence Community on how 

they are approaching Russia; General 

Charles Q. Brown, Chairman of the 

Joints Chiefs of Staff, will discuss how 

he is approaching Russia; General 

Christopher G. Cavoli, Commander U.S. 

European Command will provide an 

update on how the combatant command 

is approaching Russia; the DPB will 

provide its advice and 

recommendations to the Hon. Lloyd 

James Austin III, Secretary of Defense, 

and the Hon. Kathleen Hicks, Deputy 

Secretary of Defense; and the Hon. Mara 

Karlin, Performing the Duties of the 

DUSDP, and Mr. Elee Wakim, Military 

Experts Working Group, will provide 

their findings related to the War in 

Ukraine. The meeting will then 

conclude. 

Meeting Accessibility: In accordance 

with 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) and 41 CFR 102– 

3.155, the DoD has determined that this 

meeting shall be closed to the public. 

The Acting Under Secretary of Defense 

(Policy), in consultation with the DoD 

FACA Attorney, has determined in 

writing that this meeting be closed to 

the public because the discussions fall 

under the purview of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) 

and are so inextricably intertwined with 

unclassified material that they cannot 

reasonably be segregated into separate 

discussions without disclosing 

classified material. 

Written Statements: In accordance 

with 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3) and 41 CFR 

102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140(c), the 

public or interested organizations may 

submit written statements to the 

membership of the DPB at any time 

regarding its mission or in response to 

the stated agenda of a planned meeting. 

Written statements should be submitted 

to the DPB’s DFO, which is listed in this 

notice or can be obtained from the 

GSA’s FACA Database—http://

www.facadatabase.gov/. Written 

statements that do not pertain to a 

scheduled meeting of the DPB may be 

submitted at any time. However, if 

individual comments pertain to a 

specific topic being discussed at a 

planned meeting, then these statements 

must be submitted no later than five 

business days prior to the meeting in 

question. The DFO will review all 

submitted written statements and 

provide copies to all members. 

Dated: November 16, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25907 Filed 11–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2023–FSA–0094] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended by the Computer 

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 

1988 and the Computer Matching and 

Privacy Protection Amendments of 1990 

(Privacy Act), and Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) guidance on the 

conduct of matching programs, notice is 

hereby given of the re-establishment of 

the matching program between the U.S. 

Department of Education (Department 

or ED) (recipient agency) and the U.S. 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

(source agency). The current 18-month 

Computer Matching Agreement (CMA) 

between ED and VA was recertified for 

an additional 12 months on January 3, 

2023, and will automatically expire on 

January 2, 2024. 

DATES: This CMA will supersede the 

current matching program between the 

parties. The period of this matching 

program is estimated to cover the 18- 

month period from December 27, 2023, 

through June 26, 2025. However, the 

matching program will become 

applicable at the later of the following 

two dates: December 27, 2023, or 30 

days after the publication of this notice, 

on November 24, 2023, unless 

comments have been received from 

interested members of the public 

requiring revision to and republication 

of the notice. The matching program 

will continue for 18 months after the 

applicable date and may be extended for 

up to an additional 12 months if the 

respective agency Data Integrity Boards 

(DIBs) determine that the conditions 

specified in 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D) have 

been met. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at regulations.gov. However, if 

you require an accommodation or 

cannot otherwise submit your 

comments via regulations.gov, please 

contact the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. The Department will not 

accept comments submitted by fax or by 

email, or comments submitted after the 

comment period. To ensure that the 

Department does not receive duplicate 

copies, please submit your comments 

only once. In addition, please include 

the Docket ID at the top of your 

comments. 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under the ‘‘FAQ’’ tab. 

Privacy Note: FSA’s policy is 

generally to make comments received 

from members of the public available for 

public viewing in their entirety on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available. FSA’s policy is that 

commenters should not include in their 

comments any information that 

identifies other individuals or that 

permits readers to identify other 

individuals. If, for example, your 

comment describes an experience of 

someone other than yourself, please do 

not identify that individual or include 

information that would allow readers to 

identify that individual. FSA reserves 

the right to redact at any time any 

information in comments that identifies 

other individuals, includes information 

that would allow readers to identify 

other individuals, or includes threats of 

harm to another person. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerard Duffey, Management and 

Program Analyst, U.S. Department of 

Education, Federal Student Aid, 

Philadelphia, PA 19107. Telephone: 

(215) 656–3249. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Privacy Act; OMB 

‘‘Final Guidance Interpreting the 

Provisions of Public Law 100–503, the 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988,’’ published in 

the Federal Register on June 19, 1989 

(54 FR 25818); and OMB Circular No. 

A–108, ‘‘Federal Agency 

Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, 

and Publication Under the Privacy Act,’’ 

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December 23, 2016 (81 FR 94424), 

notice is hereby provided of the reestablishment of the matching program 

between ED and VA. 

Participating Agencies 

ED and VA. 

Authority for Conducting the Matching 

Program 

ED is authorized to participate in the 

matching program under sections 

480(c)(1) and 480(d)(1)(D) of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(c)(1) and 

(d)(1)(D)). VA is authorized to 

participate in the matching program 

under 38 U.S.C. 523. 

Purpose(s) 

The purpose of this matching program 

is to assist the Secretary of Education 

(the Secretary) with verification of a 

veteran’s status during the processing 

and review of applications for financial 

assistance under title IV of the HEA. 

The Secretary is authorized by the 

HEA to administer programs under title 

IV of the HEA and to enforce the terms 

and conditions of the HEA. 

Section 480(c)(1) of the HEA defines 

the term ‘‘veteran’’ to mean ‘‘any 

individual who—(A) has engaged in the 

active duty in the United States Army, 

Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast 

Guard; and (B) was released under a 

condition other than dishonorable.’’ (20 

U.S.C. 1087vv(c)(1)). Under section 

480(d)(1)(D) of the HEA, an applicant 

who is a veteran (as defined in section 

480(c)(1) of the HEA) is considered an 

independent student for purposes of 

title IV, HEA program assistance 

eligibility, and, therefore, does not have 

to provide parental income and asset 

information to apply for title IV, HEA 

program assistance. (20 U.S.C. 

1087vv(d)(1)(D)). 

Categories of Individuals 

Individuals who have completed the 

Free Application for Federal Student 

Aid (FAFSA®) and have indicated that 

they are veterans. 

Categories of Records 

ED will disclose to the VA the Social 

Security number (SSN), first and last 

name, and date of birth (DOB) of each 

applicant for financial assistance under 

title IV of the HEA who indicates 

veteran status in their application. 

VA will compare these data elements 

against the first and last name, SSN, and 

DOB of veterans. As a result of the 

match, VA will assign one of four values 

to the applicant records: (1) veteran 

status confirmed; (2) record found on 

database, but not a qualifying veteran; 

(3) record not found on database; or (4) 

record found on database, but applicant 

on active duty. VA then will transmit 

applicant records back to ED. 

System(s) of Records 

ED systems of records: (1) Aid 

Awareness and Application Processing 

(AAAP) (18–11–21), last fully published 

in the Federal Register on June 15, 2023 

(88 FR 39233); and (2) Common 

Origination and Disbursement (COD) 

System (18–11–02) last fully published 

in the Federal Register on June 28, 2023 

(88 FR 41942). (Note: the ED Central 

Processing System (CPS) and Free 

Application for Federal Student Aid 

(FAFSA) Processing System (FPS) are 

the ED information systems that process 

FAFSA data from the Aid Awareness 

and Application Processing system of 

records. CPS will process this data 

through September 30, 2024, for Award 

Year (AY) 2023–24. FPS will become 

operational on or after December 1, 

2023, and begin processing FAFSA data 

for AY 2024–25. After September 30, 

2024, CPS will be decommissioned and 

will be fully replaced by FPS within 

AAAP. FPS will process data for all AYs 

thereafter. ED uses the COD System to 

determine the amounts and types of 

Title IV, HEA program assistance that an 

applicant for Title IV, HEA benefits will 

receive.) 

VA system of records: 

‘‘Compensation, Pension, Education, 

and Vocational Rehabilitation and 

Employment Records—VA’’ (58VA21/ 

22/28), last fully published in the 

Federal Register at 86 FR 61858 

(November 8, 2021). 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document in an accessible format. 

The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. 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 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. 

Richard Cordray, 

Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25999 Filed 11–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Petroleum Council 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy and 

Carbon Management, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the National Petroleum 

Council. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 9 

a.m. to no later than 11:30 a.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: Willard InterContinental, 

1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20004. In-person 

meeting. Information to access a live 

stream of the meeting proceedings will 

be available at: www.energy.gov/fecm/ 

national-petroleum-council-npc. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Johnson, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Resource 

Sustainability (FECM–30), 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585; telephone: (202) 586–6458 or 

email: nancy.johnson@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Committee: To provide 

advice, information, and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Energy on matters relating to oil and 

natural gas, and the oil and natural gas 

industries. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Call to Order and Introductory 

Remarks 

• Department of Energy Remarks 

• Progress Reports from the NPC 

Hydrogen Energy and GHG Emissions 

Committees 

• Administrative Matters 

• Discussion of Any Other Business 

Properly Brought Before the National 

Petroleum Council 

• Adjournment 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The Chair of the 

Council will conduct the meeting to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Members of the public who 


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