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552b, as amended) and 41 Code of the Federal Regulations (CFR 102–3.150).

Purpose of the Meeting: The Advisory Committee on Arlington National Cemetery is an independent Federal advisory committee chartered to provide the Secretary of the Army independent advice and recommendations on Arlington National Cemetery, including, but not limited to, cemetery administration, the erection of memorials at the cemetery, and master planning for the cemetery. The Secretary of the Army may act on the Committee’s advice and recommendations.

Proposed Agenda: The Committee will receive updates on the ANC Master Plan, major construction and expansion projects, and the plan for ANC 150th commemoration events. It will also review the current burial eligibility and military honors wait times, and the impact of such wait times; memorial monument requests; and possible technology uses to enhance families’ abilities to perpetually commemorate their loved ones.

Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the availability of space, this meeting isopen to the public. Seating is on a firstcome basis. The Women in Military Service for America is readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. For additional information about public access procedures, contact Ms. Renea Yates, the Committee’s Designated Federal Officer, at the email address or telephone number listed in the **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT** section.

Written Comments and Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the public or interested organizations may submit written comments or statements to the Committee, in response to the stated agenda of the open meeting or in regard to the Committee’s mission in general. Written comments or statements should be submitted to Ms. Renea Yates, the Committee’s Designated Federal Officer, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the address listed in the

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT** section. Each page of the comment or statement must include the author’s name, title or affiliation, address, and daytime phone number. Written comments or statements being submitted in response to the agenda set forth in this notice must be received by the Designated Federal Officer at least seven business days prior to the meeting to be considered by the Committee. The Designated Federal Officer will review all timely submitted written comments or statements with the Committee Chairperson, and ensure the comments are provided to all members of the Committee before the meeting. Written comments or statements received after this date may not be provided to the Committee until its next meeting. Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140(d), the Committee is not obligated to allow a member of the public to speak or otherwise address the Committee during the meeting. Members of the public will be permitted to make verbal comments during the Committee meeting only at the time and in the manner described below. If a member of the public is interested in making a verbal comment at the open meeting, that individual must submit a request, with a brief statement of the subject matter to be addressed by the comment, at least three (3) days in advance to the Committee’s Designated Federal Official, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the addresses listed in the **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT** section. The Designated Federal Official will log each request, in the order received, and in consultation with the Committee Chair determine whether the subject matter of each comment is relevant to the Committee’s mission and/or the topics to be addressed in this public meeting. A 15-minute period near the end of meeting will be available for verbal public comments. Members of the public who have requested to make a verbal comment and whose comments have been deemed relevant under the process described above, will be allotted no more than three (3) minutes during this period, and will be invited to speak in the order in which their requests were received by the Designated Federal Official.

Brenda S. Bowen, Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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**BILLING CODE 3710–08–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

**[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0059]**

**Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Annual**  **Progress Report for the Title III Alternative Financing Program Under**  **the Assistive Technology Act of 1998**

**AGENCY :**  Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), Department of Education (ED).

**ACTION :**  Notice **SUMMARY :**  In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq. ), ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.

**DATES :**  Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before June 13,

2014.

**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–2014–ICCD–0059 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily accept

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period will not be accepted; ED will ONLY accept comments during the comment period in this mailbox when the regulations.gov site is not available. 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, Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E115, Washington, DC 20202.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Robert Groenendaal, 202–245–7393 or Brian Bard, 202–245–7345.

**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


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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: Annual Progress Report for the Title III Alternative Financing Program Under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998.

OMB Control Number: 1820–0662. Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.

Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local or Tribal Governments.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 33.

Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 891.

Abstract: The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) requests
clearance for the renewal of a data collection instrument, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1820–0662, to be completed by grantees under title III of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 as in effect prior to the amendments of 2004 (Public Law 105–394) (AT Act of 1998). Title III of the AT Act of 1998 authorized grants to public agencies to support the
establishment and maintenance of alternative financing programs (AFPs)
that feature one or more alternative financing mechanisms to enable
individuals with disabilities and their family members, guardians, advocates, and authorized representatives to purchase assistive technology (AT). AFPs must operate and provide progress reports in perpetuity. Since 2000, grants
have been awarded to 33 states to operate AFPs. The information collected through this data collection instrument is necessary for these grantees to comply with the reporting requirements of title III of the AT Act of 1998 and to satisfy 34 CFR 75.720, which requires them to submit an annual performance report. In addition, section 307 of the AT Act of 1998 requires that RSA submit to Congress an annual report on the
activities conducted under title III. In order to make these possible, states must provide annual progress reports to
RSA that fulfill the section 307 reporting requirements. This data
collection instrument has been developed to ensure that states report
data in a consistent manner in alignment with these requirements. Dated: April 8, 2014. Tomakie Washington, Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.

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**BILLING CODE 4000–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

**Applications for New Awards; Title III, Part F, Alaska Native and Native**  **Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) Program** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

Overview Information: Title III, Part F, Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) ProgramNotice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2014.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.031R and 84.031V.

Dates: Applications Available: April 14,

2014.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 2, 2014.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: August 1, 2014.

Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Program: The Title III, Part F, ANNH Program is authorized under Section 371 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to provide grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to enable them to improve and expand their capacity to serve Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. IHEs may use these grants to plan, develop, or implement activities that promise to strengthen the
institution.

Priorities: This notice contains two competitive preference priorities and two invitational priorities. The competitive preference priorities are from the notice of final supplemental priorities and definitions for discretionary grant programs, published in the Federal Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 78486), and corrected on May 12, 2011 (76 FR 27637) (the Supplemental Priorities).

Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2014 and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from the competition, these priorities are competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to two points for each competitive preference priority. The maximum competitive preference points an application can receive under this competition is four depending on how well the application meets these priorities.

These priorities are: Competitive Preference Priority 1— Increasing Postsecondary Success.

Projects that are designed to address the following priority area: Increasing the number and proportion of high-need students (as defined in this notice) who persist in and complete college or other postsecondary education and training.

Competitive Preference Priority 2— Improving Productivity.

Projects that are designed to significantly increase efficiency in the use of time, staff, money, or other resources while improving student learning or other educational outcomes (i.e., outcome per unit of resource). Such projects may include innovative and sustainable uses of technology, modification of school schedules and teacher compensation systems, use of open educational resources (as defined in this notice), or other strategies.

Note: The types of projects identified in Competitive Preference Priority 2 are suggestions for ways to improve productivity. The Department recognizes that some of these examples, such as modification of teacher compensation systems, may not be relevant to this program. Accordingly, applicants should consider responding to this competitive preference priority in a way that improves productivity in a relevant higher education context.

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2014 and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from the competition, these priorities are invitational priorities. Under 34 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an application that meets these invitational priorities a competitive or absolute preference over other applications.

These priorities are: Invitational Priority 1—Support Activities That Strengthen Native Language Preservation and Revitalization.

Support activities that strengthen Native language preservation and revitalization at the IHE.

Invitational Priority 2—Promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education.

Projects that are designed to address the following priority area: providing students with increased access to rigorous and engaging coursework in
STEM.

Note: There are no additional points awarded for invitational priorities.