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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 is 

open 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. 

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