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information as directed by the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements on reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ fund/grant/apply/appforms/ appforms.html.

4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has established a set of performance measures, including long-term measures, that are designed to yield information on various aspects of the effectiveness and quality of the Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities program. These measures are included in the application package and focus on the extent to which projects are of high quality, are relevant to improving outcomes of children with disabilities, contribute to improving outcomes for children with disabilities, and generate evidence of validity and availability to appropriate populations. Projects funded under this competition are required to submit data on these measures as directed by OSEP:

Program Performance Measure #1: The percentage of educational technology, media, and materials projects judged to be of high quality.

Program Performance Measure #2: The percentage of educational technology, media, and materials projects judged to be of high relevance to improving outcomes of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities.

Program Performance Measure #3: The percentage of educational technology, media, and materials projects that are judged to be of high usefulness in improving results for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities.

Program Performance Measure #4: The percentage of educational technology, media, and materials projects that validate their products and services.

Program Performance Measure #5: The percentage of educational technology, media, and materials projects that make validated technologies available for widespread

use.

Grantees will be required to report information on their project’s performance in annual performance reports and additional performance data to the Department (34 CFR 75.590 and 75.591).

5. Continuation Awards: In making a continuation award, the Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the extent to which a grantee has made ‘‘substantial progress toward meeting the objectives in its approved application.’’ This consideration includes the review of a grantee’s progress in meeting the targets and projected outcomes in its approved application, and whether the grantee has expended funds in a manner that is consistent with its approved application and budget. In making a continuation grant, the Secretary also considers whether the grantee is operating in compliance with the assurances in its approved application, including those applicable to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
VII. Agency Contact

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Carmen Sanchez, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 4057, PCP, Washington, DC 20202–2600. Telephone: (202) 245–
6595.

If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at
1–800–877–8339.

VIII. Other Information

Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) by contacting the Grants and Contracts Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 7363. If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339.

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. Dated: May 5, 2014. Michael K. Yudin, Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 2014–10646 Filed 5–8–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4000–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Meeting** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of Science, Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Open Teleconference.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a conference call of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and describes the functions of the Council. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The purpose of this conference call is to discuss PCAST’s antimicrobial resistance report and advanced manufacturing reports.

**DATES :**  The public conference call will be held on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET). To receive the call-in information, attendees should register for the conference call on the PCAST Web site, http://www.whitehouse.gov/ ostp/pcast no later than 12:00 p.m. ET on Friday, May 23, 2014.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Information regarding the call agenda, time, and how to register for the call is available on the PCAST Web site at: http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast

. Questions about the conference call should be directed to Dr. Ashley Predith, PCAST Assistant Executive Director, by email at: apredith@ ostp.eop.gov, or telephone: (202) 456–

4444.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is an advisory group of the nation’s leading scientists and engineers, appointed by the President to augment the science and technology advice available to him from inside the White House and from cabinet departments and other Federal agencies. See the Executive Order at the following Web site: http:// www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast

. PCAST is consulted about and provides analyses and recommendations concerning a wide range of issues where understandings from the domains of science, technology, and innovation may bear on the policy choices before the President. PCAST is co-chaired by


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Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, The White House; and Dr. Eric S. Lander, President, Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.

Type of Meeting: Open. Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is scheduled to hold a conference call in open session on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

During the conference call, PCAST will discuss its antimicrobial resistance report and advanced manufacturing reports. Additional information and the agenda, including any changes that arise, will be posted at the PCAST Web site at: http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ pcast

.

Public Comments: PCAST’s policy is to accept written public comments of any length and to accommodate oral public comments, whenever possible. The PCAST expects that public statements presented at its meetings will not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or written statements.

The public comment period for this meeting will take place on May 28, 2014 at a time specified in the meeting agenda posted on the PCAST Web site
at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast

. This public comment period is designed only for substantive commentary on PCAST’s work, not for business marketing purposes.

Oral Comments: To be considered for the public speaker list at the meeting, interested parties should register to speak at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/ ostp/pcast, no later than 12:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Phone or email reservations to be considered for the public speaker list will not be accepted. To accommodate as many speakers as possible, the time for public comments will be limited to two (2) minutes per person, with a total public comment period of 10 minutes. If more speakers register than there is space available on the agenda, PCAST will randomly select speakers from among those who applied. Those not selected to present oral comments may always file written comments with the committee as described below.

Written Comments: Although written comments are accepted until the date of the meeting, written comments should be submitted to PCAST no later than 12:00 p.m. ET on Friday, May 23, 2014, so that the comments may be made available to the PCAST members prior to the meeting for their consideration. Information regarding how to submit comments and documents to PCAST is available at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ pcast in the section entitled ‘‘Connect with PCAST.’’

Please note that because PCAST operates under the provisions of FACA, all public comments and/or presentations will be treated as public documents and will be made available for public inspection, including being posted on the PCAST Web site.

Meeting Accommodations: Individuals requiring special accommodation to access this public meeting should contact Dr. Predith at least ten business days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2014. LaTanya R. Butler, Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of Public Meeting** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, Secretariat, Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Notice of public meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  At the direction of the President, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department), as the Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force (QER Task Force will convene a series of public meetings to discuss and receive comments on issues related to the Quadrennial Energy Review.

**DATES :**  The Department, as the Secretariat for the QER Task Force, is convening additional meetings relating to the Quadrennial Energy Review. The third public meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, beginning at 9 a.m. Written comments are welcome, especially following the public meeting, and should be submitted within 60 days of the meeting. The precise, times, dates and addresses of additional meetings will be announced in later Federal Register notices.

**ADDRESSES :**  The May 27, 2014 meeting will be held at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Lecture Room, Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70112.

You may submit written comments,
to: QERComments@hq.doe.gov or by U.S. mail to the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, EPSA–60, QER Meeting Comments, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121.

For the May 27, 2014 Public Meeting, please title your comment ‘‘Quadrennial Energy Review: Comment on the Public Meeting ‘‘Petroleum Product Transmission & Distribution (including CO2/EOR)’’ held May 27, 2014, Washington, DC.’’.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Ms. Adonica Renee Pickett, EPSA–90, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 586–9168 Email: Adonica.Pickett@hq.doe.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  On January 9, 2014, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum— Establishing a Quadrennial Energy Review. To accomplish this review, the Presidential Memorandum establishes a Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force to be co-chaired by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Under the Presidential Memorandum, the Secretary of Energy shall provide support to the Task Force, including support for coordination activities related to the preparation of the Quadrennial Energy Review Report, policy analysis and modeling, and stakeholder engagement.

The DOE, as the Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, will hold a series of public meetings to discuss and receive comments on issues related to the Quadrennial Energy Review. In this Federal Register notice, DOE is announcing the general locations and topics for additional meetings as follows:

Topic Location

Infrastructure Constraints—Bakken ...................................................................................... North Da kota. Electricity TS&D—West ......................................................................................................... Portland, OR. Electricity TS&D—East .......................................................................................................... New Jersey. Rail, Barge, Truck Transportation ......................................................................................... Chicago, IL.