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VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lana Shaughnessy, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 3E231, Washington, DC 20202– 

6335. Telephone: (202) 205–2528 or by 

email: Lana.Shaughnessy@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the 

Federal Relay Service, 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) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. 

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Dated: December 17, 2012. 

Deborah Delisle, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30703 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Publication of State Plan Pursuant to 

the Help America Vote Act 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Sections 

254(a)(11)(A) and 255(b) of the Help 

America Vote Act (HAVA), Public Law 

107–252, as amended by Section 622 of 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2012, the U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) hereby causes to be 

published in the Federal Register this 

notice in reference to the changes made 

to the HAVA State plan previously 

submitted by American Samoa. The 

revised State plan will be posted on the 

EAC Web site at www.eac.gov. 

DATES: This notice is effective upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone 202–566– 

3100 or 1–866–747–1471 (toll-free). 

Submit Comments: Any comments 

regarding the plans published herewith 

should be made in writing to the chief 

election official of the individual State 

at the address listed below. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

24, 2004, the U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission published in the Federal 

Register the original HAVA State plans 

filed by the fifty States, the District of 

Columbia and the territories of 

American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, 

and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 69 FR 

14002. HAVA anticipated that States, 

territories and the District of Columbia 

would change or update their plans 

from time to time pursuant to HAVA 

Section 254(a)(11) through (13). HAVA 

Sections 254(a)(11)(A) and 255 require 

EAC to publish such updates. This is 

the second revision to the State plan for 

American Samoa. This revision is a 

partial revision updating six (6) sections 

of the State Plan. 

The amendments to American 

Samoa’s State plan provide for 

compliance with Title III and with the 

Military and Overseas Voter 

Empowerment Act (MOVE Act). In 

accordance with HAVA Section 

254(a)(12), all the State plans submitted 

for publication provide information on 

how the respective State succeeded in 

carrying out its previous State plan. 

American Samoa confirms that its 

amendments to the State plan were 

developed and submitted to public 

comment in accordance with HAVA 

Sections 254(a)(11), 255, and 256. 

Upon the expiration of thirty days 

from December 20, 2012, the State is 

eligible to implement the changes 

addressed in the plan that is published 

herein, in accordance with HAVA 

Section 254(a)(11)(C). EAC wishes to 

acknowledge the effort that went into 

revising this State plan and encourages 

further public comment, in writing, to 

the State election official listed below. 

Chief State Election Official 

Mr. Soliai T. Fuimaono, Chief 

Election Officer, Election Office, 

American Samoa Government, (684) 

699–3570 Fax: (684) 699–3574. 

Thank you for your interest in 

improving the voting process in 

America. 

Dated: December 17, 2012. 

Alice Miller, 

Chief Operating Officer & Acting Executive 

Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30685 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–71–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Interagency Working Group on Plant 

Genomics (IWGPG): The National Plant 

Genome Initiative—What’s Next? 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Office of 

Biological and Environmental Research, 

Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of Open Workshop. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

workshop organized by the Interagency 

Working Group on Plant Genomics 

(IWGPG). 

DATES: Saturday, January 12, 2013, 1:30 

p.m. to 3:40 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Town and Country Resort 

and Conference Center, 500 Hotel Circle 

North, San Diego, CA 92108 (https:// 

pag.confex.com/pag/xxi/webprogram/ 

Session1711.html). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Catherine Ronning, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Science, Office of 

Biological and Environmental Research, 

SC–23–2/Germantown Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–1290. Phone 

301–903–9549, fax (301) 903–5051, 

email: 

catherine.ronning@science.doe.gov; Dr. 

Jane Silverthorne, National Science 

Foundation, Division of Integrative 

Organismal Systems, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

Phone (703) 292–7171, fax (703) 292– 

9153, email: jsilvert@nsf.gov. The most 

current information concerning this 

workshop can be found on the Web site: 

https://extwiki.nsf.gov/x/DQAOAQ. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Workshop: To seek 

input into the identification of strategic 

research needs and resource gaps for the 

development of sustainable systems for 

food, bioenergy, and industrial 

feedstock production, with a specific 

focus on the management of plant 

genomics data, metadata, and data 

standardization. 

Summary: The National Plant 

Genome Initiative (NPGI) was 

established in 1998 as a coordinated 

national research program by the 

Interagency Working Group on Plant 

Genomes (IWGPG) under the Committee 

on Science of the National Science and 

Technology Council. The goal of the 


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