Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 8, 2014 / Notices 60845 

Dated: October 2, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Board for Education Sciences 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, 

U.S. Department of Education. 

ACTION: Announcement of an open 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming meeting of the National Board 

for Education Sciences (NBES). The 

notice also describes the functions of 

the Committee. Notice of this meeting is 

required by Section 10(a) (2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and is 

intended to notify the public of their 

opportunity to attend the meeting. 

DATES: The NBES meeting will be held 

on October 30, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: 80 F Street NW., Large 

Board Room, Washington, DC 20001 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellie 

Pelaez, Designated Federal Official, 

NBES, U.S. Department of Education, 

555 New Jersey Avenue NW., Room 600 

E, Washington, DC 20208; phone: (202) 

219–0644; fax: (202) 219–1402; email: 

Ellie.Pelaez@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NBES’ 

Statutory Authority and Function: The 

National Board for Education Sciences 

is authorized by Section 116 of the 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 

(ESRA), 20 U.S.C. 9516. The Board 

advises the Director of the Institute of 

Education Sciences (IES) on, among 

other things, the establishment of 

activities to be supported by the 

Institute and the funding for 

applications for grants, contracts, and 

cooperative agreements for research 

after the completion of peer review. The 

Board also reviews and evaluates the 

work of the Institute. 

Meeting Agenda: On October 30, 

2014, starting at 9:00 a.m., the Board 

meeting will commence and members 

will approve the agenda. From 9:05 to 

10:15 a.m., the Commissioners of IES’s 

national centers will give an overview of 

recent developments at IES. This 

session will be followed by a question 

and answer period regarding the 

Commissioners’ reports. A break will 

take place from 10:15 to 10:30 a.m. 

The Board meeting will resume from 

10:30 to 12:00 p.m. when the Board will 

discuss ‘‘Research on Educating African 

American Males.’’ NBES Chair David 

Chard and Thomas Brock, 

Commissioner of the National Center for 

Education Research (NCER), will 

provide the opening remarks, followed 

by a panel discussion with researchers 

studying specific interventions. 

Roundtable discussion by board 

members will take place after the panel 

discussion. The meeting will break for 

lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. 

From 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., the 

Board will consider the topic, ‘‘Higher 

Education Rating System.’’ Following 

opening remarks by the Department of 

Education’s Under Secretary Ted 

Mitchell, a roundtable discussion of the 

topic will take place. 

Closing remarks from Sue Betka, 

Acting Director of IES, and David Chard, 

will take place from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 

p.m., with adjournment scheduled for 

3:30 p.m. 

Submission of comments regarding 

the Board’s policy recommendations: 

There will not be an opportunity for 

public comment. However, members of 

the public are encouraged to submit 

written comments related to NBES to 

Ellie Pelaez (see contact information 

above). A final agenda is available from 

Ellie Pelaez (see contact information 

above) and is posted on the Board Web 

site http://ies.ed.gov/director/board/

agendas/index.asp. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: The 

Department will post the official report 

of the meeting on the NBES Web site no 

later than 90 days after the meeting. 

Pursuant to the FACA, the public may 

also inspect the materials at 555 New 

Jersey Avenue NW., 6th Floor, 

Washington, DC, by emailing 

Ellie.Pelaez@ed.gov or by calling (202) 

219–0644 to schedule an appointment. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. If you will need an 

auxiliary aid or service to participate in 

the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 

assistive listening device, or materials in 

an alternate format), notify the contact 

person listed in this notice by or before 

October 23, 2014. Although we will 

attempt to meet a request received after 

October 23, 2014, we may not be able 

to make available the requested 

auxiliary aid or service because of 

insufficient time to arrange it. 

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. 

Authority: Section 116 of the Education 

Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA), 20 

U.S.C. 9516. 

Sue Betka, 

Acting Director, Institute of Education 

Science. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Senior Executive Service; Performance 

Review Board 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Designation of Performance 

Review Board Standing Register. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides the 

Performance Review Board Standing 

Register for the Department of Energy. 

This listing supersedes all previously 

published lists of PRB members. 

DATES: This appointment is effective as 

of September 30, 2014. 

Bremer, John 

Brown, Fred 

Buttress, Larry 

Cadieux, Gena 

Chalk, Steven 

Gamage, Sarah 

Geiser, David 

Jones, Wayne 

Lee, Terri 

Lenhard, Joseph 

Mefford, Penny 

O’Konski, Peter 

Stephenson, April 

Waisley, Sandra 

White, William I. 

Williams, Thomas D. 

Issued in Washington, DC, October 2, 2014. 

Tonya M. Mackey, 

Director, Office of Executive Resources, Office 

of the Chief Human Capital Officer. 

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