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The Commission has also removed 

the question regarding whether a 

subcontractor has employed 

participating employees. While this data 

is relevant regardless of whether 

participating employees are doing the 

same or similar job as subcontractor 

employees, it is not yet the norm for 

NPAs to require that their 

subcontractors have a mechanism by 

which the subcontractor will view 

participating employees as a talent pool 

to draw upon for employment. 

Finally, the Commission has removed 

all collection of information about an 

NPA’s subcontracts on contracts 

obtained independently of the 

AbilityOne Program. 

The Commission has added ServiceDisabled Veteran-Owned Small 

Business as a choice of a subcontractor 

business entity type. The Commission 

will also define the terms ‘‘subcontract’’ 

and ‘‘subcontracting’’ in the instructions 

for the proposed form. 

With regard to the time burden 

estimate, the Commission has revised its 

estimate for an NPA to complete the 

proposed form from eight (8) hours to 

twenty (20) hours. 

One commenter suggested that ten 

(10) hours was more realistic for 

completing the form, while a second 

commenter suggested that twenty (20) 

hours was the appropriate estimate. No 

other commenters suggested alternative 

time estimates. 

In order to be conservative, the 

Commission now estimates that an NPA 

will need twenty (20) hours to complete 

the proposed form. The Commission 

estimates that it will take a human 

resources staff person (or an equivalent 

staff person) nine (9) hours to complete 

some sections of the form; a financial 

specialist nine (9) hours to complete 

other sections of the form, and two (2) 

hours by the Principal Officer to review 

and certify the form. 

To calculate the cost burden for this 

average annual burden, the Commission 

used national average pay data from the 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, using 

the May 2023 National Occupational 

Employment and Wage Estimate of 

$36.57 as the mean hourly wage for a 

Human Resources Specialist (OC 13– 

1070), $46.37 as the mean hourly wage 

for a Financial Specialist (OC 13–2000), 

and $124.47 as the mean hourly wage 

for a Chief Executive Officer (OC 11– 

1011). See https://www.bls.gov/ 

news.release/ocwage.t01.htm. 

The table below represents the time 

and cost burden the Commission 

estimates this form will necessitate. 

NPA positions 

Annual form 

burden 

(hours) 

Total time 

burden for 

all employees 

Annual form 

cost burden 

(dollars) 

HR Specialist ............................................................................................................. 9 .............................. $329.13 

Financial Specialist .................................................................................................... 9 .............................. 417.33 

Principal Officer ......................................................................................................... 2 .............................. 248.94 

Total .................................................................................................................... 20 .............................. 995.40 

With respect to this collection of 

information via the proposed form, the 

Commission welcomes comments on 

the following: 

1. The necessity to collect this 

information to support the 

Commission’s mission and oversight 

responsibilities; 

2. Methodology to improve the 

accuracy of the estimated time burden; 

3. Suggestions or methods to 

minimize the burdens associated with 

collecting the information described in 

this ICR. 

Michael R. Jurkowski, 

Director, Business Operations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy 

Board of Visitors 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy (DoN), 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of partially closed 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this 

notice to announce that the following 

Federal Advisory Committee meeting of 

the U.S. Naval Academy Board of 

Visitors, hereafter ‘‘Board,’’ will take 

place. 

DATES: Open to the public, December 2, 

2024, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. eastern time 

zone (ET). Closed to the public, 

December 2, 2024, from 11 a.m. to noon 

(12 p.m.) ET. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, 

MD. Pending prevailing health 

directives, the meeting will be handicap 

accessible. Escort is required. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Commander Ross Hammerer, 

USN, Executive Secretary to the Board 

of Visitors, Office of the Superintendent, 

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 

21402–5000, 410–293–1503, 

hammerer@usna.edu, or visit https://

www.usna.edu/PAO/Superintendent/ 

bov.php. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

United States Code (U.S.C.), appendix, 

as amended), the Government in the 

Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as 

amended), the General Services 

Administration’s (GSA) Federal 

Advisory Committee Management Final 

Rule (41 Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) part 102–3). 

Purpose of Meeting: The U.S. Naval 

Academy Board of Visitors will meet to 

make such inquiry, as the Board deems 

necessary, into the state of morale and 

discipline, the curriculum, instruction, 

physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and 

academic methods of the Naval 

Academy. 

Agenda: 

Proposed meeting agenda for 

December 2, 2024. 

0900 Call to Order (Open to Public) 

0900–1055 Business Session (Open to 

Public) 

1055–1100 Break (Open to Public) 

1100–1200 Executive Session (Closed 

to Public) 

Current details on the board of 

visitors may be found at https://

www.usna.edu/PAO/Superintendent/ 

bov.php. 

The executive session of the meeting 

from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET on December 

2, 2024, will consist of discussions of 

new and pending administrative or 

minor disciplinary infractions and nonjudicial punishments involving 

midshipmen attending the Naval 

Academy to include but not limited to, 

individual honor or conduct violations 

within the Brigade, the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. For this reason, the executive 

session of this meeting will be closed to 


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the public, as the discussion of such 

information cannot be adequately 

segregated from other topics, which 

precludes opening the executive session 

of this meeting to the public. 

Accordingly, the Secretary of the Navy, 

in consultation with the Department of 

the Navy General Counsel, has 

determined in writing that the meeting 

shall be partially closed to the public 

because the discussions during the 

executive session from 11 a.m. to noon 

(12 p.m.) will be concerned with matters 

protected under sections 552b(c) (5), (6), 

and (7) of title 5, U.S.C. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 

FACA and 41 CFR 102–3.140, this 

meeting is open to the public. Any 

public attendance at the meeting will be 

governed by prevailing health directives 

at the United States Naval Academy. 

Please contact the Executive Secretary 

five business days prior the meeting to 

coordinate access to the meeting. Written Statements: Per section 

10(a)(3) of the FACA and 41 CFR 102– 

3.105(l) and 102–3.140, interested 

persons may submit a written statement 

for consideration at any time, but 

should be received by the Designated 

Federal Officer at least 10 business days 

prior to the meeting date so that the 

comments may be made available to the 

Board for their consideration prior to 

the meeting. Written statements should 

be submitted via mail to 121 Blake Rd, 

Annapolis, MD 21402. Please note that 

since the Board operates under the 

provisions of the FACA, as amended, all 

submitted comments and public 

presentations may be treated as public 

documents and may be made available 

for public inspection, including, but not 

limited to, being posted on the board 

website. 

Dated: November 12, 2024. 

A.J. Gioiello, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0140] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Eligibility of Students at Institutions of 

Higher Education for Funds Under the 

CARES Act 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing an 

extension without change of a currently 

approved information collection request 

(ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

14, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2024–SCC–0140. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please include the docket ID number 

and the title of the information 

collection request when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Please note that comments submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 4C210, 

Washington, DC 20202–1200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Lauren 

Kennedy, 202–453–7957. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, 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. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department 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 

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: Eligibility of 

Students at Institutions of Higher 

Education for Funds under the CARES 

Act. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0857. 

Type of Review: An extension without 

change of a currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments; Private 

Sector; Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 498,806. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 42,142. 

Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

Education (Department) is requesting 

clearance of this information collection 

request to allow institutions of higher 

education to meet the requirements 

under the Higher Education Emergency 

Relief Fund (HEERF) program. This 

clearance is intended to cover actions by 

institutions and their students related to 

requesting and receiving HEERF funds, 

such as setting up any institutional 

application or other process and 

establishing review and recordkeeping 

procedures. This will help to ensure 

that the distribution of funds is 

managed by institutions in accordance 

with the clarification discussed in the 

Final Rule titled Eligibility to Receive 

Emergency Financial Aid Grants to 

Students Under the Higher Education 

Emergency Relief Programs (86 FR 

26608). There is no form associated with 

this request and no information is being 

collected by the Department. 

Dated: November 12, 2024. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

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