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3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multi-year award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

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 http:// 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Department has established the 

following Government Performance and 

Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) performance 

measures for this program. These 

measures gauge improvement in student 

achievement and resources in the 

schools and LEAs served by the program 

by assessing: 

(1) The percentage of students in 

schools served by the Improving 

Literacy through School Libraries 

program who are proficient in reading; 

(2) The number of books and media 

resources purchased per student, preand post-grant, compared to the national 

average; and 

(3) The difference in the number of 

purchases of school library materials 

(books and media resources) between 

schools participating in the Improving 

Literacy through School Libraries 

program and the national average. 

The Department will collect data for 

these measures from grantees’ final 

performance reports and other data 

sources. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter D. Eldridge, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3E246, Washington, DC 20202– 

6200. Telephone: (202) 260–2514 or by 

e-mail: Peter.Eldridge@ed.gov; or David 

Miller, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 

3E242, Washington, DC 20202–6200. 

Telephone: (202) 453–5621 or by e-mail: 

David.Miller@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, 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 computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

persons listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. You can view 

this document in text or PDF at the 

following site, also: http://www.ed.gov/ 

programs/lsl/applicant.html. 

Note: 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 on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: January 21, 2011. 

Thelma Mele ́ndez de Santa Ana, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–1672 Filed 1–26–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Election 

Assistance Commission’s Voting 

System Testing and Certification 

Program Manual, Version 1.0 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice; comment request. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

U.S. Election Assistance Commission 

(EAC) invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on EAC’s 

request to renew an existing information 

collection, EAC’s Voting System Testing 

and Certification Program Manual, 

Version 1.0. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for approval of this 

information collection by the Office of 

Management and Budget; they also will 

become a matter of public record. This 

notice requests comments solely on the 

four criteria above. Note: This notice 

solicits comments on the currently-used 

Manual, Version 1.0 only. Due to lack of 

a quorum, EAC will postpone making 

changes to Version 1.0 of the Manual 

until such a time as a quorum is reestablished. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION, below. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 11:59 p.m. EDT 

on March 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection must be 

submitted in writing through either: 

(1) electronically to 

votingsystemguidelines@eac.gov; via 

mail to Mr. Brian Hancock, Director of 

Voting System Testing and Certification, 

U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 

1201 New York Avenue, NW., Suite 

300, Washington, DC 20005; or via fax 

to (202) 566–1392. An electronic copy of 

the manual, version 1.0, may be found 

on EAC’s Web site at http:// 

www.eac.gov/open/comment.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection, please 

contact Mr. Brian Hancock, Director, 

Voting System Testing and Certification, 

Washington, DC, (202) 566–3100, Fax: 

(202) 566–1392. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In this notice, EAC seeks comments 

on the paperwork burdens contained in 

the current version of the Voting System 

Testing and Certification Program 

Manual, Version 1.0 OMB Control 

Number 3265–0004 only. Version 1.0 is 

the original version of the Manual 

without changes or updates. EAC is 

requesting an emergency extension for 

Version 1.0 and will abandon its 

Paperwork Reduction Act request for 

version 2.0 of the Manual at this time. 

When EAC drafted Version 1.0 of the 

Manual in 2006, the agency sought 

input from experts and stakeholders. 

Specifically, EAC conducted meetings 

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with representatives from the voting 

system test laboratory and voting system 

manufacturing community. The 

Commission also held a public hearing 

in which it received testimony from 

State election officials, the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

academics, electronic voting system 

experts, public interest groups, and the 

public at large. 

In a notice dated November 30, 2010, 

EAC previously requested comments on 

a proposed new version of the Manual, 

Version 2.0. After EAC published its 

request for comments on Version 2.0, 

the agency lost its quorum. As a result, 

EAC has chosen to postpone 

implementing Version 2.0 of the Manual 

until such time as the Commission has 

a quorum again. At that point, EAC will 

start the Paperwork Reduction Act 

process from the beginning on Version 

2.0 of the Manual. Soliciting comments 

through an emergency extension will 

permit EAC to continue to use the 

Control Number assigned to Version 1.0. 

Current Information Collection 

Request, Version 1.0 

Title: Voting System Testing and 

Certification Program, Version 1.0. 

OMB Number: 3265–0004. 

Type of Review: Emergency 

Extension. 

Needs and Uses: Section 231(a) of the 

Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), 

42 U.S.C. 15371(a), requires EAC to 

‘‘provide for the testing, certification, 

decertification, and recertification of 

voting system hardware and software by 

accredited laboratories.’’ To fulfill this 

mandate, EAC has developed and 

implemented the Voting System Testing 

and Certification Program Manual, 

Version 1.0. This version is currently in 

use under OMB Control Number 3265– 

0004. EAC had hoped to finalize a 

revised Manual prior to the expiration 

of the current manual’s control number. 

However, due to lack of a quorum, EAC 

will continue using the existing manual, 

version 1.0, necessitating this action. 

Although participation in the program 

in voluntary, adherence to the program’s 

procedural requirements is mandatory 

for participants. 

Affected Public: Voting system 

manufacturers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 8. 

Total Annual Responses: 8. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 200 hours. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of 

Records 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act Systems of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11), 

Federal agencies are required to publish 

in the Federal Register a notice of the 

existence and character of systems of 

records agencies maintain on 

individuals. In this notice, EAC 

provides the required information for 5 

such systems of records that are not 

otherwise covered by an existing 

Government-wide system of records 

notice. See GOVERNMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS

OF RECORDS, below. 

DATES: Effective Date: The proposed 

systems of records and routine uses 

included in this notice will be effective 

without further notice on March 8, 2011 

unless comments received require a 

contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Ms. Stacie Fabre, 1201 New York 

Avenue, NW., Suite 300, Washington, 

DC 20005. Comments may also be 

transmitted by facsimile to Ms. Fabre’s 

attention at (202) 566–5542; or via 

electronic mail at sfabre@eac.gov, with 

‘‘Comments on Privacy Act Systems of 

Records Notice’’ in the subject line. All 

comments must be sent or postmarked 

no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT on March 

8, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Stacie Fabre by telephone at (202) 566– 

3105, or by electronic mail at 

sfabre@eac.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Privacy Act of 1974, at 5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(4) and (11), directs each federal 

agency to provided notice to the public 

of systems of records it maintains on 

individuals. Accordingly, notice is 

hereby given of 5 systems of records 

maintained by EAC as described below. 

This notice also describes proposed 

routine uses of each system and 

provides contact information for 

inquiries. Following is a preliminary 

statement and the complete text of the 

5 EAC systems of records. Of note, EAC 

maintains Federal Advisory Committee 

Act records for three statutory boards: 

(1) Board of Advisors; (2) Standards 

Board; and (3) Technical Guidelines 

Development Committee. However, EAC 

has not established systems of records 

for these boards because personallyidentifiable information generated by 

EAC’s business with its boards is 

maintained either in a government-wide 

system of records or in one of the 5 EAC 

systems of records. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

NOTICE OF SYSTEMS OF RECORDS; PRELIMINARY

STATEMENT GOVERNMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS OF

RECORDS: 

In addition to the internal systems of 

records described below, the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission (EAC) 

also maintains certain records covered 

by existing government-wide systems of 

records. Government-wide systems of 

records are established by federal 

agencies that are responsible for 

government-wide functions. Examples 

of agencies with government-wide 

functions are the Office of Personnel 

Management, the Office of Government 

Ethics, and the Department of Labor. 

Government-wide systems of records are 

described in notices published by the 

establishing agencies. While the 

establishing agency creates and 

administers the system, the actual 

records are physically maintained by 

agencies throughout the government. 

Requests for EAC records covered by a 

government-wide system of records 

should be directed to EAC pursuant to 

EAC’s Privacy Act regulations at 11 CFR 

part 9410. In accordance with Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circular No. A–130, EAC is not creating 

or publishing notices for the 

government-wide functions described in 

the following systems of records notices: 

(1) DOL/GOVT–1: Office of Worker’s 

Compensation Programs, Federal 

Employees’ Compensation Act File, 67 

FR 16815 (April 8, 2002); 

(2) DOT/ALL–8: Employee 

Transportation Facilitation, 65 FR 19475 

(April 11, 2000); 

(3) EEOC/GOVT–1: Equal 

Employment Opportunity in the Federal 

Government Complaint and Appeal 

Records, 67 FR 49338 (July 30, 2002); 

(4) EPA–GOVT–2: Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS), 70 FR 

15086 (March 24, 2005); 

(5) GSA/GOVT–2: Employment Under 

Commercial Activities Contracts, 48 FR 

6176 (February 10, 1983); 

(6) GSA/GOVT–3: Travel Charge Card 

Program, 69 FR 4517 (January 30, 2004); 

(7) GSA/GOVT–4: Contracted Travel 

Services Program, 71 FR 48764 (August 

2, 2006); 

(8) GSA/GOVT–5: Access Certificates 

for Electronic Services, 64 FR 29032 

(May 8, 1999); 

(9) GSA/GOVT–6: GSA SmartPay 

Purchase Charge Card Program, 71 FR 

64707 (November 3, 2006); 

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