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2. Review and Selection Process: An 

additional factor we consider in 

selecting an application for an award is 

demonstration of a tri-lateral, innovative 

North American approach to training 

and education. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: 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 

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

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the following two 

performance measures will be used by 

the Department in assessing the success 

of the FIPSE—Special Focus 

Competition: Program for North 

American Mobility in Higher Education: 

(1) The extent to which funded 

projects are being replicated (i.e., 

adopted or adapted by others). 

(2) The manner in which projects are 

being institutionalized and continued 

after funding. 

If funded, you will be asked to collect 

and report data from your project on 

steps taken toward achieving the 

outcomes evaluated by these 

performance measures (i.e., 

institutionalization and replication). 

Consequently, applicants are advised to 

include these two outcomes in 

conceptualizing the design, 

implementation, and evaluation of their 

proposed projects. Institutionalization 

and replication are important outcomes 

that ensure the ultimate success of 

international consortia funded through 

this program. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Frank Frankfort, Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education, U.S. Department of 

Education, Program for North American 

Mobility in Higher Education, 1990 K 

Street, NW., Room 6154, Washington, 

DC 20006–8544. Telephone: (202) 502– 

7513. 

If you use a TDD, call the 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 

person 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: www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. 

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: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Dated: January 22, 2010. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1617 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted an information 

collection package to the OMB for 

extension under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

package requests a three-year extension 

of its ‘‘Annual Alternative Fuel Vehicle 

Acquisition Report for State and 

Alternative Fuel Provider Fleets,’’ OMB 

Control Number 1910–5101. This 

information collection package covers 

information necessary to ensure the 

compliance of regulated fleets with the 

alternative fueled vehicle acquisition 

requirements imposed by the Energy 

Policy Act of 1992, as amended, 

(EPACT). 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

February 26, 2010. If you anticipate that 

you will be submitting comments, but 

find it difficult to do so within the 

period of time allowed by this notice, 

please advise the OMB Desk Officer of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at 202–395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to: 

DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 

10102, 735 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

Comments should also be addressed 

to: 

John E. Davenport, Director, M–11/ 

Germantown Bldg., U.S. Department 

of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290, 

and to: 

Mr. Dana O’Hara, Regulatory Manager, 

Vehicle Technologies Program, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dana O’Hara at the addresses listed 

above in ADDRESSES or by e-mail at 

dana.o’hara.ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

package contains: (1) OMB No. 1910– 

5101; (2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Annual Alternative Fuel Vehicle 

Acquisition Report for State 

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Provider Fleets; (3) Type of Review: 

renewal; (4) Purpose: the information is 

required so that DOE can determine 

whether alternative fuel provider and 

State government fleets are in 

compliance with the alternative fueled 

vehicle acquisition mandates of sections 

501 and 507(o) of the EPACT, whether 

such fleets should be allocated credits 

under section 508 of EPACT, and 

whether fleets that opted into the 

alternative compliance program under 

section 514 of EPACT are in compliance 

with the applicable requirements; (5) 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: Approximately 300; (6) 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 1,651. 

Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 13251 et 

seq. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 15, 

2010. 

Cathy Zoi, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1687 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Request for General Comments. 

SUMMARY: EIA is seeking general 

comments on matters described below 

in support of the Energy and Financial 

Markets Initiative announced on 

September 9, 2009. 

DATES: Comments from interested 

parties are requested to be received by 

close of business on March 29, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to ensure 

receipt of the comments by the due date, 

submission, preferably as a Word 

attachment to an e-mail to 

(karen.robinson@eia.doe.gov), or by 

FAX (202–586–3873). The mailing 

address is Office of Oil and Gas, EI–40, 

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively, 

Karen R. Robinson may be contacted by 

telephone at (202) 586–2585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Karen Robinson at 

the address listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

II. Current Actions 

III. Request for Comments 

I. Background 

The U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA) is the statistical 

and analytical agency within the U.S. 

Department of Energy. EIA collects, 

analyzes, and disseminates independent 

and impartial energy information to 

promote sound policymaking, efficient 

markets, and public understanding of 

energy and its interaction with the 

economy and the environment. EIA is 

the Nation’s premier source of energy 

information and, by law, its data, 

analyses, and forecasts are independent 

of approval by any other officer or 

employee of the United States 

Government. 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 as amended, specifically 15 

U.S.C. 790a, and the DOE Organization 

Act, specifically 42 U.S.C. 7135, require 

EIA to carry out a centralized, 

comprehensive, and unified energy 

information program. This program 

collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes, 

and disseminates information on energy 

resource reserves, production, demand, 

technology, and related economic and 

statistical information. This information 

is used to assess the adequacy of energy 

resources to meet near and longer term 

domestic demands and to promote 

sound policymaking, efficient markets, 

and public understanding of energy and 

its interaction with the economy and the 

environment. 

The present notice focuses on 

information needed to support analysis 

and increased understanding of energy 

markets and does not itself propose any 

new information collection by EIA. The 

general comments received in response 

to this notice will be considered by the 

agency as it develops a plan of action to 

fill key information gaps. 

EIA evaluates its activities on an 

ongoing basis through a variety of 

formal and informal methods. EIA 

provides opportunities for interested 

parties to shape its functions and 

practices through its annual conference, 

joint meetings with the American 

Statistical Association, meetings with 

experts, and other outreach 

opportunities. EIA also tracks its 

website metrics and formal citations of 

its data and analyses to measure interest 

in the information it provides. 

The EIA Web site at http:// 

www.eia.gov is the principal method for 

dissemination of its energy industry 

information. One of the Web site pages, 

http://www.eia.doe.gov/bookshelf.html, 

provides a list of weekly, monthly and 

annual reports and special analyses, and 

another page, http://www.eia.doe.gov/ 

oss/forms.html, lists over 64 active data 

surveys and forms used to collect these 

data. During fiscal year 2009, EIA Web 

pages were viewed over 10 million 

times per month, reflecting both 

searches for information and cataloging 

of sites by search engines. A recent 

survey indicated that about half of EIA 

visitors are commercial, and many 

indicate that they use information from 

EIA and other Web sites to meet their 

needs. Many customers are regular users 

of EIA data; nearly half of the 

respondents to the survey indicated that 

they visited the Web site weekly or 

more frequently. 

In recent years, energy markets have 

developed in ways that were not 

anticipated in the original planning and 

evolution of EIA’s information program. 

In addition to the factors EIA has 

historically tracked, such as production, 

consumption, inventories, and spare 

capacity, moving forward, EIA is 

interested in assessing other market 

influences, such as speculation, 

hedging, investment, interest rates and 

exchange rates. On September 9, 2009, 

EIA announced an Energy and Financial 

Markets Initiative to improve EIA’s 

responsiveness, in particular, to energy 

market developments (http:// 

www.eia.doe.gov/neic/press/ 

press325.html). Proposed actions were 

announced in four main areas, 

including identification of critical 

information on factors affecting energy 

prices and analysis through in-depth 

studies of energy market behavior. Other 

efforts included coordination with other 

Federal agencies engaged in energy 

market information collection and 

analysis and outreach to solicit feedback 

from a broad range of experts on the 

interrelationship of energy and financial 

markets. 

In its September 2009 announcement, 

EIA pointed out that it already collects 

significant energy information, but that 

additional data would further improve 

market transparency. EIA has already 

proposed to expand its collection of 

commercial oil and refined products 

storage capacity data beginning in early 

2010. The Federal Register notice for 

this collection can be found at http:// 

edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9– 

26319.pdf. EIA has moved toward a 

broader analysis of market factors 

through a characterization of oil and 

natural gas market volatility in the 

Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). EIA 

now calculates an ‘‘implied volatility’’ 

for oil and natural gas futures prices 

using a generally accepted mathematical 

model, as described in the technical 

report accompanying the STEO entitled 

Energy Price Volatility and Forecast 

Uncertainty (at http://www.eia.doe.gov/ 


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