18830 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 67 / Wednesday, April 8, 2015 / Notices 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

[Docket No: CFPB–2015–0015] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing 

to renew the approval for an existing 

information collection titled, ‘‘Generic 

Information Collection Plan for 

Consumer Complaint and Information 

Collection System (Testing and 

Feedback).’’ 

DATES: Written comments are 

encouraged and must be received on or 

before May 8, 2015 to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection, OMB Control Number (see 

below), and docket number (see above), 

by any of the following methods: 

• Electronic: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• OMB: Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 or 

fax to (202) 395–5806. Mailed or faxed 

comments to OMB should be to the 

attention of the OMB Desk Officer for 

the Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

Please note that comments submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

accepted. In general, all comments 

received will become public records, 

including any personal information 

provided. Sensitive personal 

information, such as account numbers 

or social security numbers, should not 

be included. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Documentation prepared in support of 

this information collection request is 

available at www.reginfo.gov (this link 

active on the day following publication 

of this notice). Select ‘‘information 

Collection Review,’’ under ‘‘Currently 

under review, use the dropdown menu 

‘‘Select Agency’’ and select ‘‘Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau’’ (recent 

submissions to OMB will be at the top 

of the list). The same documentation is 

also available at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Requests for 

additional information should be 

directed to the Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau, (Attention: PRA 

Office), 1700 G Street NW., Washington, 

DC 20552, (202) 435–9575, or email: 

PRA@cfpb.gov. 

Please do not submit comments to 

this email box. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Generic 

Information Collection Plan for 

Consumer Complaint and Information 

Collection System (Testing and 

Feedback). 

OMB Control Number: 3170–0042. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

710,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 118,334. 

Abstract: Over the past several years, 

the CFPB has undertaken a variety of 

service delivery-focused activities 

contemplated by the Dodd-Frank and 

Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act, Pub. L. 111–2013. These 

activities, which include consumer 

complaint and inquiry processing, 

referral, and monitoring, involve several 

interrelated systems. The streamlined 

process of the generic clearance will 

continue to allow the CFPB to 

implement these systems efficiently, in 

line with the CFPB’s commitment to 

continuous improvement of its delivery 

of services through iterative testing and 

feedback collection. 

Request for Comments: The CFPB 

issued a 60-day Federal Register notice 

on December 29, 2014 (79 FR 78069). 

Comments were solicited and continue 

to be invited on: (a) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the CFPB, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) The accuracy of 

CFPB’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methods and the 

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 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. 

Dated: April 2, 2015. 

Ashwin Vasan, 

Chief Information Officer, Bureau of 

Consumer Financial Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08099 Filed 4–7–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Meeting of the Secretary of the Navy 

Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Navy 

(SECNAV) Advisory Panel will meet 

8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to review ways to 

establish a culture of innovation in the 

Department of the Navy. This meeting is 

opened to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, April 20, 2015, from 8:15 a.m. 

to 4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Pentagon, in Room 4B746, 1000 

Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350– 

1000. 

Building Access: Public access is 

limited due to the Pentagon Security 

requirements. Any individual wishing 

to attend this meeting should contact 

Ms. Cassandra Dean at 703–697–2386 or 

Commander Randall Biggs at 703–695– 

3042 no later than April 13, 2015. 

Members of the public who do not have 

Pentagon access will be required to 

provide Name, Date of Birth and Social 

Security Number by April 13, 2015, in 

order to obtain visitor’s clearance. 

Public transportation is recommended 

as public parking is not available. 

Members of the public wishing to attend 

this meeting must enter through the 

Pentagon’s Metro Entrance between 7:45 

a.m. and 8:00 a.m. where they will need 

two forms of identification in order to 

receive a visitor badge and meet their 

escort. Members will then be escorted to 

Room 4B746 to attend the open of the 

meeting of the Advisory Panel. Members 

of the public must remain with the 

designated escort at all times while in 

the Pentagon. After the meeting is 

adjourned, members of the public will 

be escorted back to the Pentagon Metro 

Entrance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Commander Randall Biggs, SECNAV 

Advisory Panel, 1000 Navy Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20350–1000, 703–695– 

3042. 

SUPPLELMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agenda is as follows: April 20, 2015, 

speakers and discussions on the 


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1This program was formerly called ‘‘Technology 

and Media Services for Individuals with 

Disabilities.’’ The Department has changed the 

name to Educational Technology, Media, and 

Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program 

and updated the purposes of the program to more 

clearly convey that the program includes accessible 

educational materials. The program’s activities and 

statutory authorization (20 U.S.C. 1474) remain 

unchanged. 

2AEM (also known as accessible instructional 

materials) and technologies enable children with 

disabilities to have access to, be involved in, and 

make progress in the general education curriculum 

(or for infants, toddlers, and preschool children and 

their families to participate in developmental and 

educational activities, such as those related to early 

literacy and numeracy) and assessments. 

3 ‘‘Markup language,’’ in the context of digital 

technology, means a set of standards, as HTML or 

SGML, used to create an appropriate markup 

scheme for an electronic document, as to indicate 

its structure or format. See http://

dictionary.reference.com/browse/markup language. 

4For more information, see http://idpf.org/news/ 

aap-epub-3-implementation-white-paper-nowavailable and www.imsglobal.org/edupub/

EPUB3QTILTICaliper_BestPracticesvd7.pdf. 

Department of the Navy Culture of 

Innovation Initiatives. 

Individuals or interested groups may 

submit written statements for 

consideration by the SECNAV Advisory 

Panel at any time or in response to the 

agenda of a schedule meeting. All 

requests must be submitted to the 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at the 

address detailed below. If the written 

statement is in response to the agenda 

mentioned in this meeting notice, it 

must be received at least five days prior 

to the meeting in question. The DFO 

will review all timely submissions with 

the SECNAV Advisory Panel before the 

meeting that is the subject of this notice. 

For further information write to: Deputy 

Under Secretary of the Navy, (Policy), 

Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel, 

Designated Federal Officer, 1000 Navy 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350–1000. 

Dated: April 2, 2015. 

N.A. Hagerty-Ford, 

Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08040 Filed 4–7–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Educational Technology, Media, and 

Materials for Individuals With 

Disabilities—Research and 

Development Center To Advance the 

Use of New and Emerging 

Technologies to Ensure Accessibility 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information 

Notice inviting applications for a new 

award for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.327B. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: April 8, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 26, 2015. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 22, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purposes of 

the Educational Technology, Media, and 

Materials for Individuals with 

Disabilities Program 1 are to improve 

results for students with disabilities by: 

(1) Promoting the development, 

demonstration, and use of technology; 

(2) supporting educational activities 

designed to be of educational value in 

the classroom for students with 

disabilities; (3) providing support for 

captioning and video description that is 

appropriate for use in the classroom; 

and (4) providing accessible educational 

materials to students with disabilities in 

a timely manner. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from 

allowable activities specified in the 

statute (see sections 674(b) and 681(d) of 

the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. 1474(b) 

and 1481(d))). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2015 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Research and Development Center To 

Advance the Use of New and Emerging 

Technologies To Ensure Accessibility 

Background 

Section 612(a)(23) of IDEA requires 

States to provide educational materials 

in accessible formats in a timely manner 

to students who are blind or have print 

disabilities. Section 613(a)(6) of IDEA 

includes a similar requirement for local 

educational agencies (LEAs). In the 

process of implementing these 

provisions in IDEA, States, LEAs, and 

accessible media producers (AMPs), 

whom States and LEAs employ to 

convert educational materials into 

accessible formats, have encountered 

barriers to the production of highquality accessible educational materials 

(AEM).2 Specifically, they have been 

challenged by limitations of the 

technology available to produce AEM 

that includes accessible graphic content 

(i.e., complex formulae, images, charts, 

tables, graphs, and mathematical 

notation, hereafter referred to as graphic 

content). These barriers are more 

evident in the conversion of science, 

technology, engineering, and 

mathematics (STEM) educational 

materials into accessible formats due to 

their extensive use of graphic content. 

In 2010, the Office of Special 

Education Programs (OSEP) awarded a 

cooperative agreement, the Research 

and Development Center on Digital 

Images and Graphic Content in 

Accessible Instructional Materials, to 

implement a rigorous program of 

research and development to improve 

the cost, quality, usability, and 

availability of graphic content in 

accessible instructional materials and 

the devices and software used to access 

that content for blind, visually 

impaired, and print disabled students. 

While the center has improved the way 

graphic content is produced and 

accessed by children with print 

disabilities, ensuring accessibility to 

complex educational materials, such as 

STEM educational materials with 

graphic content, continues to challenge 

publishers, AMPs, and others who 

develop and produce STEM educational 

materials. The need for research and 

development continues to exist. 

Although the technology, publishing, 

and disability communities are working 

together to develop standards and 

guidelines for producing and accessing 

digital materials and assessments in 

accessible formats, the adoption of these 

standards remains voluntary, thus 

implementation and use of the 

standards are inconsistent. 

Additionally, some standards and 

guidelines may not include markup 

language,3 or may include it as optional, 

resulting in standards and guidelines 

that are insufficient to ensure the 

accessibility of educational materials for 

some children with disabilities.4 A free 

appropriate public education cannot be 

provided to many children with 

disabilities unless the educational 

technologies and materials are 

accessible, consistent with standards 

and guidelines that are uniformly 

applied across technologies, devices, 

tools, products, and software. 

New unexplored technologies, and 

the promise of more powerful 

technologies in the future, provide 

potential opportunities to improve 

access to digital content and educational 


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