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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: National 

Household Education Survey 2016 

(NHES:2016) Full-scale Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0768. 

Type of Review: A reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 187,536. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 30,373. 

Abstract: The National Household 

Education Surveys Program (NHES) is 

conducted by the National Center for 

Education Statistics’ (NCES). NHES is 

NCES’s principal mechanism for 

addressing education topics appropriate 

for households rather than 

establishments. Such topics cover a 

wide range of issues, including early 

childhood care and education, 

children’s readiness for school, parent 

perceptions of school safety and 

discipline, before- and after-school 

activities of school-age children, 

participation in adult education and 

training, parent involvement in 

education, school choice, 

homeschooling, and civic involvement. 

The NHES consists of a series of rotating 

surveys using a two-stage design in 

which a household screener collects 

household membership and key 

characteristics for sampling and then 

appropriate topical survey(s) are mailed 

to sample members. Data from the 

NHES are used to provide national 

cross-sectional estimates on populations 

of special interest to education 

researchers and policymakers. NHES 

surveys were conducted approximately 

every other year from 1991 through 

2007 using random digit dial (RDD) 

methodology; beginning in 2012 NHES 

began collecting data by mail to improve 

response rates. This submission seeks 

clearance to conduct NHES:2016, which 

will repeat the child topical surveys 

conducted in 2012: the Parent and 

Family Involvement in Education (PFI) 

and the Early Childhood Program 

Participation (ECPP), and will include 

the first adult topical survey in NHES 

since 2005, the Adult Training and 

Education Survey (ATES). The adult 

survey was developed in conjunction 

with the Interagency Working Group on 

Expanded Measures of Enrollment and 

Attainment (GEMEnA) and was pilot 

tested in the 2014 NHES Feasibility 

Study. 

Dated: April 10, 2015. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing Board 

Quarterly Board Meeting 

AGENCY: National Assessment 

Governing Board, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a closed 

teleconference meeting of the National 

Assessment Governing Board. 

DATES: April 15, 2015. 

SUMMARY: The National Assessment 

Governing Board is announcing a 

teleconference scheduled on April 15, 

2015 from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST to 

discuss proposed candidates for the 

vacant position of National Assessment 

Governing Board Executive Director. 

Following discussions, the full Board 

will take action on selection of the final 

candidate for the position of Executive 

Director. This notice is being published 

less than the 15-days due to the urgent 

need to ensure full Board participation 

in the selection of a new Executive 

Director for NAGB. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is required under Section 

10(a)(1)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA). 

The teleconference will be closed to 

the public because it is concerned with 

recommending applicants for a vacancy. 

Discussions will require full and frank 

advice from Governing Board members. 

This advice will involve professional 

judgments on the relative merits and 

qualifications of the proposed candidate 

and respective work experience. Such 

personnel matters involve the 

discussion of information that is of a 

personal nature, the disclosure of which 

would be a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy and, 

therefore, is protected from disclosure 

by exemptions 2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of 

Title 5 of the United States Code. 

Minutes of the closed teleconference 

will be certified by the Board Chairman 

and retained in the public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer, 

800 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 825, 

Washington, DC 20002, telephone: (202) 

357–6938, fax: (202) 357–6945. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Statutory 

Authority and Function: The National 

Assessment Governing Board is 

established under Title III—National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

Authorization Act, Public Law 107–279. 

Information on the Board and its work 

can be found at www.nagb.gov. 

The Board is established to formulate 

policy for the National Assessment of 

Educational Progress (NAEP). The 

Board’s responsibilities include the 

following: selecting subject areas to be 

assessed, developing assessment 

frameworks and specifications, 

developing appropriate student 

achievement levels for each grade and 

subject tested, developing standards and 

procedures for interstate and national 

comparisons, improving the form and 

use of NAEP, developing guidelines for 

reporting and disseminating results, and 

releasing initial NAEP results to the 

public. Section 302 (6) of P.L. 107–279 

provides the legislative authority for 

appointment of Governing Board staff. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: 

Pursuant to FACA requirements, the 

public may inspect the outcomes of 

Board action via an announcement of 

the appointment that will be posted at 

www.nagb.gov approximately two weeks 

after the teleconference meeting. 

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: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III— 

National Assessment of Educational Progress 

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Dated: April 10, 2015. 

Mary Crovo, 

Deputy Executive Director, National 

Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. 

Department of Education. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08658 Filed 4–14–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Investing in Innovation Fund— 

Development Grants; Correction 

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and 

Improvement, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.411P (Development 

grants Pre-Application) and 84.411C 

(Development grants Full Application). 

SUMMARY: On March 30, 2015, we 

published in the Federal Register (80 

FR 16648) a notice inviting applications 

for new awards under the Investing in 

Innovation Fund (i3) Development 

grants. This correction notice changes 

the deadline date for transmittal of preapplications from April 29, 2015, to 

May 5, 2015. 

DATES: Effective April 15, 2015. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of March 30, 

2015 (80 FR 16648), on page 16648, in 

the middle of the third column under 

the heading Overview Information, and 

on page 16656, in the middle of the first 

column, under 3. Submission Dates and 

Times, we change the deadline date for 

transmittal of pre-applications from 

‘‘April 29, 2015,’’ to ‘‘May 5, 2015.’’ 

Program Authority: American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, 

Section 14007, Pub. L. 111–5. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Terpak, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 4C107, Washington, DC 20202– 

5930. Telephone: (202) 453–7122. FAX: 

(202) 205–5631 or by email: i3@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), 

call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, 

at 1–800–877–8339. 

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 compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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. 

Dated: April 10, 2015. 

Nadya Chinoy Dabby, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08631 Filed 4–14–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance, a proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

proposed collection will require annual 

reports from power companies that 

voluntarily join the Department’s new 

Partnership for Energy Sector Climate 

Resilience. The goal of this partnership 

is for the Department and power 

company participants to work 

cooperatively to enhance the energy 

security of the nation’s electricity 

infrastructure. The annual reports 

required of partners will include 

summaries of activities undertaken 

during the proceeding year including, 

for example, vulnerability assessments, 

resilience strategies, information on 

costs and benefits of actions taken, and 

best practices. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

department; (b) the accuracy of the 

Department’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information being 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the proposed collection on 

the respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

May 15, 2015. 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 DOE Desk Officer at OMB of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at 202–395–4718. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the 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. 

And to Dr. Craig Zamuda, U.S. 

Department of Energy, EPSA–20, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, or by fax 202 

586–5345, or by email at craig.zamuda@

hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Craig Zamuda, U.S. Department of 

Energy, EPSA–20, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, or 

by fax 202 586–5345, or by email at 

craig.zamuda@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No:. ‘‘New’’; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Partnership for 

Energy Sector Climate Resilience; (3) 

Type of Request: New collection; (4) 

Purpose: To enhance the resilience of 

the nation’s power sector to extreme 

weather and climate change, the 

Department of Energy is establishing a 

partnership program with power sector 

companies. On an annual basis, 

participating companies are asked to 

report on activities they have 

undertaken to improve their resilience 

to extreme weather and climate change. 

This information will help facilitate 

improved resilience throughout the 

sector and better inform the 

Department’s activities in support of 

these efforts. (5) Annual Estimated 

Number of Respondents: 25; (6) Annual 

Estimated Number of Total Responses: 

50 (first year, 25 thereafter). (7) Annual 

Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 212 

hours; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting 

and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $8,959 

total program-wide annual costs. 

Statutory Authority: Title XIII of the 

Energy Independence and Security Act 

of 2007 calls for a variety of activities 

to support the modernization of the 

Nation’s electricity transmission and 

distribution system to maintain a 

reliable and secure electricity 

infrastructure. In addition, Executive 


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