Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 81 /Tuesday, April 28, 1998 / Notices 23277

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary of Defense

Ballistic Missile Defense Advisory

Committee

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee

meeting.

SUMMARY: The Ballistic Missile Defense

(BMD) Advisory Committee will meet in

closed session at MacDill Air Force

Base, Tampa, Florida, on May 12–13,

1998.

The mission of the BMD Advisory

Committee is to advise the Secretary of

Defense and Deputy Secretary of

Defense, through the Under Secretary of

Defense (Acquisition and Technology),

on all matters relating to BMD

acquisition, system development, and

technology.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Pub. L. 92–463, as amended by 5 U.S.C.,

Appendix II, it is hereby determined

that this BMD Advisory Committee

meeting concerns matters listed in 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), and that accordingly

this meeting will be closed to the

public.

Dated: April 22, 1998.

Linda M. Bynum,

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,

Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Meeting of the Advisory Council on

Dependent’s Education

AGENCY: Department of Defense,

Department of Defense Dependents

Schools (DoDDS).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a

forthcoming semiannual public meeting

of the Advisory Council on Dependents’

Education (ACDE). The purpose of this

meeting is to obtain advice about

DoDDS education programs, including

the technology program and application

of the Department of Defense Education

Activity initiative, ‘‘Framework for

Excellence.’’ The ‘‘Framework for

Excellence’’ is aimed at helping schools

that are farthest from meeting the

DoDDS performance standards and

benchmarks. These standards and

benchmarks indicate how well students

are mastering the knowledge and skills

expected of them.

DATES: May 28, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

and May 29, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in

the Office of the Secretary of Defense,

Conference Room (Room 1E801), in the

Pentagon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Marilee Fitzgerald, Department of

Defense Dependents Schools, 4040

North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia,

22203–1635. Ms. Fitzgerald can be

reached at 703–696–3866, extension

2800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Advisory Council on Dependents’

Education is established under Title

XIV, section 1411, of Public Law 95–

561, Defense Dependents’ Education Act

of 1978, as amended (20 U.S.C. section

929). The purpose of the Council is to

recommend to the Director, DoDDS,

general policies for the operation of the

DoDDS; to provide the Director, DoDDS,

with information about effective

educational programs and practices that

should be considered by DoDDS; and to

perform other tasks as may be required

by the Secretary of Defense.

Dated: April 22, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison

Officer Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before June 29,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Acting Deputy

Chief Information Officer, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests prior to submission

of these requests to OMB. Each

proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary

of the collection; (4) Description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) Respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB invites public comment at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

The Department of Education 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.

Dated: April 22, 1998.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: New.

Title: 1999 National Household

Education Survey (NHES:99).

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:

Responses: 107,155.