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fostering technological innovation based 

upon solid science, resulting in 

commercially successful products and 

services. 

Dated: December 2, 2008. 

Jon W. Dudas, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Revised Non-Foreign Overseas Per 

Diem Rates 

AGENCY: DoD, Per Diem, Travel and 

Transportation Allowance Committee. 

ACTION: Notice of revised non-foreign 

overseas per diem rates. 

SUMMARY: The Per Diem, Travel and 

Transportation Allowance Committee is 

publishing Civilian Personnel Per Diem 

Bulletin Number 261. This bulletin lists 

revisions in the per diem rates 

prescribed for U.S. Government 

employees for official travel in Alaska, 

Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Northern 

Mariana Islands and Possessions of the 

United States. AEA changes announced 

in Bulletin Number 194 remain in effect. 

Bulletin Number 261 is being published 

in the Federal Register to assure that 

travelers are paid per diem at the most 

current rates. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2009. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document gives notice of revisions in 

per diem rates prescribed by the Per 

Diem Travel and Transportation 

Allowance Committee for non-foreign 

areas outside the continental United 

States. It supersedes Civilian Personnel 

Per Diem Bulletin Number 260. 

Distribution of Civilian Personnel Per 

Diem Bulletins by mail was 

discontinued. Per Diem Bulletins 

published periodically in the Federal 

Register now constitute the only 

notification of revisions in per diem 

rates to agencies and establishments 

outside the Department of Defense. For 

more information or questions about per 

diem rates, please contact your local 

travel office. The text of the Bulletin 

follows: 

Dated: December 30, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA No. 84.330B] 

Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice reopening the AP Test 

Fee fiscal year (FY) 2009 competition. 

SUMMARY: On October 31, 2008, we 

published in the Federal Register (73 

FR 64928) a notice inviting applications 

for the AP Test Fee FY 2009 

competition. That notice established a 

December 15, 2008 deadline date for 

eligible applicants to apply for funding 

under this program. 

In order to afford as many eligible 

applicants as possible an opportunity to 

receive funding under this program, we 

are reopening the AP Test Fee FY 2009 

competition to eligible applicants that 

did not apply for funds by the December 

15, 2008 deadline. An eligible applicant 

that submitted its application by the 

December 15, 2008 deadline does not 

need to re-submit its application. All 

information in the October 31, 2008 

notice remains the same for this notice 

reopening the competition, except for 

the following updates to DATES. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: January 8, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: January 15, 2009. 

Note: Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted electronically 

using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at http://www.grants.gov. For information 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, please refer to Electronic 

Submission of Applications in the October 

31, 2008 notice (73 FR 64929–64930). We 

encourage eligible applicants to submit their 

applications as soon as possible to avoid any 

problems with filing electronic applications 

on the last day. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: March 16, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Francisco Ramirez, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3E224, Washington, DC 20202– 

6200. Telephone: (202) 260–1541 or by 

e-mail: Francisco.Ramirez@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. Individuals with 

disabilities may obtain this notice in an 

accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the contact person listed 

in this section. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

other Department of Education 

documents 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. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

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. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6531–6537. 

Dated: January 5, 2009. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

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