77442 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 246 / Monday, December 23, 2013 / Notices 

Dated: December 17, 2013. 

N.A. Hagerty-Ford, 

Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate 

General, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30505 Filed 12–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0157] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; The 

Impact of Professional Development in 

Fractions for Fourth Grade 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

21, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0157 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. Written 

requests for information or comments 

submitted by postal mail or delivery 

should be addressed to the Director of 

the Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

2E105, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Kathy Axt, 540– 

776–7742 or electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. We will only 

accept comments in this mailbox when 

the regulations.gov site is not available 

to the public for any reason. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. 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. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: The Impact of 

Professional Development in Fractions 

for Fourth Grade. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,024. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,512. 

Abstract: OMB clearance is requested 

for a randomized control trial study of 

the impact of professional development 

in fractions for fourth grade teachers on 

student achievement and teacher 

knowledge in 84 elementary schools 

from Georgia and South Carolina for one 

academic year. Schools below the state 

median on the respective state 

assessment will be recruited. Random 

assignment will be conducted at the 

school-level. Teachers in the treatment 

schools will participate in 8 three-hour 

training sessions during the Fall 

semester with additional homework 

lessons. Teachers in control schools will 

receive business-as-usual professional 

development. Teachers will participate 

in the following data collection 

activities: consent and demographic 

form, teacher knowledge measure of 

fractions (pre- and post-test), and 9 

monthly professional development 

surveys. Grade 4 students will be 

assessed with a fractions measure. REL 

Southeast will conduct the study. This 

OMB clearance request is to collect data 

from approximately 252 teachers. 

Dated: December 17, 2013. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30420 Filed 12–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Secretary of Energy 

Advisory Board (SEAB) FracFocus Task 

Force. SEAB was reestablished pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). 

This notice is provided in accordance 

with the Act. 

DATES: Monday, January 6, 2014, 9:45 

a.m.–3:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Bodette, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202) 

586–0383 or facsimile (202) 586–1441; 

seab@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Board was 

established to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

the Department’s basic and applied 

research, economic and national 

security policy, educational issues, 

operational issues and other activities as 

directed by the Secretary. The 

FracFocus Task Force is charged with 

reviewing how FracFocus 2.0 houses the 

information Federal and State regulatory 

agencies require as part of their 

regulatory functions with regard to 

disclosure of the composition and 

quantities of fracturing fluids injected 

into unconventional oil and gas wells. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The meeting 

will be an opportunity to hear updates 

on the work of FracFocus 2.0. 

Tentative Agenda: The meeting will 

start at 9:45 a.m. on January 6, 2014 and 

will conclude at 3:00 p.m. The tentative 

agenda is as follows: 

9:45 a.m.–10:00 p.m. Task Force Chair 

John Deutch Opens Meeting 

10:00 a.m.–10:45 p.m. DOE 

presentation on FracFocus 2.0 

10:45 a.m.–11:45 p.m. FracFocus 

Presentation 

11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Break 


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