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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: Trends in 

International Mathematics and Science 

Study (TIMSS): 2015 Recruitment and 

Field Test. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0695. 

Type of Review: A reinstatement with 

change of a previously approved 

information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 14,537. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 34,021. 

Abstract: The Trends in Mathematics 

and Science Study (TIMSS) is an 

international assessment of fourth and 

eighth grade students’ achievement in 

mathematics and science. Since its 

inception in 1995, TIMSS has continued 

to assess students every 4 years (1995, 

1999, 2003, 2007, 2011). Participation in 

this study provides data on current and 

past education policies and a 

comparison of U.S. education policies 

with its international counterparts. 

Periodically, TIMSS has also conducted 

an assessment of advanced mathematics 

and physics of students at the end of 

secondary school (1995 and 2008). The 

United States participated in TIMSS 

Advanced in 1995, but not in 2008. 

Because of the current strong policy 

interest in preparedness for college and 

for careers in science, technology, 

engineering, and mathematics (STEM) 

fields, the U.S. plans to participate in 

TIMSS Advanced in 2015. This 

submission describes the overarching 

plan for all phases of the data collection, 

including the field test that will take 

place in March–April, 2014, and the 

main study that will take place in 

April–May, 2015. The purpose of the 

TIMSS field test is to evaluate new 

assessment items and background 

questions (including the new parent 

questionnaire), to ensure practices that 

promote low exclusion rates, and to 

ensure that classroom and student 

sampling procedures proposed for the 

main study are successful. This 

submission requests approval for 

recruitment for the 2014 field test and 

the 2015 main study; the 2014 field test 

data collection for TIMSS at grades 4 

and 8 and TIMSS Advanced in grade 12; 

and a description of the overarching 

plan for all of the phases of the data 

collection, including data collection in 

the 2015 main study. 

Dated: August 28, 2013. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21323 Filed 8–30–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Emergency Information 

Collection Reinstatement 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) will be submitting an emergency 

information collection request to the 

OMB for reinstatement under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. The information collection 

requests a one hundred eighty (180) day 

approval of its Records and 

Administration, OMB Control Number 

1910–1700. The proposed voluntary 

collection will request that an 

individual or an authorized designee 

provide pertinent information for easy 

record retrieval allowing for increased 

efficiencies and quicker processing. 

Pertinent information includes the 

requester’s name, shipping address, 

phone number, email address, previous 

work location, the action requested and 

any identifying data that will help 

locate the records (maiden name, 

occupational license number, time and 

place of employment. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or 

October 3, 2013. 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 OMB Desk Officer 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: 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: Troy Manigault, Departmental 

Records Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 19901 Germantown Rd, Room 

G–312, Germantown, MD 20874, Phone: 

301–903–9926 (Office), troy.manigault@

hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

TheAnne E. Gordon, Associate CIO for 

IT Planning, Architecture, and EGovernment, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, 202–586–3705 

(Office), theanne.gordon@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–1700; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Records and 

Administration; (3) Type of Request: 

Reinstatement; (4) Purpose: The Privacy 

Act Information Request Form assists 

the Department of Energy in processing 

privacy requests submitted by an 

individual or an authorized designee 

where-in he or she is requesting records 

the government may maintain on them. 

This form will increase efficiencies 

including, but not limited to quicker 

processing of privacy requests by asking 

individuals or their designees pertinent 

information for easy record retrieval; (5) 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 135; (6) Annual Estimated 

Number of Total Responses: 135; (7) 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 45 hrs; Annual Estimated 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 

Burden: N/A 

Statutory Authority: The Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 10 CFR 1008.7, and 

DOE Order 206.1. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 26, 

2013. 

TheAnne E. Gordon, 

Associate CIO for IT Planning, Architecture 

and E-Government, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21344 Filed 8–30–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER13–2232–000 

Applicants: Mustang Hills, LLC 

Description: Category Seller Revision 

to be effective 8/24/2013. 

Filed Date: 8/23/13 


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