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Needs and Uses: Executive order 

(E.O.) 12829, ‘‘National Industrial 

Security Program (NISP),’’ stipulates 

that the Secretary of Defense shall serve 

as the Executive Agent for inspecting 

and monitoring the contractors, 

licensees, and grantees who require or 

will require access to classified 

information; and for determining the 

eligibility for access to classified 

information of contractors, licensees, 

and grantees and their respective 

employees. The Under Secretary of 

Defense for Intelligence assigned 

Defense Security Service (DSS) the 

responsibility for central operational 

management of NISP personnel security 

investigation (PSI) workload 

projections, and for monitoring of NISP 

PSI funding and investigations. The 

execution of the collection instrument is 

an essential element of DSS’ ability to 

plan, program and budget for the PSI 

needs of NISP personnel security 

investigations. 

Affected Public: Cleared business or 

other for profit; not-for-profit 

institutions under Department of 

Defense Security Cognizance approved 

for storage of classified materials. 

Annual Burden Hours: 5,210.50. 

Number of Respondents: 10,421. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Frequency: Annually. 

In this annual collection of information, 

DSS asks the Facility Security Officers 

of cleared contractor entities to provide 

for each of three upcoming fiscal years 

(e.g., 2018, 2019, 2020): projections of 

the numbers and types of personnel 

security investigations (PSIs) required; a 

description of methodology used for the 

projections; and estimates of the 

numbers and types of cleared 

contractor’s PSI projections that are 

separately attributable to DoD contracts 

and the contracts of non-DoD agencies. 

The data will be incorporated into DSS 

budget submissions and used to track 

against actual PSI submissions. PSI 

projections are collected electronically 

via a PSI module within the National 

Industrial Security System (NISS) which 

displays OMB approval number 0704– 

0417. 

Dated: January 11, 2018. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00702 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2017–ICCD–0138] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; Fast 

Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: 

Teachers’ Use of Technology for 

School and Homework Assignments— 

Preliminary Activities 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

16, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2017–ICCD–0138. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number 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 

216–34, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Kashka 

Kubzdela, 202–245–7377. 

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: Fast Response 

Survey System (FRSS) 109: Teachers’ 

Use of Technology for School and 

Homework Assignments—Preliminary 

Activities. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0857. 

Type of Review: A reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,100. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,161. 

Abstract: The National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) requests 

OMB approval to conduct teacher list 

collection and district recruitment for 

the Fast Response Survey System 

(FRSS) 109 survey on teachers’ use of 

technology for school and homework 

assignments in public schools. NCES is 

conducting this FRSS survey as part of 

the IES response to the request in the 

Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 

(ESSA, 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) to 

provide information about the 

educational impact of access to digital 

learning resources (DLRs) outside of the 

classroom. The expanding use of 

technology affects the lives of students 

both inside and outside the classroom. 

For this reason, the role of technology 

in education is an increasingly 

important area of research. While access 

to technology can provide valuable 

learning opportunities to students, 

technology by itself does not guarantee 

successful outcomes. Schools and 

teachers play an important role in 

successfully integrating technology into 

teaching and learning. Findings from 

the FRSS 109 study will provide insight 

on the types and availability of DLRs 

outside of the classroom, and will 

contribute to IES legislatively mandated 

report on the educational impact of 

access to DLRs outside the classroom. 


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To provide the needed data, FRSS 109 

will collect nationally representative 

data from public school teachers about 

their use of DLRs for teaching, and how 

their knowledge and beliefs about their 

students’ access to DLRs outside the 

classroom affect the assignments they 

give. The survey will focus on 

information that can best be provided by 

teachers from their perspective and 

direct interaction with students. FRSS 

109 will provide national statistics on: 

(1) Teachers’ knowledge and beliefs 

about students’ access to technology for 

doing school assignments outside of 

school; (2) Barriers and challenges 

teachers believe their students face in 

using technology for class assignments 

outside of school; and (3) Computers 

that the district or school may make 

available to students for use outside of 

class time. This request is for FRSS 109 

preliminary activities, including 

securing research approval from special 

contact school districts beginning in 

April 2018 and obtaining teacher lists 

from sampled schools beginning in 

August 2018. 

Dated: January 10, 2018. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00638 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2018–ICCD–0005] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Impact 

Study of Federally-Funded Magnet 

Schools 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

19, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2018–ICCD–0005. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number 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 

216–32, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Lauren Angelo, 

202–245–7474. 

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: Impact Study of 

Federally-Funded Magnet Schools. 

OMB Control Number: 1850—NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 179. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 265. 

Abstract: This Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) package requests 

clearance for data collection activities to 

support a rigorous Impact Study of 

Federally-Funded Magnet Schools. The 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at 

the U.S. Department of Education (ED) 

has contracted with Mathematica Policy 

Research and its subcontractor, Social 

Policy Research Associates (SPR), to 

conduct this evaluation (ED–IES–17–C– 

0066). The evaluation includes an initial 

feasibility assessment, to determine 

whether an impact study can be 

conducted appropriately. First, the 

study team will interview fiscal year 

(FY) 2016 and 2017 Magnet Schools 

Assistance Program (MSAP) grantee 

districts and schools to gather detailed 

information on student recruitment and 

admissions policies and practices, 

paying particular attention to the use of 

randomized lotteries for student 

admissions. The feasibility phase will 

result in a brief describing how MSAPfunded schools recruit and select 

students for admission, a topic of 

interest to the program office. Second, if 

a sufficient number of students are 

being admitted to these schools through 

lotteries, the impact study will collect 

survey data from principals and district 

administrative records on admissions 

lotteries and student progress. The 

study would use these data to estimate 

the impacts of magnet schools on 

student achievement and diversity and 

to describe whether particular features 

of magnet schools are associated with 

greater success. 

Dated: January 11, 2018. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00655 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Proposed Information Collection— 

2018 Election Administration and 

Voting Survey; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

EAC announces an information 

collection and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. The EAC intends 

to submit this proposed information 

collection (2018 Election 

Administration and Voting Survey) to 

the Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget for approval. 

The 2018 Election Administration and 

Voting Survey (Survey) asks election 

officials questions concerning voting 

and election administration. These 

questions request information 

concerning ballots cast; voter 

registration; overseas and military 


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