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from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant 

plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Grant Administration: Applicants 

should budget for an annual two-day 

meeting for project directors to be held 

in Washington, DC. 

4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Institute. If you 

receive a multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Institute 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Institute may 

also require more frequent performance 

reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For 

specific requirements on reporting, 

please go to www.ed.gov/fund/grant/ 

apply/appforms/appforms.html. 

5. Performance Measures: To evaluate 

the overall success of its education 

research grant programs, the Institute 

annually assesses the percentage of 

projects that result in peer-reviewed 

publications, the number of newly 

developed or modified interventions 

with evidence of promise for improving 

student education outcomes, and the 

number of Institute-supported 

interventions with evidence of efficacy 

in improving student outcomes 

including student academic outcomes 

and social and behavioral competencies 

for school-age students. Student 

academic outcomes include learning 

and achievement in core academic 

content areas (reading, writing, math, 

and science), and outcomes that reflect 

students’ successful progression through 

the education system (e.g., course and 

grade completion; high school 

graduation; postsecondary enrollment, 

progress, and completion). Social and 

behavioral competencies include social 

and emotional skills, attitudes, and 

behaviors that are important to student’s 

academic and post-academic success. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Institute considers, among 

other things: Whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in meeting 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Institute has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, whether the grantee has 

met the performance targets in the 

grantee’s approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Institute also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the RFA in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape, or compact disc) on request 

to the appropriate program contact 

person listed in the chart at the end of 

this notice. 

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the document published in the Federal 

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and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

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at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

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text or PDF. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: January 16, 2018. 

Thomas Brock, 

Commissioner of the National Center for 

Education Research, Delegated the Duties of 

the Director of the Institute of Education 

Sciences. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00998 Filed 1–19–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) today gives notice of a request for 

public comment, pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on 

the continued collection of information 

entitled: Budget Justification, which 

DOE has developed for submission to 

and approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before March 23, 2018. 

If you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to U.S. Department of Energy, 

Golden Field Office, 15013 Denver West 

Parkway Golden, CO 80401–3111, Attn: 

James Cash, or by email at james.cash@

ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to James Cash, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Golden Field Office, 15013 

Denver West Parkway Golden, CO 

80401–3111, or by phone (240) 562– 

1456, or by email at james.cash@

ee.doe.gov. The information collection 

instrument, titled ‘‘Budget Justification’’ 

may also be viewed at https://

energy.gov/eere/funding/downloads/ 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–5162, Budget 

Justification; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Budget Justification; 

(3) Type of Request: Renewal; 

(4) Purpose: This collection of 

information is necessary in order for 

DOE to identify allowable, allocable, 

and reasonable recipient project costs 

eligible for Grants and Cooperative 

Agreements under Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy (EERE) 

programs; 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 400; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 400; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 24 hours, per response; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $940.80 

per one time response; 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Statutory Authority: Section 989(a) 

EPACT 2005 [Merit Review] { 42 U.S.C. 

16353(a)}; Section 646 DOE 

Organization Act [Contracts] {42 U.S.C. 

7256(a)}; and 31 U.S.C. 503 (the Chief 

Financial Officers Act, Functions of the 

Deputy Director for Management), 31 

U.S.C. 1111 (Improving Economy and 

Efficiency of the United States 

Government), 41 U.S.C. 1101–1131 (the 

Office of Federal Procurement Policy 

Act), Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970, 

and Executive Order 11541 

(‘‘Prescribing the Duties of the Office of 

Management and Budget and the 

Domestic Policy Council in the 

Executive Office of the President’’), the 

Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, 

(31 U.S.C. 7501–7507), as well as The 

Federal Program Information Act (Pub. 

L. 95–220 and Pub. L. 98–169, as 

amended, codified at 31 U.S.C. 6101– 

6106). 

Issued in Golden, CO, on January 8, 2018. 

Derek Passarelli, 

Director, Golden Field Office, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden 

Field Office. 

[FR Doc. 2018–01027 Filed 1–19–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Staff Attendance at the 

Southwest Power Pool Regional Entity 

Trustee, Regional State Committee, 

Members’ Committee and Board of 

Directors’ Meetings 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) hereby gives 

notice that members of its staff may 

attend the meetings of the Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. Regional State 

Committee (RSC), Regional Entity 

Trustee (RET), Members’ Committee and 

Board of Directors as noted below. Their 

attendance is part of the Commission’s 

ongoing outreach efforts. 

The meetings will be held at the 

Skirvin Hotel, 1 Park Avenue, 

Oklahoma City, OK 73102. The phone 

number is (405) 272–3040. All meetings 

are Central Time. 

SPP RET 

January 29, 2018 (8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) 

SPP RSC 

January 29, 2018 (1:00 p.m.–5:00 

p.m.) 

SPP Members/Board of Directors 

January 30, 2018 (8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.) 

The discussions may address matters 

at issue in the following proceedings: 

Docket No. ER12–1179, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER15–1809, ATX Southwest, 

LLC 

Docket No. ER15–2028, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER15–2115, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER15–2236, Midwest Power 

Transmission Arkansas, LLC 

Docket No. ER15–2237, Kanstar 

Transmission, LLC 

Docket No. ER15–2324, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER15–2594, South Central 

MCN LLC 

Docket No. EL16–91, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL18–19, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL16–108, Tilton Energy v. 

Midcontinent Independent System 

Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. EL16–110, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER16–204, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER16–2522, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER16–2523, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL17–11, Alabama Power 

Co. v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL17–21, Kansas Electric Co. 

v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL17–86, Nebraska Public 

Power District v. Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL17–69, Buffalo Dunes et 

al. v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–426, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–428, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–469, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–772, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–889, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–953, South Central 

MCN LLC 

Docket No. ER17–1092, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–1046, South Central 

MCN LLC 

Docket No. ER17–1482, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–1568, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–1575, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–2027, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–2229, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–2256, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–2257, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–2312, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–2388, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–2441, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–2442, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–2523, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–2537, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–2563, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER17–2583, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER18–171, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER18–194, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER18–195, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER18–208, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 


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