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1www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW115publ435/html/PLAW-115publ435.htm. 

2 5 U.S.C. 312(a). 

3For more background, see 

www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/30/ 

2021-14003/proposed-priorities-and-definitionssecretarys-supplemental-priorities-and-definitionsfor. 

supplemental ARP (a)(4) awards. The 

Department will accept complete 

applications submitted at any time prior 

to the deadline on September 10, 2021. 

All other requirements and conditions 

stated in the notice announcing 

availability of funds remain the same. 

Program Authority: Section 2003 of 

the ARP and section 314 of the 

CRRSAA. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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Code of Federal Regulations at 

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documents published by this 

Department in the Federal Register, in 

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(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

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the Department. 

Annmarie Weisman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

Planning and Innovation, Office of 

Postsecondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17642 Filed 8–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2021–IES–0118] 

Request for Information on the 

Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2022–2026 Learning Agenda 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The Foundations for 

Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 

2018 and implementing guidance 

require Federal agencies to develop an 

evidence-building plan, referred to as a 

Learning Agenda, to identify and 

address questions relevant to agency 

programs, policies, and regulations. 

Through this request for information 

(RFI), we seek public input to help us 

identify priority questions to guide our 

evidence-building activities. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

by September 16, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your response to 

this RFI through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. We will not accept 

submissions by postal mail, commercial 

mail, hand delivery, fax, or email. To 

ensure that we do not receive duplicate 

copies, please submit your comments 

only once. In addition, please include 

the Docket ID at the top of your 

comments. 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under the ‘‘FAQ’’ tab. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy for comments received from 

members of the public is to make these 

submissions available for public 

viewing in their entirety on the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available. We encourage, but 

do not require, that each respondent 

include his or her name, title, 

institution or affiliation, and the name, 

title, mailing and email addresses, and 

telephone number of a contact person 

for his or her institution or affiliation, if 

any. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Soldner, Commissioner, 

National Center for Education 

Evaluation and Regional Assistance & 

Evaluation Officer, Institute of 

Education Sciences, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 4160, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–7240. 

Telephone: (202) 245–8385. Email: 

Matthew.Soldner@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Foundations for Evidence-Based 

Policymaking Act of 2018 1 requires 

Federal agencies to develop ‘‘a 

systematic plan for identifying and 

addressing policy questions relevant to 

the programs, policies, and regulations 

of the agency.’’ 2This plan, referred to as 

a Learning Agenda, offers the 

opportunity for the Department to 

develop evidence in service of achieving 

its strategic goals and objectives, 

answering important short- and longterm strategic and operational questions. 

We seek public comments to inform the 

development of our FY 2022–2026 

Learning Agenda. 

This is a request for information only. 

This RFI is not a request for proposals 

(RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP or 

a notice inviting applications. This RFI 

does not commit the Department to 

contract for any supply or service 

whatsoever. Further, we are not seeking 

proposals and will not accept 

unsolicited proposals. The Department 

will not pay for any information or 

administrative costs that you may incur 

in responding to this RFI. The 

documents and information submitted 

in response to this RFI will not be 

returned. 

We will review every comment, and, 

as described above, electronic 

comments in response to this RFI will 

be publicly available on the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Please note that 

IES will not directly respond to 

comments. 

Solicitation of Comments 

The Department intends to focus its 

FY 2022–2026 evidence-building 

activities on six areas that are related to 

achieving the Department’s education 

mission and are consistent with the 

Secretary’s vision for American 

education.3 We list each area below and 

invite stakeholders who are interested 

in the work of the Department for their 

input on (1) the most important 

questions about which evidence should 

be built in each area; (2) specific 

evidence-building activities that should 

be undertaken, either by the Department 

or by others with the capacity to do so, 

to answer those questions; and (3) areas 

not listed below to which the 

Department should pay particular 

attention as it refines its FY 2022–2026 

Learning Agenda during this and future 

fiscal years. These six areas of the 

Learning Agenda are— 

1. Addressing the impact of COVID– 

19 on students, schools and institutions 

of higher education, educators, and their 

communities; 


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2. Promoting equity in student access 

to educational resources, opportunities, 

and welcoming, safe, and inclusive 

environments; 

3. Meeting student social, emotional, 

mental health, basic, and academic 

needs; 

4. Increasing postsecondary education 

access, affordability, completion, and 

post-enrollment success; 

5. Supporting a well-prepared diverse 

educator workforce and their 

professional growth to strengthen 

student learning; and 

6. Improving Federal student aid 

programs. 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document in an accessible format. 

The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the 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. 

Matthew Soldner, 

Commissioner, National Center for Education 

Evaluation and Regional Assistance & Agency 

Evaluation Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17625 Filed 8–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open virtual meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

online virtual meeting of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 

Hanford. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act requires that public 

notice of this online virtual meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, September 22, 2021; 

9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Thursday, 

September 23, 2021; 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Online Virtual Meeting. To 

receive the meeting access information 

and call-in number, please contact the 

Alternate Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer, Gary Younger, at the telephone 

number or email listed below by five 

days prior to the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Younger, Alternate Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Hanford Office of 

Communications, Richland Operations 

Office, P.O. Box 550, Richland, WA 

99354; Phone: (509) 372–0923; or Email: 

gary.younger@rl.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda: 

Discussion Topics 

Tri-Party Agreement Agencies’ Updates 

Hanford Advisory Board Committee 

Reports 

Board Business 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Hanford, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Gary 

Younger at least seven days in advance 

of the meeting at the telephone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

within five business days after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to agenda 

items should contact Gary Younger. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available at 

the following website: http://

www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/hab/ 

FullBoardMeetingInformation. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 11, 

2021. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17593 Filed 8–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open virtual meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

online virtual meeting of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 

Hanford. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act requires that public 

notice of this online virtual meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, October 20, 2021; 

9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Online Virtual Meeting. To 

receive the meeting access information 

and call-in number, please contact the 

Alternate Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer, Gary Younger, at the telephone 

number or email listed below by five 

days prior to the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Younger, Alternate Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Hanford Office of 

Communications, Richland Operations 

Office, P.O. Box 550, Richland, WA 

99354; Phone: (509) 372–0923; or Email: 

gary.younger@rl.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda: 

Discussion Topic 

Committee Business 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Hanford, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Gary 

Younger at least seven days in advance 

of the meeting at the telephone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

within five business days after the 


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