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that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on (date). (Signature).’’ 

For personal visits to access records at 

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HISTORY: 

August 26, 2009, 74 FR 54975; May 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[Docket ID: USN–2021–HQ–0007] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Emergency notice. 

SUMMARY: Consistent with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

its implementing regulations, this 

document provides notice DoD is 

submitting an Information Collection 

Request to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to conduct a strategic 

level engagement survey of the Navy 

Active Duty population that addresses 

core measures relating to the health of 

the force and addresses emergent issues 

of interest to Navy leadership. This is a 

biennial survey, initiated in 2019, the 

results of which inform the Navy’s 

Health of the Force Report to Congress, 

congressional testimony, as well as 

support program and policy 

assessments. A secondary goal of this 

survey is to minimize the number of 

unnecessary and potentially duplicative 

smaller surveys. DoD requests 

emergency processing and OMB 

authorization to collect the information 

after publication of this notice for a 

period of six months. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

August 19, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The Department has 

requested emergency processing from 

OMB for this information collection 

request by 1 day after publication of this 

notice. Interested parties can access the 

supporting materials and collection 

instrument as well as submit comments 

and recommendations to OMB at 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

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Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval of this information 

collection. They will also become a 

matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey is targeted at Navy Active 

Component personnel to gather their 

input and opinions on key issues of 

interest to Navy leadership. A scripted 

briefing report documenting, in detail, 

the results of the survey will be 

completed and provided to all those 

organizations who provided input to the 

survey. An executive overview brief will 

be developed and provided to senior 

leadership. Results from the survey will 

also be incorporated into the Health of 

the Force report in November for release 

in January 2022. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Navy Health of the Force 

Survey; OMB Control Number 0703– 

NHFS. 

Type of Request: Emergency. 

Number of Respondents: 13,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 13,000. 

Average Burden per Response: 25 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 5,417. 

Affected Public: None. 

Frequency: Biennial. 

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Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

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of the functions of DoD, including 

whether the information collected has 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

DoD’s estimate of the burden (including 

hours and cost) of the proposed 

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enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including automated 

collection techniques or the use of other 

forms of information technology. 

Dated: August 13, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing Board 

Solicitation of Public Comments for 

Updating the Science Assessment 

Framework for the 2028 National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) 

AGENCY: National Assessment 

Governing Board, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for 

preliminary public comment for the 

Science Assessment Framework for the 

2028 National Assessment of 

Educational Progress (NAEP). 

SUMMARY: The National Assessment 

Governing Board (Governing Board) is 

soliciting public comment for 

preliminary guidance in updating the 

Assessment Framework for the 2028 

National Assessment of Educational 

Progress (NAEP) in Science. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Governing Board is authorized to 

formulate policy guidelines for NAEP. 

Section 302(e)(1)(c) of Public Law 107– 

279 specifies that the Governing Board 

determines the content to be assessed 

for each NAEP Assessment. Each NAEP 

subject area assessment is guided by a 

framework that defines the scope of the 

domain to be measured by delineating 

the knowledge and skills to be tested at 

each grade and subject, the format of the 

assessment, and the achievement level 

descriptions—guiding assessments that 

are valid, reliable, and reflective of 

widely accepted professional standards. 

The NAEP Science Assessment 

Framework was last revised in 2005 

(and most recently used for the 2019 

NAEP Science Assessment). Comments 

received in response to this notice will 

be utilized to inform Governing Board 

decisions on the extent of revisions 

needed to update the NAEP Science 

Assessment Framework. A Governing 

Board charge to launch the framework 

revision process is anticipated at the 

March 2022 quarterly Board meeting. 

Public and private parties and 

organizations are invited to provide 

written comments and 

recommendations relative to the current 

framework, adopted in 2005. Comments 


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should specifically address: (a) Whether 

the 2019 NAEP Science Framework 

needs to be updated; (b) if the 

framework needs to be updated, why a 

revision is needed; and (c) what should 

a revision to the framework include? 

This notice sets forth the review 

schedule and provides information for 

accessing additional materials that will 

be informative and useful for this 

review. 

Assessment and Item Specifications 

elaborate on the framework as guidance 

for item development conducted by the 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(NCES) and the NAEP assessment 

development contractor(s). The 

framework development and update 

process also produces recommendations 

for contextual variables, which supports 

NCES’ development of the 

questionnaires administered to students, 

teachers, and schools to help the public 

understand the achievement results in 

each subject. By engaging NAEP’s 

audiences, partners, and stakeholders in 

the panels that provide 

recommendations for NAEP frameworks 

and by seeking public comment, NAEP 

frameworks reflect content valued by 

the public as important to measure. 

Additional information on the 

Governing Board’s work in developing 

NAEP Frameworks and Specifications 

can be found at https://www.nagb.gov/ 

naep-frameworks/frameworksoverview.html. 

All responses will be taken into 

consideration before finalizing the 

recommendations for updating the 

NAEP Science Assessment Framework. 

Once finalized, recommendations will 

be used to guide a framework update 

process, if an update is needed for the 

2028 NAEP Science Assessment. 

Comments shall be submitted via 

email to nagb@ed.gov with the email 

subject header NAEP Science 

Framework no later than 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on Thursday, September 

30. It is anticipated that public 

comments will be shared and discussed 

publicly in upcoming Governing Board 

meetings and materials. When providing 

comment, please indicate if you are not 

comfortable with your name and 

affiliation being included with the 

comments that will be shared publicly 

by the Governing Board in its 

deliberations. 

Additional information (including the 

materials referenced below) can be 

found on the project website at https:// 

www.nagb.gov/naep-frameworks/ 

science/science-frameworkfeedback.html. 

Existing Science Framework for the 

NAEP 

The existing framework (adopted in 

2005) can be downloaded from the 

Governing Board website at https://

www.nagb.gov/naep-frameworks/ 

science.html. 

Governing Board’s Periodic Review and 

Updating of NAEP Frameworks 

Governing Board policy articulates 

the Board’s commitment to a 

comprehensive, inclusive, and 

deliberative process to determine and 

update the content and format of all 

NAEP assessments. For each NAEP 

assessment, this process results in a 

NAEP framework, outlining what is to 

be measured and how it will be 

measured. Periodically, the Governing 

Board reviews existing NAEP 

frameworks to determine if changes are 

warranted. Each NAEP framework 

development and update process 

considers a wide set of factors, 

including but not limited to reviews of 

recent research on teaching and 

learning, changes in state and local 

standards and assessments, and the 

latest perspectives on the nation’s future 

needs and desirable levels of 

achievement. 

In 2021, the Board is initiating a 

preliminary review of the NAEP Science 

Framework. The Governing Board’s 

NAEP Science Framework review will 

use general public comment collected 

through this notice as well as expert 

commentary to determine whether a 

framework update is required and the 

type of updates that may be needed. 

Learn more about framework update 

processes at https://www.nagb.gov/ 

content/dam/nagb/en/documents/naep/ 

NAEP-Frameworks-FAQ_FINAL.pdf. 

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Specifically, through the advanced 

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your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Authority: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III— 

National Assessment of Educational 

Progress § 301. 

Lesley Muldoon, 

Executive Director, National Assessment 

Governing Board (NAGB), U. S. Department 

of Education. 

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Activities: National Mail Voter 

Registration Form 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of emergency 

reinstatement. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission (EAC) gives 

notice that it is requesting from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) an emergency reinstatement of 

the National Mail Voter Registration 

form. Section 9(a) of the NVRA and 

Section 802 of HAVA requires the 

responsible agency to maintain a 

national mail voter registration form for 

U.S. citizens that want to register to 

vote, to update registration information 

due to a change of name, make a change 

of address or to register with a political 

party by returning the form to their state 

election office. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time 

on August 31, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

statements with respect to the 

reinstatement of the National Mail Voter 

Registration form no later than 5 p.m. on 

August 31, 2021. Statements may be 

sent via email to research@eac.gov and 

via standard mail addressed to the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 633 

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DC 20001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nichelle Williams, Telephone: (202) 

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