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the demonstrated commitment of

appropriate entities to such support.

(g) Quality of the management plan

(15 points).

(1) The Secretary considers the

quality of the management plan for the

proposed project.

(2) In determining the quality of the

management plan for the proposed

project, the Secretary considers the

following factors:

(i) The adequacy of the management

plan to achieve the objectives of the

proposed project on time and within

budget, including clearly defined

responsibilities, timelines, and

milestones for accomplishing project

tasks.

(ii) The adequacy of procedures for

ensuring feedback and continuous

improvement in the operation of the

proposed project.

(iii) The extent to which the time

commitments of the project director and

principal investigator and key project

personnel are appropriate and adequate

to meet the objectives of the proposed

project.

(h) Quality of proposed evaluation (10

points).

(1) The Secretary considers the

quality of the evaluation to be

conducted of the proposed project.

(2) In determining the quality of the

evaluation, the Secretary considers the

following factor:

(i) The extent to which the methods

of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and

appropriate to the goals, objectives, and

outcomes of the proposed project.

Note: Applicants may address this criterion

and factor in any way that they choose. The

Secretary believes, however, that high-quality

applications likely will describe how the

proposed methods of evaluation specifically

are linked to each of the project’s

performance goals, objectives, and indicators,

and will include the use of rigorous

methodologies with assessments that are

reliable and valid for the purposes intended.

Paperwork Reduction Act

Considerations: The procedures and

requirements contained in this notice

relate to an application package that the

Department has developed for the Early

Childhood Educator Professional

Development Program grants. The

public may obtain copies of this

application package by calling or

writing the individual identified below

as the Department’s contact, or through

the Department’s Web site at:

www.ed.gov/GrantApps/#84.349A.

As required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act, the Office of

Management and Budget has approved

the use of this application package

under OMB control number 1810–0633,

which expires July 31, 2001.

For Applications and Further

Information Contact: Doris F. Sligh,

Compensatory Education Programs,

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,

Washington, DC 20202–6132.

Telephone: (202) 260–0999, or via

Internet: Doris_Sligh@ed.gov.

The application package also is

available on the Department’s Web site

at the address indicated above.

If you use a telecommunications

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call

the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. Individuals

with disabilities may obtain this

document in an alternative format (e.g.,

Braille, large print, audiotape, or

computer diskette) on request to the

contact person listed in the preceding

paragraph.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternative format by contacting

that person. However, the Department is

not able to reproduce in an alternative

format the standard forms included in

the application package.

Electronic Access to This Document

You may view this document, as well

as all other Department of Education

documents published in the Federal

Register, in text or Adobe Portable

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet

at the following site: www.ed.gov/

legislation/fedregister.

To use the PDF, you must have Adobe

Acrobat Reader, which is available free

at that site. If you have questions about

using PDF, call the U.S. Government

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington,

DC area at (202) 512–1530.

Note: The official version of this document

is the document published in the Federal

Register. Free Internet access to the official

edition of the Federal Register and the Code

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO

Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/

index.html

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6622

and Public Law No. 106–554.

Dated: April 18, 2001.

Thomas M. Corwin,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Elementary and Secondary Education.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer

Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of computer matching

between the Department of Education

and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Computer

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of

1988, Pub. L. 100–503, and the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) Final

Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching

Programs, notice is hereby given of the

computer matching program between

the Department of Education (ED) (the

source agency) and the Department of

Veterans Affairs (VA) (the recipient

agency). The following notice represents

the approval of a new computer

matching agreement by the ED and VA

Data Integrity Boards to implement the

matching program on the effective date

as indicated below.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the

Computer Matching and Privacy

Protection Act of 1988, OMB Final

Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching

Programs (see 54 FR 25818, June 19,

1989), OMB Memorandum M–01–05

(December 20, 2000),and OMB Circular

A–130, the following information is

provided:

1. Names of Participating Agencies

The U.S. Department of Education

and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

2. Purpose of the Match

The purpose of this matching program

between ED and VA is to verify the

status of applicants for financial

assistance under Title IV of the Higher

Education Act of 1965, as amended

(HEA) who claim to be veterans.

The Secretary of Education is

authorized by the HEA to administer the

Title IV programs and to enforce the

terms and conditions of the HEA. The

Secretary has the authority to treat

applicants who are veterans as

independent students. Independent

students do not have to provide parental

income and asset information to apply

for Title IV, HEA program assistance.

Section 480(c) of the HEA defines the

term ‘‘veteran’’ to mean any individual

who (a) has engaged in the active duty

in the United States Army, Navy, Air

Force, Marines, or Coast Guard; and (b)

was released under a condition other

than dishonorable. Section 480(d)(3) of

the HEA enables an applicant who is

determined to be a veteran (as defined

in subsection (c)(1)) to meet the

definition of an independent student for

purposes of Title IV, HEA program

assistance eligibility.

3. Legal Authority for Conducting the

Matching Program

Section 480(c) and (d)(3) of the HEA.

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4. Categories of Records and

Individuals Covered by the Match

ED will provide the Social Security

Number and other identifying

information of each applicant who

indicates that he or she is a veteran.

This information will be extracted from

the Federal Student Aid Application

File systems of records (18–11–01). The

ED data will be matched against the

Veterans and Beneficiaries

Identification and Records Location

Subsystem—VA (38VA23).

5. Effective Dates of the Matching

Program

The matching program will become

effective 40 days after a copy of the

agreement, as approved by the Data

Integrity Board of each agency, is sent

to Congress and OMB, (or later if OMB

objects to some or all of the agreement),

or 30 days after publication of this

notice in the Federal Register,

whichever date is later. The matching

program will continue for 18 months

after the effective date and may be

extended for an additional 12 months

thereafter, if the conditions specified in

5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D) have been met.

6. Address for Receipt of Public

Comments or Inquiries

Individuals wishing to comment on

this matching program or obtain

additional information about the

program, including requesting a copy of

the computer matching agreement

between ED and VA, should contact Ms.

Edith Bell, Management and Program

Analyst, U.S. Department of Education,

Room 4621, ROB–3, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202–

5400. Telephone: (202) 708–5591. If you

use a telecommunications device for the

deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternative

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

audiotape or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

the preceding paragraph.

Electronic Access to This Document

You may view this document, as well

as all other Department of Education

documents published in the Federal

Register, in text or Adobe Portable

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet

at the following site: www.ed.gov/

legislation/FedRegister

To use PDF you must have the Adobe

Acrobat Reader, which is available free

at this site. If you have questions about

using PDF, call the U.S. Government

Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1–888–

293–6498, or in the Washington, DC

area at (202) 512–1530.

Note: The official version of this document

is the document published in the Federal

Register. Free Internet access to the official

edition of the Federal Register and Code of

Federal Regulations is available on GPO

access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/

index.html

Dated: April 18, 2001.

Greg Woods,

Chief Operating Officer, Student Financial

Assistance.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Idaho. Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No.

92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that

public notice of these meetings be

announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, May 15, 2001, 8 a.m.–

6 p.m.; Wednesday, May 16, 2001, 8

a.m.–5 p.m.

Public participation sessions will be

held on: Tuesday, May 15, 2001, 12:15–

12:30 p.m, 5:45–6 p.m.; Wednesday,

May 16, 2001, 11:45–12 noon, 4–4:15

p.m.

These times are subject to change as

the meeting progresses. Please check

with the meeting facilitator to confirm

these times.

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn, 1399 Bench

Road, Pocatello, Idaho 83201, (208)

237–1400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Wendy Lowe, Idaho National

Engineering and Environmental

Laboratory (INEEL) Citizens’ Advisory

Board (CAB) Facilitator, Jason

Associates Corporation, 477 Shoup

Avenue, Suite 205, Idaho Falls, ID

83402, Phone (208) 522–1662 or visit

the Board’s Internet home page at http:/

/www.ida.net/users/cab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Board is to make recommendations

to DOE and its regulators in the areas of

future use, cleanup levels, waste

disposition and cleanup priorities at the

INEEL.

Tentative Agenda: (Agenda topics

may change up to the day of the

meeting. Please contact Jason Associates

for the most current agenda or visit the

CAB’s Internet site at www.ida.net/

users/cab).

Presentations on the following:

• Workforce Restructuring Plan

• Clean Air Act permitting at the INEEL

• Clean Water Act permitting at the

INEEL

• Nuclear Regulatory Commission

licensing at the INEEL

• Six of the major components of the

EM Program for consideration in

development of a recommendation on

budget priorities within limited

funding levels

Status Report on the following:

• National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA)

Discussion of the following:

• April Snowbird Forum discussion

regarding stakeholder Forum to be

held later this year

Public Participation: This meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Board facilitator

either before or after the meeting.

Individuals who wish to make oral

presentations pertaining to agenda items

should contact the Board Chair at the

address or telephone number listed

above. 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, Jerry

Bowman, Assistant Manager for

Laboratory Development, Idaho

Operations Office, U.S. Department of

Energy, is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate

the orderly conduct of business. Every

individual wishing to make public

comment will be provided equal time to

present their comments. Additional

time may be made available for public

comment during the presentations.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585 between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available by writing to Ms.

Wendy Lowe, INEEL CAB Facilitator,

Jason Associates Corporation, 477

Shoup Avenue, Suite 205, Idaho Falls,

ID 83402 or by calling (208) 522–1662.

Issued at Washington, DC on April 18,

2001.

Belinda Hood,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

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