27080 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 16, 2001 / Notices

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the office of the Chief of Naval

Operations, 2000 Navy Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20350–2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Commander Christopher Agan, CNO

Executive Panel, 4825 Mark Center

Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311, telephone

(703) 681–6205.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

meeting was originally scheduled for

January 19, 2001, (65 FR 82328) and was

postponed to May 24, 2001. Pursuant to

the provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, these

matters constitute classified information

that is specifically authorized by

Executive Order to be kept secret in the

interest of national defense and are, in

fact, properly classified pursuant to

such Executive Order. Accordingly, the

Secretary of the Navy has determined in

writing that the public interest requires

that all sessions of the meeting be closed

to the public because they will be

concerned with matters listed in section

552b(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code.

Dated: May 3, 2001.

J.L. Roth,

Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, Judge

Advocate General’s Corps, Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before July 16,

2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g. new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment. 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.

Dated: May 10, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Type of Review: New.

Title: General Education Provisions

Act (GEPA) Section 427 Guidance for

All Grant Applications.

Frequency: One time, only once per

application for new awards.

Affected Public: Individuals or

household; Not-for-profit institutions;

State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or

LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 6,600.

Burden Hours: 9,900.

Abstract: In compliance with Section

427 of the General Education Provisions

Act, as amended by Pub. L. 103–282, all

applicants for grant awards made by the

Department of Education are required to

describe in their applications the steps

they propose to take to ensure equitable

access to, and equitable participation in,

the proposed grant activities conducted

with federal funds. The Department has

developed a single document that

provides common guidance for all

competitive and formula grant

applicants on how they can meet this

requirement. The language in this

common guidance document is nearly

identical to language that the

Department has previously used in

separate guidance documents applicable

to discretionary grant applicants and to

States that have previously applied for

formula grants on the basis of

consoldiated plans available under Title

XIV of the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIOlIMGlIssues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or the

collection activity requirements should

be directed to Jackie Montague at (202)

708–5359 or via her internet address

Jackie.Montague@ed.gov. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.245]

Office of Vocational and Adult

Education; Tribally Controlled

Postsecondary Vocational and

Technical Institutions Program

ACTION: Modification of notice

published on March 28, 2001 inviting

applications for new awards for fiscal

year (FY) 2001.

Notice to Applicants: On March 28,

2001, the Secretary published in the

Federal Register (66 FR 17036) a notice

inviting applications for new awards for

FY 2001 for the Tribally Controlled

Postsecondary Vocational and Technical

Institutions Program. This notice

modifies the notice published on March

28, 2001 by reducing the project period

under this competition from three years

to one year and by extending the

deadline for transmittal of applications

under this competition to June 21, 2001.

Under the program statute, the Secretary

has the discretion to determine the

length of project periods to be funded.

As a result of concerns raised about the

Department’s implementation of the

changes to the program resulting from

the 1998 statutory reauthorization, the

Secretary has determined that it is

important to engage in a more extensive