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who are also civilian employees of the

Federal government, for the purpose of

identifying those individuals subject to

a limitation on the amount of retired

military pay they can receive under the

Dual Compensation Act (5 U.S.C. 5532),

and permit adjustments to military

retired pay to be made by the Defense

Finance and Accounting Service and to

take steps to recoup excess of that

permitted under the dual compensation

and pay cap restrictions.

19. To the Armed Forces Retirement

Home (AFRH), which includes the

United States Soldier’s and Airmen’s

Home (USSAH) and the United States

Naval Home (USNH) for the purpose of

verifying Federal payment information

(military retired or retainer pay, civil

service annuity, and compensation from

the Department of Veterans Affairs)

currently provided by the residents for

computation of their monthly fee and to

identify any unreported benefit

payments as required by the Armed

Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991,

Public Law 101–510 (24 U.S.C. 414).

20. To Federal and Quasi-Federal

agencies, territorial, state and local

governments, and contractors and

grantees for the purpose of supporting

research studies concerned with the

health and well being of active duty,

reserve, and retired personnel or

veterans, to include family members.

DMDC will disclose information from

this system of records for research

purposes when DMDC:

a. Has determined that the use or

disclosure does not violate legal or

policy limitations under which the

record was provided, collected, or

obtained;

b. Has determined that the research

purpose (1) cannot be reasonably

accomplished unless the record is

provided in individually identifiable

form, and (2) warrants the risk to the

privacy of the individual that additional

exposure of the record might bring;

c. Has required the recipient to (1)

establish reasonable administrative,

technical, and physical safeguards to

prevent unauthorized use or disclosure

of the record, and (2) remove or destroy

the information that identifies the

individual at the earliest time at which

removal or destruction can be

accomplished consistent with the

purpose of the research project, unless

the recipient has presented adequate

justification of a research or health

nature for retaining such information,

and (3) make no further use or

disclosure of the record except (A) in

emergency circumstances affecting the

health or safety of any individual, (B)

for use in another research project,

under these same conditions, and with

written authorization of the Department,

(C) for disclosure to a properly

identified person for the purpose of an

audit related to the research project, if

information that would enable research

subjects to be identified is removed or

destroyed at the earliest opportunity

consistent with the purpose of the audit,

or (D) when required by law;

d. Has secured a written statement

attesting to the recipient’s

understanding of, and willingness to

abide by these provisions.

21. To the Educational Testing

Service, American College Testing, and

like organizations for purposes of

obtaining testing, academic,

socioeconomic, and related

demographic data so that analytical

personnel studies of the Department of

Defense civilian and military workforce

can be conducted.

Note 4: Data obtained from such

organizations and used by DoD does not

contain any information which identifies the

individual about whom the data pertains.

The DoD ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ set

forth at the beginning of the DLA

compilation of record system notices

apply to this record system.

Note 5: Military drug test information

involving individuals participating in a drug

abuse rehabilitation program shall be

confidential and be disclosed only for the

purposes and under the circumstances

expressly authorized in 42 U.S.C. 290dd–2.

This statute takes precedence over the

Privacy Act of 1974, in regard to accessibility

of such records except to the individual to

whom the record pertains. The DoD ‘Blanket

Routine Uses’ do not apply to these types

records.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Electronic storage media.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Retrieved by name, Social Security

Number, occupation, or any other data

element contained in system.

SAFEGUARDS:

Access to personal information at

both locations is restricted to those who

require the records in the performance

of their official duties. Access to

personal information is further

restricted by the use of passwords

which are changed periodically.

Physical entry is restricted by the use of

locks, guards, and administrative

procedures.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Disposition pending.

SYSTEM MANGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Deputy Director, Defense Manpower

Data Center, DoD Center Monterey Bay,

400 Gigling Road, Seaside, CA 93955–

6771.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Individuals seeking to determine

whether this system of records contains

information about themselves should

address written inquiries to the Privacy

Act Officer, Headquarters, Defense

Logistics Agency, ATTN: CAAR, 8725

John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2533, Fort

Belvoir, VA 22060–6221.

Written requests should contain the

full name, Social Security Number, date

of birth, and current address and

telephone number of the individual.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking access to records

about themselves contained in this

system of records should address

inquiries to the Privacy Act Officer,

Headquarters, Defense Logistics Agency,

ATTN: CAAR, 8725 John J. Kingman

Road, Suite 2533, Fort Belvoir, VA

22060–6221. Written requests should

contain the full name, Social Security

Number, date of birth, and current

address and telephone number of the

individual.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The DLA rules for accessing records,

for contesting contents and appealing

initial agency determinations are

contained in DLA Regulation 5400.21,

32 CFR part 323, or may be obtained

from the Privacy Act Officer,

Headquarters, Defense Logistics Agency,

ATTN: CAAR, 8725 John J. Kingman

Road, Suite 2533, Fort Belvoir, VA

22060–6621.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

The military services, the Department

of Veterans Affairs, the Department of

Education, Department of Health and

Human Services, from individuals via

survey questionnaires, the Department

of Labor, the Office of Personnel

Management, Federal and Quasi-Federal

agencies, and the Selective Service

System.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Meeting of the Chief of Naval

Operations (CNO) Executive Panel

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

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ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

SUMMARY: The CNO Executive Panel

will meet to conduct the midterm

briefing of the War for People and

Professional Development Task Forces

to the Chief of Naval Operations. This

meeting will consist of discussions

relating to Navy strategy for human

resources. This meeting will be closed

to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Friday, June 8, 2001, from 7:30 a.m. to

8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Office of the Chief of Naval

Operations, 2000 Navy Pentagon, Room

4E630, Washington, DC 20350–2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING

THIS MEETING CONTACT: Commander

Christopher Agan, CNO Executive

Panel, 4825 Mark Center Drive,

Alexandria, VA 22311, (703) 681–6205.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the provisions of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.

2), these matters constitute information

that relates solely to the internal rules

and practices of the agency.

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 title 5 U.S.C, section

552b(c)(2).

Dated: May 18, 2001.

J.L. Roth,

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate

General’s Corps, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.282A]

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education; Public Charter Schools

Program—Field-Initiated National

Activities Projects Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 2001

Purpose of Program: The purpose of

the Public Charter Schools Program

(PCSP) is to increase national

understanding of the charter schools

model by providing financial assistance

for the planning, program design, and

initial implementation of charter

schools; evaluating the effects of charter

schools; and disseminating information

about charter schools and successful

practices in charter schools.

Eligible Applicants: State and local

educational agencies, public and private

nonprofit organizations, institutions of

higher education, authorized public

chartering agencies, charter school

developers, and public schools,

including public charter schools.

Eligible applicants may also apply as a

group, or consortium.

Applications Available: May 30, 2001.

Application packages will be

available by mail and electronically on

the World Wide Web at the following

sites:

http://www.ed.gov/GrantApps

http://www.uscharterschools.org

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: July 16, 2001.

Estimated Available Funds: $4

million.

Estimated Range of Awards: The size

of awards will be commensurate with

the nature and scope of the work

proposed.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$200,000-$400,000 per year.

Estimated Number of Awards: 10–20.

Note: These estimates are projections for

the guidance of potential applicants. The

Department is not bound by any estimates in

this notice.

Budget Period: 12 months.

Project Period: Up to 24 months.

Page Limit: The application narrative

may not exceed the equivalent of 20

double-spaced pages, with printing on

only one side of 81⁄2 x 11-inch paper.

Our reviewers will not read any pages

of your application that —

• Exceed the page limit if you apply

these standards; or

• Exceed the equivalent of the page

limit if you apply other standards.

Thus, we will remove all pages in

excess of the 20-page narrative

maximum or its equivalent.

Note: We have found that reviewers are

able to conduct the highest quality review

when applications are concise and easy to

read. We strongly encourage applicants to

use a 12-point or larger size font, one-inch

margins at the top, bottom, and both sides,

and pages numbered consecutively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

10305 of the ESEA (National Activities)

authorizes the Secretary to award grants

under the PCSP to carry out national

activities. For FY 2001, the Department

is holding a grant competition for fieldinitiated national activities projects.

Grants for national activities projects

under the PCSP are highly competitive.

Strong applications for national

activities grants clearly address each of

the applicable selection criteria. They

make a well-reasoned and compelling

case for the national significance of the

problems or issues that will be the

subject of the proposed project, and

present a project design that is

complete, clearly delineated, and

incorporates sound implementation

methods. In addition, the personnel

descriptions included in strong

applications make it apparent that the

project director, principal investigator,

and other key personnel possess

training and experience commensurate

with their duties.

The project period of the grant may be

from one to two years. In the

application, the project period should

be divided into 12-month budget

periods. Each 12-month budget should

be clearly delineated and justified in

terms of the proposed activities.

Allowable Activities: The following

are examples of the types of projects

that could be supported with a national

activities grant under the PCSP (for the

specific national activities authorized

under the PCSP, see section 10305(a) of

the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 8065(a)):

(1) Access to Federal Funds.

Disseminate information to charter

schools about federal programs in which

they may be eligible to participate and

provide technical assistance to charter

schools in applying for federal funds.

(2) Research. Conduct evaluations or

studies on various issues concerning

charter schools, such as student

achievement, teacher qualifications and

retention, and the demographic makeup

(e.g., age, race, gender, disability,

limited-English proficiency, and

previous public or private school

enrollment) of charter school students.

(3) Technical Assistance and

Planning. Assist charter school

developers with all aspects of planning,

designing, and implementing a charter

school. Some areas in which newly

created charter schools face challenges

include program design, curriculum

development, defining the school’s

mission, hiring staff, drafting charter

applications, student recruitment and

admissions, public relations and

community involvement, governance,

acquiring equipment and services,

budget and finances, facilities,

assessment and accountability, parental

involvement, serving students with

disabilities, and collaborating with other

entities to provide quality instruction

and services.

(4) Best or Promising Practices.

Disseminate information on best or

promising practices in charter schools to

other public schools, including charter

schools.

(5) Facilities. Disseminate information

about programs and financial resources

available to charter schools for facilities,

including information about successful

programs and how charter schools can

access private capital.