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factors which might impact

performance. This list is not intended to

be prescriptive or exhaustive, but rather

to suggest the kind of information that

might be considered in the negotiation

process.

E. Negotiation of Expected Levels of

Performance

The Regional Administrator for

Veterans’ Employment and Training

(RAVET) will review the negotiated

levels of performance as submitted

through the DVET and will compare the

expected performance levels with the

National averages, baseline information

from other States, and the negotiated

levels of performance established for

other States, taking into account factors

including differences in economic

conditions and other factors as

discussed above. The RAVET will

analyze the quality of the data presented

by States, including the relevance of the

data, the source of the data, the time

period from which the data were drawn,

and if the data are part of a trend or

anomalous. Established GPRA Annual

Performance Plan goals for relevant

measures will also be an important part

of the Regional review and negotiation

of performance levels. When the

RAVET’s analysis is completed, if need

be, there will be the opportunity,

through the DVET, for negotiations with

the State to obtain mutually agreed

upon expected levels of performance.

Provision will also be made for

renegotiation of performance levels if

circumstances arise that result in a

significant change in the factors used to

establish the original levels. It is

understood that either a State or VETS

may elect to renegotiate performance as

new information becomes available.

Factors which will be considered for

making changes include those discussed

above, in paragraph #D.

F. Rules for Application

During the first year of

implementation of the new performance

measures, performance will be reviewed

as described below; however, States will

be held harmless from any

consequences of failing to meet their

performance goals during that first year.

Actual performance for each program

year will be compared to negotiated

performance levels. Incentives may be

put in place for States with exemplary

performance results. For a State to be

designated as ‘‘exemplary,’’ expected

levels of performance for all measures

must be achieved or exceeded. A

possible incentive will be that

‘‘exemplary’’ States would

proportionally split a fixed amount of

the grant allocation or any unspent

funds. If a State’s actual performance

varies from the expected performance

level by minus two percent or more,

VETS will have the option of

renegotiating new performance levels

with the State. VETS will offer technical

assistance as well as giving

consideration to external factors

affecting performance levels. A negative

variation of five percent or more would

result in the requirement of a State

Corrective Action Plan (CAP) to rectify

the situation. Failure to submit or

comply with a CAP may become the

basis for sanctions.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of

May, 2001.

Stanley A. Seidel,

Director, Operations and Programs.

[FR Doc. 01–13666 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–79–P

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[01–065]

Notice of Agency Report Forms Under

OMB Review

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to take this opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)). This information

collection provides data used in the

Agency’s accrual accounting and costbased budgeting systems, maintained as

required under Federal law.

DATES: All comments should be

submitted on or before July 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to Mr. Phillip Smith, Code

BFZ, National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, Washington, DC 20546–

0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Nancy Kaplan, NASA Reports Officer,

(202) 358–1372.

Title: NASA Contractor Financial

Management Reports.

OMB Number: 2700–0003.

Type of review: Extension.

Need and Uses: The NASA Contractor

Financial Management Reporting

System is the basic financial medium

for contractor reporting of estimated and

incurred costs, providing essential data

for projecting costs and hours to ensure

that contractor performance is

realistically planned and supported by

dollar and labor resources. The data

provided by these reports is an integral

part of the Agency’s accrual accounting

and cost-based budgeting systems

required under 31 U.S.C. 3512.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 850.

Responses Per Respondent: 12.

Annual Responses: 10,200.

Hours Per Request: 9 hrs.

Annual Burden Hours: 91,500.

Frequency of Report: Quarterly;

Monthly.

Andrea T. Norris,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Administrator.

[FR Doc. 01–13621 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 01–064]

Information Collection: Submission for

OMB Review, Comment Request

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of agency report forms

under OMB review.

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to take this opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)). This information is

required to monitor contract compliance

in support of NASA’s mission and in

response to procurement requirements.

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received on or before July 2,

2001.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to Desk Officer for NASA;

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs; Office of Management and

Budget; Room 10236; New Executive

Office Building; Washington, DC, 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Nancy Kaplan, NASA Reports Officer,

(202) 358–1372.

Reports: None.

Title: Patents, Data and Copyrights,

NASA FAR Supplement, Part 1827.

OMB Number: 2700–0052.

Type of review: Extension.

Need and Uses: The information is

used by NASA legal and contracting

offices to ensure disposition of

inventions in accordance with statutes

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and to determine the Government’s

rights in data. Collection is prescribed

in the NASA Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement, Part 1827,

Patents, Data and Copyrights (48 CFR

Part 1827.)

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal

Government; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 1,988.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.2.

Annual Responses: 2,386.

Hours Per Request: 30 minutes to 8

hours.

Annual Burden Hours: 7,276.

Frequency of Report: Annually;

Biennially; Other (Per Contract).

Andrea T. Norris,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Administrator.

[FR Doc. 01–13620 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (01–063)]

Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of prospective patent

license.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that Thermosurgery Technology, Inc., of

Phoenix, Arizona, has applied for an

exclusive license to practice the

invention described and claimed in U.S.

Patent No. 6,083,158, entitled ‘‘RealTime Visualization of Tissue Ischemia,’’

which is assigned to the United States

of America as represented by the

Administrator of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Written objections to the prospective

grant of a license should be sent to

NASA Management Office-JPL.

DATE(S): Responses to this notice must

be received by July 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patent Counsel, NASA Management

Office-JPL, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Mail

Station 180–801, Pasadena, CA 91109–

8099.

Dated: May 22, 2001.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–13619 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of

information collection and solicitation

of public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently

submitted to OMB for review the

following proposal for the collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby

informs potential respondents that an

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and

that a person is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

1. Type of submission, new, revision,

or extension: Extension.

2. The title of the information

collection: NRC Form 136, ‘‘Security

Termination Statement’’; NRC Form

237, ‘‘Request for Access

Authorization’’; NRC Form 277,

‘‘Request for Visit or Access Approval’’.

3. The form number if applicable:

3150–0049, NRC Form 136; 3150–0050,

NRC Form 237; 3150–0051, NRC Form

277.

4. How often the collection is

required: On occasion.

5. Who will be required or asked to

report: NRC Form 136, licensee and

contractor employees, who have been

granted an NRC access authorization;

NRC Form 237, any employee of

approximately 20 licensees and 2

contractors who will require an NRC

access authorization; NRC Form 277,

any employee of 2 current NRC

contractors who (1) holds an NRC access

authorization, and (2) needs to make a

visit to NRC, other contractors/licensees

or government agencies in which access

to classified information will be

involved or unescorted area access is

desired.

6. An estimate of the number of

responses: NRC Form 136: 400; NRC

Form 237: 80; NRC Form 277: 6.

7. The estimated number of annual

respondents: NRC Form 136: 22; NRC

Form 237: 22; NRC Form 277: 2.

8. An estimate of the total number of

hours needed annually to complete the

requirement or request: NRC Form 136:

40; NRC Form 237: 16; NRC Form 277:

1.

9. An indication of whether Section

3507(d), Public Law 104–13 applies: Not

applicable.

10. Abstract: The NRC Form 136

affects the employees of licensees and

contractors who have been granted an

NRC access authorization. When access

authorization is no longer needed, the

completion of the form apprises the

respondents of their continuing security

responsibilities. The NRC Form 237 is

completed by licensees, NRC

contractors or individuals who require

an NRC access authorization. The NRC

Form 277 affects the employees of

contractors who have been granted an

NRC access authorization and require

verification of that access authorization

and need-to-know in conjunction with a

visit to NRC or another facility.

A copy of the supporting statement

may be viewed free of charge at the NRC

Public Document Room, One White

Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room

O–1F23, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB

clearance requests are available at the

NRC worldwide web site: http://

www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/OMB/

index.html. The document will be

available on the NRC home page site for

60 days after the signature date of this

notice.

Comments and questions should be

directed to the OMB reviewer by July 2,

2001: Amy Farrell, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs (3150–0049,

0050 & 0051), NEOB–10202, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington,

DC 20503.

Comments can also be submitted by

telephone at (202) 395–7318.

The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda

Jo. Shelton, 301–415–7233.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day

of May 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–13608 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste; Notice of Meeting

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste (ACNW) will hold its 127th

meeting on June 19–21, 2001, at 11545

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland,

Room T–2B3.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The schedule for this meeting is as

follows:

Tuesday, June 19, 2001

A. 8:30–10:15 a.m.: Opening

Statement/Planning and Procedures