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funding plans for each Military Service 

and the Defense Logistics Agency 

support near-term, warfighting 

operations, the industrial base, and 

long-range/revolutionary technologies. 

Assess the adequacy of technical 

investments across manufacturing 

process disciplines and support for both 

Joint Warfighting Capabilities and 

revolutionary technologies. The Task 

Force will also appraise funding for 

manufacturing research and 

development, including mechanisms to 

support both Service/Agency 

requirements and cross-cutting 

initiatives.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LTC 

Scott Dolgoff, USA, Defense Science 

Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 

3D865, Washington, DC 20301–3140, 

via e-mail at scott.dolgoff@osd.mil, or 

via phone at (703) 695–4158.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public who wish to attend the 

meeting must contact LTC Dolgoff no 

later than February 7, 2005, and March 

7, 2005, for further information about 

admission as seating is limited. 

Additionally, those who wish to make 

oral comments or deliver written 

comments should also request to be 

scheduled, and submit a written text of 

the comments by February 11, 2005, and 

March 16, 2005, to allow time for 

distribution to Task Force members 

prior to the meeting. Individual oral 

comments will be limited to five 

minutes, with the total oral comment 

period not exceeding 30 minutes.

Dated: January 25, 2005. 

Jeannette Owings-Ballard, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program, Scientific 

Advisory Board

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), 

announcement is made of the following 

Committee meeting:

DATES: March 15, 2005 from 9000 to 

1700 and March 16, 2005 from 0800 to 

1525.

ADDRESSES: Quality Inn Jacksonville, 

701 N. Marine Blvd., Jacksonville, NC 

28540.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Taunya King, SERDP Program Office, 

901 North Stuart Street, Suite 303, 

Arlington, VA or by telephone at (703) 

696–2124.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Matters To Be Considered 

Research and Development proposals 

and continuing projects requesting 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program funds in excess 

of $1M will be reviewed. 

This meeting is open to the public. 

Any interested person may attend, 

appear before, or file statements with 

the Scientific Advisory Board at the 

time and in the manner permitted by the 

Board.

Dated: January 26, 2005. 

Jeannette Owings-Ballard, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

Revised Non-Foreign Overseas Per 

Diem Rates

AGENCY: DoD, Per Diem, Travel and 

Transportation Allowance Committee.

ACTION: Notice of revised non-foreign 

overseas per diem rates. 

SUMMARY: The Per Diem, Travel and 

Transportation Allowance Committee is 

publishing Civilian Personnel Per Diem 

Bulletin Number 237. This bulletin lists 

revisions in the per diem rates 

prescribed for U.S. Government 

employees for official travel in Alaska, 

Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Northern 

Mariana Islands and Possessions of the 

United States. AEA changes announced 

in Bulletin Number 194 remain in effect. 

Bulletin Number 237 is being published 

in the Federal Register to assure that 

travelers are paid per diem at the most 

current rates.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 2005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document gives notice of revisions in 

per diem rates prescribed by the Per 

Diem Travel and Transportation 

Allowance Committee for non-foreign 

areas outside the continental United 

States. It supersedes Civilian Personnel 

Per Diem Bulletin Number 236. 

Distribution of Civilian Personnel Per 

Diem Bulletins by mail was 

discontinued. Per Diem Bulletins 

published periodically in the Federal 

Register now constitute the only 

notification of revisions of per diem

rates to agencies and establishments 

outside the Department of Defense. For 

more information or questions about per 

diem rates, please contact your local 

travel office. The text of the Bulletin 

follows:

Dated: January 26, 2005. 

Jeannette Owings-Ballard, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, 

State Agencies for the Approval of 

Public Postsecondary Vocational 

Education, and State Agencies for the 

Approval of Nurse Education 

Agency: National Advisory Committee 

on Institutional Quality and Integrity, 

Department of Education (The Advisory 

Committee). 

What Is the Purpose of This Notice? 

The purpose of this notice is to invite 

written comments on accrediting 

agencies and State approval agencies 

whose applications to the Secretary for 

renewed recognition or whose reports 

will be reviewed at the Advisory 

Committee meeting to be held on June 

13, 2005. 

Where Should I Submit My Comments? 

Please submit your written comments 

by mail, fax, or e-mail no later than 

March 3, 2005 to Ms. Robin Greathouse, 

Accreditation and State Liaison. You 

may contact her at the U.S. Department 

of Education, room 7105, MS 8509, 1990 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006, 

telephone: (202) 219–7011, fax: (202) 

219–7005, or e-mail: 

Robin.Greathouse@ed.gov. Individuals 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–800–

877–8339. 

What Is the Authority for the Advisory 

Committee? 

The National Advisory Committee on 

Institutional Quality and Integrity is 

established under Section 114 of the 

Higher Education Act (HEA), as 

amended, 20 U.S.C. 1011c. One of the 

purposes of the Advisory Committee is 

to advise the Secretary of Education on 

the recognition of accrediting agencies 

and State approval agencies. 

Will This Be My Only Opportunity To 

Submit Written Comments? 

Yes, this notice announces the only 

opportunity you will have to submit 

written comments. However, a 

subsequent Federal Register notice will 

announce the meeting and invite 

individuals and/or groups to submit 

requests to make oral presentations 

before the Advisory Committee on the 

agencies that the Committee will 

review. That notice, however, does not 

offer a second opportunity to submit 

written comment. 

What Happens to the Comments That I 

Submit? 

We will review your comments, in 

response to this notice, as part of our 

evaluation of the agencies’ compliance 

with Section 496 of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended and 

the Secretary’s Criteria for Recognition 

of Accrediting Agencies and State 

Approval Agencies. The Criteria are 

regulations found in 34 CFR Part 602 

(for accrediting agencies) and in 34 CFR 

Part 603 (for State approval agencies) 

and are found at the following site: 

http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/

accred/index.html.

We will also include your comments 

with the staff analyses we present to the 

Advisory Committee at its June 2005 

meeting. Therefore, in order for us to 

give full consideration to your 

comments, it is important that we 

receive them by March 3, 2005. 

In all instances, your comments about 

agencies seeking initial or continued 

recognition must relate to the Criteria 

for Recognition. In addition, your 

comments for any agency whose interim 

report is scheduled for review must 

relate to the issues raised and the 

Criteria for Recognition cited in the 

Secretary’s letter that requested the 

interim report. 

What Happens to Comments Received 

After the Deadline? 

We will review any comments 

received after the deadline. If such 

comments, upon investigation, reveal 

that the accrediting agency is not acting 

in accordance with the Criteria for 

Recognition, we will take action either 

before or after the meeting, as 

appropriate. 

What Agencies Will the Advisory 

Committee Review at the Meeting? 

The Secretary of Education recognizes 

accrediting agencies and State approval 

agencies for public postsecondary 

vocational education and nurse 

education if the Secretary determines 

that they meet the Criteria for 

Recognition. Recognition means that the 

Secretary considers the agency to be a 

reliable authority as to the quality of 

education offered by institutions or 

programs it accredits that are 

encompassed within the scope of 

recognition he grants to the agency. 

The following agencies will be 

reviewed during the June 2005 meeting 

of the Advisory Committee: 

Nationally Recognized Accrediting 

Agencies 

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition 

1. Commission on English Language 

Program Accreditation (Current and 

requested scope of recognition: the 

accreditation of postsecondary, nondegree-granting English language 

programs and institutions in the United 

States). 

2. Council on Naturopathic Medical 

Education (Current and requested scope 

of recognition: The accreditation and 

pre-accreditation throughout the United 

States of graduate-level, four-year 

naturopathic medical education 

programs leading to the Doctor of 

Naturopathic Medicine (N.M.D.) or 

Doctor of Naturopathy (N.D.)). 

3. National Accrediting Commission 

of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences 

(Current scope of recognition: The 

accreditation of postsecondary schools 

and departments of cosmetology arts 

and sciences and massage therapy). 

(Requested scope of recognition: The 

accreditation throughout the United 

States of postsecondary schools, 

including those granting occupational 

associate degrees, and departments of 

cosmetology arts and sciences and 

massage therapy).

4. Teacher Education Accreditation 

Council, Accreditation Committee 

(Current scope of recognition: The 

accreditation of professional teacher 

education programs in institutions 

offering baccalaureate and graduate 

degrees for the preparation of K–12 

teachers). (Requested scope of 

recognition: The accreditation and 

preaccreditation throughout the United 

States of professional teacher education 

programs in institutions offering 

baccalaureate and graduate degrees for 

the preparation of K–12 teachers). 

Interim Report (An interim report is a 

follow-up report on an accrediting 

agency’s compliance with specific 

criteria for recognition that was 

requested by the Secretary when the 

Secretary granted renewed recognition 

to the agency). 

1. Association of Theological Schools 

in the United States and Canada, 

Commission on Accrediting. 

Progress Report (A report describing 

the agency’s implementation of its new 

standards and accreditation process). 

1. Southern Association of Colleges 

and Schools, Commission on Colleges.