Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 197 / Thursday, October 13, 2005 / Notices 59729 

Resources; and Ms. Mae DeVincentis, 

Director, Information Operations. 

Keith W. Lippert, 

Director, Defense Logistics Agency. 

[FR Doc. 05–20499 Filed 10–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3620–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Coastal Engineering Research Board 

(CERB) 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

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: 

Name of Committee: Coastal 

Engineering Research Board (CERB). 

Date of Meeting: November 2–4, 2005. 

Place: Hilton St. Petersburg, 333 First 

Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Time: 3 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. (November 

2, 2005); 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (November 

3, 2005); and 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

(November 4, 2005). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inquiries and notice of intent to attend 

the meeting may be addressed to 

Colonel James R. Rowan, Executive 

Secretary, Commander, U.S. Army 

Engineer Research and Development 

Center, Waterways Experiment Station, 

3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 

39180–6199. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Agenda: On Tuesday 

afternoon, November 2, there will be 

presentations entitled ‘‘Overview of 

Hurricane Katrina and Its Effects,’’

‘‘Overview of Hurricane Season 2005,’’

and ‘‘Technical View of the Impacts of 

Major Hurricanes to the Gulf Coast 

Region.’’ On Wednesday morning, 

November 3, presentations will 

continue concerning the impacts of 

Hurricane Katrina. These include 

‘‘Preliminary Report of the ASCE 

Coastal, Oceans, Ports, and River 

Institute Katrina Committee;’’

‘‘Implications of Hurricane Katrina from 

the Perspective of the Gulf of Mexico 

Alliance;’’ ‘‘Implications of Hurricane 

Katrina to the Louisiana Wetlands;’’ and 

‘‘Mapping of Damages—Post Hurricane 

Katrina.’’ The afternoon session on 

November 3, will include presentations 

concerning shore protection project 

consideration. These include ‘‘Shore 

Protection Project Performance 

Improvement Initiative’’ and 

‘‘Engineering Lessons Learned from 

Reconstruction of Florida Beaches.’’

There will be two panel discussions in 

the afternoon. One panel is entitled 

‘‘Environmental Aspects of Beach 

Restoration.’’ The second panel is 

entitled ‘‘Sand Shortage’’ and will 

include presentations entitled ‘‘Strategic 

Sand Resources,’’ ‘‘Sand Stability and 

Quality Assurance,’’ and ‘‘Where is the 

Sand?’’ The members of the Board will 

meet in Executive Session on Friday 

morning, November 4. 

These meetings are open to the 

public; participation by the public is 

scheduled for 4:45 p.m. on November 3. 

The entire meeting is open to the 

public, but since seating capacity of the 

meeting room is limited, advance notice 

of intent to attend, although not 

required, is requested in order to assure 

adequate arrangements. Oral 

participation by public attendees is 

encouraged during the time scheduled 

on the agenda; written statements may 

be submitted prior to the meeting or up 

to 30 days after the meeting. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–20506 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–61–M 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information 

Management Case Services Team, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, 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 

December 12, 2005. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 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, 

Information Management Case Services 

Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, 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: October 6, 2005. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Leader, Information Management Case 

Services Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Reinstatement. 

Title: Paul Douglas Teacher 

Scholarship Program Performance 

Report. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Federal 

Government. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: Responses: 57. Burden Hours: 

684. 

Abstract: This program has not 

received funding since 1995. It was 

originally designed to assist State 

agencies to provide scholarships to 

talented and meritorious students who 

were seeking teaching careers at the 

preschool, elementary, and secondary 

levels. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

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

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 2902. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, 

59730 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 197 / Thursday, October 13, 2005 / Notices 

DC. 20202–4700. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to the Internet 

address OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 

202–245–6621. 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 Joseph Schubart at 

his e-mail address Joe.Schubart@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. 

[FR Doc. 05–20497 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education; Overview Information 

Comprehensive Centers—Great Lakes 

West Region; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2006 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.283B. 

DATES: Applications Available: October 

13, 2005. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: November 28, 2005. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: December 27, 2005. 

Eligible Applicants: Research 

organizations, institutions, agencies, 

institutions of higher education, or 

partnerships among such entities, or 

individuals, with the demonstrated 

ability or capacity to carry out the 

activities described in this notice. An 

application from a consortium of 

eligible entities must include a 

consortium agreement. Letters of 

support do not meet the requirement for 

a consortium agreement. 

Note: The Department will reject any 

application that does not meet these 

eligibility requirements. 

Number of Awards: 1. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,243,322 for a start-up award of 

approximately 6 months. The actual 

level of funding, if any, is contingent on 

final congressional action on the 

Department’s FY 2006 appropriations 

bill. 

Estimated Size of Award: $1,243,322. 

Funding for the Regional Center (as 

defined in Section I of this notice) for 

the Great Lakes West region was 

calculated by formula, based equally on 

shares of population and poor children, 

ages 5–17 in the States (including DC, 

Puerto Rico, and the Outlying Areas). 

The most recent Department estimates 

for awards to the comprehensive 

centers, including the Great Lakes 

Regional Center, are provided at: 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/newccp/ 

index.html. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 57 months. 

Budget Period: The first budget period 

will be approximately six months. 

Budget periods 2 through 4 will be 12 

months. Budget period 5 will be 15 

months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The 

Comprehensive Centers program 

supports the establishment of not fewer 

than 20 comprehensive technical 

assistance centers that provide technical 

assistance to States as States work to 

help districts and schools to close 

achievement gaps in core content areas 

and raise student achievement in 

schools, especially those in need of 

improvement (as defined by section 

1116(b) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA)). 

Background: On June 3, 2005, the 

Department published a notice 

announcing a competition for the 

Comprehensive Centers program (70 FR 

32583; correction notice 70 FR 35415). 

The notice invited applications for 21 

comprehensive centers—16 regional 

comprehensive centers to serve States 

within defined geographic boundaries 

(Regional Centers) and 5 content 

comprehensive centers, each having a 

specific content expertise and focus, to 

support the work of the Regional 

Centers (Content Centers). The 

comprehensive centers provide 

technical assistance to States as States 

work to help districts and schools to 

close achievement gaps in core content 

areas and raise student achievement in 

schools, especially those in need of 

improvement (as defined by section 

1116(b) of the ESEA). 

As a result of the competition 

announced on June 3, 2005, the 

Department funded 20 Centers—15 

Regional Centers and 5 Content 

Centers—with FY 2005 funds. However, 

the Department did not fund a Regional 

Center for the region designated to serve 

the States of Illinois and Wisconsin, the 

region identified as the Great Lakes 

West region. 

This notice, therefore, invites 

applications for a Regional Center to 

serve the Great Lakes West region so as 

to complete the Comprehensive Centers 

program’s technical assistance system 

established by the Department in FY 

2005. 

For more information on the functions 

and activities of the five Content Centers 

funded in FY 2005 and how they relate 

to the Regional Centers, see 70 FR 

32583. 

Background on the Comprehensive 

Centers Program: The ESEA, as 

amended by the No Child Left Behind 

Act of 2001 (NCLB), holds States 

accountable for closing achievement 

gaps and ensuring that all children, 

regardless of ethnicity, income, 

language proficiency, or disability, 

receive a high-quality education and 

meet State academic standards in 

reading/language arts and mathematics 

by 2013–2014. 

To that end, NCLB requires States to 

set standards for student performance, 

implement statewide testing and 

accountability systems to measure 

school and student performance toward 

achieving those standards, adopt 

research-based instructional and 

program improvements related to 

teaching and learning in the classroom, 

ensure that all teachers in core subject 

areas are highly qualified, and improve 

or ultimately restructure schools that are 

consistently low-performing. 

The comprehensive centers funded 

under the Comprehensive Centers 

program, including the Regional Center 

funded under this competition, will 

begin providing technical assistance at a 

time when States, districts, and schools 

have accomplished much of the initial 

implementation of NCLB but still 

require assistance in many areas. 

Specifically, the new centers funded 

under this program will provide 

intensive technical assistance in several 

areas that are key to success in meeting 

NCLB goals. Recent assessments 

conducted to help determine technical 

assistance priorities for the 

Comprehensive Centers program 

indicate that States need assistance, for 

example, in helping districts and 

schools to implement improvements 

and meet school and district adequate 

yearly progress requirements; in 

identifying and adopting instructional 

and assessment methods that have been 

proven effective through scientifically 

based research, especially for students 

with special needs; in designing 

programs and strategies and allocating 

resources to recruit, retain, and train 

talented teachers and school leaders; 

and in enhancing assessment and 

accountability systems. 

Because States have the primary 

responsibility for school improvement 

efforts, the comprehensive centers, 

including the Regional Center funded 

under this competition, will focus