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Phase I ran from March 29, 2004 to 

September 22, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Request for additional 

information may be sent by e-mail to: 

thomasg@sddc.army.mil; or by courier 

to: Military Surface Deployment 

Distribution Command, ATTN: SDPP–

PD, Room 10N35–39 (George Thomas), 

Hoffman Building II, 200 Stovall Street, 

Alexandria, VA 22332–5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

George Thomas at (703) 428–2237.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The initial 

rollout (see DATES) served as the 

Evaluation Period for the Phase I 

process, and involved a limited number 

of Personal Property Shipping Office’s 

(PPSO) and TSP’s. The implementation 

Phase started in March 2004 and 

expansion to the remaining PPSO’s and 

TSP’s is scheduled for completion on or 

about June 30, 2005.

New sites are added to Phase I on an 

ongoing basis. All TSPs who have LOIs 

on file at these added sites are required 

to become PowerTrack certified and 

participate as Phase I TSPs effective 30 

days from the date the site is added to 

Phase I. An updated list of all Phase I 

participating sites is located on the 

SDDC Web site. It is important to note 

that during this period, the participating 

TSPs will continue to receive the 1% 

PowerTrack Surcharge reimbursement 

fee until International Winter 05 (IW05) 

and Domestic Winter 05 (DW05) or 

Defense Future Personal Property (DPS) 

Rates are in effect. The Rate Solicitation 

for both IW05 and DW05 will be 

available to TSPs on March 15, 2005 

and the rate filing period is scheduled 

for May 1, 2005 to July 15, 2005 with 

an effective date of October 1, 2005 for 

both cycles. For this reason, TSPs 

should file their rates for the IW05 and 

DW05 Winter Cycle and DPS assuming 

that PowerTrack and CWA will be used. 

DPS rates will be filed August 1–31, 

2005 with an effective date of October 

1, 2005. 

Transportation Service Providers 

wishing to transport personal property 

shipments for the DOD must have a 

Trading Partner agreement with US 

Bank and be PowerTrack certified for 

the electronic payment of commercial 

transportation services. It is important 

that TSPs begin the PowerTrack 

certification process immediately by 

calling US Bank at 1–800–417–1844. 

Additional information on PowerTrack 

is available at http://www.usbank.com/

powertrack. Only those TSPs that are 

PowerTrack certified will be eligible to 

receive personal property shipments. 

I. Background 

On July 7, 1997, the Under Secretary 

of Defense (Comptroller) issued a 

memorandum, which required the 

reengineering of defense transportation 

documentation and financial processes 

as part of an effort to revolutionize DOD 

business practices across all Military 

Services and Agencies. A major 

component of the reengineering effort is 

the implementation of US Bank’s 

PowerTrack System. PowerTrack has 

now been implemented for DOD freight 

and personal property shipments for all 

modes of transportation. In June 2002, 

the USTRANSCOM Personal Property 

report was released, and 

USTRANSCOM directed that work 

begin on the future Personal Property 

program. USTRANSCOM tasked SDDC, 

in conjunction with the Military 

Services and Industry, to map out 

Families First by August 31, 2002. As a 

part of the Families First effort, DOD 

declared that PowerTrack would be 

utilized as the commercial business-tobusiness payment system. 

To begin moving forward with 

Families First, SDDC developed a 

Concept of Operation (CONOPS) 

outlining the implementation of Phase I. 

Key elements of Phase I CONOPS are 

electronic bill payment and the CWA. 

The CWA will be used for approval 

authorization and for costing shipments, 

based on the current Military Rate 

Tender. 

II. Objective 

The objective of Phase I is to 

implement the electronic bill payment 

portion of Families First for all Military 

Installations and DOD approved TSPs. 

The electronic bill payment processes 

for Phase I will: 

• Use US Bank’s PowerTrack system 

to pay Transportation Service Providers; 

• Use CWA as a tool to track and 

approve services performed by 

Transportation Service Providers; and 

• Provide information visibility for 

Stakeholders (Personal Property 

Shipping Offices, Military Services, U.S. 

Coast Guard, General Service 

Administration, Transportation Service 

Providers, etc.). 

Regulation Flexibility Act 

This action is not considered rule 

making within the meaning of 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–

612. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3051 et seq., does not apply 

because no information collection or 

record keeping requirements are 

imposed on contractors, offerors or 

members of the public.

Thomas Hicks, 

Chief, Personal Property Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Availability of GovernmentOwned Invention; Available for 

Licensing

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is 

assigned to the United States 

Government as represented by the 

Secretary of the Navy and is available 

for licensing by the Department of the 

Navy. U.S. Patent No. 6,280,759: 

Method of Controlled Release and 

Controlled Release Microstructures, and 

any continuations, divisionals, or reissues thereof.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the 

invention cited should be directed to 

the Naval Research Laboratory, Code 

1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20375–5320, and must 

include the U.S. Patent number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

F. Kuhl, Head, Technology Transfer 

Office, NRL Code 1004, 4555 Overlook 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20375–

5320, telephone (202) 767–3083. Due to 

temporary U.S. Postal Service delays, 

please fax (202) 404–7920, e-mail: 

kuhl@utopia.nrl.navy.mil or use courier 

delivery to expedite response.

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404.)

Dated: January 28, 2005. 

I.C. Le Moyne, Jr., 

Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register Liaison 

Officer.

[FR Doc. 05–2048 Filed 2–2–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

Patent License; SWORD Diagnostics

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

hereby gives notice of its intent to grant 

to SWORD Diagnostics, a revocable, 

nonassignable, exclusive license, to 

practice in the fields of rapid detection 

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of pathogens for food safety; drinking 

water and process water; and human 

and veterinary diagnostic markets in the 

United States and certain foreign 

countries, the Government-owned 

invention described in U.S. Provisional 

Patent Application No. 60/601,180: 

Scanned Wavelength Spectroscopic 

Detector (SWSD) for Identifying 

Biological Cells and Organisms, Navy 

Case No. 96,640.

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the 

grant of this license must file written 

objections along with supporting 

evidence, if any, not later than February 

18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be 

filed with the Naval Research 

Laboratory, Code 1004, 4555 Overlook 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20375–

5320.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jane Kuhl, Head, Technology Transfer 

Office, NRL Code 1004, 4555 Overlook 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20375–

5320, telephone (202) 767–3083. Due to 

U.S. Postal delays, please fax (202) 404–

7920, e-Mail: kuhl@utopia.nrl.navy.mil

or use courier delivery to expedite 

response.

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404.)

Dated: January 28, 2005. 

I.C. Le Moyne Jr., 

Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register Liaison 

Officer.

[FR Doc. 05–2047 Filed 2–2–05; 8:45 am] 

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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 April 4, 

2005.

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, 

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: January 31, 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: New. 

Title: Annual Performance Report for 

Title III and Title V Grantees. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden:

Responses: 631. 

Burden Hours: 12,700. 

Abstract: Titles III and V of the Higher 

Education Act (HEA), provide 

discretionary and formula grant 

programs that make competitive awards 

to eligible Institutions of Higher 

Education and organizations (Title III, 

Part E) to assist these institutions 

expand their capacity to serve minority 

and low-income students. Grantees 

annually submit a yearly performance 

report to demonstrate that substantial 

progress is being made towards meeting 

the objectives of their project. This 

request is to implement a new, webbased Annual Performance Report to 

more effectively elicit program-specific 

information to be used for program 

monitoring and Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 

reporting purposes. The Annual 

Performance Report will be the 

cornerstone of a new Performance 

Measurement System tailored to 

strengthen the Department of 

Education’s program monitoring efforts, 

streamline our processes, and enhance 

our customer service. 

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 2678. 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, 

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request

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 

submission for OMB review as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 7, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Carolyn Lovett, Desk Officer, 

Department of Education, Office of