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Dated: February 2, 2005. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Meeting of the National Advisory 

Council on Indian Education

AGENCY: National Advisory Council on 

Indian Education (NACIE), U.S. 

Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming meeting of the National 

Advisory Council on Indian Education 

(the Council) and is intended to notify 

the general public of their opportunity 

to attend. This notice also describes the 

functions of the Council. Notice of the 

Council’s meetings is required under 

Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act and by the Council’s 

charter. 

Agenda: During the meeting, NACIE 

members will receive an Ethics briefing 

from the Office of the General Counsel’s 

Ethics Division, will discuss the 

upcoming reauthorization of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act (ESEA), and will be briefed by OGC 

and an outside expert on the legislative 

history of various laws impacting Indian 

education. 

Date and Time: February 17, 2005; 9 

a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Location: The Department of 

Education, Bernard Auditorium, FOB–6, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202. Note: Attendees 

will be required to show picture 

identification to enter the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Garcia, Group Leader, Office of 

Indian Education, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 

202–260–1454. Fax: 202–260–7779.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council advises the Secretary of 

Education on the funding and 

administration (including the 

development of regulations, and 

administrative policies and practices) of 

any program over which the Secretary 

has jurisdiction and includes Indian 

children or adults as participants or 

programs that may benefit Indian 

children or adults, including any 

program established under Title VII, 

Part A of the ESEA. The Council 

submits to the Congress, not later than 

June 30 of each year, a report on the 

activities of the Council that includes 

recommendations the Council considers 

appropriate for the improvement of 

Federal education programs that include 

Indian children or adults as participants 

or that may benefit Indian children or 

adults, and recommendations 

concerning the funding of any such 

program. 

The general public is welcome to 

attend the February 17, 2005 meeting to 

be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Washington, DC. Individuals who need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to participate (i.e., interpreting services, 

assistive listening devices, materials in 

alternative format) should notify 

Bernard Garcia at 202–260–1454 by 

February 11, 2005, We will attempt to 

meet requests after this date, but cannot 

guarantee availability of the requested 

accommodation. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

A summary of the activities of the 

meeting and other related materials that 

are informative to the public and will be 

available to the public within 14 days 

after the meeting. Records are kept of all 

Council proceedings and are available 

for public inspection at the Office of 

Indian Education, United States 

Department of Education, Room 5C141, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202.

Margaret Spellings, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting 

comments on the proposed three-year 

extension to the EIA–882T, ‘‘Generic 

Clearance for Questionnaire Testing, 

Evaluation, and Research.’’

DATES: Comments must be filed by April 

8, 2005. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed below 

as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Kara 

Norman. To ensure receipt of the 

comments by the due date, submission 

by FAX (202–287–1705) or e-mail 

(kara.norman@eia.doe.gov) is 

recommended. The mailing address is 

Statistics and Methods Group, EI–70, 

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Washington, DC 20585. 

Alternatively, Kara Norman may be 

contacted by telephone at 202–287–

1902.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of any forms and instructions 

should be directed to Kara Norman at 

the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background 

II. Current Actions 

III. Request for Comments

I. Background 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C. 

761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization 

Act (Pub. L. 95–91, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

seq.) require the EIA to carry out a 

centralized, comprehensive, and unified 

energy information program. This 

program collects, evaluates, assembles, 

analyzes, and disseminates information 

on energy resource reserves, production, 

demand, technology, and related 

economic and statistical information. 

This information is used to assess the 

adequacy of energy resources to meet 

near and longer term domestic 

demands. 

The EIA, as part of its effort to comply 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

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

35), provides the general public and 

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other Federal agencies with 

opportunities to comment on collections 

of energy information conducted by or 

in conjunction with the EIA. Any 

comments received help the EIA to 

prepare data requests that maximize the 

utility of the information collected, and 

to assess the impact of collection 

requirements on the public. Also, the 

EIA will later seek approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under Section 3507(a) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The EIA–882T is a generic clearance, 

which is a plan for conducting one or 

more customer surveys. A generic 

clearance is considered only when EIA 

is able to demonstrate that there is a 

need for multiple, similar collections, 

but that the specifics of each collection 

cannot be determined until shortly 

before the data are to be collected. The 

EIA–882T is used to conduct various 

projects, including pretest/pilot surveys 

(in-person interviews, telephone 

interviews, mail questionnaires, and 

electronic reporting options), focus 

groups, and cognitive interviews. The 

information collections that would be 

conducted as part of this approval will 

facilitate EIA’s use of techniques to 

improve our current information 

collections and to develop new 

collections. Further goals are reduced 

respondent burden and improving the 

quality of the information collected. The 

number and type of respondents varies 

depending on the activities being 

conducted. The 882T was last extended 

for three years on August 16, 2002, and 

expires August 31, 2005. 

The information collections will 

include:

1. Pretests. Pretest methods will 

include face-to-face interviews, 

telephone interviews, mail 

questionnaires, and electronic 

questionnaires. Pretests conducted will 

generally be methodological studies of 

limited size, normally involving either 

purposive or statistically representative 

samples. They will include a variety of 

surveys, the exact nature and sample 

designs will be determined at the time 

of development of the pretests. The 

samples will be designed to clarify 

particular issues rather than to be 

representative of the universe. 

Collection may be on the basis of 

convenience, e.g., limited to specific 

geographic locations. The needs of a 

particular sample will vary based on the 

content of the information collection 

being tested, but the selection of sample 

cases will be made using sound 

statistical procedures. 

2. Pilot surveys. Pilot surveys will 

generally be methodological studies of 

limited size, but will always employ 

statistically representative samples. The 

pilot surveys will replicate components 

of the methodological design, sampling 

procedures (where possible), and 

questionnaires of a full-scale survey. 

Pilot surveys may be utilized when EIA 

is undertaking a complete revamping of 

a survey methodology (e.g., moving to 

computer-assisted information 

collections) or when EIA is undertaking 

a new information collection. 

3. Focus groups. Focus groups involve 

group sessions guided by a monitor who 

follows a topical outline containing 

questions or topics focused on a 

particular issue, rather than adhering to 

a standardized questionnaire. Focus 

groups are useful for surfacing and 

exploring issues. Focus groups are 

typically used with specific groups of 

stakeholders.

4. Cognitive interviews. Cognitive 

interviews are one-on-one interviews in 

which a respondent is typically asked to 

‘‘think aloud’’ as he or she answers 

survey questions, reads survey 

materials, or completes other activities 

as part of a survey process. A number 

of different techniques may be involved, 

including asking respondents to 

paraphrase questions, probing questions 

to determine how respondents come up 

with their answers, and similar 

inquiries. The objective is to identify 

problems of ambiguity, 

misunderstanding, or other difficulties 

respondents have answering questions. 

This may be used as the first stage of 

questionnaire development. 

A wide variety of uses are made of the 

data obtained through this generic 

clearance. These projects represent 

significant strides in our efforts to 

improve the pretesting of EIA surveys. 

As EIA gains more experience, we are 

broadening our involvement in testing, 

evaluation, and research, including 

working with staff at the National 

Science Foundation. 

II. Current Actions 

EIA plans to request a three-year 

extension of the OMB approval for this 

collection. No changes are being 

proposed to the types of surveys being 

conducted under the generic clearance. 

For each information collection that EIA 

proposes to undertake under this 

generic clearance, OMB will be notified 

at least two weeks in advance, and 

provided with an information copy of 

the collection instrument and all other 

materials describing the testing activity. 

EIA will only undertake a collection if 

OMB does not object to EIA’s proposal. 

III. Request for Comments 

Prospective respondents and other 

interested parties should comment on 

the actions discussed in item II. The 

following guidelines are provided to 

assist in the preparation of comments. 

General Issues:

A. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency and does the information have 

practical utility? Practical utility is 

defined as the actual usefulness of 

information to or for an agency, taking 

into account its accuracy, adequacy, 

reliability, timeliness, and the agency’s 

ability to process the information it 

collects. 

B. What enhancements can be made 

to the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

As a Potential Respondent to the 

Request for Information:

A. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information to be collected? 

B. Public reporting burden for this 

collection is estimated to average .25 

hours (15 minutes) per response. The 

estimated burden includes the total time 

necessary to provide the requested 

information. In your opinion, how 

accurate is this estimate? 

C. The agency estimates that the only 

cost to a respondent is for the time it 

will take to complete the collection. 

Will a respondent incur any start-up 

costs for reporting, or any recurring 

annual costs for operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services associated with 

the information collection? 

As a Potential User of the Information 

To Be Collected:

A. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information disseminated? 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of the form. They also will 

become a matter of public record.

Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Issued in Washington, DC, February 1, 

2005. 

Jay H. Casselberry, 

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and 

Methods Group, Energy Information 

Administration.

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