Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 194 / Tuesday, October 9, 2007 / Notices 57311 

Dated: October 2, 2007. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Customer Information 

Services Group, Public Information Services 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (hereinafter the 

‘‘Corporation’’), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to 

provide the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 

helps to ensure that requested data can 

be provided in the desired format, 

reporting burden (time and financial 

resources) is minimized, collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 

the impact of collection requirement on 

respondents can be properly assessed. 

Currently, the Corporation is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

proposed renewal of its 

AmeriCorps*VISTA Project Application 

and Instructions (OMB Control Number 

3045–0038), 

This reinstatement with changes 

reflects the Corporation’s intent to 

modify selected sections of the 

collection instrument to better capture 

appropriate information for use in 

selecting organizations to serve as 

VISTA sponsors, while reducing 

applicant burden. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section December 10, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, Attn. 

Paul Davis, Director of Program 

Development, Room 9107, 1201 New 

York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the Corporation’s mailroom at Room 

8100 at the mail address given in 

paragraph (1) above, between 9 a.m. and 

4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

(3) By fax to: (202) 565–2789, 

Attention Mr. Paul Davis, Director of 

Program Management. 

(4) Electronically through the 

Corporation’s e-mail address system: 

pdavis@cns.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Davis, (202) 606–6608 or by e-mail at 

pdavis@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Corporation is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Corporation, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and, 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

(e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses). 

Background 

The AmeriCorps*VISTA Project 

Application and Instructions is used by 

the Corporation in the selection of 

VISTA sponsors and in the approval of 

both new and renewing VISTA projects. 

The information collection consists of a 

brief Concept Paper, and, if the Concept 

Paper is approved, a full application 

including budget. 

Current Action 

The Corporation seeks to revise the 

previously used Project Application to: 

(a) Better align the information 

requested on the Concept Paper and the 

Application; and (b) simplify the project 

plan while continuing to provide a 

robust tool for evaluating project 

performance. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: AmeriCorps*VISTA Project 

Application and Instructions. 

OMB Number: 3045–0038. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: AmeriCorps*VISTA 

project applicants and sponsoring 

organizations seeking project renewal. 

Total Respondents: 3,200 for the 

concept paper; 1,000 for the full 

application. 

Frequency: One time. 

Average Time per Response: 2 hours 

for Concept Paper; 15 hours for 

application. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 21,400 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): None. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: October 1, 2007. 

Jean Whaley, 

Director, AmeriCorps*VISTA. 

[FR Doc. E7–19736 Filed 10–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–$$–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Notice of Advisory Committee Closed 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

Closed Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C. App 2, section 1), the Sunshine 

in the Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 

552b), and 41 CFR 102–3.150, the 

Department of Defense announces the 

following closed meeting notice 

pertaining to the following federal 

advisory committee. Due to events 

beyond the control of the Designated 

Federal Officer and the Transformation 

Advisory Group, the Committee was 

unable to publish its meeting notice in 

the Federal Register for the 15-calendar 

days required by 41 CFR 102–3.150(a). 

Accordingly, the Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, pursuant to 41 CFR 102–

3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day 

notification requirement 

Name of Committee: Transformation 

Advisory Group. 

Date: October 18, 2007; October 19, 2007. 

Time: October 18, 2007–9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

October 19, 2007–9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Location: Military Sealift Command Tower 

Conference Center, Bldg. 157, 914 Charles 

Morris Ct. SE., Washington Navy Yard, DC 

20398. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of the 

meeting is to obtain, review and evaluate 

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information related to scientific, technical 

and policy-related issues for the nation’s 

joint enterprise, and U.S. Joint Forces 

Command with emphasis on how these 

issues relate to the shaping of the command’s 

efforts today and in the future. 

Agenda: Topics include: Future Joint Force 

Implications, Anticipatory Transformation, 

Innovation, Unified Action, Joint Capability 

Portfolio Management Process and Joint 

Capabilities to support Joint Operations. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552b, and 41 CFR 102–3.155, the Department 

of Defense has determined that the meeting 

shall be closed to the public. Per delegated 

authority by the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 

Staff, LTG John R. Wood, Deputy 

Commander, U.S. Joints Forces Command in 

consultation with his legal advisor, has 

determined in writing that the public interest 

requires that all sessions of this meeting be 

closed to the public because they will be 

concerned with matters listed in section 

552b(c)(1) of Title 5 U.S.C. 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 

102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140, the public or 

interested organizations may submit written 

statements to the membership of the 

Transformation Advisory Group at any time 

or in response to the stated agenda of a 

planned meeting. Written statements should 

be submitted to the Transformation Advisory 

Group’s Designated Federal Officer; the 

Designated Federal Officer’s contact 

information can be obtained from the GSA’s 

FACA Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. Written statements 

that do not pertain to a scheduled meeting of 

the Transformation Advisory Group may be 

submitted at any time. However, if individual 

comments pertain to a specific topic being 

discussed at a planned meeting then these 

statements must be submitted no later than 

five business days prior to the meeting in 

question. The Designated Federal Officer will 

review all submitted written statements and 

provide copies to all the committee members. 

For Further Information Contact: Ms. 

Tammy R. Van Dame, Designated Federal 

Officer, (757) 836–5365, 1562 Mitscher Ave., 

Suite 200, Norfolk, VA 23551–2488, 

tammy.vandame@jfcom.mil. 

Supplementary Information: Mr. Floyd 

March, Joint Staff, (703) 697–0610. 

Dated: October 1, 2007. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–4965 Filed 10–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, 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 10, 2007. 

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 IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, 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 2, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Lender’s Application for 

Payment of Insurance Claim, ED Form 

1207. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Businesses or 

other for-profit. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 51. 

Burden Hours: 14. 

Abstract: The ED Form 1207—

Lender’s Application for Payment of 

Insurance Claim is completed for each 

borrower for whom the lender is filing 

a Federal claim. Lenders must file for 

payment within 90 days of the default, 

depending on the type of claim filed. 

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 3488. 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 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@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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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Membership of the Performance 

Review Board 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of Membership of the 

Performance Review Board. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Secretary’s appointment of the 

Department’s Performance Review 

Board (PRB), consistent with 5 U.S.C. 

4314(c)(4). The PRB reviews senior 

executives’ performance appraisals and 

makes recommendations to the 

Secretary about the executives’ ratings, 

as well as performance awards, 

including performance-based pay 

adjustments. 

Membership 

The members of the PRB are: Michell 

Clark (Chair), Sue Betka, Carol 

Cichowski, Robert S. Eitel, Harry Feely, 

Patty Guard, William Hamel, Danny 

Harris, Troy Justesen, Philip Link, Phil 

Maestri, Stephanie Monroe, Marianna 

O’Brien, Tom Skelly, Linda Stracke, 

Wendy Tada, Ricky Takai, and Winona 

Varnon. Alternates members are: Susan 

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