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networks committed to taking steps for 

the years to come to improve 

mathematics education, using the 

findings and recommendations of the 

National Mathematics Advisory Panel as 

a platform for action. 

The long-term goal of this effort is to 

improve the teaching and learning of 

mathematics in order to prepare our 

students to succeed in algebra and 

higher-level mathematics by addressing 

the National Math Panel’s evidencebased findings and recommendations. 

The ultimate goal is to ensure that U.S. 

children have the skills to pursue 

careers in mathematics and sciences, as 

well as to compete in this increasingly 

competitive global economy as informed 

citizens. 

Forum Focus 

The Forum in October will be the first 

in a series of forums. Understanding 

that the panel’s findings are extensive 

and cover many areas, this initial Forum 

will focus on four of the seven National 

Math Panel recommendation topics. 

These topics include the following: 

—Teachers and Teacher Education 

—Learning Processes 

—Instructional Materials 

—Research Policies and Mechanisms 

Other topics, including Curricular 

Content, Instructional Practices, and 

Assessment, may also be discussed 

during the Forum and will be addressed 

in future forums. 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the forum (e.g., interpreting 

services, assistance listening devices, or 

materials in alternative format) should 

notify Ida Kelley at (202) 401–6143 or 

Ida.Kelley@ed.gov no later than Friday, 

September 12, 2008. We will attempt to 

meet requests for accommodations after 

this date but cannot guarantee their 

availability. The forum site is accessible 

to individuals with disabilities. 

Participation 

All interested organizations and 

parties committed to improving the 

teaching and learning of mathematics in 

this country are encouraged to 

participate in the Forum. Participants 

will be asked to complete online 

registration materials that address the 

following: 

—A description of the specific steps or 

actions the organization or party is 

planning, or will plan, to take, 

building on the platform of the 

National Math Panel’s findings and 

recommendations related to the four 

topics listed above; 

—A brief statement of why the 

organization or party is interested in 

participating, along with a description 

of the organization’s or party’s 

resources to carry out the plan, 

including existing programs or efforts 

that could support the goals of the 

Forum; and 

—A commitment to send a team of 2–

4 individuals to the Forum. 

Organizations that seek to participate 

in the Forum should submit their 

registration, by August 29, 2008, at 

http://www.ed.gov/MathPanel. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

National Math Panel Forum, c/o Ida 

Eblinger Kelley, Office of 

Communications and Outreach, U.S. 

Department of Education, E-mail: 

NationalMathPanel@ed.gov, Phone: 

202–401–6143, FAX: 202–205–9133; 

or 

c/o William McCallum, Conference 

Board of Mathematical Sciences, 

E-mail: wmc@math.arizona.edu. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister/index.html. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1–888–

293–6498; or in the Washington, DC, 

area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Raymond Simon, 

Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

[FR Doc. E8–18345 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer 

Matching Program 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice—computer matching 

between the U.S. Department of 

Education and the Social Security 

Administration. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Computer 

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 

1988, Public Law 100–503, and the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) guidelines on the conduct of 

computer matching programs, notice is 

hereby given of the renewal of the 

computer matching program between 

the U.S. Department of Education (ED) 

(recipient agency), and the Social 

Security Administration (SSA) (source 

agency). This renewal of the computer 

matching program between SSA and ED 

will become effective as explained in 

this notice. 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100–503) 

(Privacy Act), Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the 

Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR 

25818, June 19, 1989), and OMB 

Circular No. A–130, Transmittal 

Memorandum #4, Management of 

Federal Information Resources (11/28/ 

2000) we provide the following 

information: 

1. Names of Participating Agencies 

The U.S. Department of Education 

and the Social Security Administration. 

2. Purpose of the Match 

The purpose of this matching program 

between ED and SSA is to assist the 

Secretary of Education in her obligation 

to verify immigration status and Social 

Security numbers (SSNs) under 20 

U.S.C. 1091(g) and (p). The SSA will 

verify the issuance of an SSN to, and the 

citizenship status of, those students and 

parents who provide their SSNs in the 

course of applying for aid under a 

student financial assistance program 

authorized under Title IV of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA). Verification of this information 

by SSA will help ED satisfy its 

obligation to ensure that individuals 

applying for financial assistance meet 

eligibility requirements imposed by the 

HEA. 

Verification by this computer 

matching program effectuates the 

purpose of the HEA because it provides 

an efficient and comprehensive method 

of verifying the accuracy of each 

individual’s SSN and claim to a 

citizenship status that permits that 

individual to qualify for Title IV, HEA 

assistance. 

3. Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program 

ED is authorized to participate in the 

matching program under sections 484(p) 

(20 U.S.C. 1091(p)); 484(g) (20 U.S.C. 

1091(g)); 483(a)(7) (20 U.S.C. 

1090(a)(7)); and 428B(f)(2) (20 U.S.C. 

1078–2(f)(2)) of the HEA. 

The SSA is authorized to participate 

in the matching program under section 

1106(a) of the Social Security Act (42 


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U.S.C. 1306(a)) and the regulations 

promulgated pursuant to that section 

(20 CFR part 401). 

4. Categories of Records and 

Individuals Covered by the Match 

The Federal Student Aid Application 

File (18–11–01), which contains the 

information to determine an applicant’s 

eligibility for Federal student financial 

assistance, and the ED PIN Registration 

System of Records (18–11–12), which 

contains the applicant’s information to 

receive an ED PIN, will be matched 

against SSA’s Master Files of Social 

Security Number Holders and SSN 

Applications System, SSA/OS, 60–0058, 

which maintains records about each 

individual who has applied for and 

obtained an SSN. 

5. Privacy Impact Assessment 

Section 208 of the E-Government Act 

of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) requires 

ED to conduct the following privacy 

impact assessment of this information 

collection: 

The information collected by ED 

under the computer matching agreement 

is the verification of SSNs by SSA and 

citizenship status as recorded in SSA 

records, for the purpose of assisting ED 

to satisfy its obligation to ensure that an 

individual applying for financial 

assistance meets the requirements 

imposed under the HEA. This 

verification is mandated by the HEA. 

The information obtained from SSA by 

ED will only be used as provided for 

under Section X of the computer 

matching agreement. Notice that ED 

verifies an individual’s SSN through a 

computer matching agreement with 

agencies such as SSA is provided to 

individuals in the Privacy and Security 

section of the Free Application for 

Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and in 

Federal student loan program forms; 

submission of a FAFSA and 

participation in the Federal student loan 

programs are voluntary. The 

information obtained from SSA under 

the computer matching agreement will 

be secured pursuant to the procedures 

described in Section IX of the computer 

matching agreement. No new system of 

records is being created for this 

collection because, as noted in the 

computer matching agreement, routine 

uses permitting the disclosure of records 

to allow for the verification of SSNs are 

already included in the Systems of 

Records Notices for Federal student aid 

programs. Thus, this collection 

comports with applicable Privacy Act 

standards and section 208. 

6. Effective Dates of the Matching 

Program 

This matching program must be 

approved by the Data Integrity Board of 

each agency. The computer matching 

agreement will become effective on: (1) 

October 10, 2008; (2) 40 days after the 

approved agreement and report on the 

matching program are sent to Congress 

and OMB (or later if OMB objects to 

some or all of the agreement) unless 

OMB waives 10 days of this 40-day 

period for compelling reasons shown, in 

which case 30 days after transmission of 

the report to Congress and OMB; or (3) 

30 days after publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register, whichever date 

is latest. 

The matching program will continue 

for 18 months after the effective date 

and may be extended for an additional 

12 months thereafter, if the conditions 

specified in 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D) have 

been met. 

7. Address for Receipt of Public 

Comments or Inquiries 

Individuals wishing to comment on 

this matching program, or to obtain 

additional information about the 

program, including a copy of the 

computer matching agreement between 

ED and SSA, should contact Marya 

Dennis, Management and Program 

Analyst, U.S. Department of Education, 

Union Center Plaza, 830 First Street, 

NE., Washington, DC 20202–5454. 

Telephone: (202) 377–3385. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), call the Federal Relay Service 

(FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed in 

the preceding paragraph. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You can view this document, as well 

as all other documents of this 

Department published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

at the following site: www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: August 5, 2008. 

James F. Manning, 

Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Federal 

Student Aid. 

[FR Doc. E8–18352 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Biomass Research and Development 

Technical Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Biomass Research 

and Development Technical Advisory 

Committee under the Biomass Research 

and Development Act of 2000. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires 

that agencies publish these notices in 

the Federal Register to allow for public 

participation. This notice announces the 

meeting of the Biomass Research and 

Development Technical Advisory 

Committee. 

DATES AND TIMES: September 9, 2008, at 

12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; September 10, 

2008, at 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: API, 1220 L Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005–4070. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valri Lightner, Designated Federal 

Official for the Committee, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586–0937 

or Carolyn Clark at (202) 586–8077; 

E-mail: cclark@bcs-hq.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and guidance that promotes 

research and development leading to the 

production of biobased fuels and 

biobased products. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include the following: 

• Update on USDA Biofuels 

Activities and Budget 

• Update on the 2008 Joint 

Solicitation and Biomass R&D Board 

Activities 

• Presentation on the Brazilian 

Pipeline Experience 

• Presentation on the Department of 

Energy Intermediate Blends Test Plan 

• Approval of FY 2008 Annual 

Recommendations 

• Panel Discussion on Investment in 

Biorefineries 


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