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on request to one of the program contact 

persons listed under For Further 

Information Contact in section VII in 

this notice. 

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

index.html. 

Dated: January 30, 2008. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. E8–1983 Filed 2–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; Vocational Rehabilitation 

Services Projects for American Indians 

With Disabilities; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.250D. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: February 11, 

2008. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 5, 2008. 

Eligible Applicants: The governing 

bodies of Indian tribes (and consortia of 

those governing bodies) located on 

Federal and State reservations. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$11,000,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$350,000–$1,000,000. 

Maximum Award: For applicants that 

are current grantees under the 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects for American Indians with 

Disabilities program (i.e., applicants that 

received funding in FY 2007), the 

maximum award amount for the first 

project year is the greater of (a) $365,000 

or (b) an amount equal to 102.8 percent 

of the applicant’s approved budget for 

the applicant’s FY 2007 grant (an 

increase of 2.8 percent). For applicants 

that are not current grantees under the 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects for American Indians with 

Disabilities program, the maximum 

award amount for the first project year 

is $360,000. 

In addition, the Secretary may limit 

any proposed increases in funding for 

project years two through five to the 

annual estimated percentage change in 

the Consumer Price Index for all Urban 

Consumers (CPIU). The estimated 

percentage increase in the CPIU over the 

prior year for project year two (FY 2009) 

is approximately 3 percent and for 

project years three through five (FY 

2010–FY 2012) is approximately 2.3 

percent. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 21–22. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to provide vocational 

rehabilitation (VR) services to American 

Indians with disabilities who reside on 

or near Federal or State reservations, 

consistent with their individual 

strengths, resources, priorities, 

concerns, abilities, capabilities, and 

informed choice, so that they may 

prepare for and engage in gainful 

employment, including selfemployment, telecommuting, or 

business ownership. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), this priority is from 

section 121(b)(4) of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 

741). 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2008, this priority is a competitive 

preference priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to an 

additional 10 points to an application, 

depending on how well the application 

meets this priority. 

This priority is: Continuation of 

Previously-Funded Tribal Programs 

In making new awards under this 

program, we give priority consideration 

to applications for the continuation of 

tribal programs that have been funded 

under this program. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 741. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 

and 97. (b) The regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 369 and 371. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$11,000,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$350,000–$1,000,000. 

Maximum Award: For applicants that 

are current grantees under the 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects for American Indians with 

Disabilities program (i.e., applicants that 

received funding in FY 2007), the 

maximum award amount for the first 

project year is the greater of (a) $365,000 

or (b) an amount equal to 102.8 percent 

of the applicant’s approved budget for 

the applicant’s FY 2007 grant (an 

increase of 2.8 percent). For applicants 

that are not current grantees under the 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects for American Indians with 

Disabilities program, the maximum 

award amount for the first project year 

is $360,000. 

In addition, the Secretary may limit 

any proposed increases in funding for 

project years two through five to the 

annual estimated percentage change in 

the CPIU. The estimated percentage 

increase in the CPIU over the prior year 

for project year two (FY 2009) is 

approximately 3 percent and for project 

years three through five (FY 2010–FY 

2012) is approximately 2.3 percent. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 21–22. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: The governing 

bodies of Indian tribes (and consortia of 

those governing bodies) located on 

Federal and State reservations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: See 34 

CFR 371.40. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Education Publications Center 

(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 

20794–1398. Telephone, toll free: 1–

877–433–7827. Fax: (301) 470–1244. If 

you use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–

576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application package 

from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.250D. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person or 

team listed under Alternative Format in 

section VIII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: February 11, 

2008. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 5, 2008. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery, please refer to 

section IV. 6. Other Submission 

Requirements in this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under For Further Information Contact 

in section VII in this notice. If the 

Department provides an accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability in connection with the 

application process, the individual’s 

application remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section in this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically or in paper format by mail 

or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

To comply with the President’s 

Management Agenda, we are 

participating as a partner in the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. 

The Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects for American Indians with 

Disabilities, CFDA Number 84.250D, is 

included in this project. We request 

your participation in Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through 

this site, you will be able to download 

a copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for Vocational 

Rehabilitation Services Projects for 

American Indians With Disabilities at 

http://www.Grants.gov. You must search 

for the downloadable application 

package for this competition by the 

CFDA number. Do not include the 

CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.250, not 

84.250D). 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in Grants.gov is 

voluntary. 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by 

Grants.gov are date and time stamped. 

Your application must be fully 

uploaded and submitted and must be 

date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system no later than 4:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. Except as 

otherwise noted in this section, we will 

not consider your application if it is 

date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system later than 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. When we 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are 

rejecting your application because it 

was date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this competition 

to ensure that you submit your 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov at http://eGrants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf . 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you submit your 

application in paper format. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must submit all 

documents electronically, including all 

information you typically provide on 

the following forms: Application for 

Federal Assistance (SF 424), the 

Department of Education Supplemental 

Information for SF 424, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. Please 

note that two of these forms—the SF 424 

and the Department of Education 

Supplemental Information for SF 424—

have replaced the ED 424 (Application 

for Federal Education Assistance). 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must attach any 

narrative sections of your application as 

files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich 

text), or .PDF (Portable Document) 

format. If you upload a file type other 

than the three file types specified in this 

paragraph or submit a passwordprotected file, we will not review that 

material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

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receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 4:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under For 

Further Information Contact in section 

VII in this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. The Department will contact you 

after a determination is made on 

whether your application will be 

accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier), 

you must mail the original and two 

copies of your application, on or before 

the application deadline date, to the 

Department at the applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.250D), 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260 

or 

By mail through a commercial carrier: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Stop 

4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 

84.250D), 7100 Old Landover Road, 

Landover, MD 20785–1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

you must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by hand delivery, you (or 

a courier service) must deliver the 

original and two copies of your 

application by hand, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.250D), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and 

Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of 

Paper Applications: If you mail or hand 

deliver your application to the 

Department—

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the 

Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424 

the CFDA number, including suffix 

letter, if any, of the competition under 

which you are submitting your 

application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center 

will mail to you a notification of receipt 

of your grant application. If you do not 

receive this notification within 15 

business days from the application 

deadline date, you should call the U.S. 

Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are in the 

application package. The selection 

criteria may total 100 points, plus the 10 

competitive preference priority points 

(see section I. Competitive Preference 

Priority). 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: 

We identify administrative and 

national policy requirements in the 

application package and reference these 

and other requirements in the 

Applicable Regulations section in this 

notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section in 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary also may require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

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Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has 

established three performance measures 

for the Vocational Rehabilitation 

Services Projects for American Indians 

with Disabilities program. The measures 

are (1) the percentage of individuals 

who leave the program with an 

employment outcome, (2) the 

percentage of projects that demonstrate 

an average annual cost per employment 

outcome of no more than $35,000, and 

(3) the percentage of projects that 

demonstrate an average annual cost per 

participant of no more than $10,000. 

Each grantee must annually report its 

performance on these measures through 

the Annual Progress Reporting Form for 

the American Indian Vocational 

Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) 

Program. 

In addition, this program is part of the 

Administration’s job training and 

employment common measures 

initiative. The common measures for job 

training and employment programs 

targeting adults are—entered 

employment (percentage employed in 

the first quarter after program exit); 

retention in employment (percentage of 

those employed in the first quarter after 

exit that were still employed in the 

second and third quarter after program 

exit); earnings increase (percentage 

change in earnings pre-registration to 

post-program and first quarter after exit 

to third quarter after exit); and 

efficiency measure (annual cost per 

employment outcome and per 

participant). The Department is 

currently working toward implementing 

these common measures. Each grantee 

will be required to collect and report 

data for the common measures when 

implemented. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

August Martin, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5088, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20204–2800. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7410. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Alternative Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

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

index.html. 

Dated: January 30, 2008. 

Tracy R. Justesen, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; EAC’s Voting 

System Test Laboratory Accreditation 

Program Manual 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice; comment request. 

SUMMARY: The EAC, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on a proposed 

information collection, EAC’s Voting 

System Test Laboratory Accreditation 

Program Manual. Comments are invited 

on: (a) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for approval of this 

information collection by the Office of 

Management and budget; they also will 

become a matter of public record. This 

notice requests comments solely on the 

four criteria above. A separate notice 

will be published on the Federal 

Register to request substantive 

comments on the proposed information 

collection; please refer to the EAC’s Web 

site, http://www.eac.gov, for further 

information regarding the submission of 

substantive comments. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 5 p.m. EDT on 

April 4, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection must be 

submitted in writing through either: (1) 

Electronically to pracomments@eac.gov. 

or (2) U.S. postal mail to the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 1225 

New York Avenue, NW., Suite 1100, 

Washington, DC 20005, Attn: Laiza N. 

Otero, Election Research Specialist. To 

ensure receipt and proper handling, 

comments submitted via U.S. postal 

mail shall clearly indicate that they are 

in response to this Federal Register 

notice by writing ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

Act’’ in the heading section of the letter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the EAC’s Voting 

System Test Laboratory Accreditation 

Program Manual, please, write to the 

above address or contact Laiza N. Otero, 

Election Research Specialist, at (202) 

566–3100. You may also view the 

proposed collection instrument by 

visiting the EAC’s Web site at http:// 

www.eac.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Voting System Test Laboratory 

Accreditation Program Manual. 

OMB Number: Pending. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Needs and Uses: Section 231(b) of the 

Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 

(42 U.S.C. 15371(b)) requires that the 

EAC provide for the accreditation and 

revocation of accreditation of 

independent, non-federal laboratories 

qualified to test voting systems to 

Federal standards. Generally, the EAC 

considers for accreditation those 

laboratories evaluated and 

recommended by the National Institute 

of Standards and Technology (NIST) 

pursuant to HAVA Section 231(b)(1). 

However, consistent with HAVA 

Section 231(b)(2)(B), the Commission 

may also vote to accredit laboratories 

outside of those recommended by NIST 

upon publication of an explanation of 

the reason for any such accreditation. In 


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