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SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Deputy Chief of Staff, HQDA G–1, 

ATTN: DAPE–MPZ–PC, 300 Army 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310–0400. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether this system of records contains 

information about themselves should 

address written inquiries to the Deputy 

Chief of Staff, HQDA G–1, ATTN: 

HQDA DAPE–MPZ–PC, 300 Army 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310–0400. 

The request should include 

individual’s full name, Social Security 

Number (SSN), address, date of birth, 

and signature. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to records 

about themselves contained in this 

system of records should address 

written inquiries to the Deputy Chief of 

Staff, HQDA G–1, ATTN: HQDA DAPE–

MPZ–PC, 300 Army Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20310–0400. 

The request should include 

individual’s full name, Social Security 

Number (SSN), address, date of birth, 

and signature. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The Army’s rules for accessing 

records, and for contesting contents and 

appealing initial agency determinations 

are contained in Army Regulation 340–

21; 32 CFR part 505; or may be obtained 

from the system manager. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Individual; personnel files; Needs 

Assessment Survey; Defense Manpower 

Data Center; and command personnel. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education 

requests comments on the Free 

Application for Federal Student Aid 

(FAFSA) that the Secretary proposes to 

use for the 2009–2010 award year. The 

FAFSA is completed by students and 

their families and the information 

submitted on the form is used to 

determine the students’ eligibility and 

financial need for financial aid under 

the student financial assistance 

programs authorized under Title IV of 

the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (Title IV, HEA Programs). 

The Department acknowledges the 

recent passage of the Higher Education 

Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008 and its 

instruction to the Department to 

simplify the Federal Student Aid 

application process, to reduce the 

number of questions on the FAFSA 

form, to create a FAFSA–EZ form, and 

to revise the form so that it contains 

consumer friendly language as well as 

take other measures to streamline the 

process of applying for federal student 

aid. The Department is committed to 

improving the federal student aid 

application process for individuals 

completing the Free Application for 

Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). We were 

challenged to incorporate each of the 

changes required to satisfy the intent of 

Congress in implementing the College 

Cost Reduction and Access Act 

(CCRAA) and the recently passed post 

9/11 legislative changes while not losing 

focus on our customers’ need for a 

simple, straightforward application. 

Because 99 percent of student 

applicants opt to apply electronically, 

much of the Department’s recent 

improvements have focused on the 

FAFSA suite of products. The most 

heavily used application, FAFSA on the 

Web, maximizes the use of ‘skip logic’

and previously submitted FAFSA data, 

to dramatically reduce the time-tocomplete benchmark for returning 

customers. New customers have the 

benefit of answering specific questions 

up front that determine if, for example, 

the student needs to provide additional 

asset or parental information. Students 

that are eligible to skip asset and/or 

parental questions complete a shorter, 

more streamlined FAFSA. During 2007–

2008, the Department launched the use 

of a ‘real-time’ PIN that enables every 

applicant to electronically sign their 

FAFSAs during their on-line session; 

eliminating the time consuming process 

of separately requesting, and waiting for 

the delivery of, a PIN. For the one 

percent of FAFSA applicants that 

complete the paper FAFSA, the 

Department has simplified the 

application process by grouping like 

questions together, incorporating 

previously supplemental worksheets 

into the application; improving the 

layout of the form; and clearly 

delineating between student and 

parental questions. For those students 

that prefer to submit a paper FAFSA but 

don’t have access to a pre-printed 

FAFSA form, the Department has 

created a FAFSA PDF that can be 

downloaded from the Internet and 

completed, either on a PC or by hand, 

and mailed to the Department. In 

addition, the Department has created 

numerous on-line and paper sources to 

assist students with the FAFSA process. 

The Web site Student Aid on the Web 

(http://www.studentaid.ed.gov) provides 

a vast array of student-centric 

information on researching colleges, 

finding scholarships, preparing 

academically, and applying for federal 

student assistance. The FAFSA4caster 

Web site (http:// 

www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov) enables 

students to obtain an early estimate of 

their eligibility for federal student aid 

while increasing their knowledge of the 

financial aid process. FAFSA4caster 

users that opt to provide demographic 

information about themselves can later 

‘pre-populate’ a FAFSA, thereby 

shortening the application completion 

time. Working with customers, 

stakeholders, partners and Congress, the 

Department will continue its 

commitment to further streamline the 

experience for FAFSA applicants into 

the future. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

27, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically through e-mail 

to FAFSA. Comments@ed.gov. 

Interested persons can access this 

document on the Internet: 

(1) Go to IFAP at http://ifap.ed.gov. 

(2) Scroll down to ‘‘Publications’’. 

(3) Click on ‘‘FAFSAs and Renewal 

FAFSAs’’. 

(4) Click on ‘‘By 2009–2010 Award 

Year’’. 

(5) Click on ‘‘Draft FAFSA Form/ 

Instructions’’. 

Please note that the free Adobe 

Acrobat Reader software, version 4.0 or 

greater, is necessary to view this file. 

This software can be downloaded for 

free from Adobe’s Web site: http:// 

www.adobe.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Secretary is publishing this request for 

comment under the Provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Under that Act, ED 

must obtain the review and approval of 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) before it may use a form to 

collect information. However, under 

procedure for obtaining approval from 

OMB, ED must first obtain public 

comment on the proposed form, and to 

obtain that comment, ED must publish 

this notice in the Federal Register. In 

addition to comments requested above, 

to accommodate the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the Secretary 

is interested in receiving comments 

with regard to the following matters: (1) 

Is this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department, (2) will 


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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: August 22, 2008. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Free Application for Federal 

Student Aid (FAFSA). 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Hour Burden: 

Responses: 17,123,392. Burden Hours: 

8,341,867. 

Abstract: Section 483 of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA), requires the Secretary, ‘‘in 

cooperation with agencies and 

organizations involved in providing 

student financial assistance,’’ to 

‘‘produce, distribute and process free of 

charge a common financial reporting 

form to be used to determine the need 

and eligibility of a student for financial 

assistance * * *’’ under the Title IV, 

HEA programs. This form is the FAFSA. 

In addition, Section 483 authorizes the 

Secretary to include non-financial data 

items that assist States in awarding State 

student financial assistance. 

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 clicking on link 

number 3804. Written requests for 

information should be addressed to U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–

4537. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to (202) 

401–0920. 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 the e-mail address 

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 between 8 a.m. and 

8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through 

Friday. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management 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 

September 29, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, 

Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 

encouraged to submit responses 

electronically by -email to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax to 

(202) 395–6974. Commenters should 

include the following subject line in 

their response ‘‘Comment: [insert OMB 

number], [insert abbreviated collection 

name, e.g., ‘‘Upward Bound 

Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting 

comments electronically should not 

submit paper copies. 

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. 

Dated: August 25, 2008. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Evaluation of Moving HighPerforming Teachers To LowPerforming Schools. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Individuals or 

household. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 91. 

Burden Hours: 1,237. 

Abstract: The Evaluation of Moving 

High-Performing Teachers To LowPerforming Schools is an evaluation of 

a merit-pay strategy to incentivize 

teachers with a proven track record of 

increasing student performance to teach 

in high-need, low-performing schools. 

The study uses an experimental design 

in which targeted schools for the 

strategy with teacher vacancies are 

either randomly assigned to hire 

teachers using the pay strategy or hire 

teachers as they normally would. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3734. 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., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. 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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