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Operations, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

Margaret A. Focarino, Deputy 

Commissioner for Patent Operations, 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

Kenneth Berman, Director of 

Information Technology, International 

Broadcasting Bureau. 

Dated: October 1, 2008. 

Jon W. Dudas, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. E8–24065 Filed 10–8–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Active Duty Service Determinations for 

Civilian or Contratual Groups 

SUMMARY: On September 24, 2008, the 

Secretary of the Air Force, acting as 

Executive Agent of the Secretary of 

Defense, determined that the service of 

the group known as the ‘‘Vietnamese 

Citizens Who Served in Vietnam Under 

Contract With the U.S. Armed Forces 

and Were Assigned to Reconnaissance 

Teams and Exploitation Forces Within 

the Military Assistance Command, 

Studies and Observations Group 

(MACVSOG), Ground Operations OP– 

35, Command and Control (C&C), From 

January 1964 to April 1972.’’ 

Shall not be considered ‘‘active duty’’ 

for purposes of all laws administered by 

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Mr. James D. Johnston at the 

Secretary of the Air Force Personnel 

Council (SAFPC); 1535 Command Drive, 

EE Wing, 3d Fl.; Andrews AFB, MD 

20762–7002. 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–23966 Filed 10–8–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Partially Closed Meeting of 

the Secretary of the Navy Advisory 

Panel; Correction 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

originally published a document in the 

Federal Register on September 05, 2008, 

announcing a partially closed meeting 

of the Secretary of the Navy Advisory 

Panel (SNAP). The Department of the 

Navy published a correction notice in 

the Federal Register on October 1, 2008, 

announcing a change in the date and 

location of the meeting. The time of the 

meeting contained in the correction 

notice of October 1, 2008 has now 

changed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colonel Caroline Simkins-Mullins, 

SECNAV Advisory Panel, Office of 

Program and Process Assessment, 1000 

Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350, 

telephone: 703–697–9154. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of October 01, 

2008, in FR Doc. E8–23037, make the 

following changes: 

1. In the first column, on page 57086, 

correct the DATES caption to read as 

follows: 

‘‘DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 16, 2008 from 9:45 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. The morning sessions on 

Acquisition Structure from 9:45 a.m.– 

11:30 a.m. will be opened. The 

afternoon sessions will be closed.’’ 

2. In the first column, on page 57086, 

correct the ADDRESSES caption to read as 

follows: 

‘‘ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

in Room 1E868, in the Pentagon, 1000 

Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350. 

Public access is limited due to the 

Pentagon Security requirements. Any 

individual wishing to attend the 

meeting must contact LCDR Cary Knox, 

USN at 703–693–0463 or Colonel 

Simkins-Mullins at 703–697–9154 no 

later than October 9, 2008. Members of 

the public who do not have Pentagon 

access will be required to provide the 

following information by October 9, 

2008 in order to obtain a visitor badge: 

Name, Date of Birth and Social Security 

Number. Public transportation is 

recommended as public parking is not 

available. Members of the public 

wishing to attend this meeting must 

enter through the Pentagon Metro 

Entrance between 9:10 a.m. and 9:30 

a.m. Members of the public will need 

two forms of identification in order to 

receive a visitors badge and meet their 

escort. Members of the public will be 

escorted to Room 1E868 to attend the 

open sessions of the Advisory Panel and 

shall remain with designated escorts at 

all times while on the Pentagon 

Reservation. Members of the public will 

be escorted back to the Pentagon Metro 

Entrance at 11:30 a.m.’’ 

Dated: October 3, 2008. 

T. M. Cruz, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

Generals Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–23946 Filed 10–8–08; 8:45 am] 

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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 

November 10, 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 e-mail 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, 

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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: October 3, 2008. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: Reinstatement. 

Title: Impact Evaluation of the DC 

Opportunity Scholarship Program. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household (primary). 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 5,946. 

Burden Hours: 5,075. 

Abstract: The DC Opportunity 

Scholarship Program is a five year 

school choice program that provides 

scholarships for children in low-income 

families in Washington DC. This 

evaluation uses a randomized control 

trial to compare the outcomes of eligible 

applicants who received scholarships to 

eligible applicants who did not receive 

a scholarship. 

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 3767. 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. 

[FR Doc. E8–23904 Filed 10–8–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice Announcing OMB Approval of 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, U.S. Department 

of Education. 

ACTION: Notice announcing OMB 

Approval of Information Collection 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved the collection of information, 

listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below, following the 

Department’s submission of a request 

for approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). This notice describes the 

information collection that has been 

approved, the OMB control number, and 

the current expiration date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James J. English, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3E315, Washington, DC 20202– 

6135. Telephone (202) 260–1394 or via 

Internet: james.english@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternate 

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to any of the contact people 

listed in this section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA 

and its implementing regulations 

require Federal agencies to display OMB 

control numbers and inform 

respondents of their legal significance 

after OMB has approved an agency’s 

information collections. In accordance 

with those requirements, the 

Department notifies the public that the 

following information collections have 

been approved (or re-approved) by OMB 

following the Department’s submission 

of an information collection request 

(ICR): 

• OMB Control No. 1810–0662, 

Migrant Education Program (MEP) Final 

Regulations and Certificate of Eligibility 

(COE) §§ 200.83, 200.84, 200.88, and 

200.89. The expiration date for this 

information collection is September 30, 

2011. 

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. 

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: October 3, 2008. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Science. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences 

Advisory Committee. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86Stat.770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 9 

a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Friday, November 

7, 2008, 9 a.m. to noon. 

ADDRESSES: The Gaithersburg Hilton, 

620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland, 20877, USA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Albert L. Opdenaker, Office of Fusion 

Energy Sciences; U.S. Department of 

Energy; 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW.; Washington, DC 20585–1290; 

Telephone: 301–903–4927. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Meeting: The Office of 

Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) is 

developing a new strategic plan for the 

Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program. 

The Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee (FESAC) recently completed 

its report on scientific themes and 

issues facing the magnetic fusion 

portion of the FES program. At this 

meeting, FESAC will hear a final report 

from its panel that is identifying the 

scientific themes and issues facing the 

four major alternate confinement 

concepts. The output from this panel 

along with the previous FESAC report 


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