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note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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: September 3, 2010. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title of Collection: Teacher Incentive 

Fund Application Package. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0700. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies (SEAs) or Local Educational 

Agencies (LEAs). 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 120. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 29,760. 

Abstract: The Teacher Incentive Fund 

(TIF) is a competitive grant program. 

The purpose of the TIF program is to 

support projects that develop and 

implement performance-based 

compensation systems (PBCSs) for 

teachers and principals in order to 

increase educator effectiveness and 

student achievement in high-need 

schools. Furthermore, the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

requires the Department’s Institute of 

Education Sciences to conduct a 

rigorous national evaluation, utilizing 

randomized controlled methodology to 

the extent feasible, to compare the 

differentiated effectiveness incentive 

component of the PBCS to a 1 percent 

across-the-board annual bonus in the 

national evaluation schools. 

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 4386. 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 and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

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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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

President’s Advisory Commission on 

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, 

President’s Advisory Commission on 

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The notice sets forth the 

schedule and agenda of the meeting of 

the President’s Advisory Commission 

on Asian Americans and Pacific 

Islanders (Commission). The notice also 

describes the functions of the 

Commission. Notice of the meeting is 

required by section 10 (a) (2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and 

intended to notify the public of its 

opportunity to attend. 

Date: September 20, 2010. 

Time: 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. EDT. 

Date: September 21, 2010. 

Time: 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The Commission will meet 

at 901 E Street, NW., Washington, DC, 

Phone: 202–453–7277. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shelly W. Coles, White House Initiative 

on Asian Americans and Pacific 

Islanders, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202; telephone: (202) 

453–7277, fax: 202–453–5632. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Advisory Commission on 

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 

is established under Executive Order 

13515, dated October 14, 2009. Per E.O. 

13515, the Commission shall provide 

advice to the President, through the 

Secretaries of Education and Commerce, 

as Co-Chairs of the Initiative, on: (i) The 

development, monitoring, and 

coordination of executive branch efforts 

to improve the quality of life of AAPIs 

through increased participation in 

Federal programs in which such persons 

may be underserved; (ii) the 

compilation of research and data related 

to AAPI populations and 

subpopulations; (iii) the development, 

monitoring, and coordination of Federal 

efforts to improve the economic and 

community development of AAPI 

businesses; and (iv) strategies to 

increase public and private-sector 

collaboration, and community 

involvement in improving the health, 

education, environment, and well-being 

of AAPIs. This notice is appearing less 

than 15 days before the date of the 

meeting because of issues related to 

scheduling the meeting. 

Agenda 

The purpose of the meeting is review 

the Executive Order establishing the 

Commission and the Interagency 

Working Group, and to determine and 

discuss key strategies to help meet the 

Commission meet its responsibilities as 

outlined in E.O. 13515. 

Additional Information 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting 

services, assistive listening devices, or 

material in alternative format) should 

notify Shelly Coles at (202) 453–7277, 

no later than Tuesday, September 14, 

2010. We will attempt to meet requests 

for accommodations after this date, but, 

cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. 

Records are kept of all Commission 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the office of the White 

House Initiative on Asian Americans 

and Pacific Islanders, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20202, Monday– 

Friday during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m. 

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, 

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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 1–866–512–1800; or in the 

Washington, DC area at 202–512–0000. 

Kiran Ahuja, 

Executive Director, White House Initiative on 

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, intends to 

extend for three years, an information 

collection request (ICR) with the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

concerning the Occupational Radiation 

Protection Program, OMB Control 

Number 1910–5105. The Office of 

Worker Safety and Health Policy 

ensures that adequate policies are in 

place for the protection of workers at 

DOE sites and operations. The Office of 

Worker Safety and Health Policy uses 

the information collected from the 

contractors to evaluate the adequacy of 

DOE policies for the protection of 

workers from exposure to ionizing 

radiation. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the extended 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 collection 

of information, 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 collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this Notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before November 8, 

2010. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed below 

as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Dr. Judith D. Fouke, Office of 

Worker Safety and Health Policy (HS– 

11), U.S. Department of Energy, Office 

of Health, Safety and Security, 1000 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20585, by fax at (301) 903–7773 or 

by e-mail at judy.foulke@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to the person listed above in 

ADDRESSES. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–5105; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Occupational 

Radiation Protection Program; (3) Type 

of Review: Renewal; (4) Purpose: The 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements that comprise this 

information collection will permit DOE 

and its contractors to provide 

management control and oversight over 

health and safety programs concerning 

worker exposure to ionizing radiation; 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 34; (6) Annual Estimated 

Number of Total Responses: 0; (7) 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 41,500; (8) Annual Estimated 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 

Burden: $4,150,000. 

Statutory Authority: Title 10, Code of 

Federal Regulations, part 835, subpart h. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 27, 

2010. 

Lesley A. Gasperow, 

Director, Office of Resource Management, 

Office of Health, Safety and Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted an information 

collection request to the OMB for 

extension under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

information collection requests a threeyear extension of its Contractor Legal 

Management Requirements, OMB 

Control Number 1910–5115. The 

proposed collection provides 

information necessary to aid contractors 

and DOE personnel in making 

determinations regarding the 

reasonableness of all outside legal costs, 

including the costs of litigation. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

October 12, 2010. If you anticipate that 

you will be submitting comments, but 

find it difficult to do so within the 

period of time allowed by this notice, 

please advise the OMB Desk Officer of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at 202–395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503, and to Anne Broker, GC–12, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of Conflict 

Prevention and Resolution, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202– 

586–4116 or by e-mail at 

anne.broker@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Broker, GC–12, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of Conflict Prevention 

and Resolution, 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585 or 

by fax at 202–586–4116 or by e-mail at 

anne.broker@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1910–5115; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Contractor Legal Management 

Requirements; (3) Type of Request: 

Renewal; (4) Purpose: The collection of 

this information continues to be 

necessary to provide a basis for DOE 

decisions on requests, from applicable 

contractors, for reimbursement of 

litigation and other legal expenses; (5) 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 36; (6) Annual Estimated 

Number of Total Responses: 36; (7) 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 515; (8) Annual Estimated 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 

Burden: None. The costs incurred by the 

DOE contractors in providing the 

information collection in this package 

are recovered in their contract fees and 

payments. 

Statutory Authority: These requirements 

are promulgated under authority in section 

161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 

U.S.C. 2201; the Department of Energy 

Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq., and 

the National Nuclear Security Administration 

Act, 50 U.S.C. 2401, et seq. 

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