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p.m.), Wednesday, October 20 (from 9 

a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Thursday, October 

21, 2010 (from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the SERDP Office Conference Center, 

901 North Stuart Street, Suite 804, 

Arlington, VA 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jonathan Bunger, SERDP Office, 901 

North Stuart Street, Suite 303, 

Arlington, VA, or by telephone at (703) 

696–2126. 

Dated: September 8, 2010. 

Mitchell S. Bryman, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22800 Filed 9–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

14, 2010. 

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, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

e-mailed to oira_submission@omb.eop.

gov with a cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please 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 the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. The OMB is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: (1) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) Evaluate 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; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) Minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: September 3, 2010. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: Reinstatement. 

Title of Collection: National 

Household Education Survey (NHES 

2011/2012) Field Test. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0768. 

Frequency of Responses: Once. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 40,905. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,535. 

Abstract: The National Household 

Education Surveys Program (NHES) 

collects data directly from households 

on early childhood care and education, 

children’s readiness for school, parent 

perceptions of school safety and 

discipline, before- and after-school 

activities of school-age children, 

participation in adult and continuing 

education, parent involvement in 

education, school choice, 

homeschooling, and civic involvement. 

NHES surveys have been conducted 

approximately every other year from 

1991 through 2007 using random digit 

dial (RDD) sampling and telephone data 

collection from landline telephones 

only. Each survey collection included 

the administration of household 

screening questions (screener) and two 

or three topical surveys. Like virtually 

all RDD surveys, NHES Screener 

response rates have declined (from 

above 80% in early 1990s to 53% in 

2007) and the decline in the percentage 

of households without landline 

telephones (from 93% in early 2004 to 

about 75% in 2009 mostly due to 

conversion to cellular-only coverage) 

raises issues about population coverage. 

To address these issues, the NHES is 

transitioning from a Random Digit Dial 

(RDD) interviewer administered study to 

an Address Based Sample, selfadministered study. A feasibility test of 

the methodology was conducted 

successfully in 2009. In 2011, the 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(NCES) will conduct a large scale pilot 

test to further refine the methodology. A 

number of interventions to improve 

response rates and data quality will be 

tested in 2011. In 2012, NCES will 

conduct the first full-scale production 

data collection utilizing the new design. 

The 2011 test and 2012 data collections 

will utilize the Parent and Family 

Involvement in Education and Early 

Childhood Program Participation 

modules. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/

public/do/PRAMain or from the 

Department’s Web site at http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4351. 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 the Internet address 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22787 Filed 9–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management invites comments on the 

submission for OMB review as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

14, 2010. 

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, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

e-mailed to 


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