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###### Department of Education

# AGENCY:

Department of Education.

# ACTION:

Notice of membership of the Performance Review Board.

# SUMMARY:

The Secretary announces the members of the Performance Review Board (PRB) for the Department of Education for the Senior Executive Service (SES) performance cycle that ended September 30, 2010. Under 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(1) through (5), each agency is required to establish one or more PRBs.

## Composition and Duties

The PRB of the Department of Education for 2010 is composed of career and non-career senior executives.

The PRB reviews and evaluates the initial appraisal of each senior executive's performance, along with any comments by that senior executive and by any higher-level executive or executives. The PRB makes recommendations to the appointing authority relative to the performance of the senior executive, including recommendations on performance awards. The Department of Education's PRB also makes recommendations on SES pay adjustments for career senior executives.

## Membership

The Secretary has selected the following executives of the Department of Education for the specified SES performance cycle: Chair: Winona H. Varnon, Thomas Skelly, Danny Harris, James Manning, Linda Stracke, Joe Conaty, Sue Betka, Russlyn Ali, and Martha Kanter.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Beth Pultz, Director, Executive Resources Team, Human Resources Services, Office of Management, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 2E124, LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4573. Telephone: (202) 401-0853.

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Dated: September 16, 2010.

Arne Duncan,

Secretary of Education.

[FR Doc. 2010-24290 Filed 9-27-10; 8:45 am]

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