Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 143 / Tuesday, July 28, 2009 / Notices 37191 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Meeting of the Board of Advisors 

(BOA) to the President, Naval 

Postgraduate School (NPS) 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), notice is 

hereby given that the following meeting 

of the Board of Advisors (BOA) to the 

President, Naval Postgraduate School 

(NPS) will be held. This meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 9, 2009, from 8 

a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Thursday, 

September 10, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 12 

p.m. Eastern Time Zone. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Office of Naval Research, 875 N. 

Randolph Street, Suite 1435, Arlington, 

VA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jaye Panza, Naval Postgraduate School, 

Monterey, CA, 93943–5001, telephone: 

(831) 656–2514. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to elicit the 

advice of the Board on the Naval 

Service’s Postgraduate Education 

Program and the collaborative exchange 

and partnership between NPS and the 

Air Force Institute of Technology 

(AFIT). The Board examines the 

effectiveness with which the NPS is 

accomplishing its mission. To this end, 

the Board will inquire into the 

curricula; instruction; physical 

equipment; administration; state of 

morale of the student body, faculty, and 

staff; fiscal affairs; and any other matters 

relating to the operation of the NPS as 

the Board considers pertinent. 

Individuals without a DoD 

government/CAC card require an escort 

at the meeting location. For access, 

information, or to send written 

comments regarding the NPS BOA 

contact Ms. Jaye Panza, Naval 

Postgraduate School, 1 University 

Circle, Monterey, CA 93943–5001 or by 

fax (831) 656–3145 by September 1, 

2009. 

Dated: July 21, 2009. 

A.M. Vallandingham, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTCs) and Rehabilitation 

Engineering Research Centers 

(RERCs) 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.133B 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers and 84.133E Rehabilitation 

Engineering Research Centers. 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of final priorities (NFP) 

for RRTCs and RERCs. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services announces certain funding 

priorities for the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program administered by 

NIDRR. Specifically, this notice 

announces four priorities for RRTCs and 

three priorities for RERCs. The Assistant 

Secretary may use these priorities for 

competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2009 

and later years. We take this action to 

focus research attention on areas of 

national need. We intend these 

priorities to improve rehabilitation 

services and outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: These priorities 

are effective August 27, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 6029, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2700. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or by e-mail: 

donna.nangle@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This NFP 

is in concert with NIDRR’s Final LongRange Plan for FY 2005–2009 (Plan). 

The Plan, which was published in the 

Federal Register on February 15, 2006 

(71 FR 8165), can be accessed on the 

Internet at the following site: http:// 

www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/ 

nidrr/policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the 

quality and utility of disability and 

rehabilitation research; (2) foster an 

exchange of expertise, information, and 

training to facilitate the advancement of 

knowledge and understanding of the 

unique needs of traditionally 

underserved populations; (3) determine 

best strategies and programs to improve 

rehabilitation outcomes for underserved 

populations; (4) identify research gaps; 

(5) identify mechanisms of integrating 

research and practice; and (6) 

disseminate findings. 

This notice announces priorities that 

NIDRR intends to use for RRTC and 

RERC competitions in FY 2009 and 

possibly later years. However, nothing 

precludes NIDRR from publishing 

additional priorities, if needed. 

Furthermore, NIDRR is under no 

obligation to make an award for each of 

these priorities. The decision to make an 

award will be based on the quality of 

applications received and available 

funding. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

is to plan and conduct research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, including 

international activities, to develop 

methods, procedures, and rehabilitation 

technology, that maximize the full 

inclusion and integration into society, 

employment, independent living, family 

support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities, and to 

improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g), 

764(a), 764(b)(2), and 764(b)(3). 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350. 

We published a notice of proposed 

priorities (NPP) for this program in the 

Federal Register on May 7, 2009 (74 FR 

21338). That notice contained 

background information and our reasons 

for proposing the particular priorities. 

This information may be useful for 

applicants in preparing their 

applications. 

There are several significant 

differences between the NPP and this 

NFP, as discussed in the Analysis of 

Comments and Changes section 

elsewhere in this notice. 

Public Comment: In response to our 

invitation in the NPP, 80 parties 

submitted comments on the proposed 

priorities. 

We discuss substantive issues under 

the priorities to which they pertain. 

Generally, we do not address technical 

and other minor changes or suggested 

changes the law does not authorize us 

to make under the applicable statutory 

authority. In addition, we do not 

address general comments that raised 

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