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current program activities, set future 

meeting dates, enable the Board to make 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

the current capital needs of Historically 

Black Colleges and Universities, and 

discuss recommendations regarding 

how the Board might increase its 

effectiveness. 

There will be an opportunity for 

public comment regarding the Board’s 

activities on Saturday, December 2, 

2017, 6:45 p.m.–7:15 p.m. Please be 

advised that comments cannot exceed 

five (5) minutes. Members of the public 

interested in submitting written 

comments may do so by submitting 

comments to the attention of Adam H. 

Kissel, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC, 20202. Comments 

must be postmarked no later than 

Saturday, November 25, 2017, to be 

considered for discussion during the 

meeting. Comments should pertain to 

the work of the Board or the Program. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: The 

official verbatim transcripts of the 

Board’s public meeting will be made 

available for public inspection no later 

than 60 calendar days following a 

meeting. 

Pursuant to the FACA, 5 U.S.C. App. 

as amended, Section 10(b), the public 

may also inspect meeting materials at 

http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/ 

list/hbcu-finance.html. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. If you will need an 

auxiliary aid or service to participate in 

the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 

assistive listening device, or materials in 

an alternate format), notify the contact 

person listed in this notice at least two 

weeks before the scheduled meeting 

date. We will attempt to meet a request 

received after that date, though, we may 

not be able to make available the 

requested auxiliary aid or service 

because of insufficient time to arrange 

it. 

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and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

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Department. 

Authority: Title III, Part D, Section 347, of 

the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended in 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1066f). 

Kathleen Smith, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24676 Filed 11–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2017–ICCD–0138] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Fast 

Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: 

Teachers’ Use of Technology for 

School and Homework Assignments— 

Preliminary Activities 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

16, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2017–ICCD–0138. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

216–32, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact NCES 

Information Collections at 

NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

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

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. 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. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Fast Response 

Survey System (FRSS) 109: Teachers’ 

Use of Technology for School and 

Homework Assignments—Preliminary 

Activities. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0857. 

Type of Review: A reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,100. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,161. 

Abstract: The National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) requests 

OMB approval to conduct teacher list 

collection and district recruitment for 

the Fast Response Survey System 

(FRSS) 109 survey on teachers’ use of 

technology for school and homework 

assignments in public schools. NCES is 

conducting this FRSS survey as part of 

the IES response to the request in the 

Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 

(ESSA, 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) to 

provide information about the 

educational impact of access to digital 

learning resources (DLRs) outside of the 

classroom. The expanding use of 

technology affects the lives of students 

both inside and outside the classroom. 

For this reason, the role of technology 

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important area of research. While access 

to technology can provide valuable 

learning opportunities to students, 

technology by itself does not guarantee 

successful outcomes. Schools and 

teachers play an important role in 

successfully integrating technology into 

teaching and learning. Findings from 

the FRSS 109 study will provide insight 

on the types and availability of DLRs 

outside of the classroom, and will 

contribute to IES legislatively mandated 

report on the educational impact of 

access to DLRs outside the classroom. 

To provide the needed data, FRSS 109 

will collect nationally representative 

data from public school teachers about 

their use of DLRs for teaching, and how 

their knowledge and beliefs about their 

students’ access to DLRs outside the 

classroom affect the assignments they 

give. The survey will focus on 

information that can best be provided by 

teachers from their perspective and 

direct interaction with students. FRSS 

109 will provide national statistics on: 

(1) Teachers’ knowledge and beliefs 

about students’ access to technology for 

doing school assignments outside of 

school; (2) Barriers and challenges 

teachers believe their students face in 

using technology for class assignments 

outside of school; and (3) Computers 

that the district or school may make 

available to students for use outside of 

class time. This request is for FRSS 109 

preliminary activities, including 

securing research approval from special 

contact school districts beginning in 

April 2018 and obtaining teacher lists 

from sampled schools beginning in 

August 2018. 

Dated: November 9, 2017. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24733 Filed 11–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

MHK Distributed and Alternate 

Applications Forum 

AGENCY: Water Power Technologies 

Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of public forum. 

SUMMARY: This notice serves to 

announce that the Water Power 

Technologies Office (WPTO) within the 

Department of Energy (DOE) intends to 

hold a marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) 

Distributed and Alternate Applications 

Forum (‘‘Forum’’) in Washington, DC 

from December 5–7, 2017. The purpose 

of the Forum is to gather the latest 

information on potential high-priority 

alternative markets for MHK 

technologies. In order to gather as much 

data as possible, the Forum will bring 

together key representatives from 

potential high-priority markets, MHK 

technology developers and academia, 

along with staff from the Department of 

Energy and its national laboratories who 

have conducted some preliminary 

investigation of potential opportunities. 

This information will ultimately be used 

to inform WPTO activities and strategy. 

DATES: DOE will host the Forum from 

December 5–7, 2017. Each day will run 

from approximately 7:15 a.m. to 7:00 

p.m. DOE will be accepting any 

comments about the Forum through 

December 5. 

ADDRESSES: The Forum will be held at 

The St. Gregory Hotel, 2033 M St. NW., 

Washington, DC 20024. You may submit 

comments or questions by email to: 

Alexsandra.lemke@EE.DOE.Gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexsandra Lemke, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave SW., Washington, 

DC 20585. Telephone: (720)-648–4381. 

Email: Alexsandra.lemke@EE.DOE.Gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Forum provides a premier 

opportunity to learn about new 

applications for marine energy, and how 

emerging technologies capturing wave 

and tidal power can help meet the 

energy needs of a variety of industries. 

The Forum will bring together experts 

in marine energy and those from ocean 

industries who might benefit from local, 

reliable energy from waves and currents. 

Speakers will include MHK technology 

developers and researchers at the 

forefront of marine energy generation, 

representatives from industries and 

communities where marine energy can 

offer the greatest economic benefit, and 

government leaders and regulators. 

Attendees will both discuss and 

evaluate high-potential alternate 

markets for developing marine-energy 

technologies as well as support DOE in 

aligning MHK technology R&D 

initiatives with high-priority 

opportunities. The event is divided into 

three days, with each day focusing on 

distinct topics: December 5th will focus 

on biofuels and aquaculture (Food and 

Fuel), December 6th will address the 

potential markets for subsea sensors, 

autonomous underwater vehicle 

recharging, and subsea data centers 

(Sensors and Data), and December 7th 

will conclude with desalination of 

seawater and seawater mineral 

extraction (Water and Minerals). 

Participating in these sessions provides 

attendees the chance to give feedback 

and input into which markets are best 

suited to the different marine energy 

technologies, and how devices can be 

designed and operated to maximize 

their benefits for each application. As a 

result of this forum, the WPTO will 

produce a report summarizing the 

opportunities within potential market 

areas. This is an opportunity for all 

attendees to provide feedback and input 

into which markets are best suited to the 

different marine energy technologies, 

and how devices can be designed and 

operated to maximize their benefits for 

each application. 

Public Participation 

The event is open to the public based 

upon space availability. DOE will also 

accept public comments as described 

above for purposes of better 

understanding the marine and 

hydrokinetic industry along with the 

alternative markets to be discussed at 

the Forum. These comments may be 

submitted at Alexsandra.lemke@

EE.DOE.Gov. The expiration date for 

public comment is December 5. 

Participants should limit information 

and comments to those based on 

personal experience, individual advice, 

information, or facts regarding this 

topic. It is not the object of this session 

to obtain any group position or 

consensus from the meeting 

participants. 

Following the meeting, a summary 

will be compiled by DOE and posted for 

public comment. For those interested in 

providing additional public comment, 

the summary will be posted at 

water.energy.gov. 

Issued on November 8, 2017 in 

Washington, DC. 

Alejandro Moreno, 

Director, Water Power Technologies Office, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24698 Filed 11–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

The following notice of meeting is 

published pursuant to section 3(a) of the 


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