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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 3, 2013 / Notices

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: Trends in
International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS): 2015 Recruitment and
Field Test.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0695.
Type of Review: A reinstatement with
change of a previously approved
information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 14,537.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 34,021.
Abstract: The Trends in Mathematics
and Science Study (TIMSS) is an
international assessment of fourth and
eighth grade students’ achievement in
mathematics and science. Since its
inception in 1995, TIMSS has continued
to assess students every 4 years (1995,
1999, 2003, 2007, 2011). Participation in
this study provides data on current and
past education policies and a
comparison of U.S. education policies
with its international counterparts.
Periodically, TIMSS has also conducted
an assessment of advanced mathematics
and physics of students at the end of
secondary school (1995 and 2008). The
United States participated in TIMSS
Advanced in 1995, but not in 2008.
Because of the current strong policy
interest in preparedness for college and
for careers in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
fields, the U.S. plans to participate in
TIMSS Advanced in 2015. This
submission describes the overarching
plan for all phases of the data collection,
including the field test that will take
place in March–April, 2014, and the
main study that will take place in
April–May, 2015. The purpose of the
TIMSS field test is to evaluate new
assessment items and background
questions (including the new parent
questionnaire), to ensure practices that
promote low exclusion rates, and to
ensure that classroom and student
sampling procedures proposed for the

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main study are successful. This
submission requests approval for
recruitment for the 2014 field test and
the 2015 main study; the 2014 field test
data collection for TIMSS at grades 4
and 8 and TIMSS Advanced in grade 12;
and a description of the overarching
plan for all of the phases of the data
collection, including data collection in
the 2015 main study.
Dated: August 28, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Emergency Information
Collection Reinstatement
U.S. Department of Energy.
Submission for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) review;
comment request.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) will be submitting an emergency
information collection request to the
OMB for reinstatement under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The information collection
requests a one hundred eighty (180) day
approval of its Records and
Administration, OMB Control Number
1910–1700. The proposed voluntary
collection will request that an
individual or an authorized designee
provide pertinent information for easy
record retrieval allowing for increased
efficiencies and quicker processing.
Pertinent information includes the
requester’s name, shipping address,
phone number, email address, previous
work location, the action requested and
any identifying data that will help
locate the records (maiden name,
occupational license number, time and
place of employment.
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or
October 3, 2013. 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 202–395–4718.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to: DOE Desk Officer, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10102,
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735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503.
And to: Troy Manigault, Departmental
Records Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Department of
Energy, 19901 Germantown Rd, Room
G–312, Germantown, MD 20874, Phone:
301–903–9926 (Office), troy.manigault@
hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
TheAnne E. Gordon, Associate CIO for
IT Planning, Architecture, and EGovernment, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, 202–586–3705
(Office), [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1910–1700; (2) Information
Collection Request Title: Records and
Administration; (3) Type of Request:
Reinstatement; (4) Purpose: The Privacy
Act Information Request Form assists
the Department of Energy in processing
privacy requests submitted by an
individual or an authorized designee
where-in he or she is requesting records
the government may maintain on them.
This form will increase efficiencies
including, but not limited to quicker
processing of privacy requests by asking
individuals or their designees pertinent
information for easy record retrieval; (5)
Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 135; (6) Annual Estimated
Number of Total Responses: 135; (7)
Annual Estimated Number of Burden
Hours: 45 hrs; Annual Estimated
Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost
Burden: N/A
Statutory Authority: The Privacy Act of
1974, 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 10 CFR 1008.7, and
DOE Order 206.1.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 26,
2013.
TheAnne E. Gordon,
Associate CIO for IT Planning, Architecture
and E-Government, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER13–2232–000
Applicants: Mustang Hills, LLC
Description: Category Seller Revision
to be effective 8/24/2013.
Filed Date: 8/23/13

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