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that does not meet the standards in 34
CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has
not fulfilled the conditions of a prior
grant; or is otherwise not responsible.

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VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN); or we may send you an email
containing a link to access an electronic
version of your GAN. We may notify
you informally, also.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a
grant under this competition, you must
ensure that you have in place the
necessary processes and systems to
comply with the reporting requirements
in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive
funding under the competition. This
does not apply if you have an exception
under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
(b) At the end of your project period,
you must submit a final performance
report, including financial information,
as directed by the Secretary. If you
receive a multi-year award, you must
submit an annual performance report
that provides the most current
performance and financial expenditure
information as directed by the Secretary
under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary
may also require more frequent
performance reports under 34 CFR
75.720(c).
For the CIBE Program, final and
annual reports must be submitted into
the International Resource Information
System (IRIS) online data and reporting
system. You can view the performance
report screens and instructions at
http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/CIBE.pdf.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993, as updated by the GPRA
Modernization Act of 2010 on January 4,
2011, the Department will use the
following performance measures to
evaluate the success of the CIBE
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1: Percentage of CIBE Program
participants who advanced in their
professional field two years after their
participation.
2: Percentage of CIBE projects that
established or internationalized a
concentration, degree, or professional
program with a focus on or connection
to international business over the course
of the CIBE grant period. (long-term
measure).
3: Percentage of CIBE projects for
which there was an increase in the
export business activities of the project’s
business industry participants.
The information provided by grantees
in their performance reports submitted
via IRIS will be the source of data for
these measures.
5. Continuation Awards: In making a
continuation award, the Secretary may
consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the
extent to which a grantee has made
‘‘substantial progress toward meeting
the objectives in its approved
application.’’ This consideration
includes the review of a grantee’s
progress in meeting the targets and
projected outcomes in its approved
application, and whether the grantee
has expended funds in a manner that is
consistent with its approved application
and budget. In making a continuation
grant, the Secretary also considers
whether the grantee is operating in
compliance with the assurances in its
approved application, including those
applicable to Federal civil rights laws
that prohibit discrimination in programs
or activities receiving Federal financial
assistance from the Department (34 CFR
100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Timothy Duvall, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room
6069, Washington, DC 20006–8521.
Telephone: (202) 502–7622 or by email:
[email protected].
If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the
FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on
request to the program contact person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register
and the Code of Federal Regulations is
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at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
can view this document, as well as all
other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF). To use PDF you must
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at the site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at: www.federalregister.gov.
Specifically, through the advanced
search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Dated: May 29, 2014.
Lynn B. Mahaffie,
Senior Director, Policy Coordination,
Development, and Accreditation Service,
delegated the authority to perform the
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
U.S. Department of Energy.
Notice and request for OMB
review and comment.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
clearance, a proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
proposed collection will provide the
Secretary of Energy with the appropriate
information needed to make an
informed determination regarding a
request to directly or indirectly engage
or participate in the development or
production of special nuclear material
outside the United States. Section
57b.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA)
of 1954, as amended by section 302 of
the Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of
1978 (NNPA) enacted by Public Law
95–242, empowers the Secretary of
Energy (Secretary) to authorize persons
to directly or indirectly engage or
participate in the development or
production of special nuclear material
outside the United States. In order to
implement Section 57b.(2), DOE
promulgated a rule found at 10 CFR part
810. This rule describes what activities
are within the scope of control, what
activities are generally authorized by the
Secretary, and what activities require a
specific authorization. The regulation
requires the submission of specific
information essential for the Secretary

SUMMARY:

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to make a non-inimicality finding about
the proposed transfer of U.S. nuclear
technology, assistance or expertise.
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
July 3, 2014. 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 DOE Desk Officer at OMB of
your intention to make a submission as
soon as possible. The Desk Officer may
be telephoned at 202–395–4650.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10102,
735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503 and LaReina Parker, Office of
Nonproliferation and International
Security (NA–24), National Nuclear
Security Administration, Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LaReina Parker, Office of
Nonproliferation and International
Security, NA–24, National Nuclear
Security Administration, Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585, telephone,
(202) 586–6493; Part810.SNOPR@hq.
doe.gov. The collection instrument can
be viewed at the following Web site:
http://www.regulations.gov/index.jsp#
!documentDetail;D=DOE_FRDOC_00012467.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. A1901–0263; (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy
Activities; (3) Type of Request:
Reinstatement; (4) Purpose: Pursuant to
Section 57b.(2), DOE promulgated a rule
found at 10 CFR part 810 that
implements the broad provisions
therein. Specifically, this rule describes
what activities are within the scope of
control, what activities are generally
authorized, what activities require a
specific authorization, provides
information requirements for reporting
generally and specifically authorized
activities, and information requirements
for applications for specific
authorization. The information is
essential for the Secretary to make a
non-inimicality finding about the
proposed transfer of U.S. nuclear
technology, assistance or expertise, and
applies to anyone that is a ‘‘person’’
under the regulation that engages in the
export or provision of assistance to a
foreign civilian nuclear program; (5)
Annual Estimated Number of
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Number of Total Responses: 322; (7)
Annual Estimated Number of Burden
Hours: 966; (8) Annual Estimated
Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost
Burden: The total annual cost burden is
estimated at $999.50.
Statutory Authority: Section 57 b.(2)
of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954,
as amended by section 302 of the
Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 1978
(NNPA) enacted by Public Law 95–242.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 23,
2014.
Richard Goorevich,
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of
Nonproliferation and International Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Commission To Review the
Effectiveness of the National Energy
Laboratories
Department of Energy.
Notice of Intent To Establish the
Commission To Review the
Effectiveness of the National Energy
Laboratories.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Following consultation with
the Committee Management Secretariat,
General Services Administration, notice
is hereby given that the Commission To
Review the Effectiveness of the National
Energy Laboratories (Commission) will
be established. The Commission will
provide advice and recommendations to
the Secretary of Energy.
Additionally, the establishment of the
Commission has been determined to be
essential to the conduct of the
Department’s business and to be in the
public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed upon the
Department of Energy by law and
agreement. The Commission will
operate in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act and the rules and
regulations in implementation of that
Act.

SUMMARY:

Pursuant
to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463), section 319 of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2014, Public Law
113–76, and in accordance with title 41,
Code of Federal Regulations, section
102–3.65, and following consultation
with the Committee Management
Secretariat, General Services
Administration, notice is hereby given
that the Commission to Review the
Effectiveness of the National Energy
Laboratories will be established.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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The activities of the Commission will
include, but are not limited to:
Two phases are planned for the
Commission. In Phase 1, the objective of
the Commission is to address whether
the Department of Energy’s (DOE)
national laboratories are properly
aligned with the Department’s strategic
priorities; have clear, well understood,
and properly balanced missions that are
not unnecessarily redundant and
duplicative; have unique capabilities
that have sufficiently evolved to meet
current and future energy and national
security challenges; are appropriately
sized to meet the Department’s energy
and national security missions; and are
appropriately supporting other Federal
agencies and the extent to which it
benefits DOE missions.
For Phase 2, the Commission shall
also determine whether there are
opportunities to more effectively and
efficiently use the capabilities of the
national laboratories, including
consolidation and realignment, reducing
overhead costs, reevaluating governance
models using industrial and academic
bench marks for comparison, and
assessing the impact of DOE’s oversight
and management approach. In its
evaluation, the Commission should also
consider the cost and effectiveness of
using other research, development, and
technology centers and universities as
an alternative to meeting DOE’s energy
and national security goals.
The Commission shall analyze the
effectiveness of the use of laboratory
directed research and development
(LDRD) to meet the Department of
Energy’s science, energy, and national
security goals. The Commission shall
further evaluate the effectiveness of the
Department’s oversight approach to
ensure LDRD-funded projects are
compliant with statutory requirements
and congressional direction, including
requirements that LDRD projects be
distinct from projects directly funded by
appropriations and that LDRD projects
derived from the Department’s national
security programs support the national
security mission of the Department of
Energy. Finally, the Commission shall
quantify the extent to which LDRD
funding supports recruiting and
retention of qualified staff.
The Commission will submit a report
containing the Commission’s findings
and conclusions to the Secretary of
Energy, the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of
Representatives, and the Senate.
The Commission terminates following
submission of its final report to the
Secretary of Energy and the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, unless,

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