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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Department of the Navy

Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests

Meetings of the Naval Research
Advisory Committee

AGENCY:

Department of the Navy, DOD.
Notice of closed meetings.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: The Naval Research Advisory
Committee (NRAC) Panel on Venture
Capital Technology will meet to review
and access emerging standards and
technologies in the technology sector
that the Department of the Navy should
incorporate in its technology roadmap
for providing state-of-the-art capabilities
to the Fleet/Force.
DATES: The meetings will be held on
Wednesday, May 5, 2004, and
Thursday, May 6, 2004, from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held
in the Pentagon, Room BF943,
Washington, DC, on May 5, 2004, and at
the Marine Corps Base Quantico on May
6, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis Ryan, Program Director, Naval
Research Advisory Committee, 800
North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA
22217–5660, (703) 696–6769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is provided in accordance with
the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). All
sessions of the meetings will be devoted
to executive sessions that will include
discussions and technical examination
of information related to venture capital
technologies. These briefings and
discussions will contain proprietary
information and classified information
that is specifically authorized under
criteria established by Executive Order
to be kept secret in the interest of
national defense and are in fact properly
classified pursuant to such Executive
Order.
The proprietary, classified and nonclassified matters to be discussed are so
inextricably intertwined as to preclude
opening any portion of the meetings. In
accordance with 5 U.S.C. App. 2,
section 10(d), the Secretary of the Navy
has determined in writing that all
sessions of the meetings must be closed
to the public because they are
concerned with matters listed in 5
U.S.C. section 552b(c)(1) and (4).

Dated: April 20, 2004.
S.A. Hughes,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate
General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 04–9367 Filed 4–22–04; 8:45 am]

Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory
Information Management Group, Office
of the Chief Information Officer, invites
comments on the proposed information
collection requests as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 22,
2004.

Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) provide interested
Federal agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. OMB may amend or
waive the requirement for public
consultation to the extent that public
participation in the approval process
would defeat the purpose of the
information collection, violate State or
Federal law, or substantially interfere
with any agency’s ability to perform its
statutory obligations. The Leader,
Regulatory Information Management
Group, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, publishes that notice containing
proposed information collection
requests prior to submission of these
requests to OMB. Each proposed
information collection, grouped by
office, contains the following: (1) Type
of review requested, e.g., new, revision,
extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)
title; (3) summary of the collection; (4)
description of the need for, and
proposed use of, the information; (5)
respondents and frequency of
collection; and (6) reporting and/or
recordkeeping burden. OMB invites
public comment. 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Dated: April 19, 2004.
Angela C. Arrington,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management
Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Case Service Report.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, local, or tribal gov’t,
SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 80.
Burden Hours: 3,600.
Abstract: As required by sections 13,
101(a)(10), 106 and 626 of the Rehabilitation
Act, the data are submitted annually by State
VR agencies. The data contain personal and
program-related characteristics, including
economic outcomes of persons with
disabilities whose case records are closed.
Requests for copies of the proposed
information collection request may be
accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by
selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’
link and by clicking on link number 2484.
When you access the information collection,
click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view.
Written requests for information should be
addressed to U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center
South, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202–
4700. Requests may also be electronically
mailed to the Internet address
[email protected] or faxed to 202–245–
6623. Please specify the complete title of the
information collection when making your
request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the
collection activity requirements should be
directed to Sheila Carey at 202–245–6432.
Individuals who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1–800–877–8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records—DC Choice Program
Evaluation
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences,
National Center for Education
Evaluation and Regional Assistance,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of a new system of
records.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), the Department of
Education (ED) publishes this notice of
a new system of records entitled DC
Choice Program Evaluation (18–13–07).
The system will contain information
about program applicants (students),
their parents, and other adults living

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with the applicants. It will include
names, addresses, telephone numbers,
social security numbers, demographic
information—such as race/ethnicity,
age, marital status, disability, language
spoken in the home, educational
background, and income—and the
results of academic assessments. The
system will also collect information
about parents’ satisfaction with their
children’s current schools and the
reasons for seeking a new school. In
addition, the system will collect scores
on academic achievement examinations
administered by a Department
contractor for applicants who may not
have participated in Spring, 2004
District of Columbia public schools
(DCPS) testing. It will also contain
academic achievement data and other
student performance measures,
including attendance and disciplinary
records, from existing DCPS education
records for all students in grades K thru
12.
DATES: The Department seeks comment
on this new system of records described
in this notice, in accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act. We
must receive your comments on the
proposed routine use for the system of
records included in this notice on or
before May 24, 2004.
The Department filed a report
describing the new system of records
covered by this notice with the Chair of
the Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs, the Chair of the House of
Representatives Committee on
Government Reform, and the
Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), on April 20, 2004.
Except for the provisions governing
routine uses of records maintained in
the system, this system of records notice
is effective upon publication. The
proposed routine use included in this
new system of records will become
effective on—(1) the expiration of the
40-day period for OMB review on May
30, 2004; (2) the expiration of a 30-day
period for OMB review on May 20,
2004, if OMB waives 10 days of its
review; or, (3) May 24, 2004, unless the
proposed routine use included in the
system of records needs to be changed
as a result of public comment or OMB
review.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about
the proposed routine uses to Dr. Ricky
Takai, Director, Evaluation Division,
National Center for Education
Evaluation and Regional Assistance,
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S.
Department of Education, 555 New
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Washington, DC 20208. Telephone:
(202) 208–7083. If you prefer to send
comments through the Internet, use the
following address: [email protected].
You must include the term ‘‘DC Choice
Evaluation’’ in the subject line of the
electronic message.
During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all public comments
about this notice in room 502, 555 New
Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC,
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30
p.m., eastern time, Monday through
Friday of each week except Federal
holidays.
Assistance to Individuals With
Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record
On request, we will supply an
appropriate aid, such as a reader or
print magnifier, to an individual with a
disability who needs assistance to
review the comments or other
documents in the public rulemaking
record for this notice. If you want to
schedule an appointment for this type of
aid, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Ricky Takai. Telephone: (202) 208–
7083. If you use a telecommunications
devise for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed in
the preceding paragraph.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Introduction
The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a)
requires ED to publish in the Federal
Register this notice of a new system of
records maintained by the Department.
The Department’s regulations
implementing the Privacy Act are
contained in part 5b of title 34 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
The Privacy Act applies to
information about individuals that
contain individually identifiable
information that may be retrieved by a
unique identifier associated with each
individual, such as a name or social
security number. The information about
each individual is called a ‘‘record’’ and
the system, whether manual or
computer-based, is called a ‘‘system of
records.’’ The Privacy Act requires each
agency to publish notices of systems of
records in the Federal Register and to
prepare a report to OMB whenever the
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system of records. Each agency is also
required to send copies of the report to
the Chair of the Senate Committee on
Governmental Affairs and the Chair of
the House Committee on Government
Reform. These reports are intended to
permit an evaluation of the probable or
potential effect of the proposal on the
privacy of individuals.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may view this document, as well
as all other Department of Education
documents published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF) on the Internet
at the following site: www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
888–293–6498, or in the Washington,
DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
Note: 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 CFR
is available on GPO Access at: http://
www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.
Dated: April 20, 2004.
Grover Whitehurst,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.

For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Director of the Institute of
Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education publishes a notice of a new
system of records to read as follows:
18–13–07
SYSTEM NAME:

DC Choice Program Evaluation.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.
SYSTEM LOCATION:

Westat, 1650 Research Boulevard,
Rockville, MD, 20850.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:

There are two categories of
individuals who are covered by this
system. The system will contain records
on DC Choice Program applicants
(students), their parents and other
adults living with these students. The
system will also contain information on
all DCPS non-applicant students from K
thru 12.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

This system consists of the names,
addresses, telephone numbers, social
security numbers, demographic
information—such as race/ethnicity,

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age, marital status, disability, language
spoken in the home, educational
background, and income—and the
results of academic assessments. The
system will collect information about
parents’ satisfaction with their
children’s current schools and the
reasons for seeking a new school. The
system will also collect scores on
academic achievement examinations for
applicants who may not have
participated in Spring, 2004 DCPS
testing. In addition, the system will also
contain academic achievement data and
other student performance measures,
including attendance and disciplinary
records, from existing DCPS school
records for all students in grades K thru
12.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

DC School Choice Incentive Act of
2003, Pub. L. 108–199, Division C, Title
III, Section 309(a)(3) and (4).
PURPOSE(S):

This statute is intended to provide
low-income parents residing in the
District of Columbia (the District) with
expanded opportunities for enrolling
their children in higher-performing
private schools in the District. The
information in this system will be used
to fulfill the requirements of the DC
School Choice Incentive Act of 2003
(D.C. Choice Act), especially section
309, which calls for a detailed
evaluation of the program. In particular,
section 309 directs the Department to
evaluate the performance of students
participating in the program by
comparing them with the students in
the same grade at DCPS as well as
students in DCPS who applied for the
program but were not selected.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSE OF SUCH USES:

ED may disclose information
contained in a record in this system of
records under the routine use listed in
this system without the consent of the
individual if the disclosure is
compatible with the purposes for which
the record was collected. Any disclosure
of individually identifiable information
from a record in this system must also
comply with the requirements of: (A)
Section 183 of the Education Sciences
Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA), Pub. L.
107–279, providing for confidentiality
standards that apply to all collections,
reporting and publication of data by the
Institute of Education Sciences (IES); (B)
if applicable, Title V of the EGovernment Act of 2002 (E-Gov Act),
Pub. L. 107–347, governing any pledges
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statistical purposes; and (C) Section
309(a)(5) of the D.C. Choice Act,
prohibiting the disclosure of personally
identifiable information to the public
regarding the results of the
measurements used for the evaluations.
Contract Disclosure. If the Department
contracts with an entity for the purposes
of performing any function that requires
disclosure of records in this system to
employees of the contractor, the
Department may disclose the records to
those employees. Before entering into
such a contract, the Department shall
require the contractor to maintain
Privacy Act safeguards as required
under 5 U.S.C. 552a(m) with respect to
the records in the system and to agree
in writing to comply with all other
provisions of law that affect the
disclosure of the information, including
section 183 of the ESRA, Title V of the
E-Gov Act, and section 309(a)(5) of the
D.C. Choice Act.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:

Not applicable to this system notice.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:

The contractor will maintain data for
this system on its computers and in
hard copy.

rights and directory and file attributes
that limit those who can use particular
directories and files and determine how
they can use them; e-mail passwords
that authorize the user to access mail
services and additional security features
that the network administrator
establishes for projects as needed.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records are maintained and disposed
of in accordance with ED’s record
disposition schedules (ED/RDS). In
particular, ED will follow the schedules
outlined in Part 3 (Research Projects and
Management Study Records) and Part 14
(Electronic Records).
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:

Director, Evaluation Division,
National Center for Education
Evaluation and Regional Assistance,
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S.
Department of Education, 555 New
Jersey Avenue, NW., room 502,
Washington, DC 20208.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

If you wish to determine whether a
record exists regarding you in the
system of records, contact the systems
manager. Your request must meet the
requirements of the regulations in 34
CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE:

Records in this system are indexed by
a number assigned to each individual,
which is cross-referenced by the
individual’s name on a separate list.

If you wish to gain access to your
record in the system of records, contact
the system manager. Your request must
meet the requirements of the regulations
in 34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of
identity.

SAFEGUARDS:

PROCEDURE FOR CONTESTING RECORD:

Individual access to the offices of
Department contractor, Westat, that
maintains the system of records is
controlled and monitored by security
personnel. The contractor has
established a set of procedures to ensure
confidentiality of data. The system
ensures that information identifying
individuals is in files physically
separated from other research data.
Westat will maintain security of the
complete set of all master data files and
documentation. Access to individually
identifiable data will be strictly
controlled. All data will be kept in
locked file cabinets during nonworking
hours, and work on hardcopy data will
take place in a single room, except for
data entry.
Physical security of electronic data
will also be maintained. Security
features that protect project data include
password-protected accounts that
authorize users to use the Westat system
but to access only specific network
directories and network software; user

If you wish to contest the content of
a record regarding you in the system of
records, contact the system manager.
Your request must meet the
requirements of the regulations in 34
CFR 5b.7, including proof of identity.

RETRIEVABILITY:

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RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

There are three principal record
source categories in this system.
Information will be obtained from
applications submitted by potential
scholarship winners. Information will
also be obtained directly from
applicants who have to take academic
assessment examinations administered
directly by the contractor. Finally,
information will be gathered from the
education records of DCPS students in
grades K thru 12.
SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE ACT:

None.
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