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552b, as amended) and 41 Code of the
Federal Regulations (CFR 102–3.150).
Purpose of the Meeting: The Advisory
Committee on Arlington National
Cemetery is an independent Federal
advisory committee chartered to provide
the Secretary of the Army independent
advice and recommendations on
Arlington National Cemetery, including,
but not limited to, cemetery
administration, the erection of
memorials at the cemetery, and master
planning for the cemetery. The
Secretary of the Army may act on the
Committee’s advice and
recommendations.
Proposed Agenda: The Committee
will receive updates on the ANC Master
Plan, major construction and expansion
projects, and the plan for ANC 150th
commemoration events. It will also
review the current burial eligibility and
military honors wait times, and the
impact of such wait times; memorial
monument requests; and possible
technology uses to enhance families’
abilities to perpetually commemorate
their loved ones.
Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR
102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the
availability of space, this meeting is
open to the public. Seating is on a firstcome basis. The Women in Military
Service for America is readily accessible
to and usable by persons with
disabilities. For additional information
about public access procedures, contact
Ms. Renea Yates, the Committee’s
Designated Federal Officer, at the email
address or telephone number listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section.
Written Comments and Statements:
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and
102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
public or interested organizations may
submit written comments or statements
to the Committee, in response to the
stated agenda of the open meeting or in
regard to the Committee’s mission in
general. Written comments or
statements should be submitted to Ms.
Renea Yates, the Committee’s
Designated Federal Officer, via
electronic mail, the preferred mode of
submission, at the address listed in the

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section. Each page of the comment or
statement must include the author’s
name, title or affiliation, address, and
daytime phone number. Written
comments or statements being
submitted in response to the agenda set
forth in this notice must be received by
the Designated Federal Officer at least
seven business days prior to the meeting
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Designated Federal Officer will review
all timely submitted written comments
or statements with the Committee
Chairperson, and ensure the comments
are provided to all members of the
Committee before the meeting. Written
comments or statements received after
this date may not be provided to the
Committee until its next meeting.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140(d), the
Committee is not obligated to allow a
member of the public to speak or
otherwise address the Committee during
the meeting. Members of the public will
be permitted to make verbal comments
during the Committee meeting only at
the time and in the manner described
below. If a member of the public is
interested in making a verbal comment
at the open meeting, that individual
must submit a request, with a brief
statement of the subject matter to be
addressed by the comment, at least three
(3) days in advance to the Committee’s
Designated Federal Official, via
electronic mail, the preferred mode of
submission, at the addresses listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section. The Designated Federal Official
will log each request, in the order
received, and in consultation with the
Committee Chair determine whether the
subject matter of each comment is
relevant to the Committee’s mission
and/or the topics to be addressed in this
public meeting. A 15-minute period
near the end of meeting will be available
for verbal public comments. Members of
the public who have requested to make
a verbal comment and whose comments
have been deemed relevant under the
process described above, will be allotted
no more than three (3) minutes during
this period, and will be invited to speak
in the order in which their requests
were received by the Designated Federal
Official.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0059]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Annual
Progress Report for the Title III
Alternative Financing Program Under
the Assistive Technology Act of 1998
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice
AGENCY:

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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing an extension of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 13,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0059
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any
reason, ED will temporarily accept
comments at [email protected].
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted; ED will ONLY accept
comments during the comment period
in this mailbox when the regulations.gov
site is not available. 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,
Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E115,
Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Robert
Groenendaal, 202–245–7393 or Brian
Bard, 202–245–7345.
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
SUMMARY:

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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: Annual Progress
Report for the Title III Alternative
Financing Program Under the Assistive
Technology Act of 1998.
OMB Control Number: 1820–0662.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 33.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 891.
Abstract: The Rehabilitation Services
Administration (RSA) of the U.S.
Department of Education (ED) requests
clearance for the renewal of a data
collection instrument, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Control
Number 1820–0662, to be completed by
grantees under title III of the Assistive
Technology Act of 1998 as in effect
prior to the amendments of 2004 (Public
Law 105–394) (AT Act of 1998). Title III
of the AT Act of 1998 authorized grants
to public agencies to support the
establishment and maintenance of
alternative financing programs (AFPs)
that feature one or more alternative
financing mechanisms to enable
individuals with disabilities and their
family members, guardians, advocates,
and authorized representatives to
purchase assistive technology (AT).
AFPs must operate and provide progress
reports in perpetuity. Since 2000, grants
have been awarded to 33 states to
operate AFPs. The information collected
through this data collection instrument
is necessary for these grantees to comply
with the reporting requirements of title
III of the AT Act of 1998 and to satisfy
34 CFR 75.720, which requires them to
submit an annual performance report. In
addition, section 307 of the AT Act of
1998 requires that RSA submit to
Congress an annual report on the
activities conducted under title III. In
order to make these possible, states
must provide annual progress reports to
RSA that fulfill the section 307
reporting requirements. This data
collection instrument has been
developed to ensure that states report
data in a consistent manner in
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Dated: April 8, 2014.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Title III,
Part F, Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH)
Program
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Overview Information: Title III, Part F,
Alaska Native-Serving and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH)
ProgramNotice inviting applications for
new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2014.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Numbers: 84.031R and 84.031V.

Dates:
Applications Available: April 14,
2014.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 2, 2014.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: August 1, 2014.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Title III, Part
F, ANNH Program is authorized under
Section 371 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965, as amended (HEA), to provide
grants to eligible institutions of higher
education (IHEs) to enable them to
improve and expand their capacity to
serve Alaska Natives and Native
Hawaiians. IHEs may use these grants to
plan, develop, or implement activities
that promise to strengthen the
institution.
Priorities: This notice contains two
competitive preference priorities and
two invitational priorities. The
competitive preference priorities are
from the notice of final supplemental
priorities and definitions for
discretionary grant programs, published
in the Federal Register on December 15,
2010 (75 FR 78486), and corrected on
May 12, 2011 (76 FR 27637) (the
Supplemental Priorities).
Competitive Preference Priorities: For
FY 2014 and any subsequent year in
which we make awards from the list of
unfunded applicants from the
competition, these priorities are
competitive preference priorities. Under
34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to
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preference priority. The maximum
competitive preference points an
application can receive under this
competition is four depending on how
well the application meets these
priorities.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1—
Increasing Postsecondary Success.
Projects that are designed to address
the following priority area: Increasing
the number and proportion of high-need
students (as defined in this notice) who
persist in and complete college or other
postsecondary education and training.
Competitive Preference Priority 2—
Improving Productivity.
Projects that are designed to
significantly increase efficiency in the
use of time, staff, money, or other
resources while improving student
learning or other educational outcomes
(i.e., outcome per unit of resource).
Such projects may include innovative
and sustainable uses of technology,
modification of school schedules and
teacher compensation systems, use of
open educational resources (as defined
in this notice), or other strategies.
Note: The types of projects identified in
Competitive Preference Priority 2 are
suggestions for ways to improve productivity.
The Department recognizes that some of
these examples, such as modification of
teacher compensation systems, may not be
relevant to this program. Accordingly,
applicants should consider responding to
this competitive preference priority in a way
that improves productivity in a relevant
higher education context.

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2014
and any subsequent year in which we
make awards from the list of unfunded
applicants from the competition, these
priorities are invitational priorities.
Under 34 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an
application that meets these invitational
priorities a competitive or absolute
preference over other applications.
These priorities are:
Invitational Priority 1—Support
Activities That Strengthen Native
Language Preservation and
Revitalization.
Support activities that strengthen
Native language preservation and
revitalization at the IHE.
Invitational Priority 2—Promoting
Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) Education.
Projects that are designed to address
the following priority area: providing
students with increased access to
rigorous and engaging coursework in
STEM.
Note: There are no additional points
awarded for invitational priorities.

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