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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: 2024 Teaching and
Learning International Survey (TALIS
2024) Main Study Recruitment and
Field Test.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0888.
Type of Review: A reinstatement with
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,683.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 3,133.
Abstract: The Teaching and Learning
International Survey (TALIS) is an
international survey of teachers and
principals focusing on the working
conditions of teachers and the teaching
and learning practices in schools. The
United States will administer TALIS for
the third time in 2024, having
participated in 2013 and 2018. TALIS
2024 is sponsored by the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD). TALIS is steered
by the TALIS Governing Board (TGB),
comprising representatives from the
OECD member countries, and
implemented internationally by
organizations contracted by the OECD
(referred to as the ‘‘international
consortium’’ or ‘‘IC’’). In the U.S.,

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TALIS 2024 is conducted by the
National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) of the Institute of Education
Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
TALIS 2024 is focused on teachers’
professional environment, teaching
conditions, and their impact on school
and teacher effectiveness. TALIS 2024
will address teacher training and
professional development, teacher
appraisal, school climate, school
leadership, instructional approaches,
pedagogical practices, and teaching
experience with and support for
teaching diverse populations.
OECD has scheduled the main study
to occur in the Northern hemisphere
from February through March 2024 and
in the Southern hemisphere from June
through August 2024. To prepare for the
main study, several TALIS countries
will conduct pilot studies in February
2022; the U.S. will not participate.
Countries will also conduct a field test
in the first quarter of 2023, primarily to
evaluate newly developed questionnaire
items and school recruitment materials;
the U.S. will participate in the field test.
To meet the international data
collection schedule for the field test,
U.S. recruitment activities need to begin
by August 2022 and U.S. questionnaires
must be finalized by December 2022.
TALIS 2024 includes the core TALIS
teacher and principal surveys that are
required for each participating country,
as well as an optional Teacher
Knowledge Survey (TKS). The TKS is
intended to better understand the
teacher pedagogical knowledge base at
the national level. The US is including
the TKS in the upcoming TALIS 2024
field test and will evaluate these results
to determine the feasibility of including
TKS as part of the US Main Study.
This submission requests approval
for: Recruitment and pre-survey
activities for the 2023 field test sample;
administration of the field test; and
school recruitment and pre-survey
activities for the 2024 main study
sample. The materials that will be used
in the 2024 main study will be based
upon the field test materials included in
this submission. Additionally, this
submission is designed to adequately
justify the need for and overall practical
utility of the full study and to present
the overarching plan for all phases of
the data collection, providing as much
detail about the measures to be used as
is available at the time of this
submission. As part of this submission,
NCES is publishing a notice in the
Federal Register allowing first a 60- and
then a 30-day public comment period.
For the final proposal for the full study,
after the field test NCES will publish a
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an additional 30-day public comment
period on the final details of the 2024
main study.
Dated: March 8, 2022.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection
Extension
Department of Energy.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Energy
(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to
extend for three years, an information
collection request with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before May 10, 2022.
If you anticipate any difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed in the
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section as soon as possible.
Written comments may be
sent to Rashida Jackson-McIlwain,
Office of Talent Management, Office of
the Chief Human Capital Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585–1615, by email to
[email protected];
Ms. Jackson-McIlwain 202–586–1542.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rashida Jackson-McIlwain, Office of
Talent Management, Office of the Chief
Human Capital Officer, U.S. Department
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20585–1615; 202–
586–1542; rashida.jackson-mcilwain@
hq.doe.gov; Ms. Jackson-McIlwain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the extended
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
ADDRESSES:

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burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–5193.
(2) Information Collection Request
Titled: DOE’s Applicant Portal.
(3) Type of Review: NEW.
(4) Purpose: The Department of
Energy (DOE) will collect two broad
types of data: Application Data and
Demographic Data. Application Data
will include a resume and information
about a candidate’s contact information,
education, work experience, and work
interests. DOE will use this information
to evaluate an individual’s
qualifications for employment
opportunities in support of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(IIJA) of 2021, Public Law 117–58 and
other direct-hire authorities and to refer
potential candidates to relevant
application platforms. The Demographic
Data requested is strictly voluntary. It
will be used to evaluate agency
marketing and outreach strategies to
expand both the size and diversity of
the applicant pool and assess the
aggregate diversity of the applicant pool
as candidates move through the
evaluation process. Potential candidates
are the most likely respondents to the
Public Notice.
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 60,000.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 60,000.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 10,020.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $590,278.
Statutory Authority: DOE is
authorized to collect the information
pursuant to its direct hire authorities,
including Section 301 of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(IIJA) of 2021, Public Law 117–58; 5
CFR 337.201; and Office of Personnel
Management GW–007, Direct Hire
Authorities (October 11, 2018), for
Scientific, Technical, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) positions. DOE is
using existing hiring authorities,
including government-wide direct
hiring authorities, to identify potential
candidates for positions. This
information will be collected and
maintained under the Privacy Act
System of Records Notice OPM/GOVT–
5, Recruiting, Examining, and
Placement Records., 79 FR 16834
(March 26, 2014), with a modification
published in 80 FR 74815 (November
30, 2015) and OPM/GOVT–7 Applicant
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Disability Status Records, 71 FR 35351
(June 19, 2006), amended 80 FR 74815
(Nov. 30, 2015).
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on March 7, 2022, by
Erin Moore, Chief Human Capital
Officer, Office of the Chief Human
Capital Officer, pursuant to delegated
authority from the Secretary of Energy.
That document with the original
signature and date is maintained by
DOE. For administrative purposes only,
and in compliance with requirements of
the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register
Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in
electronic format for publication, as an
official document of the Department of
Energy. This administrative process in
no way alters the legal effect of this
document upon publication in the
Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC on March 8,
2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
International Energy Agency Meetings
Department of Energy.
Notice of meetings.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Industry Advisory Board
(IAB) to the International Energy
Agency (IEA) will meet on March 14,
16–17, 2022, through a webinar, in
connection with a joint meeting of the
IEA’s Standing Group on Emergency
Questions (SEQ) and the IEA’s Standing
Group on the Oil Market (SOM) which
is scheduled at the same time.
DATES: March 14, 16–17, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The location details of the
SEQ and SOM webinar meeting are
under the control of the IEA Secretariat,
located at 9 rue de la Fe´de´ration, 75015
Paris, France.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Thomas Reilly, Assistant General
Counsel for International and National
Security Programs, Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–
5000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i)
of the Energy Policy and Conservation
Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i)) (EPCA),
the following notice of meetings is
provided:
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A meeting of the Industry Advisory
Board (IAB) to the International Energy
Agency (IEA) will be held as a webinar,
commencing at 12 noon, Central
European Time (CET), on March 16,
2022. The purpose of this notice is to
permit attendance by representatives of
U.S. company members of the IAB at a
meeting of the IEA’s Standing Group on
Emergency Questions (SEQ), which is
scheduled to be held via webinar at the
same time. The IAB will also hold a
preparatory meeting via webinar among
company representatives at 14:00 CET
on March 14, 2022. The agenda for this
preparatory webinar meeting is to
review the agenda for the SEQ meeting.
The location details of the SEQ webinar
meeting are under the control of the IEA
Secretariat, located at 9 rue de la
Fe´de´ration, 75015 Paris, France. The
agenda of the SEQ meeting is under the
control of the SEQ. It is expected that
the SEQ will adopt the following
agenda:
1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Summary Records of
the 167th meeting
3. Status of Compliance with IEP
Agreement Stockholding
Obligations
4. ERR Belgium
5. Mid-term review Estonia
6. Industry Advisory Board Update
7. ERR of Hungary
8. Oral Reports by Administrations
9. ERR of Poland
10. Update on ERE Preparations
11. Any Other Business
Schedule of ERRs for 2021/2022
Schedule of SEQ & SOM Meetings for
2022:
—15–17 March 2022
—21–23 June 2022
—15–17 November 2022
A meeting of the Industry Advisory
Board (IAB) to the International Energy
Agency (IEA) will be held as a webinar,
commencing at 12 noon, Central
European Time (CET), on March 17,
2022. The purpose of this notice is to
permit attendance by representatives of
U.S. company members of the IAB at a
joint meeting of the IEA’s Standing
Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ)
and the IEA’s Standing Group on the Oil
Market (SOM), which is scheduled to be
held via webinar at the same time.
The location details of the SEQ
webinar meeting are under the control
of the IEA Secretariat, located at 9 rue
de la Fe´de´ration, 75015 Paris, France.
The agenda of the meeting is under the
control of the SEQ. It is expected that
the SEQ will adopt the following
agenda:
1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of Summary Record of
meeting of 16 November 2021

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