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respondents; four sections—108
respondents.
Frequency: Quarterly distribution.
Each sponsor will complete only one
survey per project.
Average Time per Response: One
section—8 minutes; Two sections—15
minutes; Three sections—22 minutes;
Four sections—30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 217
hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): None.
Dated: January 26, 2011.
Charles Davenport,
Director of Projects and Partnerships,
National Civilian Community Corps.
[FR Doc. 2011–2316 Filed 2–2–11; 8:45 am]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
The Board of Directors of the
Corporation for National and
Community Service gives notice of the
following meeting:
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, February 8,
2011, 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
PLACE: Corporation for National and
Community Service, 1201 New York
Avenue, NW., Suite 8312, Washington,
DC 20525 (Please go to 10th floor
reception area for escort).
CALL-IN INFORMATION: This meeting is
available to the public through the
following toll-free call-in number: 800–
857–9872 conference call access code
number 5898. Any interested member of
the public may call this number and
listen to the meeting. Callers can expect
to incur charges for calls they initiate
over wireless lines, and the Corporation
will not refund any incurred charges.
Callers will incur no charge for calls
they initiate over land-line connections
to the toll-free telephone number.
Replays are generally available one hour
after a call ends. The toll-free phone
number for the replay is 888–568–0906.
The end replay date: February 15, 2011,
10:59 p.m. (CT).
STATUS: Open.

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Matters To Be Considered
I. Chair’s Opening Comments
II. Consideration of Previous Meeting’s
Minutes
III. CEO Report
IV. Committee Reports:
a. Oversight, Governance and Audit
Committee
b. External Relations Committee

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c. Program, Budget and Evaluation
Committee
V. Consideration of the Proposed 2011–
2015 Strategic Plan
VI. Public Comments
Members of the public who would like
to learn more about the proposed
strategic plan and the development
process should visit the CNCS Web site
http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/
focus_areas/index.asp where the draft
document will be posted in advance of
the meeting.
Members of the public who would
like to comment on the business of the
Board may do so in writing or in person.
Individuals may submit written
comments to esamose@cns.gov subject
line: FEB 2011 CNCS BOARD
MEETING. Individuals attending the
meeting in person who would like to
comment will be asked to sign-in upon
arrival. Comments should be no more
than 2 minutes.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS: The
Corporation for National and
Community Service provides reasonable
accommodations to individuals with
disabilities where appropriate. Anyone
who needs an interpreter or other
accommodation should notify Ida Green
at igreen@cns.gov or 202–606–6861 by 5
p.m., February 4, 2011.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Emily Samose, Strategic Advisor for
Board Engagement, Corporation for
National and Community Service, 9th
Floor, Room 9613C, 1201 New York
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525.
Phone (202) 606–7564. Fax (202) 606–
3460. TDD: (202) 606–3472. E-mail:
esamose@cns.gov.
Dated: February 1, 2011.
Wilsie Y. Minor,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011–2556 Filed 2–1–11; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests
Department of Education.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Department of Education
(the Department), 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 and continuing
collections of information. This helps
the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and
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public and helps the public understand
the Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. The Director,
Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management, 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 April 4,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden
and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or
mailed to U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please
note that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that Federal agencies provide interested
parties an early opportunity to comment
on information collection requests. The
Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services,
Office of Management, publishes this
notice containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the
information collection. 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.
Dated: January 31, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.

Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: National Title I
Study of Implementation and Outcomes:
Early Childhood Language
Development.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0871.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Once.

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Affected Public: Individuals and
households; not-for-profit institutions;
State, Local, or Tribal Government, State
Educational Agencies or Local
Educational Agencies.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 22,760.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 8,725.
Abstract: The study is being
conducted as part of the National
Assessment of Title I, mandated by Title
I, Part E, Section 1501 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act. The
study is designed to identify school
programs and instructional practices
associated with improved language
development, background knowledge,
and comprehension outcomes for
children in prekindergarten through
third grade. Analyses will estimate the
associations between instructional
programs and practices and student
outcomes to inform future rigorous
evaluation of strategies to improve
language and comprehension outcomes
for at-risk children in these early years
of school. We will identify 10 locations
for the study, including 7–8 of the
largest urban school districts and 2–3
States with large Title I populations.
Within each of the 10 locations, we will
select 5 high-performing and 5 lowperforming schools. Within each school,
we will randomly sample an average of
three classrooms per grade. Within each
classroom, we will randomly sample 8
students. Students will be assessed in
fall and spring. Principals, teachers, and
parents will be surveyed once, and
students’ classrooms will be observed
twice in the fall and twice in the spring.
Information from students’ school
records will be extracted at the end of
the school year.
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 4494. 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.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed
to 202–401–0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information
collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information

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Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8339.
[FR Doc. 2011–2379 Filed 2–2–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review
Correction
In notice document 2011–2099 on
pages 5356–5357 in the issue of
Monday, January 31, 2011, make the
following correction:
On page 5356, in the second column,
in the DATES section, ‘‘January 31, 2011’’
should read ‘‘March 2, 2011’’.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Reducing Regulatory Burden
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Request for information.
SUMMARY: As part of its implementation
of Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review,’’
issued by the President on January 18,
2011, the Department of Energy (DOE) is
seeking comments and information from
interested parties to assist DOE in
reviewing its existing regulations to
determine whether any such regulations
should be modified, streamlined,
expanded, or repealed. The purpose of
DOE’s review is to make the agency’s
regulatory program more effective and
less burdensome in achieving its
regulatory objectives.
DATES: Written comments and
information are requested on or before
March 21, 2011. Reply comments are
requested on or before April 4, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
encouraged to submit comments,
identified by ‘‘Regulatory Burden RFI,’’
by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail:
Regulatory.Review@hq.doe.gov. Include
‘‘Regulatory Burden RFI’’ in the subject
line of the message.
Mail: U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of the General Counsel, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Room
6A245, Washington, DC 20585.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents, or
comments received, go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at http://
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Cohen, Assistant General
Counsel for Legislation, Regulation, and
Energy Efficiency, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of the General Counsel,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. E-mail:
Regulatory.Review@hq.doe.gov.

On
January 18, 2011, the President issued
Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review,’’ to
ensure that Federal regulations seek
more affordable, less intrusive means to
achieve policy goals, and that agencies
give careful consideration to the benefits
and costs of those regulations. To that
end, the Executive Order requires,
among other things, that:
• Agencies propose or adopt a
regulation only upon a reasoned
determination that its benefits justify its
costs; and that agencies tailor
regulations to impose the least burden
on society, consistent with obtaining the
regulatory objectives, taking into
account, among other things, and to the
extent practicable, the costs of
cumulative regulations; and that
agencies select, in choosing among
alternative regulatory approaches, those
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety,
and other advantages; distributive
impacts; and equity).
• The regulatory process encourages
public participation and an open
exchange of views, with an opportunity
for the public to comment.
• Agencies coordinate, simplify, and
harmonize regulations to reduce costs
and promote certainty for businesses
and the public.
• Agencies consider low-cost
approaches that reduce burdens and
maintain flexibility.
• Regulations be guided by objective
scientific evidence.
Additionally, the Executive Order
directs agencies to consider how best to
promote retrospective analyses of
existing rules. Specifically, Agencies
must develop a preliminary plan under
which the agency will periodically
review existing regulations to determine
which should be maintained, modified,
strengthened, or repealed to increase the
effectiveness and decrease the burdens
of the agency’s regulatory program.
To implement the Executive Order,
the Department is taking two immediate
steps to launch its retrospective review
of existing regulatory and reporting
requirements. First, as described further
below, the Department issues this
Request for Information (RFI) seeking
public comment on how best to review

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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