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related to DIB recommendations.
Members of the public will have an
opportunity to provide oral comments
to the DIB regarding the DIB’s
deliberations and potential
recommendations. See below for
additional information on how to sign
up to provide public comments.
Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), the DoD has
determined that the portion of the
meeting from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
shall be closed to the public. The
Assistant Deputy Chief Management
Officer, in consultation with the Office
of the DoD General Counsel, has
determined in writing that this portion
of the DIB’s meeting will be closed as
the discussions will involve classified
matters of national security. Such
classified material is so inextricably
intertwined with the unclassified
material that it cannot reasonably be
segregated into separate discussions
without disclosing matters that are
classified SECRET or higher. Pursuant
to Federal statutes and regulations
(FACA, the Government in the Sunshine
Act, and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through
102–3.165) and the availability of space,
the meeting is open to the public from
2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Seating is on a
first-come basis. Members of the public
wishing to attend the meeting or
wanting to receive a link to the live
stream webcast should contact the
Executive Director to register no later
than January 16, 2018, by email at
osd.innovation@mail.mil. Members of
the media should RSVP to Cmdr. Patrick
Evans, Public Affairs Officer, at
Patrick.L.Evans.mil@mail.mil.
Special Accommodations: Individuals
requiring special accommodations to
access the public meeting should
contact the Executive Director at least
five business days prior to the meeting
so that appropriate arrangements can be
made.
Written Statements: Pursuant to
section 10(a)(3) of the FACA and 41 CFR
102–3.140, the public or interested
organizations may submit written
comments to the DIB about its approved
agenda pertaining to this meeting or at
any time regarding the DIB’s mission.
Individuals submitting a written
statement must submit their statement
at osd.innovation@mail.mil. The
Designated Federal Officer will compile
all written submissions and provide
them to Board Members for
consideration.
Oral Presentations: Individuals
wishing to make an oral statement to the
DIB at the public meeting may be
permitted to speak for up to three
minutes. Anyone wishing to speak to
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email at osd.innovation@mail.mil not
later than January 16, 2018 for planning.
Requests for oral comments should
include a copy or summary of planned
remarks for archival purposes.
Individuals may also be permitted to
submit a comment request at the public
meeting; however, depending on the
number of individuals requesting to
speak, the schedule may limit
participation. Webcast attendees will be
provided instructions with the live
stream link if they wish to submit
comments during the open meeting.
Dated: January 10, 2018.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2017–ICCD–0134]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
National Evaluation of the Investing in
Innovation (i3) Program
Institute of Education Sciences
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
15, 2018.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use http://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2017–ICCD–0134. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted. 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, Room
216–32, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
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activities, please contact Tracy
Rimdzius, 202–245–7283.
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
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: National
Evaluation of the Investing in
Innovation (i3) Program.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0913.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 23.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 343.
Abstract: This submission requests
approval to collect data in support of
the Investing in Innovation (i3) Program
Technical Assistance and Evaluation
Project. The i3 Program is designed to
support school districts and nonprofit
organizations in expanding, developing,
and evaluating evidence-based practices
and promising efforts to improve
outcomes for the nations’ students,
teachers, and schools. Each i3 grantee is
required to fund an independent
evaluation. The Technical Assistance
and Evaluation Project requires data
collection to assess the strength of the
evidence produced under the grantees
independent evaluations as well as
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findings. Specifically, the data collected
will be used to support reviews and
reports to ED that: Describe the
intervention implemented by each i3
grantee; assess the strength of the
evidence produced by each i3
evaluation; present the evidence
produced by each i3 evaluation; identify
effective and promising interventions;
and, assess the results of the i3 Program.
We will collect data from the universe
of all 172 i3 projects funded under the
i3 Program.
Dated: January 10, 2018.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–EPA–HQ–OA–2010–0757; FRL–9972–
93–OEI]

Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Confidential Financial Disclosure Form
for Special Government Employees
Serving on Federal Advisory
Committees at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), ‘‘Confidential
Financial Disclosure Form for Special
Government Employees Serving on
Federal Advisory Committees at the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2260.06, OMB
Control No. 2090–0029) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through February
28, 2018. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal
Register on August 21, 2017 during a
60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for
public comments. A fuller description
of the ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor
and a person is not required to respond
to a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.

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Additional comments may be
submitted on or before February 15,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OA–2010–0757, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to
oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Megan Moreau, Office of Resources,
Operations and Management, Federal
Advisory Committee Management
Division, Mail Code 1601M,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: 202–564–
5320; fax number: 202–564–8129; email
address: moreau.megan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents, which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting, are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: The purpose of this
information collection request is to
assist the EPA in selecting federal
advisory committee members who will
be appointed as Special Government
Employees (SGEs), mostly to the EPA’s
scientific and technical committees. To
select SGE members as efficiently and
cost effectively as possible, the Agency
needs to evaluate potential conflicts of
interest before a candidate is hired as an
SGE and appointed as a member to a
committee. Agency officials developed
the ‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure
Form for Special Government
Employees Serving on Federal Advisory
Committees at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,’’ also referred to as
Form 3110–48, for greater inclusion of
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information to discover any potential
conflicts of interest as recommended by
the Government Accountability Office.
Form numbers: EPA Form 3110–48.
Respondents/affected entities:
Candidates for appointment to serve as
SGEs on EPA federal advisory
committees.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory in order to serve as a SGE on
an EPA federal advisory committee (5
CFR 2634.903).
Estimated number of respondents:
500 (total).
Frequency of response: Once,
Annually, On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 500 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $56,000 (per
year), includes $0 annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 250 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This change is due to an increase
in the estimated number of respondents.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0885; FRL–9973–01–
OEI]

Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Implementation of the 2008 Ozone
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for Ozone: State
Implementation Plan Requirements
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR)—
Implementation of the 2008 Ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
for Ozone: State Implementation Plan
Requirements (Renewal), OMB Control
Number 2060–0695, EPA ICR No.
2347.03—to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is
a proposed extension of the ICR, which
is currently approved through January,
31, 2018. Public comments were
previously requested via a Federal

SUMMARY:

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