Notices. Notice of a computer matching program

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BILLING CODE 5001-06-M DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [DOD-2007-OS-0068] Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program AGENCY: Defense Manpower Data Center, Defense Logistics Agency, DoD. ACTION: Notice of a computer matching program. SUMMARY: Subsection (e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), requires agencies to publish advanced notices of any proposed or revised computer matching program by the matching agency for public comment. The Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), as the matching agency under the Privacy Act, is hereby giving notice to the record subjects of a computer matching program between Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General (VA OIG) and the Department of Defense

(DoD)that their records are being matched by computer. The purpose of the computer matching program is to attempt to verify eligibility for VA Compensation and Pension (C&P) benefits by matching veteran's record of those benefits with the military service record of veterans eligible for those benefits for themselves or their beneficiaries. DATES: This proposed action will become effective August 8, 2007 and matching may commence unless changes to the matching program are required due to public comments or by Congressional or by Office of Management and Budget concerns. Any public comment must be received before the effective date. ADDRESSES: Any interested party may submit written comments to the Director, Defense Privacy Office, 1901 South Bell Street, Suite 920, Arlington, VA 22202-4512. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Janice Thornton at

(703)607-2943. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to subsection

(o)of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a), the VA OIG and DMDC have concluded an agreement to conduct a computer matching program between agencies. The purpose of the computer matching program is to attempt to verify eligibility for VA C&P benefits by matching veteran's record of those benefits with the military service record of veterans eligible for those benefits for themselves or their beneficiaries. The parties to this agreement have determined that a computer matching program is the most efficient, expeditious, and effective means of obtaining and processing the information needed by VA OIG to verify the military service record of veterans eligible for VA (C&P) benefits, to identify potential fraudulent payments to fictitious veterans, and to identify payments that should be adjusted where the beneficiary is not entitled to all or part of the VA C&P benefits received. The principal alternative to using a computer matching program for identifying such individuals would be to conduct a manual comparison of all veterans or their beneficiaries receiving VA (C&P) benefits with the other files. Conducting a manual match, however, would clearly impose a considerable administrative burden, constitute a greater intrusion on the individual's privacy, and would result in additional delay in the eventual response to possible fraud and abuse. By comparing the information received through the computer matching program between VA OIG and DMDC on a recurring basis, information on successful matches

(hits)can be provided to VA to initiate research on these discrepancies, thus assuring that benefit payments are proper. A copy of the computer matching agreement between VA OIG and DoD is available upon request. Requests should be submitted to the address caption above or to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General (52CO), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Set forth below is the notice of the establishment of a computer matching program required by paragraph 6.c. of the Office of Management and Budget Guidelines on computer matching published on June 19, 1989, at 54 FR 25818. The matching agreement, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act, and an advance copy of this notice was submitted on June 21, 2007, to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget pursuant to paragraph 4d of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-130, “Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records about Individuals,” dated February 8, 1996 (February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427). Dated: July 2, 2007 C.R. Choate, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. Notice of a Computer Matching Program Agreement Between Office of the Inspector General the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Manpower Data Center, the Department of Defense for Verification of Eligibility A. PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: Participants in this computer matching program are the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General (VA OIG) and the Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). The VA OIG is the source agency, i.e., the activity disclosing the records for the purpose of the match. The DoD is the specific recipient activity or matching agency, i.e., the agency that actually performs the computer matching. B. PURPOSE OF THE MATCH: Upon the execution of this agreement, VA will provide and disclose VA Compensation and Pension (C&P) and Veterans Assistance Discharge Systems

(VADS)records to DMDC to identify individuals that have not separated from military service and/or confirm elements of military service relevant to the adjudication of VA benefits. VA OIG will use this information to initiate an independent verification process to determine eligibility and entitlement to VA benefits. C. AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCH: The authority to conduct this match is 5 U.S.C. App. 3, the Inspector General Act of 1978 (IG Act). The IG Act authorizes the VA OIG to conduct audits and investigations relating to the programs and operations of VA. IG Act, § 2. In addition, § 4 of the IG Act provides that the IG will conduct activities designed to promote economy and efficiency and to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in VA's programs and operations. D. RECORDS TO BE MATCHED: The systems of records maintained by the respective agencies under the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, from which records will be disclosed for the purpose of this computer match are as follows: 1. VA will use personal data from the following Privacy Act record system for the match: Compensation, Pension, Education and Rehabilitation Records—VA, 58VA21/22, first published at 41 FR 9294, March 3, 1976, and last amended at 70 FR 34186, June 13, 2005, with other amendments as cited therein. 2. DoD will use personal data from the following Privacy Act record system for the match: Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base—S322.10 DMDC, published in the **Federal Register** at 72 FR 737 on January 8, 2007. 3. Agencies must publish “routine uses” pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of the Privacy Act for those systems of records from which they intend to disclose information. The systems of records described above contain appropriate routine use provisions that pertain to disclosure of information between the agencies. E. DESCRIPTION OF COMPUTER MATCHING PROGRAM: VA, as the source agency, will provide DMDC with two electronic files, the C&P and VADS files. The C&P file contains names of veterans, SSNs, and compensation and pension records. The VADS file contains names of veterans, SSNs, and DD214 data. Upon receipt of the electronic files, DMDC will perform a match using the SSNs in the VA C&P file, and the VADS file against the DMDC Active Duty Transaction, Reserve Transaction, and Reserve Master files. DMDC will provide VA OIG an electronic listing of VA C&P and VADS records for which there is no matching record from any of the three DMDC files, and an electronic listing of records that contain data that are inconsistent with data contained in the VA C&P or VADS files. VA OIG is responsible for verifying and determining that the data on the DMDC electronic reply file are consistent with the VA source file and for resolving any discrepancies or inconsistencies on an individual basis. F. INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCHING PROGRAM: The effective date of the matching agreement and date when matching may actually begin shall be at the expiration of the 40-day review period for OMB and Congress, or 30 days after publication of the matching notice in the **Federal Register** , whichever date is later. The parties to this agreement may assume OMB and Congressional concurrence if no comments are received within 40 days of the date of the transmittal letter. The 40-day OMB and Congressional review period and the mandatory 30-day public comment period for the **Federal Register** publication of the notice will run concurrently. Matching will be conducted when the review/publication requirements have been satisfied and thereafter on an annual basis. By agreement between VA OIG and DMDC, the matching program will be in effect for 18 months with an option to renew for 12 additional months unless one of the parties to the agreement advises the other by written request to terminate or modify the agreement. G. ADDRESS FOR RECEIPT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS OR INQUIRIES: Director, Defense Privacy Office, 1901 South Bell Street, Suite 920, Arlington, VA 22202-4512. Telephone

(703)607-2943. [FR Doc. E7-13266 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-06-P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of Secretary of Defense [DOD-2007-OS-0071] Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records AGENCY: Defense Finance and Accounting Service, DOD. ACTION: Notice to Add a System of Records. SUMMARY: The Defense Finance and Accounting Service

(DFAS)is proposing to add a system of records notice to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: This action will be effective without further notice on August 8, 2007 unless comments are received that would result in a contrary determination. ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FOIA/PA Program Manager, Corporate Communications and Legislative Liaison, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, 6760 E. Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279-8000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Linda Krabbenhoft at

(303)676-6045. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Defense Finance and Accounting Service notices for systems of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, have been published in the **Federal Register** and are available from the address above. The proposed system report, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was submitted on (date), to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-130, ‘Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals,' dated December 12, 2000, 65 FR 239. Dated: July 2, 2007. C.R. Choate, Alternative Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. T7346a System name: Reserve and National Guard Members' Status Tracking System. System location: Defense Finance and Accounting Service—Indianapolis, 8899 East 56th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46249-2700. Categories of individuals covered by the system: United States Army Reserve and National Guard members in a military pay status. Categories of records in the system: Individual's name, pay grade, Social Security Number (SSN), date of birth, gender, pay dates, leave account information, rank, enlistment contract or officer acceptance form identification, duty information (duty station, personnel assignment, and unit), security investigation, combat tours, temporary active duty data, years in service, promotional data, master military pay account

(MMPA)records, leave and earnings statements (LESs), substantiating pay and allowance entitlements, deductions, or collection actions. In addition, following are examples of documents maintained in the system: Pay entitlements and allowances: Base pay, allowances (such as basic allowance for subsistence, basic allowance for quarters, family separation, clothing maintenance and monetary allowances), special compensation for positions such as medical, dental, veterinary, and optometry, special pay and bonus, such as foreign duty, proficiency, hostile fire, incentive pay such as parachute duty, and other entitlements in accordance with the DoD Financial Management Regulations, Volume 7A, 7000.14-R. Deductions from pay: Indebtedness and collection information. Duty status: Status adjustments relating to leave, entrance on active duty, absent without leave, confinement, desertion, sick or injured, mentally incompetent, missing, interned, promotions and demotions, and separation document code. Supporting documentation: Includes, but is not limited to, travel orders and requests, payroll attendance lists and rosters, document records that establish, support, reduce, or cancel entitlements, certificates and statements changing address, name, military assignment, and other individual data, benefits and waivers; military pay, personnel orders, pay adjustment authorization records, member indebtedness documentation, earnings statements, casual payment authorization, and other documentation authorizing or substantiating Reserve Forces military pay and allowances, entitlements, deductions, or collections. Authority for maintenance of the system: 5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental Regulations; 10 U.S.C. Section 261; 37 U.S.C. 204, Entitlement; Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (DoDFMR) 7000.14-R Volume 7A; and E.O. 9397 (SSN). Purpose(s): To track U.S. Army Reserve and Guard members' reserve status and ensure proper payment of entitlements. Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purpose of such uses: In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information contained therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows: The `Blanket Routine Uses' published at the beginning of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service compilation of systems of records notices apply to this system. Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records in the system: Storage: Paper records in file folders and electronic storage media. Retrievability: Individual's name and Social Security Number (SSN). Safeguards: Records are stored in office buildings protected by guards, controlled screening, use of visitor registers, electronic access, and/or locks. Access to records is limited to individuals who are properly screened and cleared on a need-to-know basis in the performance of their official duties. Passwords and digital signatures are used to control access to the systems data, and procedures are in place to deter and detect browsing and unauthorized access. Retention and disposal: Records may be temporary in nature and destroyed when actions are completed, superseded, obsolete, or no longer needed. Other records may be cut off at the end of the payroll year or fiscal year, and destroyed 6 years and 3 months after cutoff. Records are destroyed by degaussing, burning, or shredding. System manager(s) and address: Systems Manager, Defense Finance and Accounting Service—Indianapolis, Information Technology Directorate, 8899 East 56th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46249-2700. Notification procedure: Individuals seeking to determine whether information about themselves is contained in this system of records should address written inquiries to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Program Manager, Corporate Communications and Legislative Liaison, 6760 E. Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279-8000. Requests should contain individual's full name, Social Security Number (SSN), current address, and telephone number. Record access procedures: Individuals seeking access to information about themselves contained in this system of records should address written inquiries to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Program Manager, Corporate Communications and Legislative Liaison, 6760 E. Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279-8000. Requests should contain individual's full name, Social Security Number (SSN), current address, and telephone number. Contesting record procedures: The DFAS rules for accessing records, for contesting contents and appealing initial agency determinations are published in DFAS Regulation 5400.11-R; 32 CFR part 324; or may be obtained from the Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Program Manager, Corporate Communications and Legislative Liaison, 6760 E. Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279-8000. Record source categories: Individual, DFAS payroll system, and DoD Components. Exemptions claimed for the system: None. [FR Doc. E7-13254 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-06-P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of Secretary [DOD-2007-OS-0070] Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records AGENCY: Defense Threat Reduction Agency, DOD. ACTION: Notice to add a system of records. SUMMARY: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is proposing to add a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: This action will be effective without further notice on August 8, 2007 unless comments are received that would result in a contrary determination. ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Office, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Brenda Carter at

(703)767-1771. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency notices for systems of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, have been published in the **Federal Register** and are available from the address above. The proposed system report, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was submitted on June 29, 2007, to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Office of Management and Budget

(DTRA)at any of its duty locations. Categories of records in the system: Employee's or applicant's name, occupational series and grade, operating division/function, office location and address, office telephone numbers, disability or medical condition, reasonable accommodation

(RA)requested, explanation of how RA would assist the applicant in the application process and in the performance of his/her job, deciding official's name and title, essential duties of the position, information relating to an individual's capability to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position he/she is either applying for or presently holds, relevant medical information, estimated cost of accommodation, action by deciding official, employee/applicant, deciding official, and health care practitioner signatures, social worker, or rehabilitation counselor, medical documentation and supporting documents relating to reasonable accommodation. Authority for maintenance of the system: Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 501 and 505); 29 Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR)Part 1630; E.O. 13163; E.O. 13164, EEOC Policy; and DTRA 5505.3, DTRA Reasonable Accommodation Instruction. Purpose(s): To provide reasonable accommodation(s) for individuals with known physical and mental impairments who have applied for employment or are employees of the DTRA. Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses: In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information contained therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows: The ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ that appear at the beginning of the DTRA's compilation of systems of records notices also apply to this system. Note: This system of records contains individually identifiable health information. The DoD Health Information Privacy Regulation (DoD 6025.18-R) issued pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, applies to most such health information. DoD 6025.18-R may place additional procedural requirements on the uses and disclosures of such information beyond those found in the Privacy Act of 1974 or mentioned in this system of records notice. Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records in the system: Storage: Paper records in file folders and electronic storage media. Retrievability: Individual's name and year and log number of accommodation request. Safeguards: Access is limited to the Equal Opportunity staff, and agency command surgeon. Case records are maintained in locked security containers. Automated records are controlled by limiting physical access to terminals and by the use of passwords. Work areas are sight controlled during normal duty hours. Security guards and an intrusion alarm system protect buildings. Retention and disposal: Retained in the office for 2 years after completion, and then destroyed. System manager(s) and address: Equal Opportunity Office, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. Notification procedure: Individuals seeking to determine whether this system of records contains information about themselves should address written inquiries to the Equal Opportunity Office, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. Request should contain individual's name, address, and proof of identity (photo identification or must provide a notarized statement or an unsworn declaration in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1746, in the following format: If executed outside the United States: I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date). (Signature). If executed within the United States, its territories, possessions, or commonwealths: I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date). (Signature). Record access procedures: Individuals seeking to access records about themselves contained in this system of records should address written inquiries to the Equal Opportunity Office, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. Request should contain individual's name, address, and proof of identity (photo identification or must provide a notarized statement or an unsworn declaration in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1746, in the following format: If executed outside the United States: I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date). (Signature). If executed within the United States, its territories, possessions, or commonwealths: I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date). (Signature). Contesting record procedures: The DTRA rules for contesting contents are published in 32 CFR part 318, or may be obtained from the System Manager. Record source categories: Individual, DTRA records and reports, DTRA employees, witnesses, informants, and other sources providing or containing pertinent information. Exemptions claimed for the system: None. [FR Doc. E7-13261 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-06-P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of Secretary [DOD-2007-OS-0069] Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records AGENCY: Defense Threat Reduction Agency, DOD. ACTION: Notice to add a system of records. SUMMARY: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is proposing to add a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: This action will be effective without further notice on August 8, 2007 unless comments are received that would result in a contrary determination. ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Office, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Brenda Carter at

(OMB)pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-130, ‘Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals,’ dated February 8, 1996 (February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427). Dated: July 2, 2007. C.R. Choate, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. HDTRA 025 System name: Facility Access Control Records. System location: Headquarters, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Security and Counterintelligence Directorate, ATTN: Chief, Security Services Division, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Stop 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. Categories of individuals covered by the system: Individuals requesting access to Defense Threat Reduction Agency controlled facilities. Categories of records in the system: Requests for and issuance of facility entry badges, passes, and motor vehicle registration. The records contain individual's name, Social Security Number (SSN), physical and electronic duty addresses, physical and electronic home addresses, duty and home telephone numbers, emergency-essential status, date and place of birth, citizenship, number and type of badge, issue and expiration date of badge; facility identification, user codes, dates and times of building entry, current photograph, physical descriptors such as height, hair and eye color, blood type, biometrics data, handicap data, security clearance data, personal vehicle description, operator's permit data, inspection and insurance data, vehicle decal number, parking lot assignment, parking infractions, participation in mass transit programs, and emergency contact data. Authority for maintenance of the system: 42 U.S.C. 2165, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; 50 U.S.C. 797, the Internal Security Act of 1950; E.O. 10450, Security Requirements for Government Employees, as amended; E.O. 12958 Classified National Security Information, as amended; and E.O. 9397 (SSN). Purpose(s): Information is maintained by the Security Services Division to control access into Defense Threat Reduction Agency managed facilities and spaces. The system will verify security clearance status of individuals requiring entry into restricted access areas; account for building occupants; control evacuation during simulated and actual threat conditions; relay threat situations and conditions to DoD law enforcement officials for investigative or evaluative purposes; and notify emergency contact points of situations affecting a member of the workforce. Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses: In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information contained therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows: To officials and employees of Government agencies in the performance of their official duties related to the screening and selection of individuals for security clearances and/or special authorizations, access to facilities or attendance at conferences. The DoD ‘Blanket Routine Uses' apply to this system of records. Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records: Storage: Paper records are in file folders and electronic storage media. Retrievability: Individual's name, Social Security Number (SSN), facility or user code, or vehicle decal number. Safeguards: Records are maintained in secure, limited access, or monitored work areas accessible only to authorized personnel. Central Processing Units are located in a physically controlled access area requiring either a badge or card swipe for entry. Workstations are password protected. Retention and disposal: Vehicle registration records are destroyed when superseded or upon normal expiration or 3 years after revocation. Individual's badge and vehicle pass records are destroyed 5 years after cancellation or expiration. System manager(s) and address: Chief, Security and Counterintelligence Directorate, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Stop 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. Notification procedure: Individuals seeking to determine whether this system of records contains information about themselves should address written inquiries to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Security and Counterintelligence Directorate, ATTN: Chief, Security Services Division, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Stop 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. Individuals should furnish individual's full name, Social Security Number (SSN), current address, and telephone number. Record access procedures: Individuals seeking to access records about themselves contained in this system of records should address written inquiries to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Security and Counterintelligence Directorate, ATTN: Chief, Security Services Division, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Stop 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. Individuals should furnish individual's full name, Social Security Number (SSN), current address, and telephone number. Contesting record procedures: The DTRA rules for contesting contents are published in 32 CFR part 318, or may be obtained from the System Manager. Record source categories: Individual, DoD Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS), and Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS). Exemptions claimed for the system: None. [FR Doc. E7-13264 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-06-P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of Secretary [DOD-2007-OS-0072] Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records AGENCY: Defense Finance and Accounting Service, DOD. ACTION: Notice to add a system of records. SUMMARY: The Defense Finance and Accounting Service

(303)676-6045. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Defense Finance and Accounting Service notices for systems of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, have been published in the **Federal Register** and are available from the address above. The proposed system report, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was submitted on June 29, 2007, to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-130, `Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals,' dated December 12, 2000, 65 FR 239. Dated: July 2, 2007. C.R. Choate, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. T7401 System name: Standard Accounting, Budgeting, and Reporting System (SABRS). System location: Defense Information Systems Agency

(DISA)Defense Enterprise Computing Center (DECC)—St. Louis, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63120-0012. Categories of individuals covered by the system: U.S. Marine Corps Active and Reserve military members and U.S. Marine Corps appropriated funds employees. Categories of records in the system: Individual's name, Social Security Number (SSN), U.S. Marine Corps general fund appropriations, authorizations, commitments, obligations records, expenses disbursements and collections. Authority for maintenance of the system: 5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental Regulations; Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (DoDFMR) 7000.14-R, Vol. 4; 31 U.S.C. Sections 3511, 3512, and 3513; and E.O. 9397 (SSN). Purpose(s): To support and standardize accounting budget execution and reporting requirements for all general funds authorized within the U.S. Marine Corps. Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses: In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information contained therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows: The ‘DoD Blanket Routine Uses’ published at the beginning of the DFAS compilation of systems of records notices apply to this system. Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records in the system: Storage: Electronic storage media. Retrievability: Name and Social Security Number (SSN). Safeguards: Records are stored in an office building protected by guards, controlled screening, use of visitor registers, electronic access, and/or locks. Access to records is limited to individuals who are properly screened and cleared on a need-to-know basis in the performance of their duties. User's ID numbers, passwords, and user roles are used to control access to the system data, and procedures are in place to deter and detect browsing and unauthorized access. Retention and disposal: Records may be temporary in nature and deleted when actions are completed, superseded, obsolete, or no longer needed. Other records may be cut off at the end of the fiscal year, and destroyed up to 6 years and 3 months after cutoff. Records are destroyed by degaussing or destroying the electronic media. System manager(s) and address: Systems Manager, Defense Finance and Accounting Service-Kansas City, Information Technology Directorate, 1500 East 95th Street, Kansas City, MO 64197-0001. Notification procedure: Individuals seeking to determine whether information about themselves is contained in this record system should address written inquiries to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Program Manager, Corporate Communications and Legislative Liaison, 6760 E. Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279-8000. Requests should contain full name, Social Security Number (SSN), current address, and telephone number. Record access procedures: Individuals seeking access to information about themselves contained in this system should address written inquiries to Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Program Manager, Corporate Communications and Legislative Liaison, 6760 E. Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279-8000. Requests should contain full name, Social Security Number (SSN), current address, and telephone number. Contesting record procedures: The DFAS rules for accessing records, for contesting contents and appealing initial agency determinations are published in DFAS Regulation 5400.11-R; 32 CFR part 324; or may be obtained from Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Program Manager, Corporate Communications and Legislative Liaison, 6760 E. Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279-8000. Record source categories: From the individuals concerned and the U.S. Marine Corps. Exemptions claimed for the system: None. [FR Doc. E7-13268 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-06-P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Navy [USN-2007-0039] Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records AGENCY: Department of the Navy. ACTION: Notice to add a system of records. SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy proposes to add a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: The proposed action will be effective on August 8, 2007 unless comments are received that would result in a contrary determination. ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Department of the Navy, PA/FOIA Policy Branch, Chief of Naval Operations (DNS-36), 2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350-2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Doris Lama at

(202)685-325-6545. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Navy's notices for systems of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, have been published in the **Federal Register** and are available from the address above. The proposed systems reports, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act, were submitted on June 29, 2007, to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-130, `Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals,' dated February 8, 1996, (February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427). Dated: July 2, 2007. C.R. Choate, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. NM06150-7 System Name: Navy-Marine Corps Combat Trauma Registry (CTR). System Location: Naval Health Research Center, P.O. Box 85122, San Diego, CA 92186-5122. Categories of Individuals Covered By the System: All injury, disease, psychiatric, and sick call patients (active duty Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, reserve/National Guard, civilian, and contractor) initially treated at a deployed Navy-Marine Corps medical facility during military operations. Categories Of Records In the System: Demographic and health data related to the injury, disease or psychiatric event incurred. Demographic data includes individual's name, Social Security Number (SSN), rank, unit, date of birth, gender. Event data includes mechanism of injury, personal protective equipment, date and times of injury, and arrival to the treatment facility. Health data includes anatomical location of injury, vital signs, diagnosis, treatment, procedures, operative notes, disposition, outcomes, and quality of life indicators. Health data are collected from clinical encounters, from the point of injury (or disease event) through long-term rehabilitative care. Authority For Maintenance of the System: 10 U.S.C. 5013, Secretary of the Navy; 10 U.S.C. 5041, Headquarters, Marine Corps; OASD/HA Policy 04-031, Coordination of Policy to Establish a Joint Theater Trauma Registry; Memorandum of Understanding between the Naval Health Research Center and the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research; and E.0. 9397 (SSN). Purpose(s): To create, populate, and maintain a computerized database of medical events associated with combat casualty care. From the point of injury (or disease event) through final rehabilitative outcome(s) for patients treated at Navy-Marine Corps medical facilities; To track persons through the medical chain of evacuation, to relate outcomes with medical care received, and to conduct research studies and analyses; to track active duty personnel initially treated at these facilities throughout the medical chain of evacuation and on through long-term rehabilitative care; to provide Navy-Marine Corps data to the Joint Theater Trauma Registry at the Institute of Surgical Research, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, for the aggregation of Army, Navy, and Air Force combat casualty data. Routine Uses of Records Maintained In the System, Including Categories of Users and the Purposes of Such Uses: In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information contained therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows: The ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ that appear at the beginning of the Navy's compilation of system of record notices also apply to this system, except as identified below. Note 1: This system of records contains individually identifiable health information. The DoD Health Information Privacy Regulation (DoD 6025.18-R) issued pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, applies to most such health information. DoD 6025.18-R may place additional procedural requirements on the uses and disclosures of such information beyond those found in the Privacy Act of 1974 or mentioned in this system of records notice. Note 2: Personal identity, diagnosis, prognosis or treatment information of any patient maintained in connection with the performance of any program or activity relating to substance abuse education, prevention, training, treatment, rehabilitation, or research, which is conducted, regulated, or directly or indirectly assisted by any department or agency of the United States, except as provided in 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2, will be treated as confidential and will be disclosed only for the purposes and under the circumstances expressly authorized under 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2. The “Blanket Routine Uses” do not apply to these types of records. Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records: Storage: Paper records in file folders and electronic storage media. Retrievability: Individual's name and Social Security Number (SSN). Safeguards: Records are located in restricted areas accessible only to authorized personnel that are properly screened, cleared, and trained. Automated information is password protected and encrypted. Automated and manual records are available only to authorized personnel having a need-to-know. Retention and Disposal: Permanent. System Manager(S) and Address: Policy Official: Commanding Officer, Naval Health Research Center, P.O. Box 85122, San Diego, CA 92186-5122. Record Holder: Principal Investigator, Navy-Marine Corps Combat Trauma Registry, Naval Health Research Center, P.O. Box 85122, San Diego, CA 92186-5122. Notification Procedure: Individuals seeking to determine whether this system of records contains information about themselves should address written inquiries to the Principal Investigator, Navy-Marine Corps Combat Trauma Registry, Naval Health Research Center, P.O. Box 85122, San Diego, CA 92186-5122. The request should include the individual's full name, Social Security Number (SSN), complete mailing address, and must be signed by the service member requesting the information. Record Access Procedure: Individuals seeking access to records about themselves contained in this system of records should address written inquiries to the Principal Investigator, Navy-Marine Corps Combat Trauma Registry, Naval Health Research Center, P.O. Box 85122, San Diego, CA 92186-5122. The request should include the individual's full name, Social Security Number (SSN), complete mailing address, and must be signed by the service member requesting the information. Contesting Record Procedure: The Navy's rules for accessing records, and for contesting contents and appealing initial agency determinations are published in Secretary of the Navy Instruction 5211.5; 32 CFR part 701; or may be obtained from the system manager. Record Source Categories: Individual theater medical registry forms; medical records at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany (LRMC); National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda (NNMC); autopsy records at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC (AFIP); Career History Archival Medical and Personnel System (CHAMPS); Civil Composite Health Care System (CHCS); Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS); Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), Joint Patient Tracking Application (JPTA); Joint Theater Trauma Registry (JTTR); and TRICARE Management Activity (TMA). Exemptions Claimed For the System: None. [FR Doc. E7-13193 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-06-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information; Grants to Address Youth Violence and Related Issues in Persistently Dangerous Schools; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year

(FY)2007 *Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA)Number:* 84.184V. *Dates: Applications Available:* July 9, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* August 8, 2007. *Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:* September 7, 2007. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description *Purpose of Program:* The Grants to Address Youth Violence and Related Issues in Persistently Dangerous Schools Program supports the implementation of programs, activities, and strategies that address youth violence and related issues in local educational agencies

(LEAs)with schools that have been identified as persistently dangerous for school year 2006-2007 pursuant to section 9532 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. *Priority:* We are establishing this priority for the FY 2007 grant competition and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition, in accordance with section 437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1). *Absolute Priority:* This priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet this priority. This priority is: This priority supports LEA projects that are designed to address violence and related issues, such as gang activity, in schools operated by the LEA that have been identified by the State (consistent with the requirements in section 9532 of the ESEA) as persistently dangerous. Eligible LEAs may also propose activities that address violence and related issues in schools in the LEA that are at risk of becoming persistently dangerous based on objective criteria under the State's definition of persistently dangerous, and system-wide activities that would prevent other schools operated by the LEA from being identified as persistently dangerous in the future. *Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:* Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on proposed priorities. Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, however, allows the Secretary to exempt from rulemaking requirements, regulations governing the first grant competition under a new or substantially revised program authority. This is the first grant competition for this program authorized as part of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Pub. L. 110-28) and therefore qualifies for this exemption. In order to ensure timely grant awards, the Secretary has decided to forego public comment on the priority under section 437(d)(1) of GEPA. This priority will apply to the FY 2007 grant competition and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition. *Program Authority:* 20 U.S.C. 7131; Section 5502, Title V, Chapter 5, of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Pub. L. 110-28). *Applicable Regulations:* The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 97, 98, 99, and 299. II. Award Information *Type of Award:* Discretionary grants. *Estimated Available Funds:* $8,594,000. Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of applications, we may make additional awards in FY 2008 from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition. *Estimated Range of Awards:* $250,000-$3,000,000. *Estimated Average Size of Awards:* $661,000. *Estimated Number of Awards:* 13. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 18 months. III. Eligibility Information 1. *Eligible Applicants:* LEAs in which at least one school was identified as persistently dangerous in the school year 2006-2007 and certified by the State, as part of the State educational agency's (SEA's) annual Consolidated State Performance Report, as a persistently dangerous school under section 9532 of the ESEA by March 31, 2007. 2. *Cost Sharing or Matching:* This competition does not require cost sharing or matching. 3. *Other:*

(a)*Equitable Participation by Private School Children and Teachers:* Section 9501 of the ESEA requires that SEAs, LEAs, or other entities receiving funds under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act provide for the equitable participation of private school children, their teachers, and other educational personnel in private schools located in areas served by the grant recipient. In order to ensure that grant program activities address the needs of private school children, LEAs must engage in timely and meaningful consultation with private school officials during the design and development of the program. This consultation must take place before any decision is made that affects the opportunities of eligible private school children, teachers, and other educational personnel to participate. In order to ensure equitable participation of private school children, teachers, and other educational personnel, an LEA must consult with private school officials on youth violence and related issues for private schools in the LEA's service area.

(b)*Maintenance of Effort:* Section 9521 of the ESEA requires that LEAs may receive a grant only if the SEA finds that the combined fiscal effort per student or the aggregate expenditures of the LEA and the State with respect to the provision of free public education by the LEA for the preceding fiscal year was not less than 90 percent of the combined effort or aggregate expenditures for the second preceding fiscal year. IV. Application and Submission Information 1. *Address to Request Application Package:* You can obtain an application package via the Internet, or from the program office. To obtain a copy via the Internet, use the following address: *http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html.* To obtain a copy from the program office, contact: Michelle Padilla, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E246, Washington, DC 20202-6450. Telephone:

(202)260-2648 or by e-mail: *michelle.padilla@ed.gov.* If you use a Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application package in an alternative format ( *e.g.* , Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact person in this section. 2. *Content and Form of Application Submission:* Requirements concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you must submit, are in the application package for this competition. Page Limit: The application narrative is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit the application narrative to the equivalent of no more than 25 pages, using the following standards: • A page is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom, and on both sides. • Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) all text in the application narrative. Titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs, can be single spaced. • Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch). • Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, Courier New, or Arial. • Number all pages consecutively using the style 1 of 25, 2 of 25, and so forth. • Include a Table of Contents with page references. The 25-page limit does not apply to the Table of Contents, the cover sheet, the budget section, including the narrative budget justification, the assurances and certifications, or the one-page abstract or resumes. Our reviewers will not read any pages of the narrative portion of your application that— • Exceed the page limit if you apply these standards; or • Exceed the equivalent of the page limit if you apply other standards. 3. *Submission Dates and Times:* *Applications Available:* July 9, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* August 8, 2007. Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or in paper format, by mail or hand delivery, please refer to section IV. 6. *Other Submission Requirements* in this notice. We do not consider an application that does not comply with the deadline requirements. Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the application process, the individual's application remains subject to all other requirements and limitations in this notice. *Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:* September 7, 2007. 4. *Intergovernmental Review:* This competition is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR Part 79. Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this competition. 5. *Funding Restrictions* : We reference regulations outlining funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice. 6. *Other Submission Requirements* : Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. a. Electronic Submission of Applications. To comply with the President's Management Agenda, we are participating as a partner in the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. The Grants to Address Youth Violence and Related Issues in Persistently Dangerous Schools program, CFDA Number 84.184V, is included in this project. We request your participation in Grants.gov. If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must use the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at *http://www.Grants.gov.* Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the Grants to Address Youth Violence and Related Issues in Persistently Dangerous Schools competition at *http://www.Grants.gov.* You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search ( *e.g.* , search for 84.184, not 84.184V). *Please note the following:* • Your participation in Grants.gov is voluntary. • When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find information about submitting an application electronically through the site, as well as the hours of operation. • Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted and must be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application if it is date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. When we retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. • The amount of time it can take to upload an application will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov. • You should review and follow the Education Submission Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are included in the application package for this competition to ensure that you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to Grants.gov at *http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.* • To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must complete all steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see *http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp* ). These steps include

(1)Registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR);

(2)registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR); and

(3)getting authorized as an AOR by your organization. Details on these steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see *http://www.grants.gov/section910/Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf* ). You also must provide on your application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please note that the registration process may take five or more business days to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to allow you to submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual basis. This may take three or more business days to complete. • You will not receive additional point value because you submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you submit your application in paper format. • If you submit your application electronically, you must submit all documents electronically, including all information you typically provide on the following forms: Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. Please note that two of these forms—the SF 424 and the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424—have replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Education Assistance). • If you submit your application electronically, you must attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the three file types specified in this paragraph or submit a password-protected file, we will not review that material. • Your electronic application must comply with any page-limit requirements described in this notice. • After you electronically submit your application, you will receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification indicates that the Department has received your application and has assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying number unique to your application). We may request that you provide us original signatures on forms at a later date. *Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues with the Grants.gov System:* If you are experiencing problems submitting your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, toll-free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it. If you are prevented from electronically submitting your application on the application deadline date because of technical problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing instructions described elsewhere in this notice. If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice and provide an explanation of the technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted. Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system. b. *Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.* If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), you must mail the original and two copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable following address: *By mail through the U.S. Postal Service:* U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.184V), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or *By mail through a commercial carrier:* U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.184V), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506. Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:

(1)A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.

(2)A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal Service.

(3)A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial carrier.

(4)Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:

(1)A private metered postmark.

(2)A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service. If your application is postmarked after the application deadline date, we will not consider your application. Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your local post office. c. *Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.* If you submit your application in paper format by hand delivery, you (or a courier service) must deliver the original and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.184V), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260. The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays. Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail or hand deliver your application to the Department—

(1)You must indicate on the envelope and—if not provided by the Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are submitting your application; and

(2)The Application Control Center will mail to you a notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not receive this notification within 15 business days from the application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center at

(202)245-6288. V. Application Review Information *Selection Criteria:* The selection criteria for this competition are from section 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in the application package. VI. Award Administration Information 1. *Award Notices:* If your application is successful, we notify your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award Notice (GAN). We may notify you informally, also. If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, we notify you. 2. *Administrative and National Policy Requirements:* We identify administrative and national policy requirements in the application package and reference these and other requirements in the *Applicable Regulations* section in this notice. We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of an award in the *Applicable Regulations* section in this notice and include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also incorporates your approved application as part of your binding commitments under the grant. 3. *Reporting:* At the end of your project period, you must submit a final performance report, including financial information, as directed by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual performance report that provides the most current performance and financial expenditures information as directed by the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements on reporting, please go to *http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.* 4. *Performance Measures:* The Department has established the following Government Performance and Results Act

(GPRA)performance measures for the Grants to Address Youth Violence and Related Issues in Persistently Dangerous Schools program:

(1)The percentage of grantees that experience a decrease in the number of the types of incidents that are included in the State's definition of persistently dangerous schools.

(2)The percentage of grantees that experience a decrease in the number of schools in the LEA identified as persistently dangerous.

(3)The percentage of grantees that experience a decrease in the number of students eligible to receive a transfer to a safe public school under section 9532 of the ESEA because they are victims of a violent criminal offense, as determined by State law, while in or on the grounds of a public elementary or secondary school that the students attend. These measures constitute the Department's indicator of success for this program. Consequently, we advise an applicant for a grant under this program to give careful consideration to these measures in conceptualizing the approach and evaluation for its proposed project. Each grantee will be required to provide, in its annual and final performance reports, data about its progress in meeting these measures. VII. Agency Contacts FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Padilla, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3E246, Washington, DC 20202-6450. Telephone:

(202)260-2648 or by e-mail: *michelle.padilla@ed.gov.* If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339. VIII. Other Information *Alternative Format:* Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document and a copy of the application package in an alternative format ( *e.g.* , Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice. *Electronic Access to This Document:* You may view this document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in the **Federal Register** , in text or Adobe Portable Document Format

(PDF)on the Internet at the following site: *http://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

(FY)2007 *Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA)Number:* 84.373X. *Dates: Applications Available:* July 9, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* August 23, 2007. *Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:* September 24, 2007. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description *Purpose of Program:* Under section 616(i)(2) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended (IDEA), the Department may make awards to provide technical assistance to improve the capacity of States to meet data collection requirements. *Priorities:* This competition contains two absolute priorities. The priorities are from the notice of final priorities for this program, published elsewhere in this issue of the **Federal Register** . Note: Eligible entities must submit separate applications under each of the priorities for which they wish to apply. *Absolute Priorities:* For FY 2007 these priorities are absolute priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet these priorities. These priorities are: *Priority A—Modified Academic Achievement Standards* *Priority B—Alternate Academic Achievement Standards* Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1411(c) and 1416(i)(2). *Applicable Regulations:*

(a)The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.

(b)The notice of final priorities for this program, published elsewhere in this issue of the **Federal Register** . Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants except federally recognized Indian tribes. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of higher education only. II. Award Information *Type of Award:* Discretionary grants. *Estimated Available Funds:* $13,500,000. *Maximum Award:* The Secretary does not intend to make awards for more than $400,000 for year one, $300,000 for year two, and $300,000 for year three. We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding the stated maximum award amount for years one, two, or three of the budget period, unless the application involves a consortium, or any other group of eligible parties that meets the requirements of 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129. The level of funding for a consortium, or any other group of States, outlying areas (OAs), or freely associated States

(FAS)will reflect the combined total that the entities comprising the consortium, or group, would have received if they had applied separately. The Secretary does not intend to make more than one award to serve a State, OA, or FAS. The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the **Federal Register** . *Estimated Average Size of Award:* $400,000. Note: The Secretary is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 36 months. *Estimated Number of Awards:* 33. III. Eligibility Information 1. *Eligible Applicants:* State educational agencies (SEAs), outlying areas (OAs), freely associated States (FAS), and, if endorsed by the SEA to apply and carry out the project on behalf of the SEA, local educational agencies (LEAs), public charter schools that are LEAs under State law, institutions of higher education (IHEs), tribes or tribal organizations, other public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and for-profit organizations. Note: States, OAs, and FAS are encouraged to form consortia with any other group of eligible parties that meet the requirements in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129 to apply under Priority A or Priority B. A consortium is any combination of eligible entities. The Secretary views the formation of consortia as an effective and efficient strategy to address the requirements of the priorities in this notice. 2. *Cost Sharing or Matching:* This competition does not require cost sharing or matching. 3. *Other: General Requirements* —The projects funded under this competition must make positive efforts to employ, and advance in employment, qualified individuals with disabilities (see section 606 of the IDEA). IV. Application and Submission Information 1. *Address to Request Application Package:* Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone, toll free: 1-877-433-7827. FAX:

(301)470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call, toll free: 1-877-576-7734. You can contact ED Pubs at its Web site, also: *http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html* or at its e-mail address: *edpubs@inet.ed.gov.* If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.373X. Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application package in an alternative format ( *e.g.* , Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the person or team listed under *Alternative Format* in section VIII of this notice. 2. *Content and Form of Application Submission:* Requirements concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you must submit, are in the application package for this competition. Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application) is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit Part III to the equivalent of no more than 40 pages, using the following standards: • A “page” is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom, and both sides. • Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs. • Use a font that is either 12-point or larger or no smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch). The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the résumés, the bibliography, the references, or the letters of support. However, you must include all of the application narrative in Part III. We will reject your application if— • You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or • You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 3. *Submission Dates and Times:* *Applications Available:* July 9, 2007. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* August 23, 2007. Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or by mail or hand delivery, please refer to section IV.6. *Other Submission Requirements* in this notice. We do not consider an application that does not comply with the deadline requirements. Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the application process, the individual's application remains subject to all other requirements and limitations in this notice. *Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:* September 24, 2007. 4. *Intergovernmental Review:* This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this competition. 5. *Funding Restrictions:* We reference regulations outlining funding restrictions in the *Applicable Regulations* section of this notice. 6. *Other Submission Requirements:* Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. a. *Electronic Submission of Applications.* To comply with the President's Management Agenda, we are participating as a partner in the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. The General Supervision Enhancement Grants competition—CFDA number 84.373X is included in this project. We request your participation in Grants.gov. If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must use the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at *http://www.Grants.gov.* Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the General Supervision Enhancement Grants competition—CFDA number 84.373X at: *http://www.grants.gov.* You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search ( *e.g.* , search for 84.373, not 84.373X). Please note the following: • Your participation in Grants.gov is voluntary. • When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find information about submitting an application electronically through the site, as well as the hours of operation. • Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and must be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application if it is date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. When we retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. • The amount of time it can take to upload an application will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov. • You should review and follow the Education Submission Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are included in the application package for this competition to ensure that you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to Grants.gov at *http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.* • To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must complete the steps in the Grants.gov registration process ( *http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp* ). These steps include

(1)registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR);

(2)registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR); and

(3)getting authorized as an AOR by your organization. Details on these steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see *http://www.grants.gov/section910/Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf* ). You also must provide on your application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please note that the registration process may take five or more business days to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to allow you to successfully submit an application via Grants.gov. In addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual basis. This may take three or more business days to complete. • You will not receive additional point value because you submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you submit your application in paper format. • If you submit your application electronically, you must submit all documents electronically, including all information you typically provide on the following forms: Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. Please note that two of these forms—the SF 424 and the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424—have replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Education Assistance). • If you submit your application electronically, you must attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the three file types specified in this paragraph or submit a password-protected file, we will not review that material. • Your electronic application must comply with any page limit requirements described in this notice. • After you electronically submit your application, you will receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification indicates that the Department has received your application and has assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying number unique to your application). • We may request that you provide us original signatures on forms at a later date. Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of System Technical Issues with the Grant.Gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it. If you are prevented from electronically submitting your application on the application deadline date because of technical problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing instructions described elsewhere in this notice. If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT and provide an explanation of the technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted. Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system. b. *Submission of Paper Applications by Mail* . If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), you must mail the original and two copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable following address: *By mail through the U.S. Postal Service:* U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.373X), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or *By mail through a commercial carrier:* U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center—Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.373X), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506. Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:

(1)A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.

(2)A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal Service.

(3)A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial carrier.

(1)A private metered postmark.

(2)A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service. If your application is postmarked after the application deadline date, we will not consider your application. Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your local post office. c. *Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery* . If you submit your application in paper format by hand delivery, you (or a courier service) must deliver the original and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.373X), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260. The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays and Federal holidays. Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail or hand deliver your application to the Department—

(202)245-6288. V. Application Review Information 1. *Selection Criteria:* The selection criteria for this competition are from 34 CFR 75.210 and are listed in the application package. 2. *Review and Selection Process: Treating A Priority As Two Separate Competitions:* In the past, there have been problems in finding peer reviewers without conflicts of interest for competitions in which many entities throughout the country submit applications. The Standing Panel requirements under the IDEA also have placed additional constraints on the availability of reviewers. Therefore, the Department has determined that, for some discretionary competitions, applications may be separated into two or more groups and ranked and selected for funding within the specific group. This procedure will ensure the availability of a much larger group of reviewers without conflicts of interest. It also will increase the quality, independence, and fairness of the review process and permit panel members to review applications under discretionary competitions for which they also have submitted applications. However, if the Department decides to select for funding an equal number of applications in each group, this may result in different cut-off points for fundable applications in each group. VI. Award Administration Information 1. *Award Notices:* If your application is successful, we notify your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award Notice (GAN). We may notify you informally, also. If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, we notify you. 2. *Administrative and National Policy Requirements:* We identify administrative and national policy requirements in the application package and reference these and other requirements in the *Applicable Regulations* section in this notice. We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of an award in the *Applicable Regulations* section in this notice and include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also incorporates your approved application as part of your binding commitments under the grant. 3. *Reporting:* At the end of your project period, you must submit a final performance report, including financial information, as directed by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual performance report that provides the most current performance and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary also may require more frequent performance reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements on reporting, please go to * http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html* . 4. *Performance Measures:* To evaluate the overall success of projects awarded under this competition, the Department will determine at the end of each grant whether the grantee has been successful in achieving the purposes of its award. Grantees will also be required to report information on their projects' performance in annual reports to the Department. (34 CFR 75.590) VII. Agency Contact FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Wexler, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4054, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2600. Telephone:

(202)245-7571. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll-free, at 1-800-877-8339. VIII. Other Information *Alternative Format:* Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document and a copy of the application package in an alternative format ( *e.g.* , Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:

(202)245-7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll-free, at 1-800-877-8339. *Electronic Access to This Document:* You can view this document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in the **Federal Register** , in text or Adobe Portable Document Format

(FY)2007 and later years. We take this action to focus attention on an identified national need to provide technical assistance to improve the capacity of States to meet data collection requirements. EFFECTIVE DATE: This priority is effective August 8, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Wexler, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4053, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2700. Telephone:

(202)245-7571 or via Internet: *larry.wexler@ed.gov* . If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service

(FRS)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 under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Technical Assistance on State Data Collection program established under section 616(i)(2) of the IDEA, we make awards to provide technical assistance to improve the capacity of States to meet the section 616 data collection requirements. We published a notice of proposed priorities

(NPP)for this program in the **Federal Register** on March 30, 2007 (72 FR 15126). This notice of final priorities contains four changes from the NPP. We fully explain the changes in the *Analysis of Comments and Changes* section that follows. Analysis of Comments and Changes In response to the Secretary's invitation in the NPP, four parties submitted comments on the proposed priorities. An analysis of the comments and the changes we have made follows. We group major issues according to subject. Generally, we do not address technical and other minor and suggested changes that we are not allowed to make under the applicable statutory authority. Priority A—Modified Academic Achievement Standards and Priority B—Alternate Academic Achievement Standards Comment Two commenters requested that Priorities A and B require the use of universal design principles in developing alternate assessments based on modified academic achievement standards and alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards. *Discussion:* 34 CFR 300.160(g) of the IDEA regulations already requires State educational agencies

(SEAs)(or, in the case of a district-wide assessment, local educational agencies (LEAs)), to use universal design principles in developing and administering alternate assessments for children with disabilities, to the extent possible. To require the use of universal design principles in developing alternate assessments under this priority, without consideration for the feasibility, appropriateness, or practicality of their use, would be inappropriate. *Changes:* None. *Comment:* One commenter recommended that training on universal design principles be included in the training on modified academic achievement standards for individualized education program teams (IEP Teams) required in Priority A. *Discussion:* The training required under Priority A focuses on training IEP Teams to use State guidelines to determine the students to be assessed based on modified academic achievement standards. Determining whether universal design principles should be used in developing and implementing alternate assessments is not a responsibility of IEP Teams. Therefore, we believe it would be inappropriate to include training on universal design for IEP Teams, as recommended by the commenter. *Changes:* None. *Comment:* One commenter stated that projects funded under Priorities A and B should work with an expert who has skills in applying principles of universal design to large-scale assessments, in order to ensure that alternate assessments are, to the extent possible, universally designed. *Discussion:* We agree that an expert with experience in applying universal design principles to large-scale assessments would help ensure that alternate assessments, to the extent possible, are universally designed; we will change the list of expert skills in Priorities A and B accordingly. *Changes:* We have added, “applying the principles of universal design to large-scale assessments” to the list of expert skills in Priorities A and B. *Comment:* One commenter recommended that Priorities A and B emphasize placement in the least restrictive environment

(LRE)because children with Down syndrome, and many other children taking alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards, are not provided opportunities to be educated in the LRE with their nondisabled peers. *Discussion:* We believe it is unnecessary to include the additional language recommended by the commenter. The regulations on alternate academic achievement standards under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), already require that alternate academic achievement standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities developed by a State promote access to the general curriculum (§ 200.1(d)(2)). Similarly, § 200.1(f)(2)(iii) of the ESEA regulations requires students who are assessed based on modified academic achievement standards to have access to the curriculum, including instruction, for the grade in which the students are enrolled. In addition, § 300.114(a)(2) of the IDEA regulations requires children with disabilities to be educated with nondisabled children, to the maximum extent appropriate. *Changes:* None. *Comment:* One commenter stated that an allowable activity under Priority B should be the development of clear and appropriate guidelines for IEP Teams to use in determining students to be assessed based on alternate academic achievement standards. Another commenter recommended that development and implementation of training for IEP Teams on these State guidelines should be allowable activities under Priority B. *Discussion:* We agree that Priority B should support the development of clear and appropriate guidelines for IEP Teams to apply in determining students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who should take an alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards, consistent with § 200.1(f)(1)(i)(A) of the ESEA regulations. We also agree that training for IEP Teams on these guidelines is important to ensure that the guidelines are correctly implemented. *Change:* Priority B has been revised to include two additional allowable activities:

(1)The development of clear and appropriate guidelines for IEP Teams to use in determining when a child's significant cognitive disability justifies assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards; and

(2)the development and implementation of training on guidelines for IEP Teams to use in determining which students should be assessed based on alternate academic achievement standards. *Comment:* One commenter recommended that the Secretary provide funds to assist States with developing and implementing alternate assessments based on grade-level academic achievement standards. *Discussion:* Given the limited availability of funds, we believe that focusing Priorities A and B on alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards and alternate assessments based on modified academic achievement standards will address the needs of the majority of States. Evidence provided by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education's peer review of Statewide assessment systems is clear that many States need support to improve their alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards. Additionally, States overwhelmingly expressed the need for funds to support the development of alternate assessments based on modified academic achievement standards when the regulations permitting States to develop modified academic achievement standards were published on April 9, 2007. We have not received similar requests for funds to support the development of alternate assessments based on grade-level academic achievement standards. *Changes:* None. *Comment:* One commenter recommended that Priorities A and B require applicants to collect data on the characteristics of students who take an alternate assessment based on alternate or modified academic achievement standards, such as the disability category and minority status of students, and whether students are economically disadvantaged or have limited proficiency in English. The commenter also recommended requiring data to be collected on instructional variables, such as students' educational placements, the accommodations they received, and whether instruction was provided by highly qualified teachers. *Discussion:* We believe that implementing the commenter's recommendations would require significant resources and time and be a burden for States to report and would not necessarily improve the use of funds under this program. Therefore, we decline to make the changes requested by the commenter. *Changes:* None. *Comment:* One commenter recommended that Priorities A and B require applicants to report the percentage of students with disabilities taking either of the alternate assessments and the percentage of those students whose advanced or proficient scores on those alternate assessments are counted as proficient in calculating adequate yearly progress (AYP). *Discussion:* The information regarding participation requested by the commenter is already required under the ESEA and the IDEA. Section 200.6(a)(4) of the ESEA regulations requires States and LEAs to report on the number and percentage of students taking an alternate assessment based on alternate or modified academic achievement standards. Likewise, § 300.160(f) of the IDEA regulations requires States to report on the number of students with disabilities participating in alternate assessments based on alternate or modified academic achievement standards. Neither the regulations under Title I of the ESEA nor the regulations under Part B of the IDEA require reporting of the percentage of advanced or proficient scores on alternate assessments based on alternate and modified academic achievement standards that are used in calculating AYP, and we do not believe it would be useful or appropriate to impose such a requirement only on grantees under Priorities A and B. As noted previously, these priorities are being established under section 616(i)(2) of the IDEA to improve the capacity of States to meet the section 616 data collection requirements. The information requested is not a part of the section 616 data collection requirements. *Changes:* None. Priority C—Outcome Measures *Comment:* One commenter stated that an allowable activity under Priority C should include comparing outcomes of children with disabilities participating in regular preschool programs (defined as a program that has a natural proportion of disabled and non disabled children) with outcomes of children in special education preschool programs. *Discussion:* The purpose of this priority is to improve the capacity of States to meet the section 616 data collection requirements under the IDEA. The activity recommended by the commenter extends beyond this purpose. Therefore, we decline to make the commenter's recommended change. *Changes:* None. *Comment:* None. *Discussion:* The NPP inadvertently included a requirement that projects funded under Priority C provide an assurance from the State's Assessment Office that it was given an opportunity to contribute to the formulation of the application. Because Priority C does not involve information related to assessments, this requirement was misplaced. *Changes:* The requirement that projects funded under Priority C provide an assurance from the State's Assessment Office that it was given an opportunity to contribute to the formulation of the application has been removed. Note: This notice does not solicit applications. In any year in which we choose to use one of these priorities, we invite applications through a notice in the **Federal Register** . When inviting applications, we designate the priority as absolute, competitive preference, or invitational. The effect of each type of priority follows: *Absolute priority:* Under an absolute priority, we consider only applications that meet the priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(3)). *Competitive preference priority:* Under a competitive preference priority, we give competitive preference to an application by either

(1)Awarding additional points, depending on how well, or the extent to which, the application meets the competitive preference priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or

(2)selecting an application that meets the competitive preference priority over an application of comparable merit that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(ii)). *Invitational priority:* Under an invitational priority, we are particularly interested in applications that meet the invitational priority. However, we do not give an application that meets the invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over other applications (34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)). Note: The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services is establishing three separate funding priorities addressing data collected under the IDEA. Although these are being announced in one notice, these priorities will be funded through separate competitions. Eligible entities must submit separate applications under each of the priorities for which they wish to apply. Priorities Background of Priority A—Modified Academic Achievement Standards On April 9, 2007, the Secretary amended the regulations governing programs administered under Title I of the ESEA, as amended by NCLB, and the regulations governing programs under Part B of the IDEA. These regulations provide States with additional flexibility regarding State, LEA, and school accountability for the achievement of a small group of students with disabilities whose progress is such that, even after receiving appropriate instruction, including special education and related services designed to address the students' individual needs, the students' IEP Teams are reasonably certain that the students will not achieve grade-level proficiency within the year covered by the students' IEPs. These regulations became effective May 9, 2007. The regulations permit States to develop modified academic achievement standards (and assessments that measure achievement based on those standards) that are aligned with grade-level content standards. States and LEAs are permitted to include the proficient and advanced scores from assessments based on modified academic achievement standards in AYP determinations, subject to a cap of 2.0 percent at the district and State levels based on the total number of students in the grades assessed. The Secretary anticipates that many States will need support in developing, enhancing, or redesigning their assessment systems to include assessments that are aligned with modified academic achievement standards. Priority A—Modified Academic Achievement Standards The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services establishes a priority for grants to support States with one or more of the following activities:

(1)Development of modified academic achievement standards based on the State's academic content standards for the grade in which a student is enrolled;

(2)development of State assessments using universal design principles, to the extent possible, based on modified academic achievement standards; and

(3)development of clear and appropriate guidelines for IEP Teams to use in determining which students should be assessed based on modified academic achievement standards, and the development and implementation of training on those guidelines for IEP Teams. Assessments based on modified academic achievement standards must be designed to generate valid scores that can be used for AYP accountability purposes under the ESEA. The scores of students with disabilities participating in alternate assessments based on modified academic achievement standards also will be reflected in the data required by the Part B State Performance Plans and Annual Performance Reports on the performance and participation of children with disabilities on State assessments under section 616 of the IDEA. Applicants must include information in their applications on how they will work with experts in large-scale assessment and special education to ensure that they are designing modified academic achievement standards, and assessments based on those standards, that:

(1)Address the needs of students with disabilities;

(2)validly, reliably, and accurately measure student performance; and

(3)result in high quality data for use in evaluating the performance of schools, districts, and States. The experts selected should represent the range of skills needed to develop assessments based on modified academic achievement standards for students with disabilities that will meet the peer review guidelines for assessments published by the Department in the spring of 2004 that are available at *http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/saaprguidance.pdf.* Skill sets for experts must include experience with one or more of the following:

(1)Large scale assessment;

(2)standards-setting techniques;

(3)assessment and measurement of children with disabilities;

(4)accommodations and supports to assess grade-level content;

(5)working with States to develop assessments;

(6)development of criterion referenced tests and instruments;

(7)psychometric evaluation;

(8)conducting studies of the technical adequacy of assessment instruments;

(9)research and publishing in the area of assessment and psychometrics; and

(10)applying the principles of universal design to large-scale assessments. Projects funded under this priority also must—

(a)Budget to attend a three-day Project Directors' meeting in Washington, DC;

(b)If the project maintains a Web site, include relevant information and documents in a format that meets a government or industry-recognized standard for accessibility; and

(c)Provide a written assurance that the State's Assessment Office ( *i.e.* , the office that addresses accountability under Title I of the ESEA) was given the opportunity to contribute to the formulation of the application. Background of Priority B—Alternate Academic Achievement Standards The Department's Title I regulations in 34 CFR part 200, regarding children with the most significant cognitive disabilities, permit a State to develop alternate academic achievement standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities and to include those students' proficient and advanced scores on alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards in measuring AYP at the State and district levels, subject to a cap of 1.0 percent of the total number of students in the grades assessed. Alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards, as permitted by the Title I regulations, also are recognized as an appropriate assessment method in section 612(a)(16) of the IDEA. Alternate assessments that are used by States and LEAs under the ESEA, as amended by NCLB, must be designed to generate valid data that can be used for purposes of determining AYP. Alternate assessments also must meet the requirements in 34 CFR 200.2 (State Responsibilities for Assessment) and 34 CFR 200.3 (Designing State Academic Assessment Systems), including the requirements relating to validity, reliability, and high technical quality; and fit coherently in the State's overall assessment system under 34 CFR 200.2. The alternate assessment must, among other things, be:

(1)Valid and reliable for the purposes for which the assessment system is used;

(2)consistent with relevant, nationally-recognized professional and technical standards; and

(3)supported by evidence from test publishers or other relevant sources that the assessment system is of adequate technical quality for each purpose required under the ESEA, as amended by NCLB. States must include alternate assessment data in their State Performance Plan and Annual Performance Reports relative to performance and participation of children with disabilities on State assessments under the IDEA. The Department is establishing the following priority because many States need assistance in:

(1)Developing alternate academic achievement standards aligned with the State's academic content standards;

(2)developing high-quality alternate assessments that measure the achievement of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities based on those standards;

(3)reporting on the participation and performance of students with disabilities on alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards; and

(4)developing clear and appropriate guidelines for IEP Teams to use in determining which students should be assessed based on alternate academic achievement standards, and the development and implementation of training on those guidelines. Priority B—Alternate Academic Achievement Standards The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services establishes a priority for grants to support States with one or more of the following activities:

(1)Development of alternate academic achievement standards aligned with the State's academic content standards;

(2)development of high-quality alternate assessments using universal design principles, to the extent possible, that measure the achievement of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities based on those standards;

(3)reporting on the participation and performance of students with disabilities on alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards; and

(4)development of clear and appropriate guidelines for IEP Teams to use in determining which students should be assessed based on alternate academic achievement standards, and the development and implementation of training on those guidelines for IEP Teams. Applicants must include information in their applications on how they will work with experts in large-scale assessment and special education to ensure that they are designing alternate academic achievement standards, and assessments based on those standards, that:

(1)Address the needs of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities;

(2)validly, reliably, and accurately measure student performance; and

(3)result in high quality data for use in evaluating the performance of schools, districts, and States. The experts selected should represent the range of skills needed to develop assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities that will meet the peer review guidelines for assessments published by the Department in the spring of 2004 that are available at *http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/saaprguidance.pdf.* Skill sets for experts must include experience with one or more of the following:

(1)Large scale assessment;

(2)standards-setting techniques;

(3)assessment and measurement of children with disabilities;

(4)accommodations and supports to assess grade-level content;

(5)working with States to develop assessments;

(6)development of criterion-referenced tests and instruments;

(7)psychometric evaluation;

(8)conducting studies of the technical adequacy of assessment instruments;

(9)research and publishing in the area of assessment and psychometrics; and

(10)applying the principles of universal design to large-scale assessments. Projects funded under this priority also must—

(a)Budget to attend a three-day Project Directors' meeting in Washington, DC;

(b)If the project maintains a Web site, include relevant information and documents in a format that meets a government or industry-recognized standard for accessibility; and

(c)Provide a written assurance that the State's Assessment Office ( *i.e.* , the office that addresses accountability under Title I of the ESEA) was given the opportunity to contribute to the formulation of the application. Background of Proposed Priority C—Outcome Measures The cornerstone of any accountability system is the development of outcome indicators against which progress can be measured. State performance reports, self-assessments, and other extant data show that most States and Lead Agencies, as defined under Part C of the IDEA (section 635(a)(10)), as well as their LEAs and Early Intervention Service programs, do not have well developed systems for measuring the progress of infants, toddlers, and young children with disabilities and their families served under Part B and Part C of the IDEA or methods to collect and analyze Part B and Part C outcome indicator data. Therefore, most States lack the capacity to collect sufficient data to determine the impact of early intervention and special education services for these children. Priority C—Outcome Measures The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services establishes a priority for projects that address the needs of States for technical assistance to improve their capacity to meet Federal data collection requirements in one or both of two focus areas. *Focus Area One.* Focus Area One supports the development or enhancement of Part B State systems for collecting, analyzing, and reporting preschool outcome indicator data. Projects funded under Focus Area One must focus on improving the capacity of the State to provide information that could be used to determine the following:

(a)The outcomes associated with preschool children with disabilities participating in State Part B programs.

(b)If the State has standards for preschool disability outcomes, whether preschool children with disabilities are meeting those standards.

(c)Trend data on outcomes associated with preschool children with disabilities and the extent to which preschool children with disabilities are meeting State standards. *Focus Area Two.* Focus Area Two supports the development or enhancement of Part C systems for collecting, analyzing, and reporting outcome indicator data. Projects funded under Focus Area Two must focus on improving the capacity of the State to provide information that could be used to determine the following:

(a)The outcomes associated with infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families participating in State Part C programs.

(b)If the State has standards for early intervention outcomes, whether infants and toddlers with disabilities are meeting those standards.

(c)Trend data on outcomes associated with infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families and the extent to which infants and toddlers with disabilities are meeting State standards. Projects funded under this priority also must—

(a)Budget to attend a three-day Project Directors' meeting in Washington, DC; and

(b)If the project maintains a Web site, include relevant information and documents in a format that meets a government or industry-recognized standard for accessibility. Executive Order 12866 This notice of final priorities has been reviewed in accordance with Executive Order 12866. Under the terms of the order, we have assessed the potential costs and benefits of this regulatory action. The potential costs associated with this regulatory action are those resulting from statutory requirements and those we have determined as necessary for administering this program effectively and efficiently. In assessing the potential costs and benefits—both quantitative and qualitative—of this regulatory action, we have determined that the benefits of the regulatory action justify the costs. We also have determined that this regulatory action does not unduly interfere with State, local, and tribal governments in the exercise of their governmental functions. Intergovernmental Review This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the Executive Order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened federalism. The Executive Order relies on processes developed by State and local governments for coordination and review of Federal financial assistance. This document provides early notification of our specific plans and actions for this program. 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

(ELP)under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The name of the hotel listed as the site for the July 18, 2007 meeting has been changed. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hanna Skandera. Telephone:

(202)401-0831. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service

(FRS)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 under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . Correction In the **Federal Register** of June 6, 2007, on page 31301, in the third column, under *Announcement of Public Meetings,* correct the third paragraph to read as follows: Wednesday, July 18, 2007, in Washington, DC at the Westin Washington, DC City Center, 1400 M Street, NW., from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Electronic Access to This Document You may review this document, as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the **Federal Register** , in text or Adobe Portable Document Format

(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 Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: *http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.* Dated: July 3, 2007. Raymond Simon, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-13223 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRC-8337-6] Good Neighbor Environmental Board AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meeting. SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board. The Board meets three times each calendar year at different locations along the U.S.-Mexico border and in Washington, DC. It was created by the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative Act of 1992. An Executive Order delegates implementing authority to the Administrator of EPA. The Board is responsible for providing advice to the President and the Congress on environmental and infrastructure issues and needs within the States contiguous to Mexico. The statute calls for the Board to have representatives from U.S. Government agencies; the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas; tribal representation; and a variety of non-governmental officials. One purpose of this meeting is to hear presentations on the theme selected for the Board's Eleventh Report, natural disasters and the environment. The meeting also will include a public comment session and a business meeting on the second day. A copy of the meeting agenda will be posted at *http://www.epa.gov/ocem/gneb.* DATES: The Good Neighbor Environmental Board will hold an open meeting on Tuesday, July 24, from 9 a.m. (registration at 8:30 a.m.) to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, July 25, from 8 a.m. (registration 7:30 a.m.) to 12 noon. It will be preceded by a Board field trip to learn about local environment infrastructure on the afternoon of July 23rd. ADDRESS: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 3777 North Expressway, Brownsville, Texas 78520. Telephone: 1-800-325-7385. The meeting is open to the public, with limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Koerner, Designated Federal Officer, *koerner.elaine@epa.gov,* 202-233-0069, U.S. EPA, Office of Cooperative Environmental Management (1601M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests to make brief oral comments or provide written statements to the Board should be sent to Elaine Koerner, Designated Federal Officer, at the contact information above. *Meeting Access:* For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Elaine Koerner at the contact information above. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Elaine Koerner, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: June 19, 2007. Elaine Koerner, Designated Federal Officer. [FR Doc. 07-3311 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am]

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