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124 STAT. 3596 PUBLIC LAW 111–340—DEC. 22, 2010 museums and libraries and information services. Where appro- priate, the Director shall ensure that such policies and activities are coordinated with— ‘‘(1) activities under section 1251 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6383); ‘‘(2) programs and activities under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) (including programs and activities under subparagraphs (H)(vii) and (J)(iii) of section 641(d)(2) of such Act) (42 U.S.C. 9836(d)(2)); ‘‘(3) activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) (including activities under section 134(c) of such Act) (29 U.S.C. 2864(c)); and ‘‘(4) Federal programs and activities that increase the capacity of libraries and museums to act as partners in eco- nomic and community development, education and research, improving digital literacy skills, and disseminating health information. ‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.—The Director shall work jointly with the individuals heading relevant Federal departments and agencies, including the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Education, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, the Director of the National Science Foundation, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Chairman of the National Endowment of the Humanities, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or the designees of such individuals, on— ‘‘(1) initiatives, materials, or technology to support workforce development activities undertaken by libraries; ‘‘(2) resource and policy approaches to eliminate barriers to fully leveraging the role of libraries and museums in sup- porting the early learning, literacy, lifelong learning, digital literacy, workforce development, and education needs of the people of the United States; and ‘‘(3) initiatives, materials, or technology to support edu- cational, cultural, historical, scientific, environmental, and other activities undertaken by museums.’’. SEC. 103. PERSONNEL. Section 206 (20 U.S.C. 9105) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (2) of subsection (b) and inserting the following: ‘‘(2) NUMBER AND COMPENSATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The number of employees appointed and compensated under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 1⁄5 of the number of full-time regular or professional employees of the Institute. ‘‘(B) RATE OF COMPENSATION.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause (ii), the rate of basic compensation for the employees appointed and compensated under paragraph (1) may not exceed the rate prescribed for level GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.