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b. That Respondent, in both the
NAASO and Vermont Community talks,
falsely claimed that Trp64Arg carriers
have significantly lower rates of glucose
disposal than non-carriers.
Other
17. That Respondent falsely testified
to the University of Vermont
Investigation Committee that the slide
shown at NAASO regarding the loss of
visceral fat in women on or not on HRT
during a six-month weight loss program
(Issue 16a) had been labeled
‘‘hypothesized.’’ Respondent falsely
labeled the NAASO slide
‘‘hypothesized’’ and submitted it to the
University of Vermont Investigation
Committee with the intention of
misleading the committee (Report, pp.
34, 37).
Group 5: Alzheimer’s Disease
18. That Respondent, in applications
2 R01 AG07857–06 and 7 R01
AG07857–07, submitted June 26, 1992,
and March 28, 1994, respectively,
falsified certain preliminary data
(average ages, height, and fat-free weight
values) to show that the Alzheimer’s
and control patients were more closely
matched for age than shown in the
original data;
19. That Respondent, in application 5
R01 AG07857–09, submitted May 18,
1995, falsified preliminary data;
specifically, compared to data in the
preceding 5 R01 AG07857–08
application, where the number of
Alzheimer’s and control subjects was 7
and 13 respectively, the number of
Alzheimer’s and control subjects was
doubled to 14 and 26 respectively,
while many of the data values and
standard deviations remained
unchanged; in the latter application
however, Respondent claimed that
Alzheimer’s patients had significantly
lower fat-free mass and significantly
higher fat mass than control patients,
while no claim of significant differences
had been made in the earlier
application.
Group 6: Effect of Endurance Training
on Metabolism
20. Respondent admitted to falsifying
norepinephrine data (a measure of
sympathetic nervous system activity) in
two papers published in 1992 and 1994
and agreed to retraction of the papers.3
Specifically:
3 Both the 1992 and 1994 papers were designed
to reproduce, under more controlled conditions, an
earlier result, published in Poehlman, E. and
Danforth, E. ‘‘Endurance training increases
metabolic rate and norepinephrine appearance rate
in older individuals.’’ Am. J. Physiol. 261:E233–
E239, 1991. These papers claimed that plasma
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a. Respondent falsified
norepinephrine data in Table 2 and
Figure 4 of Poehlman, E.T., Gardner,
A.W., and Goran, M.I. ‘‘Influence of
endurance training on energy intake,
norepinephrine kinetics, and metabolic
rate in older individuals.’’ Metabolism
41(9):941–948, September 1992, in order
to strengthen the relationship between
endurance training and increased
norepinephrine levels and rate of
appearance (paper to be retracted);
b. Respondent falsified
norepinephrine data in Table 2 and
associated text of Poehlman E.T.,
Gardner, A.W., Arciero, P.J., Goran, M.I.,
and Calles-Escandon, J. ‘‘Effects of
endurance training on total fat oxidation
in elderly persons.’’ J. Appl. Physiol.
76(6):2281–2287, June 1994, in order to
make the claims that norepinephrine
concentration and norepinephrine
appearance were significantly enhanced
following endurance training (paper to
be retracted).
Dr. Poehlman has entered into a
Voluntary Exclusion Agreement
(Agreement ) in which he has
voluntarily agreed, beginning on March
9, 2005:
(1) To exclude himself permanently
from serving in any advisory capacity to
PHS including but not limited to service
on any PHS advisory committee, board,
and/or peer review committee, or as a
consultant;
(2) To exclude himself permanently
from any contracting or subcontracting
with any agency of the United States
Government and from eligibility or
involvement in nonprocurement
programs of the United States
Government referred to as ‘‘covered
transactions’’ as defined in the
debarment regulations at 45 CFR part
76; the respondent agrees that he will
not petition HHS to reverse or reduce
the scope of the permanent voluntary
exclusion or administrative actions that
are the subject of this Agreement; and
(3) To execute and deliver letters
requesting retraction or correction to the
editors of the journals that published
the ten papers named in the Agreement
and cited above, and to sign the letters
requesting the retraction or correction
prepared for his signature by ORI
without alteration or modification in
any way.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Director, Division of Investigative
Oversight, Office of Research Integrity,
levels of norepinephrine increased significantly in
older individuals following endurance training.
Because the norepinephrine results in the two
carefully controlled studies conducted to verify this
finding were falsified, it is apparent that this
original report cannot be relied upon.
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Chris B. Pascal,
Director, Office of Research Integrity.
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BILLING CODE 4150–31–P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging
Notice; Availability of Funding
Opportunity Announcement
Funding Opportunity Title/Program
Name: Senior Medicare Patrol Projects.
Announcement Type: Initial.
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS–
2005–AoA–Initial–SM.
Statutory Authority: The Older
Americans Act, Public Law 106–501.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.048,
Title IV and Title II, Discretionary
Projects, and the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 (Pub. L. 104–191).
Dates: The deadline date for the
submission of applications is May 13,
2005.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
This announcement seeks proposals
for the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)
Projects which will serve as model
projects that demonstrate effective ways
of utilizing retired persons as volunteer
expert resources and educators in
community efforts to prevent and
identify health care, error, fraud and
abuse in the Medicare/Medicaid
programs.
A detailed description of the funding
opportunity and application materials
may be obtained at https://www.aoa.gov/
doingbus/fundopp/fundopp.asp or
https://www.grants.gov.
Award Information
1. Funding Instrument Type
Cooperative Agreement. The award is
a cooperative agreement because of the
substantial involvement of the
Administration on Aging in the
development and execution of the
activities of the projects. The
cooperative agreements will describe
training, technical assistance and
support to be provided the projects
funded under this announcement.
The SMP project will form a
consortium of community-based
agencies to assist in planning and
implementing the project, while
working in close partnership with an
interdisciplinary team of Federal, State,
and local resources, including
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representatives from the Administration
on Aging, the Office of Inspector
General (OIG), the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services’ Program Safeguard
Contractors or Medication Fraud
Information Specialists (MFIS), and
State Quality Improvement
Organizations.
The SMP project will recruit, train,
and place retired individuals in a
variety of communities and settings to
provide public education and outreach
to older persons and their families,
including an emphasis on reaching
vulnerable, isolated, and limited
English-speaking beneficiaries.
The Administration on Aging will
define project performance criteria and
expectations, and will monitor, evaluate
and support the projects’ efforts in
achieving performance goals. The
project will participate in a national
assessment of the program utilizing the
performance measurement instrument
developed by the HHS Office of
Inspector General (OIG), including
reporting outputs and out comes to the
OIG semiannually.
The SMP project and Administration
on Aging will work cooperatively to
clarify the issues to be addressed by the
project and develop the work plan for
each year of the project. Within 45 days
of the award and 45 days of each
continuation award, the project will
agree upon and adhere to a work plan
that details expectations for major
activities, products, and reports during
the current budget period. The work
plan will include timelines, staff
assignments, work locations, and areas
that require Administration on Aging
consultation, review, and/or prior
approval. Either the Administration on
Aging or the project can propose a
revision of the final work plan at any
time. Any changes in the final work
plan will require agreement of both
parties.
The Administration on Aging will
assist the SMP project leadership in
understanding the policy concerns and/
or priorities of the Assistant Secretary
for Aging and the Department of Health
and Human Services by conducting
periodic briefings and by carrying out
ongoing consultations.
The Administration on Aging has
established the National Consumer
Protection Technical Resource Center to
enhance the effectiveness of the Senior
Medicare Patrol projects’ efforts to meet
AoA and SMP program strategic
objectives, by providing informational
resources, technical assistance and
support to the projects.
The Administration on Aging will
also share information with the project
about other Federally sponsored
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projects and activities carried out under
this Agreement.
The Administration on Aging will be
provided a period of three weeks, prior
to their release and/or publication, to
review and comment upon all materials,
reports, documents, etc. produced by
the project with funds provided through
this award. After the three weeks review
and comment period, the project is free
to make such materials public,
displaying the Administration on Aging
disclaimer.
2. Anticipated Total Priority Area
Funding per Budget Period
Option 1—AoA intends to make
available, under this program
announcement, grant awards for up to
thirty-two (32) cooperative agreements
at a federal share of between $125,000
and $180,000 per year for a project
period of three (3) years.
Option 2—AoA intends to fund up to
two 1-year capacity-building grants at a
federal share of between $40,000 and
$75,000 for a period of one year.
II. Eligibility Criteria and Other
Requirements
1. Eligible Applicants
Option 1—Eligibility for grant awards
is limited to public state and local
agencies, federally recognized tribes, or
nonprofit agencies, organizations, and
institutions, including faith-based
organizations, in the following 28 States
and jurisdictions: Alabama, Alaska,
Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, the District of
Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,
Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New
Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, Washington, and West
Virginia.
Option 2—Eligible entities from U.S.
territories are extended the opportunity
to apply for one-year capacity-building
grants. Eligibility is limited to public
State and local agencies, federally
recognized tribes, or nonprofit agencies,
organizations, and institutions,
including faith-based organizations from
within these territories.
The competition is limited to the 28
states and jurisdictions specified under
Option 1, as well as the U.S. territories
(per Option 2). Competition under
Option 1 is limited to those specified
states and jurisdictions because the
current three-year grant period for
Senior Medicare Patrol projects within
these areas will end on June 30, 2005.
The competition is limited to U.S.
territories under Option 2 in order to
offer an opportunity to expand the
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program to the territories on a first-time
basis. The AoA is currently funding
SMP projects in the remaining 24 states
not specified under Options 1 and 2. In
order to ensure the program reaches
Medicare beneficiaries in the maximum
number of states, given available
funding, applicants from those states
currently served by SMP projects are
ineligible to apply.
Grantees under both Option 1 and
Option 2 will carry out cooperative
agreement awards to train retired
persons to serve in their communities as
volunteer expert resources and
educators in preventing and identifying
health care error, fraud, and abuse.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching
Grantees are required to provide at
least 25 percent of the total program
costs from non-federal cash or in-kind
resources in order to be considered for
the award. Applicants from the U.S.
territories are exempt from the matching
requirement.
3. DUNS Number
All grant applicants must obtain a D–
U–N–S number from Dun and
Bradstreet. It is a nine-digit
identification number, which provides
unique identifiers of single business
entities. The D–U–N–S number is free
and easy to obtain from
https://www.dnb.com/US/duns_update/.
4. Intergovernmental Review
Executive Order 12372,
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs, is not applicable to these
grant applications.
III. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address To Request Application
Package
Application kits are available by
writing to the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, Administration on
Aging, Attn.: Doris Summey, Office of
Consumer Choice and Protection,
Washington, DC 20201, by calling 202/
357–3533, or on-line at https://
www.grants.gov.
Address for Application Submission
Applications may be mailed to the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration on Aging,
Office of Grants Management,
Washington, DC 20201, attn: Margaret
Tolson (HHS–2005–AoA–Initial–SM).
Applications may be delivered (in
person, via messenger) to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration on Aging,
Office of Grants Management, One
Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Room
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4604, Washington, DC 20001, attn:
Margaret Tolson (HHS–2005–AoA–
Initial–SM).
If you elect to mail or hand deliver
your application you must submit one
original and two copies of the
application; an acknowledgement card
will be mailed to applicants.
Instructions for electronic mailing of
grant applications are available at
https://www.grants.gov/.
2. Submission Dates and Times
To receive consideration, applications
must be received by the deadline listed
in the DATES section of this Notice.
IV. Responsiveness Criteria
Each application submitted will be
screened to determine whether it was
received by the closing date and time.
Applications received by the closing
date and time will be screened for
completeness and conformity with the
requirements outlined in Sections II and
III of this Notice and the Program
Announcement. Only complete
applications that meet these
requirements will be reviewed and
evaluated competitively.
V. Application Review Information
Eligible applications in response to
this announcement will be reviewed
according to the following evaluation
criteria: Purpose and Need for
Assistance (20 points); Approach, Work
Plan and Activities (30 points); Project
Outcomes, Evaluation and
Dissemination (30 points); and Level of
Effort (20 points).
VI. Agency Contacts
Direct inquiries regarding
programmatic issues to U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services,
Administration on Aging, Attn.: Doris
Summey, Office of Consumer Choice
and Protection, Washington, DC 20201,
telephone: (202) 357–3533.
Dated: March 21, 2005.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 05–5808 Filed 3–23–05; 8:45 am]
or other forms of information
technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
BILLING CODE 4154–01–P
Proposed Project
School Health Policies and Programs
Study 2006—OMB No. 0920–0445—
Reinstatement With Changes—National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, (CDC).
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–05–0445)
Background and Brief Description
Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
CDC intends to continue to conduct
the School Health Policies and Programs
Study (SHPPS) in 2006. SHPPS is a
national study of school health policies
and programs at the state, district,
school, and course levels. Much of the
information collected will expand upon
data gathered from the SHPPS 1994
(OMB No. 0920–0340, expiration date
1/31/95) and 2000 (OMB No. 0920–
0445, expiration date 10/31/2002).
SHPPS 2006 will assess the
characteristics of eight components of
school health programs at the
elementary, middle/junior, and senior
high school levels: Health education,
physical education, health services,
mental health and social services, food
service, school policy and environment,
faculty and staff health promotion, and
family and community involvement.
SHPPS 2006 data will be used to
provide measures for 16 Healthy People
2010 national health objectives. No
other national source of data exists for
these objectives. The data will also have
significant implications for policy and
program development for school health
programs nationwide.
There are no direct costs to the
respondents except for their time to
participate in the survey.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–371–5983 or send
comments to Seleda M. Perryman, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer,
1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta,
GA 30333 or send an e-mail to
omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Number of respondents
Respondents
State Officials (Health Education) ...................................................................
State Officials (Physical Education) .................................................................
State Officials (Health Services) ......................................................................
State Officials (Food Service) ..........................................................................
State Officials (School Policy and Environment) .............................................
State Officials (Mental Health and Social Services) ........................................
State Officials (Faculty and Staff Health Promotion) .......................................
State Officials (Assist with identifying state-level respondents and with recruiting districts and schools) .......................................................................
District Officials (Health Education) .................................................................
District Officials (Physical Education) ..............................................................
District Officials (Health Services) ...................................................................
District Officials (Food Service) .......................................................................
District Officials (School Policy and Environment) ..........................................
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hrs.)
Number responses per
respondent
Total burden
hours
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51
51
51
51
51
51
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
50/60
1
1
30/60
45/60
25/60
20/60
43
51
51
26
38
21
17
51
652
652
652
652
652
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
50/60
1
1.2
1
1.5
51
543
652
782
652
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging
Notice; Availability of Funding Opportunity Announcement
Funding Opportunity Title/Program Name: Senior Medicare Patrol
Projects.
Announcement Type: Initial.
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2005-AoA-Initial-SM.
Statutory Authority: The Older Americans Act, Public Law 106-501.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.048, Title
IV and Title II, Discretionary Projects, and the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-191).
Dates: The deadline date for the submission of applications is May
13, 2005.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
This announcement seeks proposals for the Senior Medicare Patrol
(SMP) Projects which will serve as model projects that demonstrate
effective ways of utilizing retired persons as volunteer expert
resources and educators in community efforts to prevent and identify
health care, error, fraud and abuse in the Medicare/Medicaid programs.
A detailed description of the funding opportunity and application
materials may be obtained at https://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/
fundopp.asp or https://www.grants.gov.
Award Information
1. Funding Instrument Type
Cooperative Agreement. The award is a cooperative agreement because
of the substantial involvement of the Administration on Aging in the
development and execution of the activities of the projects. The
cooperative agreements will describe training, technical assistance and
support to be provided the projects funded under this announcement.
The SMP project will form a consortium of community-based agencies
to assist in planning and implementing the project, while working in
close partnership with an interdisciplinary team of Federal, State, and
local resources, including
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representatives from the Administration on Aging, the Office of
Inspector General (OIG), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services'
Program Safeguard Contractors or Medication Fraud Information
Specialists (MFIS), and State Quality Improvement Organizations.
The SMP project will recruit, train, and place retired individuals
in a variety of communities and settings to provide public education
and outreach to older persons and their families, including an emphasis
on reaching vulnerable, isolated, and limited English-speaking
beneficiaries.
The Administration on Aging will define project performance
criteria and expectations, and will monitor, evaluate and support the
projects' efforts in achieving performance goals. The project will
participate in a national assessment of the program utilizing the
performance measurement instrument developed by the HHS Office of
Inspector General (OIG), including reporting outputs and out comes to
the OIG semiannually.
The SMP project and Administration on Aging will work cooperatively
to clarify the issues to be addressed by the project and develop the
work plan for each year of the project. Within 45 days of the award and
45 days of each continuation award, the project will agree upon and
adhere to a work plan that details expectations for major activities,
products, and reports during the current budget period. The work plan
will include timelines, staff assignments, work locations, and areas
that require Administration on Aging consultation, review, and/or prior
approval. Either the Administration on Aging or the project can propose
a revision of the final work plan at any time. Any changes in the final
work plan will require agreement of both parties.
The Administration on Aging will assist the SMP project leadership
in understanding the policy concerns and/or priorities of the Assistant
Secretary for Aging and the Department of Health and Human Services by
conducting periodic briefings and by carrying out ongoing
consultations.
The Administration on Aging has established the National Consumer
Protection Technical Resource Center to enhance the effectiveness of
the Senior Medicare Patrol projects' efforts to meet AoA and SMP
program strategic objectives, by providing informational resources,
technical assistance and support to the projects.
The Administration on Aging will also share information with the
project about other Federally sponsored projects and activities carried
out under this Agreement.
The Administration on Aging will be provided a period of three
weeks, prior to their release and/or publication, to review and comment
upon all materials, reports, documents, etc. produced by the project
with funds provided through this award. After the three weeks review
and comment period, the project is free to make such materials public,
displaying the Administration on Aging disclaimer.
2. Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding per Budget Period
Option 1--AoA intends to make available, under this program
announcement, grant awards for up to thirty-two (32) cooperative
agreements at a federal share of between $125,000 and $180,000 per year
for a project period of three (3) years.
Option 2--AoA intends to fund up to two 1-year capacity-building
grants at a federal share of between $40,000 and $75,000 for a period
of one year.
II. Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements
1. Eligible Applicants
Option 1--Eligibility for grant awards is limited to public state
and local agencies, federally recognized tribes, or nonprofit agencies,
organizations, and institutions, including faith-based organizations,
in the following 28 States and jurisdictions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia,
Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto
Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia.
Option 2--Eligible entities from U.S. territories are extended the
opportunity to apply for one-year capacity-building grants. Eligibility
is limited to public State and local agencies, federally recognized
tribes, or nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions,
including faith-based organizations from within these territories.
The competition is limited to the 28 states and jurisdictions
specified under Option 1, as well as the U.S. territories (per Option
2). Competition under Option 1 is limited to those specified states and
jurisdictions because the current three-year grant period for Senior
Medicare Patrol projects within these areas will end on June 30, 2005.
The competition is limited to U.S. territories under Option 2 in order
to offer an opportunity to expand the program to the territories on a
first-time basis. The AoA is currently funding SMP projects in the
remaining 24 states not specified under Options 1 and 2. In order to
ensure the program reaches Medicare beneficiaries in the maximum number
of states, given available funding, applicants from those states
currently served by SMP projects are ineligible to apply.
Grantees under both Option 1 and Option 2 will carry out
cooperative agreement awards to train retired persons to serve in their
communities as volunteer expert resources and educators in preventing
and identifying health care error, fraud, and abuse.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching
Grantees are required to provide at least 25 percent of the total
program costs from non-federal cash or in-kind resources in order to be
considered for the award. Applicants from the U.S. territories are
exempt from the matching requirement.
3. DUNS Number
All grant applicants must obtain a D-U-N-S number from Dun and
Bradstreet. It is a nine-digit identification number, which provides
unique identifiers of single business entities. The D-U-N-S number is
free and easy to obtain from https://www.dnb.com/US/duns_update/.
4. Intergovernmental Review
Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs, is not applicable to these grant applications.
III. Application and Submission Information
1. Address To Request Application Package
Application kits are available by writing to the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Attn.: Doris
Summey, Office of Consumer Choice and Protection, Washington, DC 20201,
by calling 202/357-3533, or on-line at https://www.grants.gov.
Address for Application Submission
Applications may be mailed to the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Grants Management,
Washington, DC 20201, attn: Margaret Tolson (HHS-2005-AoA-Initial-SM).
Applications may be delivered (in person, via messenger) to the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging,
Office of Grants Management, One Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Room
[[Page 15097]]
4604, Washington, DC 20001, attn: Margaret Tolson (HHS-2005-AoA-
Initial-SM).
If you elect to mail or hand deliver your application you must
submit one original and two copies of the application; an
acknowledgement card will be mailed to applicants. Instructions for
electronic mailing of grant applications are available at https://
www.grants.gov/.
2. Submission Dates and Times
To receive consideration, applications must be received by the
deadline listed in the DATES section of this Notice.
IV. Responsiveness Criteria
Each application submitted will be screened to determine whether it
was received by the closing date and time.
Applications received by the closing date and time will be screened
for completeness and conformity with the requirements outlined in
Sections II and III of this Notice and the Program Announcement. Only
complete applications that meet these requirements will be reviewed and
evaluated competitively.
V. Application Review Information
Eligible applications in response to this announcement will be
reviewed according to the following evaluation criteria: Purpose and
Need for Assistance (20 points); Approach, Work Plan and Activities (30
points); Project Outcomes, Evaluation and Dissemination (30 points);
and Level of Effort (20 points).
VI. Agency Contacts
Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Attn.: Doris
Summey, Office of Consumer Choice and Protection, Washington, DC 20201,
telephone: (202) 357-3533.
Dated: March 21, 2005.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 05-5808 Filed 3-23-05; 8:45 am]
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