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Technically eligible applications will
be competitively reviewed according to
the criteria stated in the Project
Objectives, Goals, and Implementation
(POGI) document.
VI. Award Administration Information
VI.1a. Award Notices
Final awards cannot be made until
funds have been appropriated by
Congress, allocated and committed
through internal Bureau procedures.
Successful applicants will receive an
Assistance Award Document (AAD)
from the Bureau’s Grants Office. The
AAD and the original grant proposal
with subsequent modifications (if
applicable) shall be the only binding
authorizing document between the
recipient and the U.S. Government. The
AAD will be signed by an authorized
Grants Officer, and mailed to the
recipient’s responsible officer identified
in the application.
Unsuccessful applicants will receive
notification of the results of the
application review from the ECA
program office coordinating this
competition.
VI.2. Administrative and National
Policy Requirements
Terms and Conditions for the
Administration of ECA agreements
include the following:
Office of Management and Budget
Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for
Nonprofit Organizations.’’
Office of Management and Budget
Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for
Educational Institutions.’’
OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles
for State, Local and Indian
Governments’’.
OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised),
Uniform Administrative Requirements
for Grants and Agreements with
Institutions of Higher Education,
Hospitals, and other Nonprofit
Organizations.
OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform
Administrative Requirements for
Grants-in-Aid to State and Local
Governments.
OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of
States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations
Please reference the following Web
sites for additional information: https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants,
https://exchanges.state.gov/education/
grantsdiv/terms.htm#articleI.
VI.3. Reporting Requirements
You must provide ECA with a hard
copy original plus two copies of the
following reports:
(1) Quarterly program and financial
reports;
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(2) A final program and financial
report no more than 90 days after the
expiration of the award.
Grantees will be required to provide
reports analyzing their evaluation
findings to the Bureau in their regular
program reports. Please refer to
Application and Submission
Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program
Monitoring and Evaluation information.
All data collected, including survey
responses and contact information, must
be maintained for a minimum of three
years and provided to the Bureau upon
request.
All reports must be sent to the ECA
Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer
listed in the final assistance award
document.
VI.4. Program Data Requirements
Organizations awarded grants will be
required to maintain specific data on
program participants and activities in an
electronically accessible database format
that can be shared with the Bureau as
required. As a minimum, the data must
include the following:
(1) Name, address, contact
information and biographic sketch of all
persons who travel internationally on
funds provided by the grant or who
benefit from the grant funding but do
not travel.
(2) Itineraries of international and
domestic travel, providing dates of
travel and cities in which any exchange
experiences take place. Final schedules
for in-country and U.S. activities must
be received by the ECA Program Officer
at least three work days prior to the
official opening of the activity.
VII. Agency Contacts
For questions about this
announcement, contact: Carolyn Lantz,
Program Officer, Youth Programs
Division, Office of Citizen Exchanges
(ECA/PE/C/PY), U.S. Department of
State, SA–44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room
568, Washington, DC 20547, telephone:
(202) 203–7505, fax: (202) 203–7529, email: LantzCS@state.gov.
All correspondence with the Bureau
concerning this RFGP should reference
the above title and number ECA/PE/C/
PY–05–57.
Please read the complete Federal
Register announcement before sending
inquiries or submitting proposals. Once
the RFGP deadline has passed, Bureau
staff may not discuss this competition
with applicants until the proposal
review process has been completed.
VIII. Other Information
Notice
The terms and conditions published
in this RFGP are binding and may not
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be modified by any Bureau
representative. Explanatory information
provided by the Bureau that contradicts
published language will not be binding.
Issuance of the RFGP does not
constitute an award commitment on the
part of the Government. The Bureau
reserves the right to reduce, revise, or
increase proposal budgets in accordance
with the needs of the program and the
availability of funds. Awards made will
be subject to periodic reporting and
evaluation requirements per section VI.3
above.
Dated: March 31, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Request for Comments;
Clearance of a New Information
Collection; Freight Planning
Noteworthy Practices
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the
new information collection request
described in this notice to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. We published a
Federal Register notice with a 60-day
public comment period on this
information collection on August 10,
2004 (69 FR 48556). We are required to
publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by May
9, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Eloise Freeman-Powell, (202) 366–2068,
Office of Planning, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Freight Planning Noteworthy
Practices.
Background: The FHWA plans to
update its Freight Planning Web site by
adding a new feature that will collect
information and photographs about
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freight planning activities from the
FHWA’s public sector partners. This
information will be reviewed by the
FHWA on a monthly basis to determine
which project will be posted on the Web
site as an informational and educational
tool for the FHWA’s public sector
audiences that are engaged in freight
planning activities and/or are beginning
to develop their freight planning
activities. State Departments of
Transportation, metropolitan planning
organizations, and local government
agencies will provide a description of
case studies on freight planning and
implementation, which can include
plans or projects, or both.
Respondents: State Departments of
Transportation, metropolitan planning
organizations, and local government
agencies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: It is
estimated that each State Department of
Transportation, metropolitan planning
organization, and local government
agency will spend about one hour to
prepare and to provide their freight
plans or projects to the FHWA. The
estimated total annual burden is 60
hours.
Frequency: On-going basis.
You may send comments to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: DOT
Desk Officer. You are asked to comment
on any aspect of this information
collection, including: (1) Whether the
proposed collection is necessary for the
FHWA’s performance; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways for the
FHWA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways that the
burden could be minimized, including
the use of electronic technology,
without reducing the quality of the
collected information.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78), or you
may visit https://dms.dot.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
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Issued on: March 21, 2005.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs, and Analysis
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility
Program Grants
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability of fiscal
year 2005 funds: solicitation of grant
applications.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the
availability of funds in fiscal year (FY)
2005 for the Over-the-Road Bus (OTRB)
Accessibility Program, authorized by
section 3038 of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA–
21). The OTRB Accessibility Program
makes funds available to private
operators of over-the-road buses to
finance the incremental capital and
training costs of complying with DOT’s
over-the-road bus accessibility final
rule, 49 CFR part 37, published in a
Federal Register notice on September
28, 1998 (63 FR 51670). The authorizing
legislation calls for national solicitation
of applications, with grantees to be
selected on a competitive basis. Federal
transit funds are available to intercity
fixed-route providers and other OTRB
providers at up to 90 percent of the
project cost.
In FY 2005, $5,208,000 was
appropriated for intercity fixed-route
service providers and $1,686,400 was
appropriated for other over-the-road bus
service providers.
This announcement is available on
the Internet on the FTA Web site at:
https://www.fta.dot.gov. FTA will
announce final selections on the Web
site and in the Federal Register. A
synopsis of this announcement will be
posted in the FIND module of the
government-wide electronic grants Web
site at https://www.grants.gov.
Applications may be submitted to FTA
in hard copy or electronically through
the GRANTS.GOV APPLY function.
DATES: Complete applications for Overthe-Road Bus (OTRB) Program grants
must be submitted to the appropriate
FTA regional office (see Appendix C) by
June 6, 2005, or submitted electronically
through the GRANTS.GOV Web site by
the same date. Anyone intending to
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apply electronically should initiate the
process of registering on the
GRANTS.GOV site immediately to
ensure completion of registration before
the deadline for submission. FTA will
announce grant selections when the
competitive selection process is
complete.
The
appropriate FTA Regional
Administrator (Appendix C) for
application-specific information and
issues. For general program information,
contact Blenda Younger, Office of
Program Management, (202) 366–2053,
e-mail: blenda.younger@fta.dot.gov. A
TDD is available at 1–800–877–8339
(TDD/FIRS).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Overview Information
Federal Agency Name: Department of
Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration (FTA).
Funding Opportunity Title: Capital
and Training Assistance Program for
over-the-road bus accessibility.
Announcement Type: Initial
announcement: notice of availability of
fiscal year 2005 funds: solicitation of
grant applications.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 20.518.
Capital and Training Assistance
Program for over-the-road bus
accessibility.
Complete applications for Overthe-Road Bus (OTRB) Program grants
must be submitted to the appropriate
FTA regional office (see Appendix C) by
June 6, 2005, or submitted electronically
through the GRANTS.GOV Web site by
the same date. Anyone intending to
apply electronically should initiate the
process of registering on the
GRANTS.GOV site immediately to
ensure completion of registration before
the deadline for submission. FTA will
announce grant selections when the
competitive selection process is
complete.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Table of Contents
I. Funding Opportunity Description
II. Award Information
III. Eligibility Information
IV. Application and Submission Information
V. Application Review Information
VI. Award Administration Information
VII. Agency Contacts
Appendix A Over-the-Road Bus
Accessibility Program Application
Appendix B Federal Fiscal Year 2005
Certifications and Assurances for the
Federal Transit Administration Over-theRoad Bus Accessibility Grants
Appendix C FTA Regional Offices
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments;
Clearance of a New Information Collection; Freight Planning Noteworthy
Practices
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the new information collection request
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval. We published a Federal Register notice with a
60-day public comment period on this information collection on August
10, 2004 (69 FR 48556). We are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by May 9, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Eloise Freeman-Powell, (202) 366-
2068, Office of Planning, Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Freight Planning Noteworthy Practices.
Background: The FHWA plans to update its Freight Planning Web site
by adding a new feature that will collect information and photographs
about
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freight planning activities from the FHWA's public sector partners.
This information will be reviewed by the FHWA on a monthly basis to
determine which project will be posted on the Web site as an
informational and educational tool for the FHWA's public sector
audiences that are engaged in freight planning activities and/or are
beginning to develop their freight planning activities. State
Departments of Transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and
local government agencies will provide a description of case studies on
freight planning and implementation, which can include plans or
projects, or both.
Respondents: State Departments of Transportation, metropolitan
planning organizations, and local government agencies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: It is estimated that each State
Department of Transportation, metropolitan planning organization, and
local government agency will spend about one hour to prepare and to
provide their freight plans or projects to the FHWA. The estimated
total annual burden is 60 hours.
Frequency: On-going basis.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: DOT Desk Officer. You are asked
to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is necessary for the FHWA's
performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for the
FHWA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized, including
the use of electronic technology, without reducing the quality of the
collected information.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78), or you may visit
https://dms.dot.gov.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: March 21, 2005.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs, and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. 05-6951 Filed 4-6-05; 8:45 am]
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