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crab in any pot fishery will count
against the catch limit for crab in
Subarea 48.
The Commission set a combined catch
limit of 2,787 tons of D. eleginoides in
Division 58.5.2 west of 79°20′ E from
December 1, 2004, to November 30,
2005, for trawl fishing and from May 1,
2005, to August 31, 2005, for longline
fishing.
The Commission designated several
Dissostichus fisheries as exploratory
fisheries for the 2004/2005 fishing
season. These fisheries are total
allowable catch fisheries and are open
only to the flagged vessels of countries
that notified CCAMLR of an interest by
named vessels to participate in the
fisheries.
The exploratory fisheries for
Dissostichus species authorized by the
Commission for the 2004/2005 fishing
season include the following: (1)
longline fishing in Statistical Division
58.4.1 by Chile, Republic of Korea, New
Zealand, Spain and Ukraine; (2)
longline fishing in Statistical Subarea
48.6 by Japan, Republic of Korea and
New Zealand; (3) longline fishing in
Statistical Division 58.4.2 by Chile,
Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Spain
and Ukraine; (4) longline fishing in
Statistical Division 58.4.3a (the Elan
Bank) outside areas under national
jurisdiction by Australia, Republic of
Korea and Spain; (5) longline fishing in
Statistical Division 58.4.3b (the
BANZARE Bank) outside areas of
national jurisdiction by Australia, Chile,
Japan, Republic of Korea and Spain; (6)
longline fishing in Statistical Subarea
88.1 by Argentina, Australia, New
Zealand, Norway, Russia, South Africa,
Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and
Uruguay; and (7) longline fishing in
Statistical Subarea 88.2 by Argentina,
New Zealand, Norway and Russia.
Champsocephalus gunnari
The Commission adopted area
specific conservation measures for C.
gunnari for the 2004/2005 season.
The Commission set the overall catch
limit for the C. gunnari trawl fishery in
Subarea 48.3 for the 2004/2005 season
at 3,574 tons and continued previously
adopted restrictions on the fishery.
The Commission also set the catch
limit for C. gunnari trawl fishery within
defined areas of Division 58.5.2 for the
2004/2005 season at 1,864 tons and
continued previously adopted
restrictions on and reporting
requirements for the fishery.
Crab
The Commission adopted area
specific conservation measures for crab
species for the 2004/2005 season. The
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Commission set the total allowable
catch level for the pot fishery for crab
for the 2004/2005 fishing season at
1,600 tons and continued to limit
participation to one vessel per member
country conducted as an experimental
harvest regime.
Squid
The Commission also adopted area
specific conservation measures for squid
for the 2004/2005 season. The
Commission set the total allowable
catch limit for the exploratory jig fishery
for Martialia hyadesi for the 2004/2005
fishing season at 2,500 tons.
Krill
The Commission adopted area
specific conservation measures for krill
for the 2004/2005 season. The
Commission carried forward the
precautionary catch limits for krill in
Statistical Area 48 at 4.0 million tons
overall and, as divided by subareas, at
1.008 million tons in Subarea 48.1,
1.104 million tons in Subarea 48.2,
1.056 million tons in Subarea 48.3, and
0.832 million tons in Subarea 48.4.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.
Dated: April 7, 2005.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
[Docket No. 001215353–5080–05]
Pan-Pacific Education and
Communications Experiments by
Satellite (PEACESAT): Closing Date
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Consolidated
Appropriations Act 2005, the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA), U.S.
Department of Commerce, announces
the solicitation of applications for a
grant for the Pan-Pacific Education and
Communications Experiments by
Satellite (PEACESAT) Program. Projects
funded pursuant to this Notice are
intended to support the PEACESAT
Program’s acquisition of satellite
communications to service Pacific Basin
communities and to manage the
operations of this network. Applications
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for the PEACESAT Program grant will
compete for funds from the Public
Broadcasting, Facilities, Planning and
Construction Funds account.
DATES: Applications must be received
on or before 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Saving Time, May 12, 2005.
Applications submitted by facsimile or
electronic means are not acceptable. If
an application is received after the
Closing Date due to (1) carrier error,
when the carrier accepted the package
with a guarantee for delivery by the
Closing Date and Time, or (2) significant
weather delays or natural disasters,
NTIA will, upon receipt of proper
documentation, consider the application
as having been received by the deadline.
NTIA will not accept applications
posted on the Closing Date or later and
received after the deadline.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a printed
application package, submit completed
applications, or send any other
correspondence, write to: NTIA/PTFP,
Room H–4625, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Cooperman, Director, Public
Broadcasting Division, telephone: (202)
482–5802; fax: (202) 482–2156.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
The full funding opportunity
announcement for the PEACESAT
Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 grant cycle is
available through https://
www.Grants.gov or by contacting the
PTFP office at the address noted above.
Application materials may be obtained
electronically via the Internet (https://
www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/
peacesat.html).
Funding Availability
The Congress has appropriated $19.8
million for FY 2005 Public
Telecommunications Facilities Program
(PTFP) and PEACESAT awards. Of this
amount, NTIA anticipates making a
single award for approximately
$500,000 for the PEACESAT Program in
FY 2005. For FY 2004, NTIA issued one
award for the PEACESAT project in the
amount of $493,130.
Statutory and Regulatory Authority
Funding for the PEACESAT Program
is provided pursuant to Public Law
108–447, ‘‘The Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2005’’ and Public
Law 106–113, ‘‘The Consolidated
Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2000.’’
Public Law 106–113 provides ‘‘That,
hereafter, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Pan-Pacific
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Education and Communications
Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT)
Program is eligible to compete for Public
Broadcasting Facilities, Planning and
Construction funds.’’ The PEACESAT
Program was authorized under Public
Law 100–584 (102 Stat. 2970) and also
Public Law 101–555 (104 Stat. 2758) to
acquire satellite communications
services to provide educational,
medical, and cultural needs of Pacific
Basin communities. The PEACESAT
Program has been operational since
1971 and has received funding from
NTIA for support of the project since
1988.
Public Law 108–447 appropriated
$19.8 million for this account to be
awarded for Public Telecommunications
Facilities Program (PTFP) grants and for
PEACESAT Program grants. A
solicitation notice for the PTFP Program
was published in the Federal Register
on January 26, 2005. Applications
submitted in response to this
solicitation for PEACESAT applications
are not subject to the requirements of
the January 26, 2005 Notice and are
exempt from the PTFP regulations at 15
CFR part 2301.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance: N/A.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants will include any
for-profit or non-profit organization,
public or private entity, other than an
agency or division of the Federal
government. Individuals are not eligible
to apply for the PEACESAT Program
funds.
Evaluation and Selection Process
Each eligible application is evaluated
by three outside reviewers who have
demonstrated expertise in the
programmatic and technological aspects
of the application. The reviewers will
evaluate applications according to the
criteria in the following section and
provide individual written ratings of
each application.
State Single Point of Contact (SPOC)
offices, per Executive Order 12372, may
provide recommendations on
applications under consideration.
PTFP places a summary of
applications received on the Internet.
Listing an application merely
acknowledges receipt of an application
to compete for funding with other
applications. Listing does not preclude
subsequent return of the application or
disapproval of the application, nor does
it assure that the application will be
funded. The listing will also include a
request for comments on the
applications from any interested party.
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The reviewer’s ratings are provided to
the PTFP staff and a rank order is
prepared according to score. The PTFP
program staff prepares summary
recommendations for the Director of the
Public Broadcasting Division. These
recommendations incorporate the
outside reviewers’ ratings and
incorporate analysis based on the degree
to which a proposed project meets the
PEACESAT Program purposes and cost
eligibility. Staff recommendations also
consider (1) project impact, (2) the cost/
benefit of a project, and (3) whether the
reviewers consistently applied the
evaluation criteria. The analysis by
program staff is provided to the Director
of the Public Broadcasting Division in
writing.
The Director considers the summary
recommendations prepared by program
staff in accord with the funding
priorities and selection factors
referenced in the next section and
recommends the funding order of the
applications for the PTFP and
PEACESAT Programs in three
categories: ‘‘Recommended for
Funding,’’ ‘‘Recommended for Funding
If Funds Are Available,’’ and ‘‘Not
Recommended for Funding.’’ The
Director presents recommendations to
the Associate Administrator, Office of
Telecommunications and Information
Applications (OTIA), for review and
approval.
Upon review and approval based on
the funding priorities and selection
factors referenced in the next section by
the Associate Administrator of the
Office of Telecommunications and
Information Applications (OTIA), the
Associate Administrator’s and the
Director’s recommendations are
presented to the Selecting Official, the
Assistant Secretary for Communications
and Information, who is the NTIA
Administrator. The NTIA Administrator
selects the applications to be negotiated
for possible grant award, taking into
consideration the outside reviewers’
ratings, the Director’s recommendations,
and the degree to which the slate of
applications, taken as a whole, satisfies
the PTFP and PEACESAT Programs’
stated purposes.
The selected applications are
negotiated between NTIA staff and the
applicant. The negotiations are intended
to resolve whatever differences might
exist between the applicant’s original
request and what NTIA is considering
funding. Negotiation does not ensure
that an award will be made. When the
negotiations are completed, the Director
recommends final selections to the
NTIA Administrator, applying the same
selection factors described above. The
Administrator then makes the final
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award selections from the negotiated
applications taking into consideration
the Director’s recommendations and the
degree to which the slate of
applications, taken as a whole, satisfies
the stated purposes for the PTFP
Program in 15 CFR 2301.1(a) and (c) and
for the PEACESAT Program.
Funding Priorities and Selection
Factors
The selection factors retained by the
Director, OTIA Associate Administrator,
and the Assistant Secretary for
Communications and Information for
the PTFP Program are described in 15
CFR 2301.18. These selection factors are
also used, as applicable, for selection of
applications for funding for the
PEACESAT Program.
Evaluation Criteria
Each eligible application that is
timely received, is materially complete,
and proposes an eligible project will be
considered under the evaluation criteria
described here. The first three criteria—
1. Meeting the Purposes of the
PEACESAT Program, 2. Extent of Need
for the Project, and 3. Plan of Operation
for the Project—are each worth 25
points. Criterion 4, Budget and Cost
Effectiveness, is worth 20 points.
Criterion 5, Quality of Key Personnel, is
worth 5 points.
Criterion 1. Meeting the Purposes of
the PEACESAT Program, including (i)
how well the proposal meets the
objectives of the PEACESAT Program
and (ii) how the objectives of the
proposal further the purposes of the
PEACESAT Program.
Criterion 2. Extent of Need for the
Project. The extent to which the project
meets the needs of the PEACESAT
Program, including consideration of: (i)
the needs addressed by the project; (ii)
how the applicant identifies those
needs; (iii) how those needs will be met
by the project; and (iv) the benefits to be
gained by meeting those needs.
Criterion 3. Plan of Operation for the
Project, including (i) the quality of the
design of the project; (ii) the extent to
which the plan of management is
effective and ensures proper and
efficient administration of the project;
(iii) how well the objectives of the
project relate to the purposes of the
PEACESAT Program; (iv) the quality of
the applicant’s plan to use its resources
and personnel to achieve each objective;
and (v) how the applicant will ensure
that project participants who are
otherwise eligible to participate are
selected without regard to race, color,
national origin, gender, age, or
handicapped condition.
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Criterion 4. Budget and Cost
Effectiveness. The extent to which (i)
the budget is adequate to support the
project; and (ii) costs are reasonable in
relation to the objectives of the project.
Criterion 5. Quality of Key Personnel
the applicant plans to use on the
project, including (i) the qualifications
of the project director if one is to be
used; (ii) the qualifications of each of
the other key personnel to be used in
the project; (iii) the time that each
person will commit to the project; and
(iv) how the applicant, as part of its
nondiscriminatory employment
practices, will ensure that its personnel
are selected for employment without
regard to race, color, national origin,
gender, age, or handicapped condition.
In this section, ‘‘qualifications’’ refers to
experience and training in fields related
to the objectives of the project, and any
other qualifications that pertain to the
quality of the project.
Cost Sharing Requirements
Grant recipients under this program
will not be required to provide matching
funds toward the total project cost.
The costs allowable under this Notice
are not subject to the limitation on costs
contained in the January 26, 2005
Notice regarding the PTFP Program
Intergovernmental Review
PEACESAT applications are subject to
Executive Order 12372,
‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs,’’ if the state in which the
applicant organization is located
participates in the process. Usually
submission to the State Single Point of
Contact (SPOC) needs to be only the
first two pages of the Application Form,
but applicants should contact their own
SPOC offices to find out about and
comply with its requirements. The
names and addresses of the SPOC
offices are listed on the PTFP Web site
and at the Office of Management and
Budget’s home page at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/
spoc.html.
Universal Identifier
All applicants (nonprofit, State, local
government, universities, and tribal
organizations) will be required to
provide a Dun and Bradstreet Data
Universal Numbering System (DUNS)
number during the application process.
See the October 30, 2002 (67 FR 66177)
and April 8, 2003 (68 FR 17000) Federal
Register notices for additional
information. Organizations can receive a
DUNS number at no cost by calling the
dedicated toll-free DUNS Number
request line 1–866–705–5711 or via the
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Internet (https://
www.dunandbradstreet.com).
The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements
The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification of Requirements for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements
contained in the Federal Register notice
of December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78389) is
applicable to this solicitation.
Limitation of Liability
In no event will the Department of
Commerce be responsible for proposal
preparation costs if this program fails to
receive funding or is cancelled because
of other agency priorities. Publication of
this announcement does not oblige the
agency to award any specific project or
to obligate any available funds.
Paperwork Reduction Act
Notwithstanding any other provision
of the law, no person is required to
respond to, nor shall any person be
subject to a penalty for failure to comply
with, a collection of information subject
to the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA), unless that
collection displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. The PTFP
application form has been approved
under OMB Control No. 0660–0003.
Executive Order 13132
It has been determined that this notice
does not contain policies with
federalism implications as that term is
defined in Executive Order 13132.
Administrative Procedure Act/
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Prior notice and opportunity for
public comment are not required by the
Administrative Procedure Act or any
other law for rules concerning grants,
benefits, and contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)).
Because notice and opportunity for
comment are not required pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 553 or any other law, the
analytical requirements of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601
et seq.) are inapplicable. Therefore, a
regulatory flexibility analysis has not
been prepared.
Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera,
Associate Administrator, Office of
Telecommunications and Information
Applications.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Request for Public Comments on
Commercial Availability Petition under
the United States - Caribbean Basin
Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
March 31, 2005.
[Editor’s Note: The following
document was filed for public
inspection on March 31, 2005, but due
to an inadvertent error was not
published in the Federal Register issue
of April 4, 2005.]
AGENCY: The Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA)
ACTION: Request for public comments
concerning a petition for a
determination that certain coat weight
fabrics of 100 percent carded camelhair,
100 percent carded cashmere, or a blend
of carded cashmere and wool fibers
cannot be supplied by the domestic
industry in commercial quantities in a
timely manner under the CBTPA.
SUMMARY: On March 30, 2005, the
Chairman of CITA received a petition
from Neville Peterson, LLP, on behalf of
S. Rothschild & Co., Inc. of New York,
New York, alleging that certain coat
weight fabrics of 100 percent carded
camelhair, 100 percent carded
cashmere, or a blend of carded cashmere
and wool fibers, of the specifications
detailed below, classified in subheading
5111.19.6020 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS),
cannot be supplied by the domestic
industry in commercial quantities in a
timely manner. The petition requests
that outerwear articles of such fabrics
assembled in one or more CBTPA
beneficiary countries be eligible for
preferential treatment under the CBTPA.
CITA hereby solicits public comments
on this petition, in particular with
regard to whether these fabrics can be
supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner. Comments must be submitted
by April 27, 2005 to the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of
Textile Agreements, Room 3001, United
States Department of Commerce, 14th
and Constitution, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janet E. Heinzen, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482-3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 213(b)(2)(A)(v)(II) of the
CBERA, as added by Section 211(a) of the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
[Docket No. 001215353-5080-05]
Pan-Pacific Education and Communications Experiments by Satellite
(PEACESAT): Closing Date
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2005, the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S.
Department of Commerce, announces the solicitation of applications for
a grant for the Pan-Pacific Education and Communications Experiments by
Satellite (PEACESAT) Program. Projects funded pursuant to this Notice
are intended to support the PEACESAT Program's acquisition of satellite
communications to service Pacific Basin communities and to manage the
operations of this network. Applications for the PEACESAT Program grant
will compete for funds from the Public Broadcasting, Facilities,
Planning and Construction Funds account.
DATES: Applications must be received on or before 5 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Saving Time, May 12, 2005. Applications submitted by facsimile
or electronic means are not acceptable. If an application is received
after the Closing Date due to (1) carrier error, when the carrier
accepted the package with a guarantee for delivery by the Closing Date
and Time, or (2) significant weather delays or natural disasters, NTIA
will, upon receipt of proper documentation, consider the application as
having been received by the deadline. NTIA will not accept applications
posted on the Closing Date or later and received after the deadline.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a printed application package, submit completed
applications, or send any other correspondence, write to: NTIA/PTFP,
Room H-4625, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Cooperman, Director, Public
Broadcasting Division, telephone: (202) 482-5802; fax: (202) 482-2156.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
The full funding opportunity announcement for the PEACESAT Fiscal
Year (FY) 2005 grant cycle is available through https://www.Grants.gov
or by contacting the PTFP office at the address noted above.
Application materials may be obtained electronically via the Internet
(https://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/peacesat.html).
Funding Availability
The Congress has appropriated $19.8 million for FY 2005 Public
Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) and PEACESAT awards. Of
this amount, NTIA anticipates making a single award for approximately
$500,000 for the PEACESAT Program in FY 2005. For FY 2004, NTIA issued
one award for the PEACESAT project in the amount of $493,130.
Statutory and Regulatory Authority
Funding for the PEACESAT Program is provided pursuant to Public Law
108-447, ``The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005'' and Public Law
106-113, ``The Consolidated Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2000.''
Public Law 106-113 provides ``That, hereafter, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Pan-Pacific
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Education and Communications Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT)
Program is eligible to compete for Public Broadcasting Facilities,
Planning and Construction funds.'' The PEACESAT Program was authorized
under Public Law 100-584 (102 Stat. 2970) and also Public Law 101-555
(104 Stat. 2758) to acquire satellite communications services to
provide educational, medical, and cultural needs of Pacific Basin
communities. The PEACESAT Program has been operational since 1971 and
has received funding from NTIA for support of the project since 1988.
Public Law 108-447 appropriated $19.8 million for this account to
be awarded for Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP)
grants and for PEACESAT Program grants. A solicitation notice for the
PTFP Program was published in the Federal Register on January 26, 2005.
Applications submitted in response to this solicitation for PEACESAT
applications are not subject to the requirements of the January 26,
2005 Notice and are exempt from the PTFP regulations at 15 CFR part
2301.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: N/A.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants will include any for-profit or non-profit
organization, public or private entity, other than an agency or
division of the Federal government. Individuals are not eligible to
apply for the PEACESAT Program funds.
Evaluation and Selection Process
Each eligible application is evaluated by three outside reviewers
who have demonstrated expertise in the programmatic and technological
aspects of the application. The reviewers will evaluate applications
according to the criteria in the following section and provide
individual written ratings of each application.
State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) offices, per Executive Order
12372, may provide recommendations on applications under consideration.
PTFP places a summary of applications received on the Internet.
Listing an application merely acknowledges receipt of an application to
compete for funding with other applications. Listing does not preclude
subsequent return of the application or disapproval of the application,
nor does it assure that the application will be funded. The listing
will also include a request for comments on the applications from any
interested party.
The reviewer's ratings are provided to the PTFP staff and a rank
order is prepared according to score. The PTFP program staff prepares
summary recommendations for the Director of the Public Broadcasting
Division. These recommendations incorporate the outside reviewers'
ratings and incorporate analysis based on the degree to which a
proposed project meets the PEACESAT Program purposes and cost
eligibility. Staff recommendations also consider (1) project impact,
(2) the cost/benefit of a project, and (3) whether the reviewers
consistently applied the evaluation criteria. The analysis by program
staff is provided to the Director of the Public Broadcasting Division
in writing.
The Director considers the summary recommendations prepared by
program staff in accord with the funding priorities and selection
factors referenced in the next section and recommends the funding order
of the applications for the PTFP and PEACESAT Programs in three
categories: ``Recommended for Funding,'' ``Recommended for Funding If
Funds Are Available,'' and ``Not Recommended for Funding.'' The
Director presents recommendations to the Associate Administrator,
Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications (OTIA), for
review and approval.
Upon review and approval based on the funding priorities and
selection factors referenced in the next section by the Associate
Administrator of the Office of Telecommunications and Information
Applications (OTIA), the Associate Administrator's and the Director's
recommendations are presented to the Selecting Official, the Assistant
Secretary for Communications and Information, who is the NTIA
Administrator. The NTIA Administrator selects the applications to be
negotiated for possible grant award, taking into consideration the
outside reviewers' ratings, the Director's recommendations, and the
degree to which the slate of applications, taken as a whole, satisfies
the PTFP and PEACESAT Programs' stated purposes.
The selected applications are negotiated between NTIA staff and the
applicant. The negotiations are intended to resolve whatever
differences might exist between the applicant's original request and
what NTIA is considering funding. Negotiation does not ensure that an
award will be made. When the negotiations are completed, the Director
recommends final selections to the NTIA Administrator, applying the
same selection factors described above. The Administrator then makes
the final award selections from the negotiated applications taking into
consideration the Director's recommendations and the degree to which
the slate of applications, taken as a whole, satisfies the stated
purposes for the PTFP Program in 15 CFR 2301.1(a) and (c) and for the
PEACESAT Program.
Funding Priorities and Selection Factors
The selection factors retained by the Director, OTIA Associate
Administrator, and the Assistant Secretary for Communications and
Information for the PTFP Program are described in 15 CFR 2301.18. These
selection factors are also used, as applicable, for selection of
applications for funding for the PEACESAT Program.
Evaluation Criteria
Each eligible application that is timely received, is materially
complete, and proposes an eligible project will be considered under the
evaluation criteria described here. The first three criteria--1.
Meeting the Purposes of the PEACESAT Program, 2. Extent of Need for the
Project, and 3. Plan of Operation for the Project--are each worth 25
points. Criterion 4, Budget and Cost Effectiveness, is worth 20 points.
Criterion 5, Quality of Key Personnel, is worth 5 points.
Criterion 1. Meeting the Purposes of the PEACESAT Program,
including (i) how well the proposal meets the objectives of the
PEACESAT Program and (ii) how the objectives of the proposal further
the purposes of the PEACESAT Program.
Criterion 2. Extent of Need for the Project. The extent to which
the project meets the needs of the PEACESAT Program, including
consideration of: (i) the needs addressed by the project; (ii) how the
applicant identifies those needs; (iii) how those needs will be met by
the project; and (iv) the benefits to be gained by meeting those needs.
Criterion 3. Plan of Operation for the Project, including (i) the
quality of the design of the project; (ii) the extent to which the plan
of management is effective and ensures proper and efficient
administration of the project; (iii) how well the objectives of the
project relate to the purposes of the PEACESAT Program; (iv) the
quality of the applicant's plan to use its resources and personnel to
achieve each objective; and (v) how the applicant will ensure that
project participants who are otherwise eligible to participate are
selected without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age,
or handicapped condition.
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Criterion 4. Budget and Cost Effectiveness. The extent to which (i)
the budget is adequate to support the project; and (ii) costs are
reasonable in relation to the objectives of the project.
Criterion 5. Quality of Key Personnel the applicant plans to use on
the project, including (i) the qualifications of the project director
if one is to be used; (ii) the qualifications of each of the other key
personnel to be used in the project; (iii) the time that each person
will commit to the project; and (iv) how the applicant, as part of its
nondiscriminatory employment practices, will ensure that its personnel
are selected for employment without regard to race, color, national
origin, gender, age, or handicapped condition. In this section,
``qualifications'' refers to experience and training in fields related
to the objectives of the project, and any other qualifications that
pertain to the quality of the project.
Cost Sharing Requirements
Grant recipients under this program will not be required to provide
matching funds toward the total project cost.
The costs allowable under this Notice are not subject to the
limitation on costs contained in the January 26, 2005 Notice regarding
the PTFP Program
Intergovernmental Review
PEACESAT applications are subject to Executive Order 12372,
``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs,'' if the state in which
the applicant organization is located participates in the process.
Usually submission to the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) needs to
be only the first two pages of the Application Form, but applicants
should contact their own SPOC offices to find out about and comply with
its requirements. The names and addresses of the SPOC offices are
listed on the PTFP Web site and at the Office of Management and
Budget's home page at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
Universal Identifier
All applicants (nonprofit, State, local government, universities,
and tribal organizations) will be required to provide a Dun and
Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number during the
application process. See the October 30, 2002 (67 FR 66177) and April
8, 2003 (68 FR 17000) Federal Register notices for additional
information. Organizations can receive a DUNS number at no cost by
calling the dedicated toll-free DUNS Number request line 1-866-705-5711
or via the Internet (https://www.dunandbradstreet.com).
The Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements
The Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification of Requirements
for Grants and Cooperative Agreements contained in the Federal Register
notice of December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78389) is applicable to this
solicitation.
Limitation of Liability
In no event will the Department of Commerce be responsible for
proposal preparation costs if this program fails to receive funding or
is cancelled because of other agency priorities. Publication of this
announcement does not oblige the agency to award any specific project
or to obligate any available funds.
Paperwork Reduction Act
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty
for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), unless that
collection displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. The PTFP application form has been approved under
OMB Control No. 0660-0003.
Executive Order 13132
It has been determined that this notice does not contain policies
with federalism implications as that term is defined in Executive Order
13132.
Administrative Procedure Act/Regulatory Flexibility Act
Prior notice and opportunity for public comment are not required by
the Administrative Procedure Act or any other law for rules concerning
grants, benefits, and contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)). Because notice and
opportunity for comment are not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or
any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are inapplicable. Therefore, a
regulatory flexibility analysis has not been prepared.
Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera,
Associate Administrator, Office of Telecommunications and Information
Applications.
[FR Doc. 05-7306 Filed 4-11-05; 8:45 am]
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