Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Notice of Funding Availability Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs; Submission Deadline Date Grace Period Announcement, 30134-30136 [05-10556]

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[FR Doc. 05–10456 Filed 5–24–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–10–M DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–4950–N–1B] Notice of HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Notice of Funding Availability Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary Grant Programs; Submission Deadline Date Grace Period Announcement Office of the Secretary, HUD. Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD Discretionary Grant Programs; submission deadline date grace period announcement. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: On March 21, 2005, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD’s VerDate jul<14>2003 17:52 May 24, 2005 Jkt 205001 Discretionary Grant Programs. This document announces a grace period for applicants submitting electronic applications through Grants.gov for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program, the Early Doctoral Student Research Grant Program, the Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program, the Community Development Work Study Program, the Fair Housing Initiative Programs, the Healthy Homes Technical Studies Program, the Lead Technical Studies Program, the Operation Lead Elimination Action Program, the Housing Choice Voucher Family SelfSufficiency (FSS) Program Coordinators Program, the Homeownership Supportive Services Program, the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program, and the Housing for People who are Homeless and Addicted to Alcohol Program. DATES: The deadline date grace periods for submission of applications for the programs affected by this notice are listed in the chart in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Dorf, Director, Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 2156, Washington, DC 20410–7000; telephone 202–708–0667 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with speech or hearing impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 800–877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), HUD published its Notice of HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding Availability Policy Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary Grant Programs PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (SuperNOFA). The application submission dates for all Program NOFAs were listed in the SuperNOFA. On May 11, 2005 (70 FR 24835), HUD published a Notice to the SuperNOFA, providing additional clarification on the utilization of HUD forms. On May 18, 2005 (70 FR 28553), HUD published a technical correction to the SuperNOFA extending due dates and providing instruction corrections for a number of programs published as part of the SuperNOFA. On Tuesday, May 17, 2005, the Grants.gov website was the target of a ‘‘denial of service attack.’’ Over the next 35 hours that the attack was underway, Grants.gov experienced a significant degradation in performance. The processing capacity degraded by this attack, coupled with a high volume of application submissions, rendered the Grants.gov website almost inaccessible during certain times between Tuesday, May 17, 2005 and Thursday, May 19, 2005. Information regarding the attack can be obtained at https://www.cert.org/ tech_tips/denial_of_service.html#1. HUD understands that eligible NOFA applicants submitting electronic submissions between Tuesday, May 17, 2005 and Thursday, May 19, 2005 may have had difficulty submitting their applications. Therefore, in order to give all NOFA applicants affected by the technical problem sufficient time to submit completed applications, this Notice published in today’s Federal Register provides a grace period and extended deadline date for those affected NOFA competitions. The grace periods and extended electronic submission deadline date for the affected NOFA competitions are as follows: BILLING CODE 4210–01–P E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM 25MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 25, 2005 / Notices 30135 VerDate jul<14>2003 17:57 May 24, 2005 Jkt 205001 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM 25MYN1 EN25MY05.044</GPH> BILLING CODE 4210–01–C 30136 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 25, 2005 / Notices Applicability of SuperNOFA General Section Requirements to Affected Programs The complete NOFA competition descriptions, application submission information, and application review information for each of these affected competitions were published in HUD’s SuperNOFA published on March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575) as clarified by HUD’s Notice of Additional Guidance to Applicants published May 11, 2005 (70 FR 24835) and HUD’s Notice of Technical Corrections published May 18, 2005 (70 FR 28553). With the exception of the specific grace period deadline date extensions listed in the Notice published in today’s Federal Register, all requirements published in the SuperNOFA and its technical correction are applicable to applicants submitting applications within the grace periods listed herein. All other Program submission dates remain unchanged. HUD will be publishing separate Notices in the Federal Register for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program, the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program, and the Assisted Living Conversion Program applicants. Publication of Change to Instructions on Grants.gov HUD will place this Notice and all Notices impacting programs placed on Grants.gov/Find and Apply in the download instructions to the electronic application file found on Grants.gov. This Notice does not change the application download portion of the application package. Frequently Asked Questions As a service to our customers to assist them in going through the electronic application process, HUD has published Frequently Asked Questions on our Web site at https://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/ grants/fundavail.cfm. The Frequently Asked Questions can be found under Helpful Tools. Submission Instructions If you have already submitted an application, you do not need to resubmit another application. However, if you choose to make any changes to an application that has already been submitted, you must resubmit an entirely new application. HUD will review the most recent application and disregard any earlier submitted applications. Waiver of Electronic Submission Requirement This Notice is not a basis for request of a waiver of an electronic submission. VerDate jul<14>2003 17:57 May 24, 2005 Jkt 205001 Applicants seeking a waiver of an electronic submission requirement must have followed the requirements described in the NOFA competition descriptions, application submission information, and application review information, published in HUD’s SuperNOFA on March 21, 2005. If you currently do not have a waiver, you must file your application electronically. If you obtained a waiver to the electronic submission requirements pursuant to the General Section requirements, you may resubmit a paper submission. Similarly, if you submitted an electronic application, you may resubmit it electronically during the grace periods listed herein. In either case, if you choose to make any changes to an application already submitted, you must resubmit a completely new application. For the purpose of rating and ranking, HUD will review the most recent application and disregard any earlier submitted application. Dated: May 23, 2005. Darlene F. Williams, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration. [FR Doc. 05–10556 Filed 5–24–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–4950–C–34A] Notice of HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Notice of Funding Availability Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary Grant Programs; Rural Housing and Economic Development Program NOFA; Competition Reopening Announcement Office of the Secretary, HUD. Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD Discretionary Grant Programs; Rural Housing and Economic Development Program NOFA; competition reopening announcement. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: On March 21, 2005, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary Grant Programs. The Rural Housing and Economic Development Program NOFA competition, which was included in the SuperNOFA, closed on May 17, 2005. This document announces the reopening of the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program NOFA competition. PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The new application submission date for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program is July 11, 2005. DATES: Mr. Thann Young, Community Planning and Development Specialist, or Ms. Linda L. Streets, Community Development Specialist, Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7137, Washington, DC 20410– 7000; telephone 202–708–2290 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with speech or hearing impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 800–877–8339. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), HUD published its Notice of HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), Policy Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary Grant Programs. The Rural Housing and Economic Development Program, which was included in the SuperNOFA, made approximately $23.8 million available in HUD assistance. According to the SuperNOFA, the application submission date for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program NOFA was May 17, 2005. On May 11, 2005 (70 FR 24835), HUD published a technical correction to the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program NOFA making clear that the competition’s application submission date was May 17, 2005. On May 11, 2005 (70 FR 24835), HUD also published additional guidance to the General Section, which included a link to Frequently Asked Questions, located at https://grants.gov/ ForApplicants#. Frequently asked questions can also be found on the HUD Web site at https://www.hud.gov/offices/ adm/grants/egrants/grantsgovfaqs.pdf. HUD understands that many eligible applicants may have had difficulty submitting their applications or had not completed their grants.gov registration. Therefore, in order to give all NOFA applicants sufficient time to submit completed electronic applications and complete the registration process for grants.gov electronic submission, this notice published in today’s Federal Register reopens the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program NOFA competition. The new application submission date for the Rural Housing SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM 25MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 25, 2005)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4950-N-1B]


Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Notice of Funding 
Availability Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOFA for 
HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs; Submission Deadline Date Grace 
Period Announcement

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD 
Discretionary Grant Programs; submission deadline date grace period 
announcement.

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SUMMARY: On March 21, 2005, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, 
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and General 
Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. This 
document announces a grace period for applicants submitting electronic 
applications through Grants.gov for the Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities (HBCU) Program, the Early Doctoral Student Research Grant 
Program, the Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program, the 
Community Development Work Study Program, the Fair Housing Initiative 
Programs, the Healthy Homes Technical Studies Program, the Lead 
Technical Studies Program, the Operation Lead Elimination Action 
Program, the Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) 
Program Coordinators Program, the Homeownership Supportive Services 
Program, the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) 
Program, and the Housing for People who are Homeless and Addicted to 
Alcohol Program.

DATES: The deadline date grace periods for submission of applications 
for the programs affected by this notice are listed in the chart in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Dorf, Director, Office of 
Departmental Grants Management and Oversight, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 2156, Washington, DC 
20410-7000; telephone 202-708-0667 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Persons with speech or hearing impairments may access this number via 
TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 800-
877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), HUD 
published its Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, Notice of Funding 
Availability Policy Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA 
for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs (SuperNOFA). The application 
submission dates for all Program NOFAs were listed in the SuperNOFA. On 
May 11, 2005 (70 FR 24835), HUD published a Notice to the SuperNOFA, 
providing additional clarification on the utilization of HUD forms. On 
May 18, 2005 (70 FR 28553), HUD published a technical correction to the 
SuperNOFA extending due dates and providing instruction corrections for 
a number of programs published as part of the SuperNOFA.
    On Tuesday, May 17, 2005, the Grants.gov website was the target of 
a ``denial of service attack.'' Over the next 35 hours that the attack 
was underway, Grants.gov experienced a significant degradation in 
performance. The processing capacity degraded by this attack, coupled 
with a high volume of application submissions, rendered the Grants.gov 
website almost inaccessible during certain times between Tuesday, May 
17, 2005 and Thursday, May 19, 2005. Information regarding the attack 
can be obtained at https://www.cert.org/tech_tips/denial_of_
service.html#1.
    HUD understands that eligible NOFA applicants submitting electronic 
submissions between Tuesday, May 17, 2005 and Thursday, May 19, 2005 
may have had difficulty submitting their applications. Therefore, in 
order to give all NOFA applicants affected by the technical problem 
sufficient time to submit completed applications, this Notice published 
in today's Federal Register provides a grace period and extended 
deadline date for those affected NOFA competitions. The grace periods 
and extended electronic submission deadline date for the affected NOFA 
competitions are as follows:
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Applicability of SuperNOFA General Section Requirements to Affected 
Programs

    The complete NOFA competition descriptions, application submission 
information, and application review information for each of these 
affected competitions were published in HUD's SuperNOFA published on 
March 21, 2005 (70 FR 13575) as clarified by HUD's Notice of Additional 
Guidance to Applicants published May 11, 2005 (70 FR 24835) and HUD's 
Notice of Technical Corrections published May 18, 2005 (70 FR 28553). 
With the exception of the specific grace period deadline date 
extensions listed in the Notice published in today's Federal Register, 
all requirements published in the SuperNOFA and its technical 
correction are applicable to applicants submitting applications within 
the grace periods listed herein. All other Program submission dates 
remain unchanged. HUD will be publishing separate Notices in the 
Federal Register for the Rural Housing and Economic Development 
Program, the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program, 
and the Assisted Living Conversion Program applicants.

Publication of Change to Instructions on Grants.gov

    HUD will place this Notice and all Notices impacting programs 
placed on Grants.gov/Find and Apply in the download instructions to the 
electronic application file found on Grants.gov. This Notice does not 
change the application download portion of the application package.

Frequently Asked Questions

    As a service to our customers to assist them in going through the 
electronic application process, HUD has published Frequently Asked 
Questions on our Web site at https://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/
fundavail.cfm. The Frequently Asked Questions can be found under 
Helpful Tools.

Submission Instructions

    If you have already submitted an application, you do not need to 
resubmit another application. However, if you choose to make any 
changes to an application that has already been submitted, you must 
resubmit an entirely new application. HUD will review the most recent 
application and disregard any earlier submitted applications.

Waiver of Electronic Submission Requirement

    This Notice is not a basis for request of a waiver of an electronic 
submission. Applicants seeking a waiver of an electronic submission 
requirement must have followed the requirements described in the NOFA 
competition descriptions, application submission information, and 
application review information, published in HUD's SuperNOFA on March 
21, 2005. If you currently do not have a waiver, you must file your 
application electronically. If you obtained a waiver to the electronic 
submission requirements pursuant to the General Section requirements, 
you may resubmit a paper submission. Similarly, if you submitted an 
electronic application, you may resubmit it electronically during the 
grace periods listed herein. In either case, if you choose to make any 
changes to an application already submitted, you must resubmit a 
completely new application. For the purpose of rating and ranking, HUD 
will review the most recent application and disregard any earlier 
submitted application.

    Dated: May 23, 2005.
Darlene F. Williams,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-10556 Filed 5-24-05; 8:45 am]
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