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double-spaced and reference the NIC
Application Number and Title provided
in this announcement.
If you are hand delivering or
submitting via Fed-Ex, please include
an original and three copies of your full
proposal (program and budget narrative,
application forms, assurances, and
curricula). Curricula may be submitted
in hard copy or on disk in Word or
WordPerfect format. The original should
have the applicant’s signature in blue
ink. Electronic submissions will only be
accepted via https://www.grants.gov.
The narrative portion of the
application should include, at a
minimum: brief paragraph indicating
the applicant’s understanding of the
project’s purpose; brief paragraph that
summarizes the project goals and
objectives; clear description of the
methodology that will be used to
complete the project and achieve its
goals; statement or chart of measurable
project milestones and time lines for the
completion of each milestone;
description of the qualifications of the
applicant organization and a resume for
the principle and each staff member
assigned to the project that documents
relevant knowledge, skills and ability to
carry out the project; budget that details
all costs for the project, shows
consideration for all contingencies for
this project, and notes a commitment to
work within the proposed budget; two
curricula developed by the applicant or
primary project-team members.
The curricula must include lesson
plans, presentation slides, and a
participant manual. The application
must also include a description of the
role of the applicant or project-team
member in the development of the
sample curricula. The curricula
submitted DO NOT have to be related to
direct supervision.
Authority: Public Law 93–415.
Funds Available: NIC is seeking
applicants’ best ideas regarding
accomplishments of the scope of work
and the related costs for achieving the
goals of this solicitation. Funds may
only be used for the activities that are
linked to the desired outcome of the
project.
Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible
applicant is any State or general unit of
local government, private agency,
educational institution, organization,
individual or team with expertise in the
described areas. Applicants must have
demonstrated ability to implement a
project of this size and scope.
Review Considerations: Applications
will be reviewed by a team of three to
five persons. Evaluation will be based
on criteria such as: clarity of applicant’s
understanding of project requirements;
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background, experience, and expertise
of the proposed project staff, including
subcontractors; specific level of
experience with, and expertise on jails
generally, and direct supervision jails in
particular; experience with curriculum
design based on Instructional Theory
into Practice (ITIP); experience in
designing, managing, facilitating, or
delivering training on direct supervision
to jail practitioners who are moving
from a traditional jail to a direct
supervision jail; clarity of the
description of all project elements and
tasks; technical soundness of project
design and methodology; financial and
administrative integrity of the proposal,
including adherence to Federal financial
guidelines and processes; sufficiently
detailed budget that shows
consideration of all contingencies for
this project and a commitment to work
within the budget proposal; indication
of availability to meet with NIC staff at
various points during the project; and
design and quality of sample curricula.
Note: NIC will NOT award a cooperative
agreement to an applicant who does not have
a Dun and Bradstreet Database Universal
Number (DUNS) and is not registered in the
Central Contractor Registry (CCR).
Applicants can receive a DUNS
number at no cost by calling the
dedicated toll-free DUNS number
request line at 1–800–333–0505 (if you
are a sole proprietor, dial 1–866–705–
5711 and select option 1).
Applicants may register in the CCR
online at the CCR Web site: https://
www.ccr.gov. A CCR handbook and
worksheet can also be reviewed at the
Web site.
Number of Awards: One.
Applicant’s Conference: An
applicant’s conference will be held on
Friday, April 3, 2009 from 1 p.m.–3 p.m.
(EDT) at the NIC office, 500 1st Street,
NW., 7th Floor, Washington, DC. The
Conference will give applicants the
opportunity to meet with NIC project
staff to ask questions about the project
and the application procedures.
Attendance at the conference is
optional, and those who will be unable
to attend in person may request a
telephone conference instead. In
addition, if you have access to a
computer, provisions can be made to
conduct a WebEx session. Applicants
who plan to attend or who would like
to participate via telephone or WebEx
should call Robbye Braxton-Mintz, NIC
Jails Division, Correctional Program
Specialist, at 1–800–995–6423 ext. 4–
4562 by 4:30 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday
April 1, 2009 to confirm attendance and
receive further instructions.
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NIC Opportunity Number: 09J69. This
number should appear as a reference
line in the cover letter, in box 12 of
Standard Form 424 (where it asks for
Funding Opportunity Number), and
outside of the envelope in which the
application is sent.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Number: 16.601.
Executive Order 12372: This project is
not subject to the provision of Executive
Order 12372.
Thomas J. Beauclair,
Deputy Director, National Institute of
Corrections.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
March 16, 2009.
The Department of Labor (DOL)
hereby announces the submission of the
following public information collection
requests (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
A copy of each ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation; including,
among other things, a description of the
likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov
Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain or by contacting
Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is
not a toll-free number)/e-mail:
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone:
202–395–7316/Fax: 202–395–6974
(these are not toll-free numbers), E-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within
30 days from the date of this publication
in the Federal Register. In order to
ensure the appropriate consideration,
comments should reference the OMB
Control Number (see below).
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
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whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Agency: Occupational Safety and
Health Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a previously approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Blasting
Operations and the Use of Explosives
(29 CFR part 1926, Subpart U).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0217.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
160.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,294.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden
(does not include wage/hour costs):
$800,000.
Description: The information
collection requirements provide
protection to employees who work with
and around blasting operations. In
addition, inventories of explosives must
be maintained to assure employer and
blaster accountability for explosives. For
additional information, see the related
60-day preclearance notice published in
the Federal Register at Vol. 73 FR 74525
on December 8, 2008. PRA
documentation prepared in association
with the preclearance notice is available
on https://www.regulations.gov under
docket number OSHA–2008–0045.
Agency: Occupational Safety and
Health Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a previously approved
collection.
Title of Collection: OSHA Strategic
Partnership for Worker Safety and
Health Program (OSPP).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0244.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
24,272.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 361,416.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden
(does not include wage/hour costs): $0.
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Description: The OSPP allows OSHA
to enter into an extended, voluntary,
cooperative relationship with groups of
employers, employees, and
representatives to encourage, assist and
recognize their efforts to eliminate
serious hazards and to achieve a high
level of employee safety and health that
goes beyond what historically has been
achieved through traditional
enforcement methods. Each OSHA
Strategic Partnership (OSP) determines
which information will be needed,
selects the best collection method, and
specifies how the information will be
used. At a minimum each OSP must
identify baseline illness and injury data
corresponding to all summary line items
on the OSHA 300 logs, and must track
changes at either the worksite level or
participant-aggregate level. For
additional information, see the related
60-day preclearance notice published in
the Federal Register at Vol. 73 FR 67546
on November 14, 2008. PRA
documentation prepared in association
with the preclearance notice is available
on https://www.regulations.gov under
docket number OSHA–2008–0041.
Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
Publication of Model Notices for Health
Care Continuation Coverage Provided
Pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
and Other Health Care Continuation
Coverage, as Required by the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009, Notice
Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of the Availability of the
Model Health Care Continuation
Coverage Notices Required by ARRA.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On February 17, 2009,
President Obama signed the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–5). ARRA includes
a requirement that the Secretary of
Labor (the Secretary), in consultation
with the Secretaries of the Treasury and
Health and Human Services, develop
model notices. These models are for use
by group health plans and other entities
that, pursuant to ARRA, must provide
notices of the availability of premium
reductions and additional election
periods for health care continuation
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coverage. This document announces the
availability of the model health care
continuation coverage notices required
by ARRA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Horahan or Amy Turner, Office of
Health Plan Standards and Compliance
Assistance, Employee Benefits Security
Administration, (202) 693–8335. This is
not a toll-free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA)
created the health care continuation
coverage provisions of title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Internal
Revenue Code (Code), and the Public
Health Service Act (PHS Act). These
provisions are commonly referred to as
the COBRA continuation provisions,
and the continuation coverage that they
mandate is commonly referred to as
COBRA continuation coverage. Group
health plans subject to the COBRA
continuation provisions are subject to
ARRA’s premium reduction provisions,
notice requirements, and an additional
election period. The COBRA
continuation coverage provisions do not
apply to group health plans sponsored
by employers with fewer than 20
employees. Many States require health
insurance issuers who provide group
health insurance coverage to plans not
subject to the COBRA continuation
provisions to provide comparable
continuation coverage. Such
continuation coverage provided
pursuant to State law is also subject to
ARRA’s premium reduction provisions
and notice requirements but not the
additional election period.
II. Description of the Model Notices
a. In General
ARRA mandates the provision of
three notices—a ‘‘General Notice,’’ an
‘‘Alternative Notice,’’ and a ‘‘Notice in
Connection with Extended Election
Periods.’’ Each of these notices must
include: a prominent description of the
availability of the premium reduction
including any conditions on the
entitlement; a model form to request
treatment as an ‘‘Assistance Eligible
Individual’’;1 the name, address, and
telephone number of the plan
administrator (and any other person
1 In general, an ‘‘Assistance Eligible Individual’’
is an individual who is eligible for COBRA
continuation coverage as a result of an involuntary
termination of employment at any time from
September 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009; and
who elects COBRA coverage (when first offered or
during the additional election period).
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6033]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
March 16, 2009.
The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission of
the following public information collection requests (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44
U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of each ICR, with applicable supporting
documentation; including, among other things, a description of the
likely respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total
burden may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Darrin King on 202-
693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number)/e-mail: DOL_PRA_
PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone:
202-395-7316/Fax: 202-395-6974 (these are not toll-free numbers), E-
mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 30 days from the date of this
publication in the Federal Register. In order to ensure the appropriate
consideration, comments should reference the OMB Control Number (see
below).
The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including
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whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a previously approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Blasting Operations and the Use of Explosives
(29 CFR part 1926, Subpart U).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0217.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 160.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,294.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden (does not include wage/hour
costs): $800,000.
Description: The information collection requirements provide
protection to employees who work with and around blasting operations.
In addition, inventories of explosives must be maintained to assure
employer and blaster accountability for explosives. For additional
information, see the related 60-day preclearance notice published in
the Federal Register at Vol. 73 FR 74525 on December 8, 2008. PRA
documentation prepared in association with the preclearance notice is
available on https://www.regulations.gov under docket number OSHA-2008-
0045.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a previously approved
collection.
Title of Collection: OSHA Strategic Partnership for Worker Safety
and Health Program (OSPP).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0244.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,272.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 361,416.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden (does not include wage/hour
costs): $0.
Description: The OSPP allows OSHA to enter into an extended,
voluntary, cooperative relationship with groups of employers,
employees, and representatives to encourage, assist and recognize their
efforts to eliminate serious hazards and to achieve a high level of
employee safety and health that goes beyond what historically has been
achieved through traditional enforcement methods. Each OSHA Strategic
Partnership (OSP) determines which information will be needed, selects
the best collection method, and specifies how the information will be
used. At a minimum each OSP must identify baseline illness and injury
data corresponding to all summary line items on the OSHA 300 logs, and
must track changes at either the worksite level or participant-
aggregate level. For additional information, see the related 60-day
preclearance notice published in the Federal Register at Vol. 73 FR
67546 on November 14, 2008. PRA documentation prepared in association
with the preclearance notice is available on https://www.regulations.gov
under docket number OSHA-2008-0041.
Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-6033 Filed 3-19-09; 8:45 am]
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