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the project, and notes a commitment to
work within the proposed budget.
In addition to the narrative and
attachments, the applicant must submit
two full sample curricula developed by
the primary curriculum developer
named in the application. For each
sample curriculum, the applicant must
submit lesson plans, presentation slides,
and a participant manual.
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Authority: Public Law 93–415.
Funds Available: NIC is seeking the
applicant’s best ideas regarding
accomplishment of the scope of work
and the related costs for achieving the
goals of this solicitation. Funds may be
used only for the activities that are
linked to the desired outcome of the
project. The funding amount should not
exceed $500,000.
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 subject to the NIC Review
Process. The criteria for the evaluation
of each application will be as follows:
Project Design and Management: Is
there a clear understanding of the
purpose of the project and the nature
and scope of project activities? Does the
applicant give a clear and complete
description of all work to be performed
for this project? Does the applicant
clearly describe a work plan, including
objectives, tasks, and milestones
necessary to project completion? Are the
objectives, tasks, and milestones
realistic and will they achieve the
project as described in NIC’s solicitation
for this cooperative agreement? Are the
roles and the time required of project
staff clearly defined? Is the applicant
willing to meet with NIC staff, at a
minimum, as specified in the
solicitation for this cooperative
agreement?
Applicant Organization and Project
Staff Background: Is there a description
of the background and expertise of all
project personnel as they relate to this
project? Is the applicant capable of
managing this project? Does the
applicant have an established reputation
or skill that makes the applicant
particularly well qualified for the
project? Do primary project personnel,
individually or collectively, have indepth knowledge of the purpose,
functions, and operational complexities
of local jails? Do the primary project
personnel, individually or collectively,
have expertise and experience specified
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in the ‘‘Summary’’ section of this
Request for Proposal? Does the staffing
plan propose sufficient and realistic
time commitments from key personnel?
Are there written commitments from
proposed staff that they will be available
to work on the project as described in
the application?
Budget: Does the application provide
adequate cost detail to support the
proposed budget? Are potential budget
contingencies included? Does the
application include a chart that aligns
the budget with project activities along
a timeline with, at a minimum,
quarterly benchmarks? In terms of
program value, is the estimated cost
reasonable in relation to work
performed and project products?
Sample Curricula: Do the sample
curricula include all components
specified in the RFP (lesson plans,
presentation slides, and participant
manual)? Are the lesson plans designed
according to the ITIP model? Does each
lesson plan have performance objectives
that describe what the participants will
accomplish during the module? Are the
lesson plans detailed, clear, and well
written (spelling, grammar,
punctuation)? Is the participant manual
clear, and does it follow the lesson
plans? Do the presentation slides
effectively illustrate information in the
lesson plans? Do the presentation slides
have a professional appearance, and can
they be easily read from a distance of 30
to 40 feet?
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 obtain a DUNS number at no cost by
called the dedicated toll-free DUNS number
request line at 800–333–0505. Applicants
who are sole proprietors should dial 866–
705–5711 and select option #1.
Applicants may register in the CCR online
at the CCR Web site at https://www.ccr.gov.
Applicants can also review a CCR handbook
and worksheet at this Web site.
Number of Awards: One.
NIC Opportunity Number: 11JA06.
This number should appear as a
reference line in the cover letter, where
the opportunity number is requested on
Standard Form 424, and on the outside
of the envelope in which the application
is sent.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number: 16.601
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Executive Order 12372: This project is
not subject to the provisions of the
executive order.
Thomas J. Beauclair,
Deputy Director, National Institute of
Corrections.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request;
Respiratory Protection Standard
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) sponsored information
collection request (ICR) titled,
‘‘Respiratory Protection Standard,’’ to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval for
continued use in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
DATES: Submit comments on or before
August 24, 2011.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov
Web site, https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, on the day
following publication of this notice or
by contacting Michel Smyth by
telephone at 202–693–4129 (this is not
a toll-free number) or sending an e-mail
to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for the Department of Labor,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone:
202–395–6929/Fax: 202–395–6881
(these are not toll-free numbers), e-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693–
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or
by e-mail at
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Respiratory Protection Standard
outlined in 29 CFR 1910.134 assists
employers in protecting the health of
workers exposed to airborne
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contaminants, physical hazards, and
biological agents. The Standard contains
requirements for program
administration; a written respiratorprotection program with worksitespecific procedures; respirator selection;
worker training; fit testing; medical
evaluation; respirator use; respirator
cleaning, maintenance, and repair; and
other provisions.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information if the
collection of information does not
display a valid OMB control number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The
DOL obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under OMB
Control Number 1218–0099. The current
OMB approval is scheduled to expire on
July 31, 2011; however, it should be
noted that information collections
submitted to the OMB receive a monthto-month extension while they undergo
review. For additional information, see
the related notice published in the
Federal Register on March 14, 2011 (76
FR 13668).
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
section within 30 days of publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. In
order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should
reference OMB Control Number 1205–
0268. The OMB is particularly
interested in comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
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
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other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Agency: Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA).
Title of Collection: Respiratory
Protection Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0099.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 618,804.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 21,486,375.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 6,801,711.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $185,578,935.
Dated: July 19, 2011.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION
BOARD
Notice of Opportunity To File Amicus
Briefs
AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board
(MSPB or Board).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Board announces the
opportunity to file amicus briefs in the
matters of James C. Latham v. U.S.
Postal Service, MSPB Docket Number
DA–0353–10–0408–I–1, Ruby N. Turner
v. U.S. Postal Service, MSPB Docket
Number SF–0353–10–0329–I–1,
Arleather Reaves v. U.S. Postal Service,
MSPB Docket Number CH–0353–10–
0823–I–1, Cynthia E. Lundy v. U.S.
Postal Service, MSPB Docket Number
AT–0353–11–0369–I–1, and Marcella
Albright v. U.S. Postal Service, MSPB
Docket Number DC–0752–11–0196–I–1.
The Office of Personnel
Management’s regulation at 5 CFR
353.301(d) requires the agency to ‘‘make
every effort’’ to restore a partially
recovered employee to limited duty
within the local commuting area. The
regulation explains that ‘‘[a]t a
minimum, this would mean treating
these employees substantially the same
as other [disabled] individuals under
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.’’ The
Board has interpreted this regulation as
requiring agencies to search within the
local commuting area for vacant
positions to which an agency can restore
a partially recovered employee and to
consider the employee for any such
vacancies. Sanchez v. U.S. Postal
Service, 114 M.S.P.R. 345, ¶ 12 (2010)
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(citing Sapp v. U.S. Postal Service, 73
M.S.P.R. 189, 193–94 (1997)).
Conversely, the Board has found that
this regulation does not require an
agency to assign a partially recovered
employee limited duties that do not
comprise the essential functions of a
complete and separate position. Brunton
v. U.S. Postal Service, 114 M.S.P.R. 365,
¶ 14 (2010) (citing Taber v. Department
of the Air Force, 112 M.S.P.R. 124, ¶ 14
(2009)).
However, it appears that the U.S.
Postal Service may have established an
agency-specific rule providing partially
recovered employees with greater
restoration rights than the ‘‘minimum’’
rights described in 5 CFR 353.301(d).
See generally Drumheller v. Department
of the Army, 49 F.3d 1566, 1574 (Fed.
Cir. 1995) (agencies are required to
follow their own regulations).
Specifically, the U.S. Postal Service’s
Employee and Labor Relations Manual
(ELM) § 546.142(a) requires the agency
to ‘‘make every effort toward assigning
[a partially recovered current employee]
to limited duty consistent with the
employee’s medically defined work
limitation tolerance.’’ One of the
appellants has submitted evidence to
show that U.S. Postal Service Handbook
EL–505, Injury Compensation §§ 7.1–7.2
provides that limited duty assignments
‘‘are designed to accommodate injured
employees who are temporarily unable
to perform their regular functions’’ and
consist of whatever available tasks the
agency can identify for partially
recovered individuals to perform
consistent with their medical
restrictions. Latham v. U.S. Postal
Service, MSPB Docket No. DA–0353–
10–0408–I–1, Initial Appeal File, Tab
21, Subtab 7. It therefore appears that
the agency may have committed to
providing medically suitable work to
partially recovered employees
regardless of whether that work
comprises the essential functions of a
complete and separate position. Indeed,
the Board is aware of one arbitration
decision explaining that, as a product of
collective bargaining, the agency revised
the ELM in 1979 to afford partially
recovered employees the right to
restoration to ‘‘limited duty’’ rather than
to ‘‘established jobs.’’ In re Arbitration
between U.S. Postal Service and
National Association of Letter Carriers,
Case No. E06N–4E–C 09370199, 16
(2010) (Eisenmenger, Arb.). The Board is
also aware of a large number of other
recent cases challenging the
discontinuation of limited duty
assignments under the National
Reassessment Process in which the
arbitrators ruled in favor of the grievants
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Respiratory Protection Standard
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information
collection request (ICR) titled, ``Respiratory Protection Standard,''
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval
for continued use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
DATES: Submit comments on or before August 24, 2011.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained from the
RegInfo.gov Web site, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, on the
day following publication of this notice or by contacting Michel Smyth
by telephone at 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or
sending an e-mail to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Department of Labor,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone:
202-395-6929/Fax: 202-395-6881 (these are not toll-free numbers), e-
mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by e-mail at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Respiratory Protection Standard outlined
in 29 CFR 1910.134 assists employers in protecting the health of
workers exposed to airborne
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contaminants, physical hazards, and biological agents. The Standard
contains requirements for program administration; a written respirator-
protection program with worksite-specific procedures; respirator
selection; worker training; fit testing; medical evaluation; respirator
use; respirator cleaning, maintenance, and repair; and other
provisions.
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
the public is generally not required to respond to an information
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays
a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if the
collection of information does not display a valid OMB control number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under OMB Control Number 1218-0099. The current
OMB approval is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2011; however, it
should be noted that information collections submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For
additional information, see the related notice published in the Federal
Register on March 14, 2011 (76 FR 13668).
Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in
the ADDRESSES section within 30 days of publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should reference OMB Control Number 1205-0268.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including 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 (OSHA).
Title of Collection: Respiratory Protection Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0099.
Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 618,804.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 21,486,375.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 6,801,711.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $185,578,935.
Dated: July 19, 2011.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-18602 Filed 7-22-11; 8:45 am]
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