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Title of Collection: Application for the
Investing in Innovation (i3) Grants
Program.
OMB Control Number: 1855–0021.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of an existing collection of
information.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,200.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 117,000.
Abstract: The Investing in Innovation
(i3) Fund was established under section
14007 of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
Since this is a competitive program, the
Department needs to collect
applications in order to determine
which eligible applicants should receive
a grant award. The Department will
make three types of awards under this
program: Scale-up Grants, Validation
Grants, and Development Grants. These
grants will provide funding to support
local educational agencies (LEAs), and
nonprofit organizations in partnership
with one or more LEAs or a consortium
of schools to apply for funding to
expand and develop innovate practices
that can serve as models of best
practices; allow eligible entities to work
in partnership with the private sector
and the philanthropic community; and
identify and document best practices
that can be shared and taken to scale
based on demonstrated success.
Dated: September 5, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for Fiscal Year 2014
Awards; Impact Aid Section 8002 Grant
Program
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice extending the
application deadline for the Impact Aid
fiscal year 2014 Section 8002 Grant
Program. Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.041A.
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AGENCY:
The Secretary extends the
deadline date for the submission of
applications for Impact Aid fiscal year
2014 section 8002 grants to October 11,
2013. Impact Aid regulations specify
that the annual application deadline is
SUMMARY:
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January 31. Due to changes in the
applications that were necessitated by
legislative amendments in the fiscal
year 2013 National Defense
Appropriation Act, and the subsequent
revision, production, and distribution of
the application packages, the Secretary
extends the deadline to October 11,
2013, for the potential applicants under
section 8002 for Impact Aid assistance
for fiscal year 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robin Robinson, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20202–6244.
Telephone: (202) 260–3858 or by email:
Impact.Aid@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the
FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339.
DATES: Applications Available: August
22, 2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: October 11, 2013.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: December 10, 2013.
The Secretary will also accept and
approve for payment any otherwise
approvable application that is received
on or before the 60th calendar day after
October 11, 2013, which is December
10, 2013, or the 60th calendar day after
the Secretary provides written notice via
email to a local educational agency that
applied in the previous year but did not
apply by October 11, 2013. However,
any applicant submitting an application
after October 11, 2013 will have its
payment reduced by 10 percent of the
amount it would have received had its
application been filed by that date,
consistent with 20 U.S.C. 7705 of the
Impact Aid statute, as well as the
program regulations at 34 CFR
222.6(b)(2).
I. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: You can obtain an electronic
application via the Internet at:
www.G5.gov. For assistance, please
contact the Impact Aid Program, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202–
6244. Telephone: (202)260–3858, Fax:
1–866–799–1272, or by email:
Impact.Aid@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain a copy of the application package
in an accessible format (e.g., braille,
large print, audiotape, or compact disc)
by contacting the person or team listed
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under Accessible Format in section IV of
this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
competition.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: August 21,
2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: October 11, 2013.
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically using G5, the
Department’s grant management system,
accessible through the Department’s G5
site. For information (including dates
and times) about how to submit your
application electronically, please refer
to section I.7. Other Submission
Requirements of this notice.
The Secretary will also accept and
approve for payment any otherwise
approvable application that is received
on or before the 60th calendar day after
October 11, 2013, which is December
10, 2013, or the 60th day after the
Secretary provides written notice via
email to a local educational agency that
applied in the previous year but did not
apply by the deadline. However, any
applicant submitting an application
after October 11, 2013, will have its
payment reduced by 10 percent of the
amount it would have received had its
application been filed by that date,
consistent with 20 U.S.C. section 7705
of the Impact Aid statute, as well as the
program regulations at 34 CFR
222.6(b)(2).
Due to the legislative changes in the
2013 National Defense Authorization
Act (Pub. L. 112–239), the application
deadline is extended past the normal
amendment deadline of September 30,
2013. This is an unusual situation for
fiscal year 2014 applications, but we
will accept amendments to applications
filed by October 11, 2013, if those
amendments are submitted before
December 10, 2013, or before the 60th
day after the Secretary provides written
notice via email to a local educational
agency that applied in the previous year
but did not apply by October 11, 2013.
Individuals with disabilities who
need an accommodation or auxiliary aid
in connection with the application
process should contact the office listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. If the Department provides an
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an
individual with a disability in
connection with the application
process, the individual’s application
remains subject to all other
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requirements and limitations in this
notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: December 10, 2013.
5. Intergovernmental Review: This
competition is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372
is in the application package for this
competition.
6. Data Universal Numbering System
Number, Taxpayer Identification
Number, and System for Award
Management: To do business with the
Department of Education, you must—
a. Have a Data Universal Numbering
System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer
Identification Number (TIN);
b. Register both your DUNS number
and TIN with the System for Award
Management (SAM) (formerly the
Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the
Government’s primary registrant
database;
c. Provide your DUNS number and
TIN on your application; and
d. Maintain an active SAM
registration with current information
while your application is under review
by the Department and, if you are
awarded a grant, during the project
period.
You can obtain a DUNS number from
Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number
can be created within one-to-two
business days.
If you are a corporate entity, agency,
institution, or organization, you can
obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue
Service. If you are an individual, you
can obtain a TIN from the Internal
Revenue Service or the Social Security
Administration. If you need a new TIN,
please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to
become active.
The SAM registration process can take
approximately seven business days, but
may take upwards of several weeks,
depending on the completeness and
accuracy of the data entered into the
SAM database by an entity. Thus, if you
think you might want to apply for
Federal financial assistance under a
program administered by the
Department, please allow sufficient time
to obtain and register your DUNS
number and TIN. We strongly
recommend that you register early.
Note: Once your SAM registration is active,
you will need to allow 24 to 48 hours for the
information to be available in Grants.gov. and
before you can submit an application through
Grants.gov.
If you are currently registered with
SAM, you may not need to make any
changes. However, please make certain
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that the TIN associated with your DUNS
number is correct. Also note that you
will need to update your registration
annually. This may take three or more
business days.
Information about SAM is available at
www.SAM.gov. To further assist you
with obtaining and registering your
DUNS number and TIN in SAM or
updating your existing SAM account,
we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet,
which you can find at: https://
www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/samfaqs.html.
In addition, if you are submitting your
application via Grants.gov, you must (1)
be designated by your organization as an
Authorized Organization Representative
(AOR); and (2) register yourself with
Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these
steps are outlined at the following
Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/
applicants/get_registered.jsp.
7. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under the
Impact Aid Section 8002 Grant
Program—CFDA 84.041A, must be
submitted electronically using the G5
system, accessible through the
Department’s G5 site at www.G5.gov. We
will reject your application if you
submit it in paper format.
While completing your electronic
application, you will be entering data
online that will be saved into a
database. You may not email an
electronic copy of a grant application to
us.
Please note the following:
• You must complete the electronic
submission of your grant application
before midnight, Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date. G5
will not accept an application for this
competition after 11:59:59 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not
wait until the application deadline date
to begin the application process.
• The hours of operation of the G5
Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday until
7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 a.m.
Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday,
Washington, DC time. Please note that,
because of maintenance, the system is
unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on
Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and
between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and
6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington,
DC time. Any modifications to these
hours are posted on the G5 Web site.
• You must submit all documents
electronically, including all information
you typically provide on the following
forms: the Application for Section 8002
and all necessary signature pages.
• You must upload any supporting
documentation to your application as
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upload an interactive or fillable PDF
file. If you upload a file type other than
a read-only, non-modifiable PDF or
submit a password protected file, we
will not review that material.
• Prior to submitting your electronic
application, you may wish to print a
copy of it for your records.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive an
automatic acknowledgment.
• By the application deadline date,
you must fax or email a signed copy of
the cover page and the assurances for
the Section 8002 application to the
Impact Aid Program, following these
steps:
(1) Print a copy of the application
from G5 for your records.
(2) The applicant’s Authorizing
Representative must sign and date the
cover page and assurances page. These
forms must be submitted by the
application deadline in order to be
considered for funding under this
program.
(3) Fax or email the signed cover page
and assurances page for the Section
8002 application to the Impact Aid
Program at 1–866–799–1272 or by email
to Impact.Aid@ed.gov. These forms
must be submitted before midnight,
Washington, DC time, of the application
deadline in order to be considered for
funding under this program.
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on other forms at a
later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of G5 System Unavailability: If
you are prevented from electronically
submitting your application on the
application deadline date because the
G5 system is unavailable, we will grant
you an extension until midnight,
Washington, DC time, the following
business day to enable you to transmit
your application electronically. We will
grant this extension if—
(1) You are a registered user of the G5
system and you have initiated an
electronic application for this
competition; and
(2)(a) G5 is unavailable for 60 minutes
or more between the hours of 8:30 a.m.
and 11:00 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date; or
(b) G5 is unavailable for any period of
time between 11:00 p.m. and midnight,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm
these periods of unavailability before
granting you an extension. To request
this extension or to confirm our
acknowledgment of any system
unavailability, you may contact either
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(1) the office listed elsewhere in this
notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT or (2) the G5 help desk at 1–
888–336–8930. If G5 is unavailable due
to technical problems with the system
and, therefore, the application deadline
is extended, an email will be sent to all
registered users who have initiated a G5
application. Extensions referred to in
this section apply only to the
unavailability of the G5 system.
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II. Rulemaking
Section 222.3 of CFR Title 34, which
establishes the annual January 31
Impact Aid application deadline, is
currently in effect. However, due to
changes in the applications that were
necessitated by legislative amendments
in the 2013 National Defense
Authorization Act (Pub. L. 112–239) and
the related revision, production, and
distribution of the application packages,
the Secretary extends the deadline for
the potential applicants under section
8002 for fiscal year 2014. Because this
amendment makes a procedural change
for this year only as a result of unique
circumstances, proposed rulemaking is
not required under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A).
In addition, the Secretary has waived
rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) for
the one-time suspension of the
regulatory deadline date because it
would be impracticable and contrary to
the public interest. It would be
impracticable because Section 8002
applicants need to be able to submit an
FY 2014 application as soon as possible
after January 31, 2013, to receive
funding for their 2013–2014 school year
on a timely basis. The months required
for rulemaking would make it
impossible for districts to receive this
annual funding in a timely manner.
Rulemaking would also be contrary to
the public interest because the
Department’s ability to make FY 2014
payments would be stalled, thus
affecting school districts in their
planning and provision of services.
IV. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on
request to the program contact listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register
and the Code of Federal Regulations is
available via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
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Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at: www.federalregister.gov.
Specifically, through the advanced
search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7702.
Dated: September 6, 2013.
Deborah S. Delisle,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Advisory Committee on Student
Financial Assistance: Meeting
Advisory Committee on
Student Financial Assistance, ED.
ACTION: Cancellation notice of an
opening meeting/hearing.
AGENCY:
The Advisory Committee on
Student Financial Assistance gives
notice of the cancellation of the meeting
scheduled for September 19, 2013
announced in the Federal Register on
August 21, 2013 in Vol. 78, No. 162.
The meeting will be rescheduled for
a date to be announced in the future.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
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Advisory Committee on Student
Financial Assistance, Capitol Place, 80 F
Street NW., Suite 413, Washington DC
20202–7582, (202) 219–2099; https://
www2.ed.gov/ACSFA.
SUMMARY:
Dated: September 5, 2013.
William J. Goggin,
Executive Director, Advisory Committee on
Student Financial Assistance.
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ACTION:
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clearance, a proposal for collection of
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to the original collection.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed collection must be received on
or before October 11, 2013. If you
anticipate that you will be submitting
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within the period of time allowed by
this notice, please advise the DOE Desk
Officer at Office of Management and
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a submission as soon as possible. The
Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202–
395–4650.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
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of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10102,
735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503.
And to
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Energy, LPO–7–, Room 4B–160, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202–
287–6949, or by email at
LPO.PaperworkReductionAct.Comments
@hq.doe.gov.
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Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Mark Westergard,
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Applications for loan guarantees
submitted to DOE in response to a
solicitation must contain certain
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eligible for a loan guarantee and to
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collection of this information is critical
to ensure that the government has
sufficient information to determine
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for Fiscal Year 2014 Awards; Impact Aid Section 8002
Grant Program
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice extending the application deadline for the Impact Aid
fiscal year 2014 Section 8002 Grant Program. Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.041A.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary extends the deadline date for the submission of
applications for Impact Aid fiscal year 2014 section 8002 grants to
October 11, 2013. Impact Aid regulations specify that the annual
application deadline is January 31. Due to changes in the applications
that were necessitated by legislative amendments in the fiscal year
2013 National Defense Appropriation Act, and the subsequent revision,
production, and distribution of the application packages, the Secretary
extends the deadline to October 11, 2013, for the potential applicants
under section 8002 for Impact Aid assistance for fiscal year 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robin Robinson, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202-6244.
Telephone: (202) 260-3858 or by email: Impact.Aid@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-
8339.
DATES: Applications Available: August 22, 2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 11, 2013.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 10, 2013.
The Secretary will also accept and approve for payment any
otherwise approvable application that is received on or before the 60th
calendar day after October 11, 2013, which is December 10, 2013, or the
60th calendar day after the Secretary provides written notice via email
to a local educational agency that applied in the previous year but did
not apply by October 11, 2013. However, any applicant submitting an
application after October 11, 2013 will have its payment reduced by 10
percent of the amount it would have received had its application been
filed by that date, consistent with 20 U.S.C. 7705 of the Impact Aid
statute, as well as the program regulations at 34 CFR 222.6(b)(2).
Full Text of Announcement
I. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an
electronic application via the Internet at: www.G5.gov. For assistance,
please contact the Impact Aid Program, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202-6244. Telephone:
(202)260-3858, Fax: 1-866-799-1272, or by email: Impact.Aid@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application
package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape,
or compact disc) by contacting the person or team listed under
Accessible Format in section IV of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this competition.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: August 21, 2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 11, 2013.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using G5, the Department's grant management system,
accessible through the Department's G5 site. For information (including
dates and times) about how to submit your application electronically,
please refer to section I.7. Other Submission Requirements of this
notice.
The Secretary will also accept and approve for payment any
otherwise approvable application that is received on or before the 60th
calendar day after October 11, 2013, which is December 10, 2013, or the
60th day after the Secretary provides written notice via email to a
local educational agency that applied in the previous year but did not
apply by the deadline. However, any applicant submitting an application
after October 11, 2013, will have its payment reduced by 10 percent of
the amount it would have received had its application been filed by
that date, consistent with 20 U.S.C. section 7705 of the Impact Aid
statute, as well as the program regulations at 34 CFR 222.6(b)(2).
Due to the legislative changes in the 2013 National Defense
Authorization Act (Pub. L. 112-239), the application deadline is
extended past the normal amendment deadline of September 30, 2013. This
is an unusual situation for fiscal year 2014 applications, but we will
accept amendments to applications filed by October 11, 2013, if those
amendments are submitted before December 10, 2013, or before the 60th
day after the Secretary provides written notice via email to a local
educational agency that applied in the previous year but did not apply
by October 11, 2013.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the office listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If the
Department provides an accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual
with a disability in connection with the application process, the
individual's application remains subject to all other
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requirements and limitations in this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 10, 2013.
5. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under
Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this
competition.
6. Data Universal Numbering System Number, Taxpayer Identification
Number, and System for Award Management: To do business with the
Department of Education, you must--
a. Have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and a
Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN);
b. Register both your DUNS number and TIN with the System for Award
Management (SAM) (formerly the Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the
Government's primary registrant database;
c. Provide your DUNS number and TIN on your application; and
d. Maintain an active SAM registration with current information
while your application is under review by the Department and, if you
are awarded a grant, during the project period.
You can obtain a DUNS number from Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number
can be created within one-to-two business days.
If you are a corporate entity, agency, institution, or
organization, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue Service.
If you are an individual, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal
Revenue Service or the Social Security Administration. If you need a
new TIN, please allow 2-5 weeks for your TIN to become active.
The SAM registration process can take approximately seven business
days, but may take upwards of several weeks, depending on the
completeness and accuracy of the data entered into the SAM database by
an entity. Thus, if you think you might want to apply for Federal
financial assistance under a program administered by the Department,
please allow sufficient time to obtain and register your DUNS number
and TIN. We strongly recommend that you register early.
Note: Once your SAM registration is active, you will need to
allow 24 to 48 hours for the information to be available in
Grants.gov. and before you can submit an application through
Grants.gov.
If you are currently registered with SAM, you may not need to make
any changes. However, please make certain that the TIN associated with
your DUNS number is correct. Also note that you will need to update
your registration annually. This may take three or more business days.
Information about SAM is available at www.SAM.gov. To further
assist you with obtaining and registering your DUNS number and TIN in
SAM or updating your existing SAM account, we have prepared a SAM.gov
Tip Sheet, which you can find at: https://www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/sam-faqs.html.
In addition, if you are submitting your application via Grants.gov,
you must (1) be designated by your organization as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR); and (2) register yourself with
Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these steps are outlined at the
following Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp.
7. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under the
Impact Aid Section 8002 Grant Program--CFDA 84.041A, must be submitted
electronically using the G5 system, accessible through the Department's
G5 site at www.G5.gov. We will reject your application if you submit it
in paper format.
While completing your electronic application, you will be entering
data online that will be saved into a database. You may not email an
electronic copy of a grant application to us.
Please note the following:
You must complete the electronic submission of your grant
application before midnight, Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. G5 will not accept an application for this competition
after 11:59:59 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline
date. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the
application deadline date to begin the application process.
The hours of operation of the G5 Web site are 6:00 a.m.
Monday until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 a.m. Thursday until 8:00
p.m. Sunday, Washington, DC time. Please note that, because of
maintenance, the system is unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on Sundays and
6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 6:00 a.m.
on Thursdays, Washington, DC time. Any modifications to these hours are
posted on the G5 Web site.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
all information you typically provide on the following forms: the
Application for Section 8002 and all necessary signature pages.
You must upload any supporting documentation to your
application as files in a PDF (Portable Document) read-only, non-
modifiable format. Do not upload an interactive or fillable PDF file.
If you upload a file type other than a read-only, non-modifiable PDF or
submit a password protected file, we will not review that material.
Prior to submitting your electronic application, you may
wish to print a copy of it for your records.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgment.
By the application deadline date, you must fax or email a
signed copy of the cover page and the assurances for the Section 8002
application to the Impact Aid Program, following these steps:
(1) Print a copy of the application from G5 for your records.
(2) The applicant's Authorizing Representative must sign and date
the cover page and assurances page. These forms must be submitted by
the application deadline in order to be considered for funding under
this program.
(3) Fax or email the signed cover page and assurances page for the
Section 8002 application to the Impact Aid Program at 1-866-799-1272 or
by email to Impact.Aid@ed.gov. These forms must be submitted before
midnight, Washington, DC time, of the application deadline in order to
be considered for funding under this program.
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
other forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of G5 System
Unavailability: If you are prevented from electronically submitting
your application on the application deadline date because the G5 system
is unavailable, we will grant you an extension until midnight,
Washington, DC time, the following business day to enable you to
transmit your application electronically. We will grant this extension
if--
(1) You are a registered user of the G5 system and you have
initiated an electronic application for this competition; and
(2)(a) G5 is unavailable for 60 minutes or more between the hours
of 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date; or
(b) G5 is unavailable for any period of time between 11:00 p.m. and
midnight, Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability
before granting you an extension. To request this extension or to
confirm our acknowledgment of any system unavailability, you may
contact either
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(1) the office listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT or (2) the G5 help desk at 1-888-336-8930. If G5 is
unavailable due to technical problems with the system and, therefore,
the application deadline is extended, an email will be sent to all
registered users who have initiated a G5 application. Extensions
referred to in this section apply only to the unavailability of the G5
system.
II. Rulemaking
Section 222.3 of CFR Title 34, which establishes the annual January
31 Impact Aid application deadline, is currently in effect. However,
due to changes in the applications that were necessitated by
legislative amendments in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act
(Pub. L. 112-239) and the related revision, production, and
distribution of the application packages, the Secretary extends the
deadline for the potential applicants under section 8002 for fiscal
year 2014. Because this amendment makes a procedural change for this
year only as a result of unique circumstances, proposed rulemaking is
not required under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A). In addition, the Secretary has
waived rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) for the one-time suspension
of the regulatory deadline date because it would be impracticable and
contrary to the public interest. It would be impracticable because
Section 8002 applicants need to be able to submit an FY 2014
application as soon as possible after January 31, 2013, to receive
funding for their 2013-2014 school year on a timely basis. The months
required for rulemaking would make it impossible for districts to
receive this annual funding in a timely manner. Rulemaking would also
be contrary to the public interest because the Department's ability to
make FY 2014 payments would be stalled, thus affecting school districts
in their planning and provision of services.
IV. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to
the program contact listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free
Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the
Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well
as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the
site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at:
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7702.
Dated: September 6, 2013.
Deborah S. Delisle,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
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