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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
Addition
On February 28, 2014 (79 FR 11422–
11423), the Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled published notice of proposed
addition to the Procurement List.
After consideration of the material
presented to it concerning capability of
qualified nonprofit agency to furnish the
service and impact of the addition on
the current or most recent contractors,
the Committee has determined that the
service listed below is suitable for
procurement by the Federal Government
under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506 and 41 CFR
51–2.4.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
I certify that the following action will
not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The major factors considered for this
certification were:
1. The action will not result in any
additional reporting, recordkeeping or
other compliance requirements for small
entities other than the small
organization that will provide the
service to the Government.
2. The action will result in
authorizing a small entity to provide the
service to the Government.
3. There are no known regulatory
alternatives which would accomplish
the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in
connection with the service proposed
for addition to the Procurement List.
End of Certification
Accordingly, the following service is
added to the Procurement List:
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Service:
Service Type/Location: Janitorial
Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
San Carlos Irrigation Project
Facility, Coolidge, AZ.
NPA: Goodwill Community Services,
Inc., Phoenix, AZ.
Contracting Activity: Dept of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Western Regional Office, Phoenix,
AZ.
Barry S. Lineback,
Director, Business Operations.
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Procurement List Proposed Additions
and Deletion
Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Proposed additions to and
deletion from the procurement list.
AGENCY:
The Committee is proposing
to add products and a service to the
Procurement List that will be furnished
by nonprofit agencies employing
persons who are blind or have other
severe disabilities, and deletes a service
previously provided by such agency.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before: June 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite
10800, Arlington, Virginia, 22202–4149.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or to submit
comments contact: Barry S. Lineback,
Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703)
603–0655, or email
CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov.
SUMMARY:
This
notice is published pursuant to 41 USC
8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its
purpose is to provide interested persons
an opportunity to submit comments on
the proposed actions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additions
If the Committee approves the
proposed additions, the entities of the
Federal Government identified in this
notice will be required to procure the
products and service listed below from
nonprofit agencies employing persons
who are blind or have other severe
disabilities.
The following products and service
are proposed for addition to the
Procurement List for production by the
nonprofit agencies listed:
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NSN: MR 341—Food Chopper, Double
Bladed, Stainless.
NSN: MR 362—Set, Salad Bowl, Event
Serverware.
NSN: MR 363—Set, Pitcher and
Tumbler, Event Serverware.
NSN: MR 364—Set, Ice Bucket and
Goblet, Event Serverware.
NSN: MR 383—Server, Beverage, w
Spout, 1.25G.
NSN: MR 1096—Rack, Storage, Broom
and Mop, Metal.
NSN: MR 1097—Utility Knife, Light
Duty, Retractable.
NPA: Industries for the Blind, Inc., West
Allis, WI.
Contracting Activity: DEFENSE
COMMISSARY AGENCY, FORT
LEE, VA.
Coverage: C-List for the requirements of
military commissaries and
exchanges as aggregated by the
Defense Commissary Agency.
Service
Service Type/Location: Warehouse
Service, Social Security
Administration, Birmingham Social
Security Center, 1200 Rev. Abraham
Woods, Jr. Blvd., Birmingham, AL.
NPA: Alabama Goodwill Industries,
Inc., Birmingham, AL.
Contracting Activity: Social Security
Administration, HDQTRS—Office
of Acquisition & Grants, Baltimore,
MD.
Deletion
The following service is proposed for
deletion from the Procurement List:
Service
Service Type/Location: Janitorial/
Custodial Service, U.S. Federal
Building, Courthouse and Post
Office, 1400 E. Touhy Avenue,
Council Bluffs, IA.
NPA: Nishna Productions, Inc.,
Shenandoah, IA.
Contracting Activity: General Services
Administration, FPDS Agency
Coordinator, Washington, DC.
Barry S. Lineback,
Director, Business Operations.
Products
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NSN: 4510–00–NIB–0113—Clean-Up
Kit, Body Fluid Spill and Splatter,
Surface Decontamination.
NPA: Envision, Inc., Wichita, KS.
Contracting Activity: DEFENSE
LOGISTICS AGENCY TROOP
SUPPORT, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Coverage: C-List for 100% of the
requirement of the Department of
Defense, as aggregated by the
Defense Logistics Agency Troop
Support, Philadelphia, PA.
NSN: MR 339—Slicer, Banana, Plastic.
NSN: MR 340—Fruit Slicer, Round.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Corporation for National
and Community Service (CNCS), as part
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of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
program helps to ensure that: Requested
data can be provided in the desired
format; reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized;
collection instruments are clearly
understood; and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed.
Currently, CNCS is soliciting
comments concerning its proposed
National Assessment of the Social
Innovation Fund (SIF). The study
involves two major data collection
activities. The first is a survey of SIF
grantees (intermediary organizations)
and two comparison groups (nonselected SIF applicant organizations,
and a sample of national nonprofits that
make grants to U.S. organizations). The
second involves semi-structured
interviews with stakeholders of the
intermediaries to obtain more in-depth
understanding of the SIF program. Both
the survey and the stakeholder
interviews are intended to be repeated
annually for three years. The survey and
stakeholder interviews are designed to
allow CNCS SIF program administrators
and others in the field to understand
how the SIF program is implemented
and what effects the program has on
participating organizations
(intermediaries and sub grantees) and
on the larger field of social innovation,
scaling of interventions, and evidencebased grantmaking. Completion of this
information collection is not required to
be considered for or obtain grant
funding from the Social Innovation
Fund.
Copies of the information collection
request can be obtained by contacting
the office listed in the Addresses section
of this Notice.
Written comments must be
submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by July
1, 2014.
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DATES:
You may submit comments,
identified by the title of the information
collection activity, by any of the
following methods:
(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for
National and Community Service, Office
of Research and Evaluation; Attention:
Lily Zandniapour, Ph.D., Evaluation
Program Manager, Room 10911, 1201
New York Avenue NW., Washington,
DC, 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to
the CNCS mailroom at Room 8100 at the
mail address given in paragraph (1)
above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
(3) Electronically through
www.regulations.gov or through the
Corporation’s email system to
lzandniapour@cns.gov.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lily
Zandniapour, 202–606–6939, or by
email at lzandniapour@cns.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CNCS is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of CNCS, 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 expected to respond, including the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology
(e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses).
ADDRESSES:
Background
CNCS has contracted with ICF
International to support CNCS’s Office
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Survey Respondents .......................................................................................
Interview Participants .......................................................................................
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of Research and Evaluation to
implement a national assessment of the
SIF program, focusing on SIF impact on
use of evidence-based grant making
strategies, organizations’ ability and
willingness to build the evidence base
for models and to scale models, and
collaborative approaches to addressing
local community needs. This project
involves a quasi-experimental research
design, using a survey of SIF grantees
(intermediaries), and comparison groups
of (1) non-selected applicants and (2)
other grant making nonprofits.
Additionally the study involves a series
of brief interviews with various
stakeholders to augment and assist in
understanding the survey results.
Survey data will be collected using an
on-line survey program. Interview data
will be collected via taped and written
notes on telephone conversations.
Data analysis will focus on identifying
and understanding factors associated
with intermediaries’ selection and
support of sub-grantees, implementation
of rigorous evaluation methods, scaling
of evidence-based interventions, and
change in organizational culture,
infrastructure, and behavior.
Quantitative data analysis will include
descriptive statistics, inferential
analysis of survey responses by
organization characteristics, and
comparisons among SIF grantees and
between grantees and the comparison
groups. Qualitative data analysis of
stakeholder interviews will supplement
data from the surveys.
Current Action
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Corporation for National and
Community Service.
Title: National Assessment of the
Social Innovation Fund (SIF).
OMB Number: None.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: CNCS-funded SIF
intermediaries; non-funded applicant
organizations; other nonprofit grant
making organizations.
Total Respondents: Written Surveys
520; Interviews 100.
Frequency: Three times over three
years.
Average Time Per Response: Averages
36.9 minutes for surveys and 30 minutes
for interviews.
Time
(minutes)
520
100
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Estimated total
burden hours
per year
Estimated total
burden hours
over three
years
320
50
960
150
36.9
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 370
hours per year and 1,110 hours over
three years.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): None.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Dated: April 28, 2014.
Mary Morris Hyde,
Acting Director,
Office of Research and Evaluation.
SUMMARY:
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36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
Defense Security Cooperation
Agency, Department of Defense.
AGENCY:
Notice.
The Department of Defense is
publishing the unclassified text of a
section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.
This is published to fulfill the
requirements of section 155 of Public
Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996.
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Ms.
B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 601–
3740.
The following is a copy of a letter to
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Transmittals 14–02
with attached transmittal and policy
justification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of the Secretary
ACTION:
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Dated: April 28, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), as
part
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of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general
public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
program helps to ensure that: Requested data can be provided in the
desired format; reporting burden (time and financial resources) is
minimized; collection instruments are clearly understood; and the
impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly
assessed.
Currently, CNCS is soliciting comments concerning its proposed
National Assessment of the Social Innovation Fund (SIF). The study
involves two major data collection activities. The first is a survey of
SIF grantees (intermediary organizations) and two comparison groups
(non-selected SIF applicant organizations, and a sample of national
nonprofits that make grants to U.S. organizations). The second involves
semi-structured interviews with stakeholders of the intermediaries to
obtain more in-depth understanding of the SIF program. Both the survey
and the stakeholder interviews are intended to be repeated annually for
three years. The survey and stakeholder interviews are designed to
allow CNCS SIF program administrators and others in the field to
understand how the SIF program is implemented and what effects the
program has on participating organizations (intermediaries and sub
grantees) and on the larger field of social innovation, scaling of
interventions, and evidence-based grantmaking. Completion of this
information collection is not required to be considered for or obtain
grant funding from the Social Innovation Fund.
Copies of the information collection request can be obtained by
contacting the office listed in the Addresses section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by July 1, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for National and Community
Service, Office of Research and Evaluation; Attention: Lily
Zandniapour, Ph.D., Evaluation Program Manager, Room 10911, 1201 New
York Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to the CNCS mailroom at Room
8100 at the mail address given in paragraph (1) above, between 9:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
(3) Electronically through www.regulations.gov or through the
Corporation's email system to lzandniapour@cns.gov.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY-
TDD) may call 1-800-833-3722 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lily Zandniapour, 202-606-6939, or by
email at lzandniapour@cns.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CNCS is particularly interested in comments
that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of CNCS,
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 expected to respond, including the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology (e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses).
Background
CNCS has contracted with ICF International to support CNCS's Office
of Research and Evaluation to implement a national assessment of the
SIF program, focusing on SIF impact on use of evidence-based grant
making strategies, organizations' ability and willingness to build the
evidence base for models and to scale models, and collaborative
approaches to addressing local community needs. This project involves a
quasi-experimental research design, using a survey of SIF grantees
(intermediaries), and comparison groups of (1) non-selected applicants
and (2) other grant making nonprofits. Additionally the study involves
a series of brief interviews with various stakeholders to augment and
assist in understanding the survey results.
Survey data will be collected using an on-line survey program.
Interview data will be collected via taped and written notes on
telephone conversations.
Data analysis will focus on identifying and understanding factors
associated with intermediaries' selection and support of sub-grantees,
implementation of rigorous evaluation methods, scaling of evidence-
based interventions, and change in organizational culture,
infrastructure, and behavior. Quantitative data analysis will include
descriptive statistics, inferential analysis of survey responses by
organization characteristics, and comparisons among SIF grantees and
between grantees and the comparison groups. Qualitative data analysis
of stakeholder interviews will supplement data from the surveys.
Current Action
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
Title: National Assessment of the Social Innovation Fund (SIF).
OMB Number: None.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: CNCS-funded SIF intermediaries; non-funded
applicant organizations; other nonprofit grant making organizations.
Total Respondents: Written Surveys 520; Interviews 100.
Frequency: Three times over three years.
Average Time Per Response: Averages 36.9 minutes for surveys and 30
minutes for interviews.
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Estimated
Estimated total burden
Respondent category Number Time (minutes) total burden hours over
hours per year three years
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Survey Respondents.............................. 520 36.9 320 960
Interview Participants.......................... 100 30 50 150
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 370 hours per year and 1,110 hours
over three years.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: April 28, 2014.
Mary Morris Hyde,
Acting Director,
Office of Research and Evaluation.
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