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management and full compliance with Management and Budget Circular A– the RFGP deadline has passed, Bureau
ECA Bureau reporting requirements. 122, ‘‘Cost Principles for Nonprofit staff may not discuss this competition
7. Post-grant Activities: Proposals Organizations.’’ Office of Management with applicants until the proposal
should provide a plan for continued and Budget Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost review process has been completed.
follow-on activity (without Bureau Principles for Educational Institutions.’’
VIII. Other Information
support) ensuring that Bureau OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles
supported programs are not isolated for State, Local and Indian Notice
events. Governments.’’ The terms and conditions published
8. Project Evaluation: Proposals OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised), in this RFGP are binding and may not
should include a plan to evaluate the Uniform Administrative Requirements be modified by any Bureau
activity’s success, both as the activities for Grants and Agreements with representative. Explanatory information
unfold and at the end of the program. Institutions of Higher Education, provided by the Bureau that contradicts
The plan should follow the guidance Hospitals, and other Nonprofit published language will not be binding.
given in Section IV.3d.3 above. Organizations. Issuance of the RFGP does not
9. Cost-effectiveness: The overhead OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform constitute an award commitment on the
and administrative components of the Administrative Requirements for part of the Government. The Bureau
proposal, including salaries and Grants-in-Aid to State and Local reserves the right to reduce, revise, or
honoraria, should be kept as low as Governments. increase proposal budgets in accordance
possible. All other items should be OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of
with the needs of the program and the
necessary and appropriate. States, Local Government, and Non-
availability of funds. Awards made will
10. Cost-sharing: Proposals should profit Organizations.
be subject to periodic reporting and
maximize cost-sharing through other Please refer to the following Web sites
evaluation requirements per section VI.3
private sector support as well as for additional information: http://
above.
institutional direct funding www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants.
contributions. Note Section III.2 above http://exchanges.state.gov/education/ Dated: April 28, 2005.
which states that proposals that clearly grantsdiv/terms.htm#articleI. C. Miller Crouch,
demonstrate significant cost sharing— Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
VI.3. Reporting Requirements
with 25% of the amount requested from of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
ECA as the preferred target—will be Grantees must provide ECA with a Department of State.
judged more competitive under this hard copy original plus two copies of [FR Doc. 05–8990 Filed 5–4–05; 8:45 am]
criterion. the following reports: BILLING CODE 4710–05–P
11. Value to U.S.-Partner Country 1. A final program and financial
Relations: Proposed projects should report no more than 90 days after the
receive positive assessments by the U.S. expiration of the award; DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Department of State’s geographic area 2. Quarterly program and financial
desk and overseas officers of program reports. Federal Aviation Administration
Grantees will be required to provide
need, potential impact, and significance
reports analyzing their evaluation Agency Information Collection
in the partner country(ies).
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Final awards cannot be made until Monitoring and Evaluation information. ACTION: Notice.
funds have been appropriated by All data collected, including survey SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Congress, allocated and committed responses and contact information, must Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
through internal Bureau procedures. be maintained for a minimum of three U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
Successful applicants will receive an years and provided to the Bureau upon announces that the Information
Assistance Award Document (AAD) request. Collection Requests (ICR) abstracted
from the Bureau’s Grants Office. The All reports must be sent to the ECA below have been forwarded to the Office
AAD and the original grant proposal Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer of Management and Budget (OMB) for
with subsequent modifications (if listed in the final assistance award extension of the currently approved
applicable) shall be the only binding document. collections. The ICR describes the
authorizing document between the nature of the information collection and
recipient and the U.S. Government. The VII. Agency Contacts
the expected burden. The Federal
AAD will be signed by an authorized For questions about this
Register Notices with a 60-day comment
Grants Officer, and mailed to the announcement, contact: James E. Ogul,
period soliciting comments on the
recipient’s responsible officer identified Office of Citizens Exchange, ECA/PE/C/
following collections of information
in the application. NEA–AF, Room 216, U.S. Department of
were published on February 17, 2005,
Unsuccessful applicants will receive State, SA–44, 301 4th Street, SW.,
pages 8132–8133, with the exception of
notification of the results of the Washington, DC 20547, Telephone:
the notice for 2120–0574, which was
application review from the ECA 202–453–8161, Fax: 202–453–8168,
published on August 25, 2004, page
program office coordinating this Internet address: ogulje@state.gov. All
52324.
competition. correspondence with the Bureau
concerning this RFGP should reference DATES: Comments must be submitted on
VI.2. Administrative and National the above title and number ECA/PE/C/ or before, June 6, 2005. A comment to
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Terms and Conditions for the Please read the complete Federal it within 30 days of publication.
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