March 27, 2007

Dear Project Director:

While some of you may be breathing a sigh of relief after dealing with
e-Grants, it is now time to prepare for your continuation award. This
letter is intended to inform you that the Annual Performance Report
(APR) for program year 2006-2007 is due on **Friday, May 4, 2007** by
4:30 EDT. The APR is the mechanism to evaluate grant activities and base
the continuation award for year 2 or 3 of your program. Specific
instructions accompany this letter, as well as a sample submission for
the project status chart.

We are pleased to inform you that the Alaska Native Education Program
(84.356A) is using the U.S. Department of Education's e-Reports
performance reporting again this year. e-Reports allows grantees to
electronically complete their annual grant performance report (the APR
using ED Form 524B), attach related narratives and submit their report
via the Internet. As the system is web-based and does not require a
specific operating system, all grantees are expected to submit their APR
via e-Reports. You can access e-Reports through ED's e-Grants portal
page by using the following web site:
[http://e-Grants.ed.gov](http://e-Grants.ed.gov/), then select
e-Reports. When accessing e-Reports the first time you will have to
register to get an ID and password. You will receive a prompt asking if
you are a project director. After answering yes, you will need to add
your name and grantee DUNS number as they appear on your original grant
award notification document. This will give you access to the
appropriate annual grant performance report. However, if you are a new
Project Director and your name does not appear on the grant award
notification, you should contact your Program Officer to process an
administrative action to officially change the project director in GAPS
and, therefore e-Reports.

Additionally, ED will require that a signed Annual Grant Performance
Report cover page (524B) be faxed to me, Alexis Fisher, your ED Program
Officer, within three business days after electronic submission of your
report. The fax number is 202-260-8969. Grantees will benefit from
pre-populated information on the ED Form 524B that can be updated by the
Project Director. In addition, Program Officers are able to review your
annual grant performance report as soon as you submit it through
e-Reports.

If you have any problems while processing your annual grant performance
report through e-Reports, a hotline staff is available to assist you.
The hotline can be reached by calling the following toll free number:
(888)-336-8930 (TTY: 1-800-897-8402, local 202-401-8363) with the
following hours of operation: 8a.m. - 6p.m. EDT time Monday through
Friday. However, if you cannot access the system to submit your report,
it is possible to submit a paper copy after notifying the program office
to request a waiver. Thank you in advance for considering and
participating in our electronic endeavor.

Please let me know if you have any questions and concerns. I look
forward to reading about this year's success stories and working with
you to overcome any challenges.

Sincerely,

Alexis Fisher

Program Officer, Alaska Native Education

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