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with subsequent modifications (if 

applicable) shall be the only binding 

authorizing document between the 

recipient and the U.S. Government. The 

AAD will be signed by an authorized 

Grants Officer, and mailed to the 

recipient’s responsible officer identified 

in the application. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review from the ECA 

program office coordinating this 

competition. 

VI.2. Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements: 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Administration of ECA agreements 

include the following: 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Nonprofit Organizations.’’ 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Educational Institutions.’’ 

OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

State, Local and Indian Governments’’. 

OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised), 

Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Agreements with Institutions of 

Higher Education, Hospitals, and 

other Nonprofit Organizations. 

OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for 

Grants-in-Aid to State and Local 

Governments. 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of 

States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations. 

Please reference the following Web 

sites for additional information: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants. 

http://fa.statebuy.state.gov. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements: You 

must provide ECA with a hard copy 

original plus one copy of the following 

reports: 

(1.) A final program and financial 

report no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award; 

(2.) A concise, one-page final program 

report summarizing program outcomes 

no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award. This one-page 

report will be transmitted to OMB, and 

be made available to the public via 

OMB’s USAspending.gov Web site—as 

part of ECA’s Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act 

(FFATA) reporting requirements. 

(3.) A SF–PPR, ‘‘Performance Progress 

Report’’ Cover Sheet with all interim 

program reports. 

(4.) Interim program and financial 

reports, as required in the cooperative 

agreement. 

Grantees will be required to provide 

reports analyzing their evaluation 

findings to the Bureau in their regular 

program reports. (Please refer to IV. 

Application and Submission 

Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program 

Monitoring and Evaluation information. 

All data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

All reports must be sent to the ECA 

Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer 

listed in the final assistance award 

document. 

VI.4. Program Data Requirements: 

Organizations awarded grants will be 

required to maintain specific data on 

program participants and activities in an 

electronically accessible database format 

that can be shared with the Bureau as 

required. As a minimum, the data must 

include the following: 

(1) Name, address, contact 

information and biographic sketch of all 

persons who travel internationally on 

funds provided by the grant or who 

benefit from the grant funding but do 

not travel. 

(2) Itineraries of international and 

domestic travel, providing dates of 

travel and cities in which any exchange 

experiences take place. Final schedules 

for in-country and U.S. activities must 

be received by the ECA Program Officer 

at least three work days prior to the 

official opening of the activity. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Carolyn Lantz, 

Youth Programs Division, ECA/PE/C/ 

PY/T, 2200 C St., NW., 3rd Floor, U.S. 

Department of State, Washington, DC 

20037, Telephone: (202) 632–6421, Email: LantzCS@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/PE/C/ 

PY–11–29. 

Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries 

or submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may 

not discuss this competition with 

applicants until the proposal review 

process has been completed. 

VIII. Other Information 

Notice: 

The terms and conditions published 

in this RFGP are binding and may not 

be modified by any Bureau 

representative. Explanatory information 

provided by the Bureau that contradicts 

published language will not be binding. 

Issuance of the RFGP does not 

constitute an award commitment on the 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above. 

Dated: February 23, 2011. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7323] 

U.S. National Commission for UNESCO 

Notice of Meeting in Closed and Open 

Session 

The U.S. National Commission for 

UNESCO will hold a meeting in closed 

session on Thursday March 10, 2011, 

from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST. 

Commission members will convene in 

closed session in order to discuss 

applications for the U.S. National 

Commission for UNESCO Laura W. 

Bush Traveling Fellowship, a fellowship 

funded through privately donated 

funds. This session will be closed 

pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(6) because it is likely to involve 

discussion of information of a personal 

nature regarding the relative merits of 

individual applicants where disclosure 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

From 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday 

March 10, 2011, the U.S. National 

Commission for UNESCO will meet in 

open session, with public participation 

by telephone. The open session will 

feature a discussion about the 

Commission’s upcoming programmatic 

schedule, during which the Commission 

will accept brief oral comments or 

questions from the public or media. The 

public comment period will be limited 

to approximately 10 minutes in total, 

with 2 minutes allowed per speaker. 

For more information or to arrange to 

participate in the open portion of the 

meeting, individuals should contact Eric 

Woodard, Executive Director of the U.S. 

National Commission for UNESCO, 

Washington, DC 20037. Telephone (202) 

663–0026; Fax 202–663–0035; E-mail 

DCUNESCO@state.gov. 

Dated: February 24, 2011. 

Eric Woodard, 

Executive Director, U.S. National Commission 

for UNESCO, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4715 Filed 3–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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