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Dated: February 28, 2011. 

Faye Lipsky, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports 

Clearance, Social Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4797 Filed 3–2–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7354] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collections: DS–4143, Brokering Prior 

Approval (License), OMB No. 1405– 

0142; DS–4142, Annual Brokering 

Report, OMB No. 1405–0141 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment and submission to OMB of 

proposed collections of information. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State has 

submitted the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Brokering Prior Approval (License). 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0142. 

• Type of Request: Extension of 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Bureau of 

Political-Military Affairs, Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls, PM/DDTC. 

• Form Number: None. 

• Respondents: Business and 

Nonprofit Organizations. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,515. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

150. 

• Average Hours per Response: 2 

hours. 

• Total Estimated Burden: 300 hours. 

• Frequency: On Occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

Obtain Benefits. 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Annual Brokering Report. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0141. 

• Type of Request: Extension of 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Bureau of 

Political-Military Affairs, Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls, PM/DDTC. 

• Form Number: None. 

• Respondents: Business and 

Nonprofit Organizations. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,515. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

1,515. 

• Average Hours per Response: 2 

hours. 

• Total Estimated Burden: 3,030 

hours. 

• Frequency: On Occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

DATES: Submit comments to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) until 

30 days from March 3, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the 

Department of State Desk Officer in the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). You may submit 

comments by the following methods: 

• E-mail: 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. You 

must include the DS form number, 

information collection title, and OMB 

control number in the subject line of 

your message. 

• Fax: 202–395–5806. Attention: Desk 

Officer for Department of State. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may obtain copies of the proposed 

information collections and supporting 

documents from Nicholas Memos, PM/ 

DDTC, SA–1, 12th Floor, Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of 

Political-Military Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State, Washington, DC 

20522–0112, who may be reached via 

phone at (202) 663–2804, or via e-mail 

at memosni@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

soliciting public comments to permit 

the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary to 

properly perform our functions. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of technology. 

Abstract of proposed collection: The 

export, temporary import, temporary 

export and brokering of defense articles, 

defense services and related technical 

data are licensed by the Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls in accordance 

with the International Traffic in Arms 

Regulations (22 CFR parts 120–130) and 

Section 38 of the Arms Export Control 

Act. Those of the public who 

manufacture or export defense articles, 

defense services, and related technical 

data, or the brokering thereof, must 

register with the Department of State. 

Persons desiring to engage in brokering 

activities must submit an application or 

written request to conduct the 

transaction to the Department to obtain 

a decision whether it is in the interests 

of U.S. foreign policy and national 

security to approve the transaction. 

Also, registered brokers must submit 

annual reports regarding all brokering 

activity that was transacted, and 

registered manufacturers and exporter 

must maintain records of defense trade 

activities for five years. 

Methodology: These forms/ 

information collections may be sent to 

the Directorate of Defense Trade 

Controls via the following methods: 

Electronically, mail, and/or fax. 

Dated: February 24, 2011. 

Robert S. Kovac, 

Managing Director of Defense Trade Controls, 

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4793 Filed 3–2–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7353] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: Youth Leadership and 

Teacher Professional Development 

Program With Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Announcement Type: New 

Cooperative Agreement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/PY–11–29. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.415. 

Application Deadline: April 22, 2011. 

Executive Summary: The Office of 

Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs 

Division, of the Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs announces an open 

competition for the Youth Leadership 

and Teacher Professional Development 

Program with Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

Public and private non-profit 

organizations meeting the provisions 

described in Internal Revenue Code 

section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) may submit 

proposals to conduct U.S.-based 

exchange activities on civic education, 

leadership, and community service for 

high school students and teachers from 

Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Bureau 

will be supporting two exchanges for 21 

participants each during the course of 

2012; each exchange will be three to 

four weeks in duration. Applicants 

should apply to implement both 

exchanges. The Office of Public Affairs 

(OPA) of the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo 

will recruit, screen, and select the 

participating secondary school students 

and teachers. OPA and the award 

recipient will jointly support follow-on 

activities for the alumni. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority: Overall grant making 

authority for this program is contained 

in the Mutual Educational and Cultural 


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Exchange Act of 1961, Public Law 87– 

256, as amended, also known as the 

Fulbright-Hays Act. The purpose of the 

Act is ‘‘to enable the Government of the 

United States to increase mutual 

understanding between the people of 

the United States and the people of 

other countries * * * to strengthen the 

ties which unite us with other nations 

by demonstrating the educational and 

cultural interests, developments, and 

achievements of the people of the 

United States and other nations * * * 

and thus to assist in the development of 

friendly, sympathetic and peaceful 

relations between the United States and 

the other countries of the world.’’ The 

funding authority for the program above 

is provided through legislation. 

Overview: The Youth Leadership and 

Teacher Professional Development 

Program with Bosnia and Herzegovina 

has been implemented annually since 

1999 through a partnership of the Office 

of Public Affairs (OPA) in the U.S. 

Embassy in Sarajevo and a U.S. 

organization or institution that has 

received an award from the Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). 

The goals of the program are to: 

(1) Promote mutual understanding 

between the people of the United States 

and the people of Bosnia and 

Herzegovina; 

(2) Prepare young leaders to become 

responsible citizens and contributing 

members of their communities and to 

develop their leadership skills; 

(3) Nurture a cadre of students and 

teachers to be actively engaged in 

addressing issues of concern in their 

schools and communities upon their 

return home and are equipped with the 

knowledge, skills, and confidence to 

become citizen activists. 

The objectives of the program are for 

participants to be able to: 

(1) Demonstrate a better 

understanding of the elements of a 

participatory democracy as practiced in 

the United States; 

(2) Demonstrate critical thinking, 

problem-solving, and leadership skills; 

and 

(3) Demonstrate skill at developing 

project ideas, planning a course of 

action, and bringing the projects to 

fruition. 

Participants will be engaged in a 

variety of activities during the U.S. 

exchange such as workshops, 

community and/or school-based 

programs, seminars, and other activities 

that are designed to achieve the 

program’s stated goals. Opportunities 

for the youth and adult participants to 

interact with their American peers in a 

sustained, substantive, and in-depth 

manner must be prominently integrated 

into the exchange program. 

The applicant should present a 

program plan that allows the 

participants to thoroughly explore civic 

participation in the United States in a 

creative, memorable, and practical way. 

Exchange activities should be designed 

to be replicable and provide practical 

knowledge and skills that the 

participants can apply to school and 

civic activities at home. The two 

exchanges need not be exactly the same; 

the program activities may be modified 

to take advantage of different resources, 

but should still aim to fulfill the same 

objectives. 

One of the U.S.-based exchanges will 

take place in spring 2012 and the other 

in fall 2012. Applicants should propose 

the period of the exchange, but the exact 

timing of the project may be altered 

through the mutual agreement of the 

Department of State and the award 

recipient. The program should be no 

less than three weeks and up to four 

weeks in duration. Program 

development should begin in the late 

summer of 2011. 

The participants will be high school 

students between the ages of 15 and 18 

who have demonstrated leadership 

abilities in their schools and/or 

communities, and high school teachers 

who have demonstrated an interest in 

youth leadership and are expected to 

remain in positions where they can 

continue to work with youth. 

Participants will be proficient in the 

English language. Each delegation will 

be 18 students and three teachers. 

Applicants should outline their 

team’s capacity for doing projects of this 

nature, focusing on three areas of 

competency: (1) Provision of leadership 

and civic education programming, (2) 

age-appropriate programming for youth, 

and (3) working with individuals from 

Bosnia and Herzegovina or other areas 

of Southeast Europe. Applicants need 

not have a partner in Bosnia and 

Herzegovina, as the U.S. Embassy in 

Sarajevo will recruit and select the 

participants from selected cities in the 

Federation and in Republika Srpska and 

will organize a pre-departure 

orientation. 

In pursuit of the goals outlined above, 

each exchange program provided by the 

U.S. award recipient organization will 

include the following: 

• Working with OPA to provide 

program materials and preparation 

sessions at the pre-departure orientation 

in Sarajevo. 

• A welcome orientation. 

• The planning of three to four weeks 

of exchange activities that provide a 

creative and substantive program that 

develops both the youth and the adult 

participants’ knowledge and skill base 

in civic education, community service, 

and youth leadership development. The 

academic and extracurricular 

components will focus primarily on 

interactive activities, practical 

experiences, and other hands-on 

opportunities that explore the program 

themes. Some activities should be 

school and/or community-based, and 

community service must also be 

included. It is crucial that programming 

involve American peers wherever 

possible. Cultural, social, and 

recreational activities will balance the 

schedule. 

• Opportunities for the educators to 

work with their American peers and 

other professionals and volunteers to 

help them foster youth leadership, civic 

education, and community service 

programs at home. 

• The arrangement of homestays for 

the participants in the United States 

with properly screened and briefed 

American families for the majority of 

the exchange period. Criminal 

background checks must be conducted 

for all members of host families (and 

others living in the home) who are 18 

years of age or older. 

• Logistical arrangements, including 

lodging and meals not taken at 

homestays, disbursement of stipends, 

local travel, and travel between sites. 

• The development and 

implementation of a plan to monitor the 

participants’ safety and well-being 

while on the exchange, and to create 

opportunities for participants to share 

potential issues and resolve them 

promptly. The award recipient will be 

required to provide proper staff 

supervision and facilitation to ensure 

that the teenagers have safe and 

pedagogically rich programs. Staff, 

along with the adult participants, will 

assist the youth with cultural 

adjustments, provide societal context to 

enhance learning, and counsel students 

as needed. 

• A closing session to summarize the 

project’s activities and prepare 

participants for their return home. 

• Assistance in follow-on activities in 

Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly by 

facilitating continued engagement 

among the participants, advising and 

supporting them in the implementation 

of community service projects, and 

offering opportunities to reinforce the 

ideas, values and skills imparted during 

the exchange. Exchange participants 

should return home from the exchange 

prepared to conduct projects that serve 

a need in their schools or communities, 

which will be supported by project staff 

through a follow-on visit in the fall. 


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• The design and implementation of 

an evaluation plan that assesses the 

impact of the project. 

Please note: 

In a cooperative agreement, the 

Department of State is substantially 

involved in program activities above 

and beyond routine grant monitoring. 

The Department’s activities and 

responsibilities for this program are as 

follows: 

(1) The U.S. Embassy will serve as the 

in-country partner and manage the 

recruitment and selection of the 

participants, cover their in-country 

expenses, arrange and purchase the 

international travel, and oversee their 

follow-on activities. 

(2) Provide advice and assistance in 

the execution of all program 

components. 

(3) Facilitate interaction within the 

Department of State, to include ECA, the 

regional bureaus, and overseas posts. 

(4) Arrange meetings with Department 

of State officials in Washington, DC. 

(5) Issue DS–2019 forms and J–1 visas 

for the participants. All participants will 

travel on a U.S. Government designation 

for the J Exchange Visitor Program. 

(6) Approve final calendar of 

exchange activities. 

(7) Monitor and evaluate the program, 

through regular communication with 

the award recipient and possibly one or 

more site visits. 

Additional Information: 

The organization must inform the 

ECA Program Officer of their progress at 

each stage of the project’s 

implementation in a timely fashion, and 

will be required to obtain approval of 

any significant program changes in 

advance of their implementation. 

Proposals must clearly demonstrate 

how the stated objectives will be met. 

The proposal narrative should provide 

detailed information on the major 

project activities, and applicants should 

explain and justify their programmatic 

choices. 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. Projects must comply with J–1 

visa regulations for the International 

Visitor and Government Visitor 

category. Please be sure to refer to the 

complete Solicitation Package—this 

RFGP, the Project Objectives, Goals, and 

Implementation (POGI), and the 

Proposal Submission Instructions 

(PSI)—for further information. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

Agreement. 

Fiscal Year Funds: 2011. 

Approximate Total Funding: 

$200,000. 

Approximate Number of Awards: 

One. 

Approximate Average Award: 

$200,000. 

Anticipated Award Date: Pending 

availability of funds, proposed start date 

is summer 2011. 

Anticipated Project Completion Date: 

February 28, 2013. 

Additional Information: Pending 

successful implementation of this 

program and the availability of funds in 

subsequent fiscal years, it is ECA’s 

intent to renew this cooperative 

agreement for two additional fiscal 

years, before openly competing it again. 

III. Eligibility Information 

III.1. Eligible applicants: Applications 

may be submitted by public and private 

non-profit organizations meeting the 

provisions described in Internal 

Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 

501(c)(3). 

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching Funds: 

There is no minimum or maximum 

percentage required for this 

competition. However, the Bureau 

encourages applicants to provide 

maximum levels of cost sharing and 

funding in support of its programs. 

Please note that cost sharing is one of 

the criteria by which proposals will be 

judged. 

When cost sharing is offered, it is 

understood and agreed that the 

applicant must provide the amount of 

cost sharing as stipulated in its proposal 

and later included in an approved grant 

agreement. Cost sharing may be in the 

form of allowable direct or indirect 

costs. For accountability, you must 

maintain written records to support all 

costs which are claimed as your 

contribution, as well as costs to be paid 

by the Federal government. Such 

records are subject to audit. The basis 

for determining the value of cash and 

in-kind contributions must be in 

accordance with Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) Circular A–110 

(Revised), Subpart C.23—Cost Sharing 

and Matching. In the event you do not 

provide the minimum amount of cost 

sharing as stipulated in the approved 

budget, ECA’s contribution will be 

reduced in like proportion. 

III.3. Other Eligibility Requirements: 

(a.) Bureau cooperative agreement 

guidelines require that organizations 

with less than four years experience in 

conducting international exchanges be 

limited to $60,000 in Bureau funding. 

ECA anticipates making an award in an 

amount that exceeds $60,000 to support 

the program and administrative costs 

required to implement these exchange 

programs. Therefore, organizations with 

less than four years experience in 

conducting international exchanges are 

ineligible to apply under this 

competition. The Bureau encourages 

applicants to provide maximum levels 

of cost sharing and funding in support 

of its programs. 

(b.) Proposed sub-award recipients are 

also limited to grant funding of $60,000 

or less if they do not have four years of 

experience in conducting international 

exchanges. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

Note: 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. 

IV.1. Contact Information to Request 

an Application Package: 

Please contact the Youth Programs 

Division, Office of Citizen Exchanges 

(ECA/PE/C/PY/T), 3rd floor, U.S. 

Department of State, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037, telephone (202) 

632–6421, or e-mail LantzCS@state.gov 

to request a Solicitation Package. Please 

refer to the Funding Opportunity 

Number (ECA/PE/C/PY–11–29) when 

making your request. 

Alternatively, an electronic 

application package may be obtained 

from grants.gov. Please see section IV.3f 

for further information. 

The Solicitation Package contains the 

Proposal Submission Instruction (PSI) 

document which consists of required 

application forms, and standard 

guidelines for proposal preparation. 

It also contains the Project Objectives, 

Goals and Implementation (POGI) 

document, which provides specific 

information, award criteria and budget 

instructions tailored to this competition. 

Please specify Bureau Program Officer 

Carolyn Lantz and refer to the Funding 

Opportunity Number (ECA/PE/C/PY– 

11–29) on all other inquiries and 

correspondence. 

IV.2. To Download a Solicitation 

Package Via Internet: 

The entire Solicitation Package may 

be downloaded from the Bureau’s Web 

site at http://exchanges.state.gov/grants/ 

open2.html, or from the Grants.gov Web 

site at http://www.grants.gov. 

Please read all information before 

downloading. 

IV.3. Content and Form of 

Submission: Applicants must follow all 

instructions in the Solicitation Package. 

The application should be submitted 

per the instructions under IV.3f. 

‘‘Application Deadline and Methods of 

Submission’’ section below. 


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IV.3a. You are required to have a Dun 

and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number to 

apply for a grant or cooperative 

agreement from the U.S. Government. 

This number is a nine-digit 

identification number, which uniquely 

identifies business entities. Obtaining a 

DUNS number is easy and there is no 

charge. To obtain a DUNS number, 

access http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1– 

866–705–5711. Please ensure that your 

DUNS number is included in the 

appropriate box of the SF–424 which is 

part of the formal application package. 

IV.3b. All proposals must contain an 

executive summary, proposal narrative 

and budget. 

Please Refer to the Solicitation 

Package. It contains the mandatory 

Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) 

document and the Project Objectives, 

Goals and Implementation (POGI) 

document for additional formatting and 

technical requirements. 

IV.3c. All Federal award recipients 

and sub-recipients must maintain 

current registrations in the Central 

Contractor Registration (CCR) database 

and have a Dun and Bradstreet Data 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 

number. Recipients and sub-recipients 

must maintain accurate and up-to-date 

information in the CCR until all 

program and financial activity and 

reporting have been completed. All 

entities must review and update the 

information at least annually after the 

initial registration and more frequently 

if required information changes or 

another award is granted. 

You must have nonprofit status with 

the IRS at the time of application. Please 

note: Effective January 7, 2009, all 

applicants for ECA Federal assistance 

awards must include in their 

application the names of directors 

and/or senior executives (current 

officers, trustees, and key employees, 

regardless of amount of compensation). 

In fulfilling this requirement, applicants 

must submit information in one of the 

following ways: 

(1) Those who file Internal Revenue 

Service Form 990, ‘‘Return of 

Organization Exempt From Income 

Tax,’’ must include a copy of relevant 

portions of this form. 

(2) Those who do not file IRS Form 

990 must submit information above in 

the format of their choice. 

In addition to final program reporting 

requirements, award recipients will also 

be required to submit a one-page 

document, derived from their program 

reports, listing and describing their 

grant activities. For award recipients, 

the names of directors and/or senior 

executives (current officers, trustees, 

and key employees), as well as the onepage description of grant activities, will 

be transmitted by the State Department 

to OMB, along with other information 

required by the Federal Funding 

Accountability and Transparency Act 

(FFATA), and will be made available to 

the public by the Office of Management 

and Budget on its USASpending.gov 

Web site as part of ECA’s FFATA 

reporting requirements. 

If your organization is a private 

nonprofit which has not received a grant 

or cooperative agreement from ECA in 

the past three years, or if your 

organization received nonprofit status 

from the IRS within the past four years, 

you must submit the necessary 

documentation to verify nonprofit status 

as directed in the PSI document. Failure 

to do so will cause your proposal to be 

declared technically ineligible. 

IV.3d. Please take into consideration 

the following information when 

preparing your proposal narrative: 

IV.3d.1. Adherence to All Regulations 

Governing the J Visa 

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs is the official program sponsor of 

the exchange program covered by this 

RFGP, and an employee of the Bureau 

will be the ‘‘Responsible Officer’’ for the 

program under the terms of 22 CFR 62, 

which covers the administration of the 

Exchange Visitor Program (J visa 

program). Under the terms of 22 CFR 62, 

organizations receiving grants under 

this RFGP will be third parties 

‘‘cooperating with or assisting the 

sponsor in the conduct of the sponsor’s 

program.’’ The actions of grantee 

program organizations shall be ‘‘imputed 

to the sponsor in evaluating the 

sponsor’s compliance with’’ 22 CFR 62. 

Therefore, the Bureau expects that any 

organization receiving a grant under this 

competition will render all assistance 

necessary to enable the Bureau to fully 

comply with 22 CFR 62 et seq. 

The Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs places critically 

important emphases on the secure and 

proper administration of Exchange 

Visitor (J visa) Programs and adherence 

by recipient organizations and program 

participants to all regulations governing 

the J visa program status. Therefore, 

proposals should explicitly state in 

writing that the applicant is prepared to 

assist the Bureau in meeting all 

requirements governing the 

administration of Exchange Visitor 

Programs as set forth in 22 CFR 62. If 

your organization has experience as a 

designated Exchange Visitor Program 

Sponsor, the applicant should discuss 

their record of compliance with 22 CFR 

62 et. seq., including the oversight of 

their Responsible Officers and Alternate 

Responsible Officers, screening and 

selection of program participants, 

provision of pre-arrival information and 

orientation to participants, monitoring 

of participants, proper maintenance and 

security of forms, record-keeping, 

reporting and other requirements. 

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of 

ECA will be responsible for issuing DS– 

2019 forms to participants in this 

program. 

A copy of the complete regulations 

governing the administration of 

Exchange Visitor (J) programs is 

available at http://exchanges.state.gov 

or from: Office of Designation, Private 

Sector Programs Division, U.S. 

Department of State, ECA/EC/D/PS, SA– 

5, 5th Floor, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037. 

IV.3d.2. Diversity, Freedom and 

Democracy Guidelines 

Pursuant to the Bureau’s authorizing 

legislation, programs must maintain a 

non-political character and should be 

balanced and representative of the 

diversity of American political, social, 

and cultural life. ‘‘Diversity’’ should be 

interpreted in the broadest sense and 

encompass differences including, but 

not limited to ethnicity, race, gender, 

religion, geographic location, socioeconomic status, and disabilities. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

adhere to the advancement of this 

principle both in program 

administration and in program content. 

Please refer to the review criteria under 

the ’Support for Diversity’ section for 

specific suggestions on incorporating 

diversity into your proposal. Public Law 

104–319 provides that ‘‘in carrying out 

programs of educational and cultural 

exchange in countries whose people do 

not fully enjoy freedom and 

democracy,’’ the Bureau ‘‘shall take 

appropriate steps to provide 

opportunities for participation in such 

programs to human rights and 

democracy leaders of such countries.’’ 

Public Law 106—113 requires that the 

governments of the countries described 

above do not have inappropriate 

influence in the selection process. 

Proposals should reflect advancement of 

these goals in their program contents, to 

the full extent deemed feasible. 

IV.3d.3. Program Monitoring and 

Evaluation 

Proposals must include a plan to 

monitor and evaluate the project’s 

success, both as the activities unfold 

and at the end of the program. The 

Bureau recommends that your proposal 


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include a draft survey questionnaire or 

other technique plus a description of a 

methodology to use to link outcomes to 

original project objectives. The Bureau 

expects that the grantee will track 

participants or partners and be able to 

respond to key evaluation questions, 

including satisfaction with the program, 

learning as a result of the program, 

changes in behavior as a result of the 

program, and effects of the program on 

institutions (institutions in which 

participants work or partner 

institutions). The evaluation plan 

should include indicators that measure 

gains in mutual understanding as well 

as substantive knowledge. 

Successful monitoring and evaluation 

depend heavily on setting clear goals 

and outcomes at the outset of a program. 

Your evaluation plan should include a 

description of your project’s objectives, 

your anticipated project outcomes, and 

how and when you intend to measure 

these outcomes (performance 

indicators). The more that outcomes are 

‘‘smart’’ (specific, measurable, attainable, 

results-oriented, and placed in a 

reasonable time frame), the easier it will 

be to conduct the evaluation. You 

should also show how your project 

objectives link to the goals of the 

program described in this RFGP. 

Your monitoring and evaluation plan 

should clearly distinguish between 

program outputs and outcomes. Outputs 

are products and services delivered, 

often stated as an amount. Output 

information is important to show the 

scope or size of project activities, but it 

cannot substitute for information about 

progress towards outcomes or the 

results achieved. Examples of outputs 

include the number of people trained or 

the number of seminars conducted. 

Outcomes, in contrast, represent 

specific results a project is intended to 

achieve and is usually measured as an 

extent of change. Findings on outputs 

and outcomes should both be reported, 

but the focus should be on outcomes. 

We encourage you to assess the 

following four levels of outcomes, as 

they relate to the program goals set out 

in the RFGP (listed here in increasing 

order of importance): 

1. Participant satisfaction with the 

program and exchange experience. 

2. Participant learning, such as 

increased knowledge, aptitude, skills, 

and changed understanding and 

attitude. Learning includes both 

substantive (subject-specific) learning 

and mutual understanding. 

3. Participant behavior, concrete 

actions to apply knowledge in work or 

community; greater participation and 

responsibility in civic organizations; 

interpretation and explanation of 

experiences and new knowledge gained; 

continued contacts between 

participants, community members, and 

others. 

4. Institutional changes, such as 

increased collaboration and 

partnerships, policy reforms, new 

programming, and organizational 

improvements. 

Please note: Consideration should be given 

to the appropriate timing of data collection 

for each level of outcome. For example, 

satisfaction is usually captured as a shortterm outcome, whereas behavior and 

institutional changes are normally 

considered longer-term outcomes. 

Overall, the quality of your 

monitoring and evaluation plan will be 

judged on how well it (1) specifies 

intended outcomes; (2) gives clear 

descriptions of how each outcome will 

be measured; (3) identifies when 

particular outcomes will be measured; 

and (4) provides a clear description of 

the data collection strategies for each 

outcome (i.e., surveys, interviews, or 

focus groups). (Please note that 

evaluation plans that deal only with the 

first level of outcomes [satisfaction] will 

be deemed less competitive under the 

present evaluation criteria.) 

Grantees will be required to provide 

reports analyzing their evaluation 

findings to the Bureau in their regular 

program reports. 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. 

IV.3e. Please take the following 

information into consideration when 

preparing your budget: 

IV.3e.1. Applicants must submit a 

comprehensive budget for the entire 

program. There must be a summary 

budget as well as breakdowns reflecting 

both administrative and program 

budgets. Applicants may provide 

separate sub-budgets for each program 

component, phase, location, or activity 

to provide clarification. 

Please refer to the Solicitation 

Package for complete budget guidelines 

and formatting instructions. 

IV.3f. Application Deadline and 

Methods of Submission: 

Application Deadline Date: Friday, 

April 22, 2011. 

Reference Number: ECA/PE/C/PY– 

11–29. 

Methods of Submission: Applications 

may be submitted in one of two ways: 

(1) In hard-copy, via a nationally 

recognized overnight delivery service 

(i.e., DHL, Federal Express, UPS, 

Airborne Express, or U.S. Postal Service 

Express Overnight Mail, etc.), or 

(2) Electronically through http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Along with the Project Title, all 

applicants must enter the above 

Reference Number in Box 11 on the SF– 

424 contained in the mandatory 

Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) 

of the solicitation document. 

IV.3f.1. Submitting Printed 

Applications 

Applications must be shipped no later 

than the above deadline. Delivery 

services used by applicants must have 

in-place, centralized shipping 

identification and tracking systems that 

may be accessed via the Internet and 

delivery people who are identifiable by 

commonly recognized uniforms and 

delivery vehicles. Proposals shipped on 

or before the above deadline but 

received at ECA more than seven days 

after the deadline will be ineligible for 

further consideration under this 

competition. Proposals shipped after the 

established deadlines are ineligible for 

consideration under this competition. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

application. It is each applicant’s 

responsibility to ensure that each 

package is marked with a legible 

tracking number and to monitor/confirm 

delivery to ECA via the Internet. 

Delivery of proposal packages may not 

be made via local courier service or in 

person for this competition. Faxed 

documents will not be accepted at any 

time. Only proposals submitted as 

stated above will be considered. 

Important note: When preparing your 

submission please make sure to include one 

extra copy of the completed SF–424 form and 

place it in an envelope addressed to ‘‘ECA/ 

EX/PM’’. 

The original and six copies of the 

application should be sent to: 

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Program Management Division ECA– 

IIP/EX/PM, Ref.: ECA/PE/C/PY–11–29, 

SA–5, Floor 4, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037. 

With the submission of the proposal 

package, please also e-mail the 

Executive Summary, Proposal Narrative, 

and Budget sections of the proposal, as 

well as any essential attachments, in 

Microsoft Word and/or Excel to the 

program officer at LantzCS@state.gov. 

The Bureau will provide these files 

electronically to the Office of Public 

Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo 

for its review. 

IV.3f.2. Submitting Electronic 

Applications 

Applicants have the option of 

submitting proposals electronically 

through Grants.gov (http:// 

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packages are available at Grants.gov in 

the ‘‘Find’’ portion of the system. 

Please Note: ECA bears no responsibility 

for applicant timeliness of submission or data 

errors resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes for proposals submitted 

via Grants.gov 

Please follow the instructions 

available in the ‘Get Started’ portion of 

the site (http://www.grants.gov/ 

GetStarted). 

Several of the steps in the Grants.gov 

registration process could take several 

weeks. Therefore, applicants should 

check with appropriate staff within their 

organizations immediately after 

reviewing this RFGP to confirm or 

determine their registration status with 

Grants.gov. 

Once registered, the amount of time it 

can take to upload an application will 

vary depending on a variety of factors 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your internet connection. 

In addition, validation of an electronic 

submission via Grants.gov can take up 

to two business days. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend 

that you not wait until the application 

deadline to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

The Grants.gov Web site includes 

extensive information on all phases/ 

aspects of the Grants.gov process, 

including an extensive section on 

frequently asked questions, located 

under the ‘‘For Applicants’’ section of 

the Web site. ECA strongly recommends 

that all potential applicants review 

thoroughly the Grants.gov Web site, 

well in advance of submitting a 

proposal through the Grants.gov system. 

ECA bears no responsibility for data 

errors resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

Direct all questions regarding 

Grants.gov registration and submission 

to: Grants.gov Customer Support, 

Contact Center Phone: 800–518–4726, 

Business Hours: Monday–Friday, 7 

a.m.–9 p.m. Eastern Time, E-mail: 

support@grants.gov. 

Applicants have until midnight (12 

a.m.), Washington, DC time of the 

closing date to ensure that their entire 

application has been uploaded to the 

Grants.gov site. There are no exceptions 

to the above deadline. Applications 

uploaded to the site after midnight of 

the application deadline date will be 

automatically rejected by the grants.gov 

system, and will be technically 

ineligible. 

Please refer to the Grants.gov Web 

site, for definitions of various 

‘‘application statuses’’ and the difference 

between a submission receipt and a 

submission validation. Applicants will 

receive a validation e-mail from 

grants.gov upon the successful 

submission of an application. Again, 

validation of an electronic submission 

via Grants.gov can take up to two 

business days. Therefore, we strongly 

recommend that you not wait until the 

application deadline to begin the 

submission process through Grants.gov. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

electronic applications. 

It is the responsibility of all 

applicants submitting proposals via the 

Grants.gov Web portal to ensure that 

proposals have been received by 

Grants.gov in their entirety, and ECA 

bears no responsibility for data errors 

resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

IV.3g. Intergovernmental Review of 

Applications: Executive Order 12372 

does not apply to this program. 

V. Application Review Information 

V.1. Review Process 

The Bureau will review all proposals 

for technical eligibility. Proposals will 

be deemed ineligible if they do not fully 

adhere to the guidelines stated herein 

and in the Solicitation Package. All 

eligible proposals will be reviewed by 

the program office, as well as the Public 

Diplomacy section overseas, where 

appropriate. Eligible proposals will be 

subject to compliance with Federal and 

Bureau regulations and guidelines and 

forwarded to Bureau grant panels for 

advisory review. Proposals may also be 

reviewed by the Office of the Legal 

Adviser or by other Department 

elements. Final funding decisions are at 

the discretion of the Department of 

State’s Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs. Final 

technical authority for assistance 

awards (grants or cooperative 

agreements) resides with the Bureau’s 

Grants Officer. 

V.2. Review Criteria 

Technically eligible applications will 

be competitively reviewed according to 

the criteria stated below. 

1. Quality of the program idea: 

Objectives should be reasonable, 

feasible, and flexible. The proposal 

should clearly demonstrate how the 

institution will meet the program’s 

objectives and plan. The proposed 

program should be creative and well 

developed, respond to the design 

outlined in the solicitation, and 

demonstrate originality. It should be 

clearly and accurately written, 

substantive, and with sufficient detail. 

2. Program planning: A detailed 

agenda and work plan should clearly 

demonstrate how objectives would be 

achieved. The agenda and plan should 

adhere to the program overview and 

guidelines described above. The 

substance of workshops, seminars, 

presentations, school-based activities, 

and/or site visits should be described in 

detail. Proposals should also provide a 

plan for a Bureau-supported follow-on 

visit by project staff to Bosnia and 

Herzegovina, plus a plan for continued 

follow-on activity, not necessarily with 

Bureau support, that ensures that this 

program is not an isolated event. 

3. Support of diversity: Support of 

diversity is an important feature of 

Bureau programs. The proposal should 

demonstrate the recipient’s commitment 

to promoting the awareness and 

understanding of diversity in program 

content. Applicants should demonstrate 

readiness to accommodate participants 

with physical disabilities. 

4. Institutional capacity and track 

record: Proposed personnel and 

institutional resources should be 

adequate and appropriate to achieve the 

program goals. The proposal should 

demonstrate an institutional record, 

including responsible fiscal 

management and full compliance with 

all reporting requirements for past 

Bureau grants as determined by the 

Bureau’s Office of Contracts. The 

Bureau will consider the past 

performance. 

5. Program evaluation: The proposal 

should include a plan to evaluate the 

program’s success, both as the activities 

unfold and at the end of the program. 

The proposal should include a draft 

survey questionnaire or other technique 

plus description of a methodology to 

use to link outcomes to original project 

objectives. Please see Section IV.3d.3. of 

this announcement for more 

information. 

6. Cost-effectiveness and cost sharing: 

The applicant should demonstrate 

efficient use of Bureau funds. The 

overhead and administrative 

components of the proposal, including 

salaries and honoraria, should be kept 

as low as possible. All other items 

should be necessary and appropriate. 

The proposal should maximize costsharing through other private sector 

support as well as institutional direct 

funding contributions. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1a. Award Notices: 

Final awards cannot be made until 

funds have been appropriated by 

Congress, allocated and committed 

through internal Bureau procedures. 

Successful applicants will receive an 

Assistance Award Document (AAD) 

from the Bureau’s Grants Office. The 

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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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[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. 

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