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DATES: Submit comments to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

up to 30 days from March 10, 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: To 

request additional information, please 

contact: Raymond Ciupek, Department 

of State, Office of Directives 

Management, 1800 G St., NW., Suite 

2400, Washington, DC 20522–2202, who 

may be reached at ciupekra@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

Abstract: The information collection 

activity will garner qualitative customer 

and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance will provide useful 

information, but it will not yield data 

that can be generalized to the overall 

population. This type of generic 

clearance for qualitative information 

will not be used for quantitative 

information collections that are 

designed to yield reliably actionable 

results, such as monitoring trends over 

time or documenting program 

performance. Such data uses require 

more rigorous designs that address: the 

target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

Below we provide the Department of 

State projected average estimates for the 

next three years: 

Current Actions: New collection of 

information. 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

activities: 50. 

Respondents: Individuals responding 

to Department of State customer 

services evaluation requests. 

Average Number of Respondents per 

Activity: 500. 

Annual responses: 25,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average minutes per response: 15 

minutes. 

Burden hours: 6,250. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Dated: March 3, 2011. 

T.J. Furlong, 

Director, Office of Directives Management, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5372 Filed 3–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7360] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: American Music Abroad 

Announcement Type: New 

Cooperative Agreement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/CU–11–09. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.415. 

Key Dates: 

Application Deadline: April 29, 2011. 

Executive Summary: The Cultural 

Programs Division in the Office of 

Citizen Exchanges in the Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) 

announces an open competition for a 

cooperative agreement to administer the 

American Music Abroad program. The 

program will consist of approximately 

ten tours for a select number of 

professional American artists in a wide 

range of uniquely American musical 

genres. The program is designed to 

broadly represent the excellence and 

diversity of traditional American music. 

Some examples of American music 

genres include, but are not be limited to, 

contemporary urban music, hip hop, 

rock and roll, jazz and American roots 

music genres like country and western, 

bluegrass, zydeco, Cajun, and folk. The 

musicians selected for this program 

must demonstrate high artistic ability, 

evidence a strong commitment to 

education and exchange activities, and 

reflect the diversity of America and 

American music. They must be 

conversant with the broader aspects of 

contemporary American society and 

culture. International tours will include 

workshops, master classes, and outreach 

activities, in addition to performances. 

U.S. public and non-profit 

organizations meeting the provisions 

described in Internal Revenue code 

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

proposals that support the goals of the 

American Music Abroad program: to 

promote mutual understanding between 

the people of the United States and 

other countries, and cross-cultural 

awareness. The tours accomplish this by 

providing an opportunity for 

international audiences to experience 

American musical life, highlighting the 

contemporary music scene as well as 

our country’s cultural history, and 

allowing American performers to learn 

about life and culture in the foreign host 

countries. 

The Bureau is particularly interested 

in proposals for the administration of 

tours by American musicians 

representing diverse American music 

genres to countries with significant 

underserved populations that may not 

otherwise have access to American art 

forms, and countries with significant 

youth populations. The Bureau is also 

interested in proposals for projects that 

reach indigenous populations. No 

guarantee is made or implied that a 

grant will be awarded for tours to any 

particular region or that tours will be 

organized to any particular region. 

To be eligible for this competition, all 

organizations must demonstrate a 

minimum of five years’ experience 

successfully conducting international 

performing arts exchange programs in 


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the music field. The organization must 

have experience administering programs 

in multiple musical genres. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority: Overall grant making 

authority for this program is contained 

in the Mutual Educational and Cultural 

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. 

Purpose: The Bureau seeks proposals 

to engage people and audiences 

overseas that do not normally have 

access to American cultural 

performances or American artists by 

presenting at least ten tours of musical 

groups representing a wide range of 

American musical genres. 

Specific terms for the selection of the 

musical groups will be developed in 

collaboration with ECA, and subject to 

ECA approval. Significantly, proposals 

should describe application and 

selection plans that seek to represent the 

broadest possible diversity of American 

musical genres. In general, of the 10 

selected American Music Abroad 

musical groups, no more than two 

groups may be repeat or alumni groups 

that have participated in past American 

Music Abroad programs and no single 

group may participate in the program 

more than twice. Performances are only 

one aspect of an exchange program 

focusing on people-to-people 

interactions. American Music Abroad 

musicians will be expected to conduct 

or participate in master classes, lectures, 

workshops with people from varied age 

groups and musical backgrounds, 

impromptu musical sessions, radio and 

TV appearances, and other activities 

with local cultural institutions, 

musicians, media and students. 

Therefore it is important that the 

proposal include plans for identifying 

groups who can conduct exchange 

activities as well as perform. 

Participating musicians must be U.S. 

citizens who are at least 21 years old; 

demonstrate the highest artistic, 

performance and teaching abilities; be 

dedicated to interactive educational 

activities targeting various age-groups 

and musical abilities; have a strong 

interest in intercultural exchange; be 

conversant with broader aspects of 

contemporary American society and 

culture; be adaptable to rigorous touring 

through regions of the world where 

travel and performance situations may 

be difficult; and represent the diversity 

of America and American Music. 

The search, adjudication and 

selection process of the musicians must 

consist of an open call to U.S. musicians 

with clear and transparent selection 

criteria and mechanism approved by 

ECA, geared to final competitive 

selection by an independent panel that 

includes an ECA representative and 

culminating in a diverse cadre of 

musicians. 

Auditions should be held in two cities 

(one on the East Coast and one on the 

West Coast) and selected in consultation 

with ECA. A panel of judges should be 

assembled in consultation with ECA. 

Any pre-screening of applicant 

musicians prior to the auditions (such 

as blind musical screenings) must be 

agreed to in consultation with ECA. 

The selected musicians 

(approximately 10 ensembles of varying 

size, possibly including trios, quartets, 

and quintets) must represent the 

diversity of America and American 

music and be able to use musical 

expression to convey to international 

audiences and workshop participants 

ideas about American culture, history 

and society. ECA will provide 

additional guidance during selection 

process to ensure that the diversity of 

American music is properly 

represented. For example, at least five 

musical genres are represented among 

the final 10 groups, with no more than 

2 groups from each genre. Successful 

applicants will have a clearly developed 

strategy for attracting applications 

nationwide to encourage regional and 

musical diversity from musicians 

representing urban, rock, jazz and 

American roots music styles. 

To ensure that the program continues 

to recruit new diversity and talent, 

American Music Abroad musicians may 

only participate in the program twice, 

and only 2 of the final 10 groups may 

be American Music Abroad alumni 

groups. Performances are only one 

aspect of an exchange program focusing 

on people-to-people interactions. 

American Music Abroad participants 

will be expected to conduct or 

participate in master classes, lectures, 

workshops, impromptu jam sessions, 

radio and TV appearances, and other 

activities with local cultural 

institutions, musicians, media and 

students. 

Applicants should describe their 

project team’s capacity for successfully 

planning recruitment and selection and 

provide a detailed sample program to 

illustrate planning capacity and ability 

to achieve program objectives. 

Proposals should reflect a practical 

understanding of global issues, and 

demonstrate sensitivity to cultural, 

political, economic and social 

differences in regions where tour groups 

may perform. Special attention should 

be given to describing the applicant 

organization’s experience with planning 

and implementing complex and 

unpredictable logistical undertakings 

overseas. Applicants should describe 

their project team’s capacity for 

successfully planning projects of this 

nature and provide a detailed sample 

program (to include itineraries) to 

illustrate planning capacity and ability 

to achieve program objectives. 

Applicants must identify all U.S. 

partner organizations and venues with 

whom they are proposing to collaborate 

and describe previous cooperative 

projects in the section on ‘‘Institutional 

Capacity.’’ Applicants must include in 

their proposal supporting materials or 

documentation that demonstrates a 

minimum of five years experience in 

conducting global exchanges in the 

music field. The organization must also 

demonstrate it has experience dealing 

with multiple musical genres. 

The successful applicant will 

incorporate social media and innovative 

technologies into a well-developed 

public relations and outreach strategy. 

Proposals must include specific 

information regarding online 

educational materials to supplement the 

international tour activities. Proposals 

must include references with name and 

contact information for other assistance 

awards the applicant has received so the 

Bureau may contact them directly. 

Requirements of the Award Recipient: 

ECA intends to give one assistance 

award to a qualified institution or 

organization to administer the American 

Music Abroad program globally. 

Activities funded through this 

cooperative agreement support the 

organization and implementation of 

approximately ten (10) international 

tours, and must include, but are not 

limited to: 

1. Designing, organizing, and 

implementing a transparent, open, 

national competition process to select 

approximately ten (10) U.S. musical 

groups. Musical genres should be 

representative of the diversity of U.S. 

society and culture and should include, 


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among others, American roots, hip-hop, 

rock and roll, and jazz. 

2. Programming musical, educational, 

and media tour activities in consultation 

with U.S. embassies and ECA. For each 

overseas location, the award recipient 

will be required to coordinate closely 

with staff at U.S. embassies and 

consulates abroad to help advance their 

public diplomacy objectives, as well as 

find and secure appropriate venues for 

performances and workshops and 

manage a broad range of logistics issues. 

3. Assisting musicians with passport, 

visa, immunizations, and other pre-tour 

preparations. 

4. Making all international travel 

arrangements and coordinating with 

posts on all in-country overseas travel; 

5. Making all financial and 

administrative arrangements with the 

musicians. 

6. Organizing orientation sessions and 

pre-travel briefings that provide 

participants with media training, 

cultural briefings about the countries on 

the tour, and specific information 

regarding the context for their mission 

as cultural ambassadors. 

7. Scheduling a pre-tour briefing 

session for each ensemble with State 

Department regional experts and ECA 

program officers in attendance. This 

event should be scheduled in 

coordination with a Washington, DC, 

public performance. 

8. Scheduling an associated event as 

part of the annual American Music 

Abroad program. 

9. Scheduling public performance 

dates in Washington, DC, for each 

ensemble. Applicants may schedule 

public performances in the audition city 

as well. 

10. Developing outreach to 

international and U.S. media as part of 

a comprehensive media and public 

relations strategy developed by the 

awardee in consultation with and 

approved by ECA. The successful 

applicant will incorporate social media 

and innovative technologies into their 

outreach strategy. 

11. Producing press and educational 

materials appropriate for foreign 

audiences who may not be familiar with 

the U.S. and/or American music 

(including, as needed, translation of 

materials). The successful applicant will 

include an online education component 

to enhance international touring 

activities. 

12. Shipping performance and 

education materials. 

13. Regularly providing ongoing and 

detailed information to the Program 

Office regarding tour schedules, venues 

and program activities, performance and 

workshop results, tour highlights, and 

media coverage. 

14. Assisting ensembles and U.S. 

embassies with follow-on program 

development. 

15. Evaluating program activities. 

16. Reporting on tour activities, 

including audience and participant 

numbers and outreach efforts, to ECA. 

Applicants must have experience in 

global exchange planning and 

implementation, and should address the 

above elements in the proposal. The 

grantee must be highly responsive and 

able to work in close consultation with 

ECA and the Public Affairs Sections of 

the participating U.S. embassies. 

ECA Responsibilities: In a cooperative 

agreement, ECA/PE/C/CU is 

substantially involved in program 

activities above and beyond routine 

monitoring. ECA/PE/C/CU activities and 

responsibilities for this program are as 

follows: 

1. Approval of audition cities, 

recruitment and selection process, and 

judges and judging criteria; 

2. Participation in the selection of 

musicians, orientation and debriefing 

activities; 

3. Identification of four to six 

countries for each tour. Countries will 

be those of importance to the 

Department of State’s public diplomacy 

mission to build mutual understanding 

in the following world regions: Middle 

East, East Asia and the Pacific, Africa, 

South and Central Asia, Europe and/or 

South/Central America; 

4. Arrangement of participation by 

Department of State officers in pre-tour 

briefings and any debriefings that might 

take place; 

5. Approval of media and public 

relations strategies and arrangements for 

a showcase event; 

6. Approval of all tour arrangements, 

including daily program schedules. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

Agreement. ECA’s level of involvement 

in this program is listed under number 

I above. 

Fiscal Year Funds: FY–2011. 

Approximate Total Funding: 

$1,500,000. 

Approximate Number of Awards: 1. 

Approximate Average Award: 

$1,500,000. 

Ceiling of Award Range: $1,500,000. 

Anticipated Award Date: June 1, 2011, 

Pending availability of funds. 

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. 

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 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 grant 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 one award, in an 

amount up to $1,500,000 to support 

program and administrative costs 

required to implement this exchange 

program. 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) Technical Eligibility: All proposals 

must comply with the following: 

(1) Full adherence to the guidelines 

stated herein and in the Solicitation 

Package; 

(2) Proposal submission deadline 

date; 

(3) Non-profit organization status; and 

(4) For purposes of this competition, 

at least five years of demonstrated 

experience in programming globally in 


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the music field, or your proposal will be 

declared technically ineligible and 

given no further consideration in the 

review process. Please see III.3.b.4 

below regarding the eligibility 

requirements of additional experience 

from prospective applicants. 

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 Cultural Programs Division (ECA/ 

PE/C/CU) in the Office of Citizen 

Exchanges, U.S. Department of State, 

SA–5, 2200 C Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20037, 202–632–6412, fax 202/632– 

9355; e-mail JarrettMA@state.gov to 

request a Solicitation Package. Please 

refer to the Funding Opportunity 

Number ECA/PE/C/CU–11–09 located at 

the top of this announcement 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 Instructions (PSI) 

document which consists of required 

application forms, and standard 

guidelines for proposal preparation. 

Please specify Melissa Jarrett and refer 

to the Funding Opportunity Number 

ECA/PE/C/CU–11–09 located at the top 

of this announcement on all other 

inquiries and correspondence. 

IV.2. To Download a Solicitation 

Package Via the Internet: The entire 

Solicitation Package may be 

downloaded from the Bureau’s Web site 

at http://exchanges.state.gov/education/ 

rfgps/menu.htm, 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 original and 10 copies (11 proposals 

total) of the application should be 

submitted per the instructions under 

IV.3f. Application Deadline and 

Methods of Submission section below. 

IV.3a. You are required to have a 

Dunn 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 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 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. 

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. 

Please refer to Solicitation Package for 

further information. 

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, socio-economic 

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 


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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 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 

recipient organization 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 short-term outcome, 

whereas behavior and institutional 

changes are normally considered longerterm 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.) 

Recipient organizations 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 SF– 

424A—‘‘Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs’’ along with a 

comprehensive budget for the entire 

program. The award may not exceed 

$1,500,000. 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. 

IV.3e.2. For budgeting purposes, 

applicants should estimate costs based 

approximately ten musical groups (e.g. 

trios, quartets, and quintets) traveling 

for four (4) weeks to six (6) destinations 

in the following regions: Africa, East 

Asia, Eurasia, Central Europe and the 

Balkans, the Near East/North Africa, 

Latin America, and South Asia. Final 

determination of participating regions 

and countries will be made by ECA in 

collaboration with U.S. embassies and 

the successful applicant after the 

assistance award has been given. 

IV.3e.3. Allowable costs for the 

program include the following: 

(1) Program Expenses, including but 

not limited to: domestic and 

international travel for the selected 

ensembles (per The Fly America Act); 

visas and immunizations; airport taxes 

and country entrance fees; honoraria; 

educational materials and presentation 

items; excess and overweight baggage 

fees; trip itinerary booklets; press kits 

and promotional materials; follow-on 

activities; monitoring and evaluation; 

international travel for program 

implementation and/or evaluation 

purposes; and other justifiable expenses 

related to program activities. 

The following guidelines may be 

helpful in developing a proposed 

budget: 

A. Travel Costs. International and 

domestic airfares. (per The Fly America 

Act), transit costs, ground 

transportation, and visas for the 

American Music Abroad participants to 

travel to the tour destinations. Travel 

costs should also include airfare for 

selected finalists to travel to the nearest 

audition city. 

B. Per Diem: Domestic Per Diem 

should be estimated for selected 

finalists attending auditions in the 

nearest audition city. For the 

Washington, DC portion of the tour, 

organizations should use the published 

Federal per diem rates, and estimate per 

diems based on a two-night stay per 

ensemble member. The Public Affairs 

Sections of the participating U.S. 

embassies and consulates generally are 

responsible for per diem abroad. 

Domestic per diem rates may be 

accessed at: http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/ 

gsa/ep/contentView.do?contentId=

17943&contentType=GSA_BASIC%20. 

C. Sub-grantees and Consultants. Subgrantee organizations may be used, in 

which case the written agreement 

between the prospective grantee and 

sub-grantee should be included in the 

proposal. Sub-grants must be itemized 

in the budget under General Program 

Expenses. Consultants may be used to 

provide specialized expertise. Daily 

honoraria cannot exceed $250 per day, 

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to use organizational resources, and to 

cost share heavily in this area. 

D. Health Insurance. Each American 

Music Abroad participant will be 

covered under the terms of the ECAsponsored COINS health insurance 

policy. The cost for international travel 

insurance for staff travel may be 

included in the proposal budget. 

E. Honoraria for American Music 

Abroad musicians. Daily honorarium is 

$200 per day for each performer, 

including rest and travel days. 

F. Educational and Promotional Items. 

Ensemble members may use these funds 

for individual purchases or they may 

pool funds for joint purposes. ECA 

funds for educational and promotional 

items (e.g. CDs, guitar strings, lapel 

pins, etc.) should not exceed $500 per 

ensemble. 

G. Excess Baggage. Excess baggage 

costs are based on the size and weight 

of the instrument. Excess baggage 

estimates may be subject to change once 

actual tour itineraries are scheduled; 

however for proposal budget purposes, 

costs should be estimated at $3,500 per 

ensemble. 

H. Immunizations/Visas. For purposes 

of a proposed budget, line items for 

immunizations should be estimated at 

$400 per musician, and visas/visa 

photos should be estimated at $600 per 

musician. 

I. Press/Outreach Kits. Each relevant 

U.S. embassy should receive 

appropriate contents for press kits. 

Items may be sent electronically with 

the understanding that in some cases, 

embassies may not be able to access 

large files or attachments. This line item 

may include funds for shooting and 

duplicating black and white publicity 

photos and duplicating CDs, as well as 

creating banners or other backdrops for 

display at performances. 

J. Translation of outreach and/or 

educational materials. 

K. Staff Travel. Allowable costs 

include domestic staff travel for one 

staff member to attend recruitment/ 

selection events in two U.S. cities and 

to pre-tour briefings and performances 

in Washington, DC. International staff 

travel will be allowable, especially if 

associated with monitoring and 

evaluation, as long as costs for a full 

four-to-six week tour for each ensemble 

are completely covered. Cost-sharing for 

staff travel is strongly encouraged. 

L. Travel, Per Diem, and equipment 

costs related to scheduling an associated 

domestic event as part of the annual 

American Music Abroad program. 

M. Other justifiable expenses directly 

related to supporting program activities. 

For purposes of this competition, 

please use the following program as a 

model: One musical ensemble 

consisting of four musicians travels to 

Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon and 

Syria over the course of four weeks. 

2. Administrative Costs. Costs 

necessary for the effective 

administration of the program may 

include salaries for grantee organization 

employees, benefits, and other direct 

and indirect costs per detailed 

instructions in the Solicitation Package. 

While there is no rigid ratio of 

administrative to program costs, 

proposals in which the administrative 

costs do not exceed 25% of the total 

requested from ECA grant funds will be 

more competitive on cost effectiveness. 

Please refer to the Solicitation Package 

for complete budget guidelines and 

formatting instructions. 

Please refer to the Solicitation 

Package for complete budget guidelines 

and formatting instructions. 

IV.3f. Application Deadline and 

Methods of Submission: 

Application Deadline Date: April 29, 

2011. 

Reference Number: ECA/PE/C/CU– 

11–09. 

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 10 copies of the 

application should be sent to: Program 

Management Division, ECA–IIP/EX/PM, 

Ref.: ECA/PE/C/CU–11–09, SA–5, Floor 

4, Department of State, 2200 C Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20037. 

Applicants submitting hard-copy 

applications must also submit the 

‘‘Executive Summary’’ and ‘‘Proposal 

Narrative’’ sections of the proposal in 

text (.txt) or Microsoft Word format on 

CD–ROM. As appropriate, the Bureau 

will provide these files electronically to 

the appropriate Public Affairs Section(s) 

at the U.S. embassies for their review. 

IV.3f.2. Submitting Electronic 

Applications: Applicants have the 

option of submitting proposals 

electronically through Grants.gov 

(http://www.grants.gov/). Complete 

solicitation 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 

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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 cooperative 

agreements resides with the Bureau’s 

Grants Officer. 

Review Criteria 

Technically eligible applications will 

be competitively reviewed according to 

the criteria stated below. These criteria 

are not rank ordered and all carry equal 

weight in the proposal evaluation: 

1. Program Planning and Ability to 

Achieve Objectives: Detailed agenda and 

relevant work plan should demonstrate 

substantive undertakings and logistical 

capacity. Agenda and plan should 

adhere to the program overview and 

guidelines described above. Proposals 

should clearly demonstrate how the 

institution will meet the program’s 

objectives and plan. 

2. Multiplier Effect/Impact: Proposed 

programs should strengthen long-term 

mutual understanding, including 

maximum sharing of information and 

establishment of long-term institutional 

and individual linkages. 

3. Support of Diversity: Proposals 

should demonstrate substantive support 

of the Bureau’s policy on diversity. 

Achievable and relevant features should 

be cited in both program administration 

(selection of participants, program 

venue and program evaluation) and 

program content (orientation and wrapup sessions, program meetings, resource 

materials and follow-up activities). 

4. Institutional Capacity: Proposals 

should include (1) the institution’s 

mission and date of establishment; (2) 

an outline of prior awards—U.S. 

government and/or private support 

received for tours abroad; (3) 

descriptions of experienced staff 

members who will be part of the team 

implementing the program; and (4) all 

other documentation requested herein. 

Proposed personnel and institutional 

resources should be adequate and 

appropriate to achieve the program or 

project’s goals. The proposal should 

reflect the institution’s expertise in the 

music management arena and 

knowledge of the conditions in the 

regions abroad. 

5. Institution’s Record/Ability: 

Proposals should demonstrate an 

institutional record of at least five years 

of international music management 

planning and implementation, 

including responsible fiscal 

management and full compliance with 

all reporting requirements for past 

Bureau grants as determined by Bureau 

Grants Staff. The Bureau will consider 

the past performance of prior recipients 

and the demonstrated potential of new 

applicants. 

6. Follow-on Activities: Proposals 

should provide a plan for continued 

follow-on activity (without Bureau 

support) ensuring that Bureau 

supported programs are not isolated 

events. 

7. Project Evaluation: Proposals 

should include a plan to evaluate the 

program’s success, both as the activities 

unfold and at the end of the program. A 

draft survey questionnaire or other 

technique plus description of a 

methodology to use to link outcomes to 

original project objectives is 

recommended. 

8. Cost-effectiveness and Cost-sharing: 

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. 

Proposals should maximize cost-sharing 

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 Federal Assistance Award 

(FAA) from the Bureau’s Grants Office. 

The FAA and the original proposal with 

subsequent modifications (if applicable) 

shall be the only binding authorizing 

document between the recipient and the 

U.S. Government. The FAA 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.1b. The following additional 

requirements apply to this project: 

Special Provision for Performance in a 

Designated Combat Area (Currently Iraq 

and Afghanistan) (December 2008) 

All Recipient personnel deploying to 

areas of combat operations, as 

designated by the Secretary of Defense 

(currently Iraq and Afghanistan), under 

assistance awards over $100,000 or 

performance over 14 days must register 

in the Department of Defense 

maintained Synchronized Predeployment and Operational Tracker 

(SPOT) system. Recipients of federal 


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assistance awards shall register in SPOT 

before deployment, or if already in the 

designated operational area, register 

upon becoming an employee under the 

assistance award, and maintain current 

data in SPOT. Information on how to 

register in SPOT will be available from 

your Grants Officer or Grants Officer 

Representative during the final 

negotiation and approval stages in the 

federal assistance awards process. 

Recipients of federal assistance awards 

are advised that adherence to this policy 

and procedure will be a requirement of 

all final federal assistance awards issued 

by ECA. 

Recipient performance may require 

the use of armed private security 

personnel. To the extent that such 

private security contractors (PSCs) are 

required, grantees are required to ensure 

they adhere to Chief of Mission (COM) 

policies and procedures regarding the 

operation, oversight, and accountability 

of PSCs. 

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://exchanges.state.gov/education/ 

grantsdiv/terms.htm#articleI. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements: You 

must provide ECA with a hard copy 

original plus two copies 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 program 

reports. 

(4) Quarterly program and financial 

reports showing activities carried out 

and expenses incurred in the calendar 

quarter. 

(5) Quarterly press updates, including 

any articles or publicity regarding the 

program and an updated 

communications calendar. 

Award recipients 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. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Melissa Jarrett, 

U.S. Department of State, Cultural 

Programs, ECA/PE/C/CU, SA–5, Floor 3, 

ECA/PE/C/CU–11–09 L–16, 2200 C 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520, 

202–632–2412, fax 202–632–9355; 

JarrettMA@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/PE/C/ 

CU–11–09. 

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: March 2, 2011. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5371 Filed 3–9–11; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

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ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

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