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protection of the quality of the human 

environment. This must be contained in 

a separate section entitled 

‘‘Environmental Impact of the Project’’ 

and must include the Environmental 

Questionnaire/Certification describing 

the impact of the project. The 

Environmental Questionnaire/ 

Certification is available on the RUS 

Telecommunications Programs Web site 

at: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ 

utp_deltahealthcare.html. Submission 

of the Environmental Questionnaire/ 

Certification alone does not constitute 

compliance with 7 CFR part 1794. 

VI. Application Review Information 

A. Criteria 

1. Grant applications are scored 

competitively and subject to the criteria 

listed below. 

2. Grant application scoring criteria 

are detailed in the Delta Health Care 

Services Grant Application Guide. 

There are 100 points available, broken 

down as follows: 

a. The Rurality of the Project area and 

communities served. (up to 40 points); 

b. The Community Needs and 

Benefits Derived from the project. (up to 

45 points); and 

c. The Project Management and 

Organization capability. (up to 15 

points). 

B. Grant Review Standards 

1. All applications for grants must be 

delivered to RUS at the address 

specified in this notice, or submitted 

electronically to http://www.grants.gov/ 

(Grants.gov) to be eligible for funding. 

RUS will review each application for 

conformance with the provisions of this 

part. RUS may contact the applicant for 

additional information or clarification. 

2. Applications conforming with this 

part will be evaluated competitively by 

RUS employees, and will be awarded 

points as described in the Delta Health 

Care Services Grant Application Guide. 

Applications will be ranked and grants 

awarded in rank order until all grant 

funds are expended. 

3. Regardless of the score an 

application receives, if RUS determines 

that the Project is technically or 

financially infeasible, the Agency will 

notify the applicant, in writing, and the 

application will be returned and will 

not be considered for funding. 

C. Scoring Guidelines 

1. The applicant’s self scores in 

Rurality will be checked and, if 

necessary, corrected by RUS. 

2. The Community Needs and 

Benefits derived from the project score 

will be determined by RUS based on 

information presented in the 

application. The Community Needs and 

Benefits score is a subjective score based 

on the reviewer’s assessment of the 

supporting arguments made in the 

application. The score aims to assess 

how the project’s purpose and goals 

benefit the residents in the Delta Region. 

3. The Project Management and 

Organization Capability score will be 

determined by RUS based on 

information presented in the 

application. RUS will evaluate the 

applicant’s experience, past 

performance, and accomplishments 

addressing health care issues to ensure 

effective project implementation. 

D. Selection Process 

Grant applications are ranked by final 

score. RUS selects applications based on 

those rankings, subject to availability of 

funds. Rural Development has the 

authority to limit the number of 

applications selected in any one state, or 

from any applicant. 

VII. Award Administration Information 

A. Award Notices 

RUS recognizes that each funded 

project is unique, and therefore may 

attach conditions to different projects’ 

award documents. The Agency 

generally notifies applicants whose 

projects are selected for awards by 

faxing an award letter. The Agency 

follows the award letter with a grant 

agreement that contains all the terms 

and conditions for the grant. An 

applicant must execute and return the 

grant agreement, accompanied by any 

additional items required by the grant 

agreement. 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

The items listed in Section V of this 

notice and the Delta Health Care 

Services Grant Application Guide and 

accompanying materials implement the 

appropriate administrative and national 

policy requirements. 

C. Performance Reporting 

All recipients of Delta Health Care 

Services Grant Program financial 

assistance must provide annual 

performance activity reports to RUS 

until the project is complete and the 

funds are expended. A final 

performance report is also required; the 

final report may serve as the last annual 

report. The final report must include an 

evaluation of the success of the project. 

D. Recipient and Subrecipient Reporting 

The applicant must have the 

necessary processes and systems in 

place to comply with the reporting 

requirements for first-tier sub-awards 

and executive compensation under the 

Federal Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act of 2006 in the event 

the applicant receives funding unless 

such applicant is exempt from such 

reporting requirements pursuant to 2 

CFR part 170, 170.110(b). The reporting 

requirements under the Transparency 

Act pursuant to 2 CFR part 170 are as 

follows: 

1. First Tier Sub-Awards of $25,000 or 

more in non-Recovery Act funds (unless 

they are exempt under 2 CFR part 170) 

must be reported by the Recipient to 

http://www.fsrs.gov no later than the 

end of the month following the month 

the obligation was made. 

2. The Total Compensation of the 

Recipient’s Executives (5 most highly 

compensated executives) must be 

reported by the Recipient (if the 

Recipient meets the criteria under 2 CFR 

part 170) to http://www.ccr.gov by the 

end of the month following the month 

in which the award was made. 

3. The Total Compensation of the 

Subrecipient’s Executives (5 most 

highly compensated executives) must be 

reported by the Subrecipient (if the 

Subrecipient meets the criteria under 2 

CFR part 170) to the Recipient by the 

end of the month following the month 

in which the subaward was made. 

VIII. Agency Contacts 

A. Web site: http:// 

www.rurdev.usda.gov/Utilities_LP.html. 

The Web site maintains up-to-date 

resources and contact information for 

the Delta Health Care Services Grant 

Program. 

B. Phone: 202–720–8427. 

C. Fax: 202–720–2734. 

D. Main point of contact: Program 

Advisor, Telecommunications Program, 

RUS. 

Dated: March 28, 2011. 

Jonathan Adelstein, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, 

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ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 

Senior Executive Service; Combined 

Performance Review Board (PRB) 

AGENCY: Armed Forces Retirement 

Home. 

ACTION: Notice of Members of the Armed 

Forces Retirement Home Review Board 

(PRB). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to U.S.C. 431(c)(4), 

this notice announces the appointment 

of members of the combined PRB for the 

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Board reviews the performance 

appraisals of career and non-career 

senior executives. The Board 

recommendations regarding proposed 

performance appraisals, ratings, bonuses 

and other appropriate personnel actions. 

Composition of PRB: The Board shall 

consist of at least three voting members. 

In the case of an appraisal appointee, 

more than half of the members shall 

consist of career appointees. The names 

and titles of the PRB members are as 

follows: 

Primary Members 

Cynthia Z. Springer, Executive 

Director, Administrative Resource 

Center, Bureau of Public Debt Debra L. 

Hines, Assistant Commissioner, Office 

of Public Debt Accounting, Bureau of 

Public Debt Kimberly A. McCoy, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

Information Technology, Bureau of 

Public Debt. 

Alternate Members 

Keith Rake, Deputy Executive 

Director, Administrative Resource 

Center, Bureau of Public Debt Matt 

Miller, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, 

Office of Information Technology, 

Bureau of Public Debt. 

DATES: Membership is effective on the 

date of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven McManus, Acting Chief 

Operating Officer, Armed Forces 

Retirement Home, Box 1303, 

Washington, DC 20011, (202) 730–3533. 

This notice does not meet the Armed 

Forces Retirement Home’s criteria for 

significant regulations. 

Dated: March 17, 2011. 

Steve McManus, 

Acting Chief Operating Officer, Armed Forces 

Retirement Home. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Survey: 

Expenditures Incurred by Recipients of 

Biomedical Research and 

Development Awards From the 

National Institutes of Health (NIH) 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 5 p.m. June 3, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 

6616,14th and Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20230, or via email at dhynek@doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Payson, Chief of Research, 

Government Division (BE–57), Bureau 

of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; 

phone: (202) 606–9788; fax: (202) 606– 

5369; or via e-mail at 

steven.payson@bea.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The survey obtains the distribution of 

expenditures incurred by recipients of 

biomedical research awards from the 

National Institutes of Health Research 

(NIH) and will provide information on 

how the NIH award amounts are 

expended across several major 

categories. This information, along with 

wage and price data from other 

published sources, will be used to 

generate the Biomedical Research and 

Developmental Price Index (BRDPI). 

BEA develops this index for NIH under 

a reimbursable contract. The BRDPI is 

an index of prices paid for the labor, 

supplies, equipment, and other inputs 

required to perform the biomedical 

research the NIH supports in its 

intramural laboratories and through its 

awards to extramural organizations. The 

BRDPI is a vital tool for planning the 

NIH research budget and analyzing 

future NIH programs. A survey of award 

recipient entities is currently the only 

means for updating the expenditure 

categories that are used to prepare the 

BRDPI. 

II. Authority 

This survey will be voluntary. The 

authority for NIH to collect information 

for the BRDPI is provided in 45 CFR 

subpart C, Post-Award Requirements, 

section 74.21. This sets forth explicit 

standards for grantees in establishing 

and maintaining financial management 

systems and records, and section 74.53 

which provides for the retention of such 

records as well as NIH access to such 

records. 

BEA will administer the survey and 

analyze the survey results on behalf of 

NIH, through an interagency agreement 

between the two agencies. The authority 

for the NIH to contract with DOC to 

make this collection is the Economy Act 

(31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536). 

The ‘‘Special Studies’’ authority, 15 

U.S.C. 1525 (first paragraph), permits 

DOC to provide, upon the request of any 

person, firm or public or private 

organization (a) Special studies on 

matters within the authority of the 

Department of Commerce, including 

preparing from its records special 

compilations, lists, bulletins, or reports, 

and (b) furnishing transcripts or copies 

of its studies, compilations and other 

records. BEA has programmatic 

authority to perform this work pursuant 

to 15 U.S.C. 1527a. NIH’s support for 

this research is consistent with the 

Agency’s duties and authority under 42 

U.S.C. 282. 

The information provided by the 

respondents will be held confidential 

and be used for exclusively statistical 

purposes. This pledge of confidentiality 

is made under the Confidential 

Information Protection provisions of 

title V, subtitle A, Public Law 107–347. 

Title V is the Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

of 2002 (CIPSEA). Section 512 (on 

Limitations on Use and Disclosure of 

Data and Information) of the Act, 

provides that ‘‘data or information 

acquired by an agency under a pledge of 

confidentiality and for exclusively 

statistical purposes shall be used by 

officers, employees, or agents of the 

agency exclusively for statistical 

purposes. Data or information acquired 

by an agency under a pledge of 

confidentiality for exclusively statistical 

purposes shall not be disclosed by an 

agency in identifiable form, for any use 

other than an exclusively statistical 

purpose, except with the informed 

consent of the respondent.’’ 

Responses will be kept confidential 

and will not be disclosed in identifiable 

form to anyone other than employees or 

agents of BEA without prior written 

permission of the person filing the 

report. By law, each employee as well 

as each agent is subject to a jail term of 

up to 5 years, a fine of up to $250,000, 

or both for disclosing to the public any 

identifiable information that is reported 

about a business or institution. 

Section 515 of the Information 

Quality Guidelines applies to this 

survey. The collection and use of this 

information complies with all 

applicable information quality 

guidelines, i.e., those of the Office of 

Management and Budget, Department of 

Commerce, and BEA. 


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