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interest of national defense programs, or in 

the interest of assuring that a fair portion of 

Government procurement is placed with 

small business concerns. 

(3) All of the offers received under this 

solicitation will first be negotiated as to price 

and an evaluation will be made as though 

there were no set-aside. 

(4) For the purposes of set-aside 

evaluation, when an offer contains 

increments at different prices, each 

increment will be considered a separate offer. 

Except as provided in (d) below, negotiations 

will be limited to the offered quantities not 

awarded under the provision of (c)(2) below. 

(c) SET-ASIDE AWARD PROCEDURE. 

(1) The price for the small business setaside portion will be negotiated by the 

Contracting Officer based upon prices the 

Government would otherwise pay the 

successful offeror for the non-set-aside 

portion of the location under this solicitation, 

adjusted for transportation charges and other 

factors. In the case of a small business 

concern whose offer is determined by the 

evaluation process to be low on the non-setaside portion, awards of the set-aside portion 

will be made to that small business concern 

without further negotiation. Contracts for any 

remaining set-aside portions will be 

negotiated with those eligible small business 

concerns that have submitted a responsive 

offer on the various items for which a setaside has been established. In no event will 

a small business concern be awarded a setaside portion at a price higher than its offer 

price under the non-set-aside portion. 

(2) Negotiations for small business setaside awards will begin with the small 

business concern with the lowest evaluated 

price and a quantity of offered product 

remaining. If the low small business concern 

on the item does not offer to supply product 

at the set-aside price established in 

accordance with (1) above, the next low 

small business concern on the item will be 

given the same opportunity; this process will 

continue with the successive low small 

business concerns until all small business 

concerns have been contacted. 

(3) The Government reserves the right to 

make awards to the otherwise low offeror for 

all or any portion of the set-aside quantities, 

without regard to the size of the offeror, if 

eligible small business concerns do not offer 

a quantity of product sufficient to meet a setaside requirement or do not offer to supply 

at the set-aside prices. The total quantity that 

will be awarded a small business offeror on 

both the unreserved and reserved portions 

will not exceed the total quantity offered 

under this solicitation by such small business 

offerors. However, if insufficient product is 

offered by small business concerns to meet 

the quantity set aside for small business, 

small business concerns with which the 

Government has already commenced 

negotiations may be given an opportunity to 

offer additional product. 

(4) Where the Trade Agreements Act 

applies to the non-set-aside portion, offers of 

eligible products will be treated as if they 

were qualifying country end products. 

(d) AGREEMENT. For the set-aside portion 

of the acquisition, a small business concern 

submitting an offer in its own name agrees 

to furnish, in performing the contract, only 

end items manufactured or produced by 

small business concerns inside the United 

States. The term United States includes its 

territories and possessions, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Trust 

Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the 

District of Columbia. If this procurement is 

processed under simplified acquisition 

procedures and the total amount of this 

contract does not exceed $25,000, a small 

business concern may furnish the product of 

any domestic firm. This paragraph does not 

apply in connection with construction or 

service contracts. 

Dated: May 5, 2010. 

Mitchell S. Bryman, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10969 Filed 5–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DOD–2010–OS–0062] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Defense Information Systems 

Agency, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to delete a system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Information 

Systems Agency proposes to delete a 

system of records notice in its existing 

inventory of record systems subject to 

the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), 

as amended. 

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective without further notice on June 

9, 2010 unless comments are received 

which result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Federal Register 

document. The general policy for 

comments and other submissions from 

members of the public is to make these 

submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jeanette M. Weathers-Jenkins at (703) 

681–2103. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Defense Information Systems Agency 

systems of records notices subject to the 

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, have been published in the 

Federal Register and are available from 

the Defense Information Systems 

Agency, 5600 Columbia Pike, Room 

933–I, Falls Church, VA 22041–2705. 

The Defense Information Systems 

Agency proposes to delete one system of 

records notice from its inventory of 

record systems subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. 

The proposed deletion is not within the 

purview of subsection (r) of the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, 

which requires the submission of a new 

or altered system report. 

Dated: May 4, 2010. 

Mitchell S. Bryman, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

DELETION: 

KEUR.04 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Security Clearance File (February 22, 

1993; 58 FR 10562). 

REASON: 

These records are covered under 

system of records notice V5–05, Joint 

Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) 

(July 1, 2005; 70 FR 38120), therefore it 

can be deleted. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10939 Filed 5–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS); 

Overview Information; Centers for 

Independent Living; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.400A and 84.132A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: May 10, 2010. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: May 

20, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 9, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 9, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: This program 

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conducting, administering, and 

evaluating centers for independent 

living (CILs) that comply with the 

standards and assurances in section 725 

of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act), consistent with the 

design included in the State Plan for 

Independent Living (SPIL) for 

establishing a statewide network of 

CILs. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 796f–1; 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

2009, Pub. L. 111–5 (ARRA). 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, and 97. (b) The regulations for 

this program in 34 CFR parts 364 and 

366. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except Federally 

recognized Indian Tribes. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$10,229,435 from the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(ARRA) and $596,334 from the FY 2010 

Centers for Independent Living (CIL) 

appropriation. The purposes of the 

ARRA include the following: 

(1) To preserve and create jobs and 

promote economic recovery; 

(2) To assist those most impacted by 

the recession; 

(3) To provide investments needed to 

increase economic efficiency by 

spurring technological advances in 

science and health; 

(4) To invest in transportation, 

environmental protection, and other 

infrastructure that will provide longterm economic benefit; and 

(5) To stabilize State and local 

government budgets in order to 

minimize and avoid reductions in 

essential services and 

counterproductive State and local tax 

increases. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$100,000–$1,550,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$386,635. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 28, 

distributed in the following manner: 

States and territories Estimated 

available funds Source of funds 

Estimated 

number of 

awards 

Alaska ........................................................................... $117,089 ARRA ........................................................................... 1 

American Samoa .......................................................... 154,046 FY 2010 CIL Appropriation .......................................... 1 

Georgia ......................................................................... 683,510 ARRA ........................................................................... 1 

Illinois ............................................................................ 1,066,604 ARRA ........................................................................... 9 

Maryland ....................................................................... 442,288 FY 2010 CIL Appropriation .......................................... 2 

Michigan ........................................................................ 2,330,310 ARRA ........................................................................... 5 

New Jersey ................................................................... 625,000 ARRA ........................................................................... 1 

New York ...................................................................... 1,500,000 ARRA ........................................................................... 3 

North Carolina ............................................................... 987,500 ARRA ........................................................................... 1 

Ohio ............................................................................... 100,000 ARRA ........................................................................... 1 

Tennessee .................................................................... 1,000,000 ARRA ........................................................................... 1 

Texas ............................................................................ 1,550,000 ARRA ........................................................................... 1 

Washington ................................................................... 269,422 ARRA ........................................................................... 1 

Note: For all entities except American 

Samoa and Maryland, the dollar amount in 

the column ‘‘Estimated available funds’’ 

represents the total amount of funding that is 

available to establish new CILs in each State. 

Since these funds will be used to provide 

more than one year of support for the 

operation of new centers, the amount listed 

is not the amount that is available annually 

for grant awards in that State. In the case of 

American Samoa and Maryland, however, 

the source of funds indicated in the table is 

the FY 2010 CIL appropriation, rather than 

ARRA, and the funds do represent the 

amount available in this year. Please refer to 

the application package for each State’s 

annual amount per project period and the 

number of project periods applicable to each 

grant. The application package also contains 

information regarding the geographic area or 

areas in each State that applicants must 

propose to serve. The Department will not 

make awards to applicants in a State that was 

required to amend its SPIL in order to receive 

ARRA funds under the CIL program until the 

Department has approved the amendment to 

the SPIL. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: To be eligible 

to apply, an applicant must— 

(a) Be a consumer-controlled, 

community-based, cross-disability, 

nonresidential, private nonprofit 

agency; 

(b) Have the power and authority to— 

(1) Carry out the purpose of part C of 

title VII of the Act and perform the 

functions listed in section 725(b) and (c) 

of the Act and subparts F and G of 34 

CFR part 366 within a community 

located within any State in which the 

Secretary has approved the State Plan 

required by section 704 of the Act or in 

a bordering State; and 

(2) Receive and administer— 

(i) Funds under 34 CFR part 366; 

(ii) Funds and contributions from 

private or public sources that may be 

used in support of a center; and 

(iii) Funds from other public and 

private programs; 

(c) Be able to plan, conduct, 

administer, and evaluate a center 

consistent with the standards and 

assurances in section 725(b) and (c) of 

the Act and subparts F and G of 34 CFR 

part 366; 

(d) Either— 

(1) Not currently be receiving funds 

under part C of chapter 1 of title VII of 

the Act; or 

(2) Propose the expansion of an 

existing center through the 

establishment of a separate and 

complete center (except that the 

governing board of the existing center 

may serve as the governing board of the 

new center) at a different geographical 

location; 

(e) Propose to serve one or more of the 

geographic areas that are identified as 

unserved or underserved by the States 

and territories listed under Estimated 

Number of Awards in this notice; and 

(f) Submit appropriate documentation 

demonstrating that the establishment of 

a new center is consistent with the 

design for establishing a statewide 

network of centers in the State plan of 

the State or territory whose geographic 

area or areas the applicant proposes to 

serve. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 


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IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, 

use the following address: http:// 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

grantapps/index.html. 

To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, 

fax, or call the following: ED Pubs, U.S. 

Department of Education, P.O. Box 

22207, Alexandria, VA 22304. 

Telephone, toll free: 1–877–433–7827. 

FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.EDPubs.gov or at 

its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this program as 

follows: CFDA numbers 84.400A and 

84.132A. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person or 

team listed under Accessible Format in 

section VIII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. 

Page Limit: The program narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. You must limit the 

program narrative (Part III) to the 

equivalent of no more than 35 doublespaced pages, using the following 

standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative. Single spacing 

may be used for titles, headings, 

footnotes, quotations, references, and 

captions, as well as all text in charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the Application and Instructions for 

Federal Assistance; Part IV, the 

assurances, certifications, and 

disclosures; or the one-page abstract. 

However, the page limit does apply to 

all of the program narrative section (Part 

III). 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit or if you apply 

other standards and exceed the 

equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: May 10, 2010. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in a pre-application meeting 

and to receive information and technical 

assistance through individual 

consultation with Rehabilitation 

Services Administration (RSA) staff 

from the Office of Special Education 

and Rehabilitative Services. The preapplication meeting will be held on May 

20, 2010. Interested parties may 

participate in this meeting by 

conference call with RSA staff between 

1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time. RSA staff also will be available 

from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the same day, 

by telephone, to provide information 

and technical assistance through 

individual consultation. For further 

information or to make arrangements to 

participate in the meeting via 

conference call or for an individual 

consultation, contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII in this notice. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 9, 2010. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application system (e-Application) 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants site. For information (including 

dates and times) about how to submit 

your application electronically, or in 

paper format by mail or hand delivery 

if you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, 

please refer to section IV. 6. Other 

Submission Requirements in this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 9, 2010. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

competition. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications 

Applications for grants under the 

Centers for Independent Living 

Program—CFDA Numbers 84.400A and 

84.132A must be submitted 

electronically using e-Application, 

accessible through the Department’s 

e-Grants Web site at: http://egrants.ed.gov. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

E-Application will not accept an 

application for this program after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

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• The hours of operation of the 

e-Grants Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday 

until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 

a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that, 

because of maintenance, the system is 

unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on 

Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and 

between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, 

DC time. Any modifications to these 

hours are posted on the e-Grants Web 

site. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: The Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

You must attach any narrative sections 

of your application as files in a .DOC 

(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF 

(Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph or 

submit a password protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of e-Application Unavailability: 

If you are prevented from electronically 

submitting your application on the 

application deadline date because 

e-Application is unavailable, we will 

grant you an extension of one business 

day to enable you to transmit your 

application electronically, by mail, or by 

hand delivery. We will grant this 

extension if— 

(1) You are a registered user of 

e-Application and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for 

60 minutes or more between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date; or 

(b) E-Application is unavailable for 

any period of time between 3:30 p.m. 

and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, 

on the application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336– 

8930. If e-Application is unavailable 

due to technical problems with the 

system and, therefore, the application 

deadline is extended, an e-mail will be 

sent to all registered users who have 

initiated an e-Application. Extensions 

referred to in this section apply only to 

the unavailability of e-Application. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

e-Application because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to 

e-Application; 

and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevents you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. If 

you mail your written statement to the 

Department, it must be postmarked no 

later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Sean Barrett, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 5016, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2800. FAX: (202) 245–7590. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications by 

Mail 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.400A or 84.132A), 

LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202– 

4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications by 

Hand Delivery 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application, by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 


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address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.400A or 84.132A), 

550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, 

Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 

20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

grant notification within 15 business days 

from the application deadline date, you 

should call the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are in 34 CFR 

366.27 and are listed in the application 

package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: In 

selecting an application for an award 

under this program, an additional factor 

we consider is comments regarding the 

application, if any, by the Statewide 

Independent Living Council in the State 

in which the applicant is located. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. In 

addition, the GAN includes terms and 

conditions necessary for effective 

implementation of data collection and 

accountability requirements under the 

ARRA. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

Some of the funds awarded through 

this competition were appropriated 

under the ARRA and are subject to 

additional accountability and 

transparency reporting requirements, 

which are described in section 1512(c) 

of the ARRA. Grantees receiving funds 

provided by the ARRA must be able to 

distinguish these funds from any other 

funds they receive through this 

program. Recipients of ARRA funds will 

be required to submit quarterly reports 

on the expenditure of these funds no 

later than ten days after the end of each 

calendar quarter through a centralized 

reporting Web site administered by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB): 

http://www.federalreporting.gov. The 

information reported at this Web site 

will be available to the Department, the 

White House, OMB, and the public on 

http://www.Recovery.gov. Additional 

guidance providing further detail on the 

quarterly report is available at: http:// 

www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/ 

section-1512.html. Additional guidance 

on the use of ARRA funds by centers for 

independent living can be found at: 

http://www.ed.gov/print/policy/gen/leg/ 

recovery/factsheet/rehab-act.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department 

measures outcomes in the following 

three areas to evaluate the overall 

effectiveness of projects funded under 

this competition: (1) The effectiveness 

of individual services in enabling 

consumers to access previously 

unavailable transportation, appropriate 

accommodations to receive health care 

services, and/or assistive technology 

resulting in increased independence in 

at least one significant life area; (2) the 

effectiveness of individual services 

designed to help consumers move out of 

institutions and into community-based 

settings; and (3) the extent to which 

projects are participating in community 

activities to expand access to 

transportation, health care, assistive 

technology, and housing for individuals 

with disabilities in their communities. 

Grantees will be required to report 

annually on the percentage of their 

consumers who achieve their individual 

goals in the first two areas and on the 

percentage of their staff, board members, 

and consumers involved in community 

activities related to the third area. 

All grantees will be required to 

submit an annual performance report 

documenting their success in addressing 

these performance measures, as well as 

the standards and assurances in section 

725 of the Act. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Barrett, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5016, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2800. Telephone: (202) 245–7604 

or by e-mail: sean.barrett@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: May 5, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11007 Filed 5–7–10; 8:45 am] 

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