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e. Level of innovation demonstrated 

by the project (up to 15 points). 

f. System cost-effectiveness (up to 35 

points). 

g. Project overlap with Empowerment 

Zone, Enterprise Communities or 

Champion Communities designations 

(up to 15 points). 

C. Review Standards 

1. In addition to the scoring criteria 

that rank applications against each 

other, RUS evaluates grant applications 

for possible awards on the following 

items, according to 7 CFR 1703.127: 

a. Financial feasibility. 

b. Technical considerations. If the 

application contains flaws that would 

prevent the successful implementation, 

operation or sustainability of a project, 

RUS will not award a grant. 

c. Other aspects of proposals that 

contain inadequacies that would 

undermine the ability of the project to 

comply with the policies of the DLT 

Program. 

D. As a courtesy, RUS will examine, 

provide comment, and return 

applications that include items that 

would disqualify them from further 

consideration for modification, if the 

applications are submitted by January 3, 

2005. If you want RUS to examine your 

application in this manner, please 

submit your application on paper. 

Grants.gov does not currently support 

this kind of pre-application review. 

E. Selection Process 

Grant applications are ranked by final 

score, and by application purpose 

(education or medical). RUS selects 

applications based on those rankings, 

subject to the availability of funds. RUS 

may allocate grant awards between 

medical and educational purposes, but 

is not required to do so. In addition, 

RUS has the authority to limit the 

number of applications selected in any 

one State during a fiscal year. See 7 CFR 

1703.127. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

A. Award Notices 

Awards will be made and notices sent 

only after an appropriations bill has 

been enacted for FY 2005 funding the 

DLT grant program. RUS generally 

notifies applicants whose projects are 

selected for awards by faxing an award 

letter. RUS follows the award letter with 

a grant agreement that contains all the 

terms and conditions for the grant. RUS 

recognizes that each funded project is 

unique, and therefore may attach 

conditions to different projects’ award 

documents. An applicant must execute 

and return the grant agreement, 

accompanied by any additional items 

required by the grant agreement, within 

120 days of the selection date. 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

The items listed in Section IV of this 

notice, and the DLT Program regulation, 

application guide and accompanying 

materials implement the appropriate 

administrative and national policy 

requirements. 

C. Reporting 

1. Performance reporting. All 

recipients of DLT 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 in meeting DLT 

Program objectives. See 7 CFR 1703.107. 

2. Financial reporting. All recipients 

of DLT financial assistance must 

provide an annual audit, beginning with 

the first year a portion of the financial 

assistance is expended. Audits are 

governed by United States Department 

of Agriculture audit regulations. Please 

see 7 CFR 1703.108. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

A. Web site: http://www.usda.gov/rus/

telecom/dlt/dlt.htm. The RUS’ DLT Web 

site maintains up-to-date resources and 

contact information for DLT programs. 

B. Phone: 202–720–0413. 

C. Fax: 202–720–1051. 

D. E-mail: dltinfo@usda.gov. 

E. Main point of contact: Orren E. 

Cameron, III, Director, Advanced 

Services Division, Rural Utilities 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Dated: November 30, 2004. 

Curtis M. Anderson, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

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BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Additions 

and Deletions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to and 

deletions from procurement list. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add to the Procurement List products 

and services to be furnished by 

nonprofit agencies employing persons 

who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities, and to delete products 

previously furnished by such agencies. 

Comments Must be Received on or 

Before: January 2, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22202–3259.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sheryl D. Kennerly, (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Additions 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed additions, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice for each product or service will 

be required to procure the products and 

services listed below from nonprofit 

agencies employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organizations that will 

furnish the products and services to the 

Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the products and services to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the products and 

services proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. Comments on this 

certification are invited. Commenters 

should identify the statement(s) 

underlying the certification on which 

they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following products and services 

are proposed for addition to 

Procurement List for production by the 

nonprofit agencies listed: 

Products 

Product/NSN: Folder, File, 

Classification, 

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7530–01–011–9454. 

NPA: Georgia Industries for the Blind, 

Bainbridge, Georgia. 

Contracting Activity: Office Supplies & 

Paper Products Acquisition Center, 

New York, NY. 

Product/NSN: Tape, Pressure Sensitive, 

7510–00–266–6707, 7510–00–266–

6708, 7510–00–266–6710. 

NPA: Cincinnati Association for the 

Blind, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Contracting Activity: Office Supplies & 

Paper Products Acquisition Center, 

New York, NY. 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Custodial & 

Grounds Maintenance, South 

Eastern Regional Archives, 5780 

Jonesboro Road, Morrow, Georgia. 

NPA: Goodwill Industries of North 

Georgia, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. 

Contracting Activity: National Archives 

& Records Administration, College 

Park, Maryland. 

Service Type/Location: Grounds 

Maintenance, Basewide-FE Warren 

AFB, Wyoming. 

NPA: Pre-Vocational Training Center, 

Spokane, Washington. 

Contracting Activity: AFSPACOM—

Warren AFB. 

Service Type/Location: Laundry Service, 

U.S. Mint, 155 Hermann Street, San 

Francisco, California. 

NPA: Toolworks, Inc., San Francisco, 

California. 

Contracting Activity: U.S. Mint, San 

Francisco, California. 

Deletions 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action may result 

in additional reporting, recordkeeping 

or other compliance requirements for 

small entities. 

2. If approved, the action may result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the products to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the products proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

The following products are proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List: 

Products 

Product/NSN: Power Duster, 

7045–00–NIB–0164, 7045–00–NIB–

0165, 7045–00–NIB–0166. 

NPA: Lighthouse for the Blind, St. 

Louis, Missouri. 

Contracting Activity: Office Supplies & 

Paper Products Acquisition Center, 

New York, NY. 

Product/NSN: Tape, Electronic Data 

Processing, 

7045–00–377–9235. 

NPA: North Central Sight Services, Inc., 

Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 

Contracting Activity: Defense Supply 

Center Columbus, Columbus, Ohio.

Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

Director, Information Management.

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BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Additions and 

Deletion

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled.

ACTION: Additions to and deletion from 

procurement list. 

SUMMARY: This action adds to the 

Procurement List services to be 

furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, and 

deletes from the Procurement List a 

service previously furnished by such 

agencies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 2, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22202–3259.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sheryl D. Kennerly, (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On October 8, 2004, the Committee 

for Purchase From People Who Are 

Blind or Severely Disabled published 

notice (69 FR 60351) of proposed 

additions to the Procurement List. After 

consideration of the material presented 

to it concerning capability of qualified 

nonprofit agencies to provide the 

services and impact of the additions on 

the current or most recent contractors, 

the Committee has determined that the 

services listed below are suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 U.S.C. 46–48c and 41 CFR 51–

2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organizations that will furnish the 

services to the Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

services to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the services proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following services 

are added to the Procurement List: 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Custodial 

Services, Building #6107, Camp Bullis, 

Texas. 

NPA: Professional Contract Services, 

Inc., Austin, Texas. 

Contracting Activity: Army 

Contracting Agency, Fort Sam Houston, 

Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 

Service Type/Location: Document 

Destruction, NISH, Vienna, Virginia 

(Prime Contractor). 

Performance to be allocated to the 

Nonprofit Agencies identified at the 

following locations: 

Internal Revenue Service, 675 W. 

Moana Lane, Reno, Nevada 

NPA: Washoe ARC, Reno, Nevada. 

Internal Revenue Service, Service 

Center, Tucson, Arizona 

NPA: Beacon Group SW., Inc., 

Tucson, Arizona. 

Contracting Activity: IRS—Western 

Area Procurement Branch—APFW, San 

Francisco, CA. 

Deletion 

On March 26, 2004, the Committee for 

Purchase From People Who Are Blind 

or Severely Disabled published notice 

(69 FR 15787) of proposed deletions to 

the Procurement List. After 

consideration of the relevant matter 

presented, the Committee has 

determined that the service listed below 

is no longer suitable for procurement by 

the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 

46–48c and 41 CFR 51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: