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OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for 

Grants-in-Aid to State and Local 

Governments. 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of 

States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations. 

Please reference the following Web 

sites for additional information: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants. 

http://fa.statebuy.state.gov. 

VI.3 Reporting Requirements 

You must provide ECA with a hard 

copy original plus 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 which should include the 

activities completed during that quarter, 

information about any participants of 

the activities, and any adjustments in 

the program timeline. 

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. 

Program Data Requirements 

Award recipients will be required to 

maintain specific data on program 

participants and activities in an 

electronically accessible database format 

that can be shared with the Bureau as 

required. As a minimum, the data must 

include the following: 

(1) Name, address, contact 

information and biographic sketch of all 

persons who travel internationally on 

funds provided by the agreement or who 

benefit from the award funding but do 

not travel. 

(2) Itineraries of international and 

domestic travel, providing dates of 

travel and cities in which any exchange 

experiences take place. Final schedules 

for in-country and U.S. activities must 

be received by the ECA Program Officer 

at least three weeks prior to the official 

opening of the activity. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Ryan Murphy, 

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

SportsUnited Division, ECA/PE/C/SU, 

SA–5, Floor 3, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037, tel: (202) 632– 

6058, fax: (202) 632–6492, 

MurphyRM@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and reference number 

ECA/PE/C/SU–11–15. 

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: November 23, 2010. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30226 Filed 12–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7254] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: Youth Ambassadors 

Program With South America 

Announcement Type: New 

Cooperative Agreement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/PY–11–18. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.415. 

Application Deadline: January 27, 

2011. 

Executive Summary 

The Office of Citizen Exchanges, 

Youth Programs Division, of the Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs 

(ECA) announces an open competition 

for the Youth Ambassadors Program 

with South America. Public and private 

non-profit organizations meeting the 

provisions described in Internal 

Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 

501(c)(3) may submit proposals to 

recruit and select youth and adult 

participants, to provide the participants 

with three-week exchanges focused on 

civic education, community service, and 

youth leadership development, and to 

support follow-on projects in their home 

communities. Exchange delegations will 

travel from 10 South American 

countries to the United States, and U.S. 

exchange delegations will travel to 

select countries. ECA anticipates 

awarding multiple cooperative 

agreements that cover the 

administration of this program for two 

years. The awards will be contingent 

upon the availability of FY–2011 funds. 

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 FulbrightHays Act. The purpose of the Act is ‘‘to 

enable the Government of the United 

States to increase mutual understanding 

between the people of the United States 

and the people of other countries * * *; 

to strengthen the ties which unite us 

with other nations by demonstrating the 

educational and cultural interests, 

developments, and achievements of the 

people of the United States and other 

nations * * * and thus to assist in the 

development of friendly, sympathetic 

and peaceful relations between the 

United States and the other countries of 

the world.’’ The funding authority for 

the program above is provided through 

legislation. 

Overview 

The Youth Ambassadors Program is a 

three-week exchange for high school 

youth (ages 15–18) and adult educators 

focused on civic education, community 

service, and youth leadership 

development. Subthemes that explore 

these overarching themes may be added, 

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such as the environment or business 

and entrepreneurship. Participants 

engage in a variety of activities such as 

workshops on leadership and service, 

community site visits related to the 

program themes and subthemes, 

interactive training, presentations, visits 

to high schools, local cultural activities, 

civic education programming in 

Washington, DC or the capital city of the 

partner country, and other activities 

designed to achieve the program’s stated 

goals. Multiple opportunities for 

participants to interact meaningfully 

with their peers of the host country 

must be included. Follow-on activities 

with the participants are an integral part 

of the program, as the students apply 

the knowledge and skills they have 

acquired by planning service projects in 

their home communities. 

The FY2011 Youth Ambassadors 

Program will focus on the following 

countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, 

Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, 

Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and the 

United States. It is anticipated that 

foreign participants will travel from all 

of these countries to the United States, 

and that American participants will 

travel to select countries. 

The goals of the program are to: 

(1) Promote mutual understanding 

between the people of the United States 

and the people of South America; 

(2) Prepare youth leaders to become 

responsible citizens and contributing 

members of their communities; 

(3) Influence the attitudes of the 

leaders of a new generation; and 

(4) Foster relationships among youth 

from different ethnic, religious, and 

national groups and create hemispheric 

networks of youth leaders, both within 

the participating countries and 

internationally. 

The objectives of the program are for 

participants to: 

(1) Demonstrate a better 

understanding of the elements of a 

participatory democracy as practiced in 

the United States; 

(2) Demonstrate critical thinking and 

leadership skills; and 

(3) Demonstrate skill at developing 

project ideas and planning a course of 

action to bring the projects to fruition. 

The primary themes of the program 

are: 

(1) Civic Education (Citizen 

Participation, Grassroots Democracy and 

Rule of Law); 

(2) Community Service; and 

(3) Youth Leadership Development. 

For each project, applicant 

organizations must focus on these 

primary themes. Secondary themes, 

such as the environment or business 

and entrepreneurship, will serve to 

illustrate the more abstract concepts of 

the primary themes. For example, the 

secondary theme of the environment 

can be used to examine how a group of 

individuals with an idea can start a 

recycling campaign in their community. 

Using these goals, objectives, and 

themes, applicant organizations should 

identify their own specific and 

measurable outputs and outcomes based 

on the project specifications provided in 

this solicitation. ECA does not 

anticipate award recipients achieving 

these overarching goals throughout one 

project; however, proposals should 

indicate how these objectives will be 

reached through these themes, and how 

they will contribute to the achievement 

of the stated goals. 

Project Options 

The total amount of funding available 

is $3,000,000, pending availability of 

funds. ECA anticipates awarding 

multiple cooperative agreements for the 

management of the Youth Ambassadors 

Program with South America that 

together will cover all 10 countries. The 

Bureau reserves the right to reduce, 

revise, or increase proposal project 

configurations, budgets, and participant 

numbers in accordance with the needs 

of the program and the availability of 

funds. In addition, the Bureau reserves 

the right to adjust the participating 

countries should conditions change in 

the partner country or if other countries 

are identified as Department priorities. 

Organizations may apply for one, two, 

or three of the options outlined below, 

but must submit only one proposal 

under this competition. Multiple 

submissions will be declared 

technically ineligible and will not be 

considered further in the review 

process. These options will allow 

applicants the flexibility to propose 

working with the countries in which 

they have the best infrastructure. The 

Bureau strongly urges organizations to 

focus their applications on countries 

where they have the strongest 

organizational capacity. This capacity 

must be thoroughly described in the 

proposal. Please note the total 

approximate funding for each option. 

Option 1: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, 

Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and 

Venezuela (Approximately $2,000,000 

Total, With One to Four Awards) 

A project conducted in English for 

participants from Argentina, Bolivia, 

Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and/or 

Venezuela. Approximately 15–20 

participants from each country will 

travel to the United States each year. 

Award recipients are encouraged to 

send delegations that include 

participants from several countries; 

however not all delegations must travel 

to the United States at the same time. It 

is suitable to break them down into 

smaller single country or sub-regional 

groups. Applicants who plan to send a 

large delegation to the United States at 

one time must propose a plan to break 

it into smaller cohorts for most of the 

exchange activities. In addition to the 

South American participants, 10–15 

participants from the United States will 

travel to Paraguay and/or Uruguay each 

year. Delegations of American 

participants may alternate between 

specified countries and travel to 

Uruguay the first year and Paraguay the 

following year, or delegations may 

travel to both countries each year. The 

American participants should have 

conversational Spanish skills. 

Applicants are encouraged to be creative 

and flexible in making arrangements 

that will help meet our program goals. 

ECA may award more than one 

cooperative agreement from this option. 

Applicants must include at least two 

South American countries, and may 

include up to all seven countries, in 

their proposals. Applicants should 

apply for those countries where they 

have a strong organizational capacity 

with their in-country partner. 

Option 2: Colombia and Ecuador 

(Approximately $500,000) 

A regional project conducted in 

Spanish for participants from Colombia 

and Ecuador. Approximately 15–20 

participants from each country will 

travel to the United States each year. 

This regional project should include 

activities where participants from both 

countries interact to share ideas and 

work on program themes during the 

exchange in the United States. 

Delegations may be broken up into 

smaller sub-groups, but should keep a 

mix of participants from both countries. 

Special emphasis should be placed on 

recruiting participants from 

underserved communities. Spanish 

language interpreters should be 

provided for U.S. programming. In 

addition to the South American 

participants, 10–15 participants from 

the United States may travel to Ecuador. 

The American participants should have 

conversational Spanish skills. 

Option 3: Brazil (Approximately 

$500,000) 

A single country, reciprocal project 

conducted in English for participants 

from Brazil and the United States. The 

total number of participants each year 

will be 37 Brazilians (35 youth, 2 adults) 

and 10–15 Americans. For the Brazil 

project only, the U.S. Embassy in 

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Brasilia will serve as the in-country 

partner. The Embassy will manage the 

recruitment and selection of the 

Brazilian participants, cover their incountry expenses, arrange and purchase 

the international travel, oversee their 

follow-on activities, and administer the 

Brazil-based exchange activities for the 

U.S. participants. The award recipient 

will be responsible for organizing and 

funding the U.S.-based exchange 

activities for the Brazilian participants. 

The recipient will also be responsible 

for recruiting and selecting the 

American participants and covering 

their pre-departure expenses, including 

passports and visas fees and 

international travel, paying for all 

program expenses in Brazil, as well as 

managing their follow-on activities. The 

exchanges to the U.S. will take place in 

January 2012 and January 2013, and the 

exchanges to Brazil will take place in 

the summer of 2012 and 2013. 

Participants 

Both the youth and adult participants 

must meet the following eligibility 

requirements: 

(1) Be citizens of the country from 

which they are applying; 

(2) Be selected through a merit-based 

competition; 

(3) Represent the diversity of their 

home country; and 

(4) Demonstrate an interest in the 

partner country and the project themes. 

Criteria for selection of the 

participants will include leadership 

skills, an interest in service to the 

community, strong academic and social 

skills, openness and flexibility. To reach 

beyond the elite, participants should be 

recruited from underserved or 

disadvantaged populations of youth in 

these countries, including public high 

schools. Geographic, socio-economic, 

and ethnic diversity is important, 

including outreach to indigenous and 

Afro-descendent populations. It is 

desirable that a few participants live in 

the same community to facilitate future 

collaboration upon their return to their 

home country. 

The youth participants must be high 

school students aged 15 to 18 years old, 

with at least one semester of high school 

remaining. The adult participants may 

be teachers, trainers, school 

administrators, and/or community 

leaders who work with youth. They will 

have the dual role of both exchange 

participant and chaperone. The ratio of 

youth to adults should be approximately 

10:1, depending on the size of the 

exchange delegation. 

Except for participants from Colombia 

and Ecuador, all South American 

participants must have sufficient 

English language proficiency to 

participate fully in interactions with 

their host families and their peers and 

in educational activities. A similar level 

of Spanish language ability is required 

for the American participants traveling 

to Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay. 

Portuguese is not required for the 

Americans traveling to Brazil. For the 

U.S.-based activities that will be 

conducted in Spanish, the award 

recipient must provide interpretation 

and place the participants in host 

families where at least one member 

speaks Spanish. 

Organizational Capacity 

Applicant organizations must 

demonstrate their capacity for 

conducting international youth 

exchanges, focusing on three areas of 

competency: (1) Provision of projects 

that address the goals, objectives, and 

themes outlined in this document; (2) 

age-appropriate programming for youth; 

and (3) previous experience working on 

programs in the region. Organizations 

must demonstrate their capacity to 

manage a complex, multi-phase program 

with several separate exchange projects. 

In addition to their U.S. presence, 

applicants must have the organizational 

capacity in the relevant countries 

through their own offices or through a 

partner organization or institution to 

recruit and select participants for the 

project, to provide follow-on activities, 

and to organize a content-rich program 

for the U.S. participants, if specified. 

The importance of a viable, experienced 

in-country partner cannot be overemphasized. Applicants should consult 

with their partners and involve them in 

the preparation of the proposal. Before 

submitting a proposal, applicants may 

consult with Public Affairs Sections in 

U.S. Embassies for suggested partner 

organizations or concerning the 

selection and reliability of in-country 

partner organizations. Please e-mail 

ECA Program Officer Jennifer Phillips 

(PhillipsJA@state.gov) for Embassy 

contact information. 

U.S. Embassy Involvement 

It is important that the proposal 

narrative clearly state the applicant’s 

commitment to consult closely with the 

Public Affairs Section of the U.S. 

Embassy in the host country to develop 

plans for project implementation, 

including recruitment, selection and 

orientation of participants, publicity 

events, and follow-on activities, once a 

cooperative agreement is awarded. In 

countries where there is a reciprocal 

component involving U.S. citizen 

minors, the U.S. Embassy will provide 

oversight and monitoring; concur on 

housing arrangements, including host 

family locations (regions, 

neighborhoods); represent the U.S. 

Government while the exchange 

activities are taking place in the host 

country; and assist program staff and 

participants in the event of an 

emergency. At the same time, the 

cooperative agreement requires that the 

administering organization must be able 

to manage the program in the host 

country in its entirety, with little 

reliance on embassy staff for support. 

For the Brazil project only, the U.S. 

Embassy in Brasilia will serve as the incountry partner. 

Guidelines 

Pending the availability of funds, it is 

anticipated that the cooperative 

agreement will begin on or about July 1, 

2011. The award period will span 

approximately two years, and will cover 

all aspects of the programming in South 

America and the United States— 

recruitment, selection, and orientation 

of the participants, three weeks of 

exchange activities, and support of 

follow-on activities. Planning and 

preparation will start in 2011, and the 

exchanges will take place at various 

points throughout 2012 and 2013. 

Applicants should propose the period of 

the exchange(s) in their proposals, but 

the exact timing of the project may be 

altered through the mutual agreement of 

the Department of State and the 

recipient. In addition, while the second 

year of the award period may build on 

lessons learned from the first year, 

proposals should include a plan for 

keeping the essential elements of the 

exchange, from project themes to 

regional groupings, the same in the 

second year. 

The award recipient will be 

responsible for the following: 

Recruitment and Selection: Manage 

the recruitment and merit-based 

selection of youth and adult participants 

in cooperation with the Public Affairs 

Sections of the U.S. Embassies in the 

participating countries. Collaboration 

with Binational Centers (BNCs) is 

suggested, if possible. Once a 

cooperative agreement is awarded, the 

recipient must consult with the Public 

Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy to 

review a participant recruitment and 

selection plan and to determine the 

degree of Embassy involvement in the 

process. Organizers must strive for 

regional, socio-economic, and ethnic 

diversity, as well as gender balance. For 

reciprocal projects sending U.S. 

participants to South America, the 

recipients must manage the recruitment 

and open, merit-based selection of U.S. 

participants. The Department of State 

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and/or its overseas representatives will 

have final approval of all selected 

delegations. 

Orientations: Provide orientations for 

exchange participants and for those 

participating from the host 

communities, including host families. 

Logistics: Manage all logistical 

arrangements, including passport and 

visa applications, international and 

domestic travel, ground transportation, 

accommodations, interpretation, group 

meals, and disbursement of stipends. 

Exchange Activities: Design and plan 

three weeks of exchange activities that 

provide a creative and substantive 

program that develops both the youth 

and the adult participants’ knowledge 

and skill base in civic education, 

community service, and youth 

leadership development. The exchange 

will take place in the capital city 

(Washington, DC or that of the host 

country) and in one or two other 

communities. The exchanges will focus 

primarily on interactive activities, 

practical experiences, and other handson opportunities that provide a 

substantive project on the specified 

program themes. Some activities should 

be school and/or community-based, and 

the projects will involve as much 

sustained interaction with peers of the 

host country as possible (for both the 

youth and adult participants). Cultural, 

social, and recreational activities will 

balance the schedule. 

Accommodations: Arrange home 

stays for the participants in the United 

States with properly screened and 

briefed American families for the 

majority of the exchange period. In the 

partner countries, home stays are 

strongly desired whenever feasible in 

properly screened and briefed South 

American families. Criminal 

background checks must be conducted 

for members of host families (and others 

living in the home) who are 18 years or 

older. 

Monitoring: Develop and implement a 

plan to monitor the participants’ safety 

and well-being while on the exchange 

and to create opportunities for 

participants to share potential issues 

and resolve them promptly. The award 

recipient will be required to provide 

proper staff supervision and facilitation 

to ensure that the teenagers have safe 

and pedagogically rich programs. Staff, 

along with the adult participants, will 

assist the youth with cultural 

adjustments, provide societal context to 

enhance learning, and counsel students 

as needed. For the safety and security of 

both foreign and American participants, 

applicants must comply with the 

monitoring and supervision 

requirements, as well as the host family 

screening requirements, outlined in the 

POGI. 

Follow-on Activities and In-Country 

Programming: Plan and implement 

activities in the participants’ home 

countries, particularly by facilitating 

continued engagement among the 

participants, advising and supporting 

them in the implementation of 

community service projects, and 

offering opportunities to reinforce the 

ideas, values and skills imparted during 

the exchange. Exchange participants 

should return home from the exchange 

prepared to conduct projects that serve 

a need in their schools or communities. 

To amplify program impact, proposals 

should present creative and effective 

ways to address the project themes, for 

both program participants and their 

peers. 

Evaluation: Design and implement an 

evaluation plan that assesses the shortand medium-term impact of the project 

on the participants as well as on host 

and home communities. 

Please Note: In a cooperative agreement, 

the Department of State is substantially 

involved in program activities above and 

beyond routine grant monitoring. The 

Department’s activities and responsibilities 

for the Youth Ambassadors Program are as 

follows: 

(1) Provide advice and assistance in the 

execution of all program components. 

(2) Facilitate interaction within the 

Department of State, to include ECA, the 

regional bureaus, and overseas posts. 

(3) Arrange meetings with Department of 

State officials in Washington, DC and the 

partner countries. 

(4) Approve the final candidate selection 

and alternates. 

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

the foreign participants. All foreign 

participants will travel on a U.S. Government 

designation for the J Exchange Visitor 

Program. 

(6) Approve applications, publicity 

materials, and final calendar of exchange 

activities. 

(7) Approve housing arrangements, 

including the host families location (in South 

America only). 

(8) Monitor and evaluate the program, 

through regular communication with the 

award recipient and possibly one or more site 

visits. 

(9) In Brazil only, the U.S. Embassy will 

serve as the in-country partner and manage 

the recruitment and selection of the Brazilian 

participants, cover their in-country expenses, 

arrange and purchase the international travel, 

oversee their follow-on activities, and 

administer the Brazil-based exchange 

activities for the U.S. participants. 

Additional Information 

Award recipients will retain the name 

‘‘Youth Ambassadors Program’’ to 

identify their project. All materials, 

publicity, and correspondence related to 

the program will acknowledge this as a 

program of the Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. 

Department of State. The Bureau will 

retain copyright use of and be allowed 

to distribute materials related to this 

program as it sees fit. 

The organization must inform the 

ECA Program Officer of their progress at 

each stage of the project’s 

implementation in a timely fashion, and 

will be required to obtain approval of 

any significant program changes in 

advance of their implementation. 

Proposals must demonstrate how the 

stated objectives will be met. The 

proposal narrative should provide 

detailed information on the major 

project activities, and applicants should 

explain and justify their programmatic 

choices. Projects must comply with J–1 

visa regulations for the International 

Visitor and Government Visitor 

category. Please be sure to refer to the 

complete Solicitation Package—this 

RFGP, the Project Objectives, Goals, and 

Implementation (POGI), and the 

Proposal Submission Instructions 

(PSI)—for further information. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

Agreement. ECA’s level of involvement 

in this program is listed under Section 

I above. 

Fiscal Year Funds: FY–2011. 

Approximate Total Funding: 

$3,000,000. 

Approximate Number of Awards: One 

to six. 

Approximate Average Award: 

$500,000. 

Floor of Award Range: $500,000. 

Ceiling of Award Range: $3,000,000. 

Anticipated Award Date: Pending 

availability of funds, July 1, 2011. 

Anticipated Project Completion Date: 

24–34 months after start date, to be 

specified by applicant based on project 

plan. 

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 

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applicant must provide the amount of 

cost sharing as stipulated in its proposal 

and later included in an approved 

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 multiple awards in 

amounts exceeding $60,000 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.) Proposed sub-award recipients are 

also limited to grant funding of $60,000 

or less if they do not have four years of 

experience in conducting international 

exchanges. 

(c.) The Bureau encourages applicants 

to provide maximum levels of cost 

sharing and funding in support of its 

programs. 

(d.) Organizations may submit only 

one proposal (total) under this 

competition. If multiple proposals are 

received from the same applicant, all 

submissions will be declared 

technically ineligible and will be given 

no further consideration in the review 

process. Please note: Applicant 

organizations are defined by their legal 

name, and EIN number as stated on 

their completed SF–424 and additional 

supporting documentation outlined in 

the Proposal Submission Instructions 

(PSI) document. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

Note: Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries or 

submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may not 

discuss this competition with applicants 

until the proposal review process has been 

completed. 

IV.1 Contact Information To Request an 

Application Package 

Please contact the Youth Programs 

Division, ECA/PE/C/PY, SA–5, 3rd 

Floor, U.S. Department of State, 2200 C 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, by 

telephone (202) 632–9352, fax (202) 

632–9355, or e-mail 

PhillipsJA@state.gov to request a 

Solicitation Package. Please refer to the 

Funding Opportunity Number ECA/PE/ 

C/PY–11–18 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 Instruction (PSI) 

document which consists of required 

application forms, and standard 

guidelines for proposal preparation. It 

also contains the Project Objectives, 

Goals and Implementation (POGI) 

document, which provides specific 

information, award criteria and budget 

instructions tailored to this competition. 

Please specify Program Officer 

Jennifer Phillips and refer to the 

Funding Opportunity Number ECA/PE/ 

C/PY–11–18 located at the top of this 

announcement on all other inquiries 

and correspondence. 

IV.2. To Download a Solicitation 

Package via Internet 

The entire Solicitation Package may 

be downloaded from the Bureau’s Web 

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

open2.html, or from the Grants.gov Web 

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

Please read all information before 

downloading. 

IV.3. Content and Form of Submission 

Applicants must follow all 

instructions in the Solicitation Package. 

The application should be submitted 

per the instructions under IV.3f. 

‘‘Application Deadline and Methods of 

Submission’’ section below. 

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

and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number to 

apply for a grant or cooperative 

agreement from the U.S. Government. 

This number is a nine-digit 

identification number, which uniquely 

identifies business entities. Obtaining a 

DUNS number is easy and there is no 

charge. To obtain a DUNS number, 

access http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1– 

866–705–5711. Please ensure that your 

DUNS number is included in the 

appropriate box of the SF–424 which is 

part of the formal application package. 

IV.3b. All proposals must contain an 

executive summary, proposal narrative 

and budget. 

Please Refer to the Solicitation 

Package. It contains the mandatory 

Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) 

document and the Project Objectives, 

Goals and Implementation (POGI) 

document for additional formatting and 

technical requirements. 

IV.3c. 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: 

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IV.3d.1 Adherence to All Regulations 

Governing The J Visa 

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs is the official program sponsor of 

the exchange program covered by this 

RFGP, and an employee of the Bureau 

will be the ‘‘Responsible Officer’’ for the 

program under the terms of 22 CFR 62, 

which covers the administration of the 

Exchange Visitor Program (J visa 

program). Under the terms of 22 CFR 62, 

organizations receiving awards (either a 

grant or cooperative agreement) under 

this RFGP will be third parties 

‘‘cooperating with or assisting the 

sponsor in the conduct of the sponsor’s 

program.’’ The actions of recipient 

organizations shall be ‘‘imputed to the 

sponsor in evaluating the sponsor’s 

compliance with’’ 22 CFR 62. Therefore, 

the Bureau expects that any 

organization receiving an award under 

this competition will render all 

assistance necessary to enable the 

Bureau to fully comply with 22 CFR 62 

et seq. 

The Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs places critically 

important emphases on the secure and 

proper administration of Exchange 

Visitor (J visa) Programs and adherence 

by recipient organizations and program 

participants to all regulations governing 

the J visa program status. Therefore, 

proposals should explicitly state in 

writing that the applicant is prepared to 

assist the Bureau in meeting all 

requirements governing the 

administration of Exchange Visitor 

Programs as set forth in 22 CFR 62. If 

your organization has experience as a 

designated Exchange Visitor Program 

Sponsor, the applicant should discuss 

their record of compliance with 22 CFR 

62 et seq., including the oversight of 

their Responsible Officers and Alternate 

Responsible Officers, screening and 

selection of program participants, 

provision of pre-arrival information and 

orientation to participants, monitoring 

of participants, proper maintenance and 

security of forms, record-keeping, 

reporting and other requirements. 

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of 

ECA will be responsible for issuing DS– 

2019 forms to participants in this 

program. 

A copy of the complete regulations 

governing the administration of 

Exchange Visitor (J) programs is 

available at http://exchanges.state.gov 

or from: Office of Designation, Private 

Sector Programs Division, U.S. 

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

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

Washington, DC 20037. 

IV.3d.2 Diversity, Freedom and 

Democracy Guidelines 

Pursuant to the Bureau’s authorizing 

legislation, programs must maintain a 

non-political character and should be 

balanced and representative of the 

diversity of American political, social, 

and cultural life. ‘‘Diversity’’ should be 

interpreted in the broadest sense and 

encompass differences including, but 

not limited to ethnicity, race, gender, 

religion, geographic location, socioeconomic status, and disabilities. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

adhere to the advancement of this 

principle both in program 

administration and in program content. 

Please refer to the review criteria under 

the ‘Support for Diversity’ section for 

specific suggestions on incorporating 

diversity into your proposal. Public Law 

104–319 provides that ‘‘in carrying out 

programs of educational and cultural 

exchange in countries whose people do 

not fully enjoy freedom and 

democracy,’’ the Bureau ‘‘shall take 

appropriate steps to provide 

opportunities for participation in such 

programs to human rights and 

democracy leaders of such countries.’’ 

Public Law 106–113 requires that the 

governments of the countries described 

above do not have inappropriate 

influence in the selection process. 

Proposals should reflect advancement of 

these goals in their program contents, to 

the full extent deemed feasible. 

IV.3d.3 Program Monitoring and 

Evaluation 

Proposals must include a plan to 

monitor and evaluate the project’s 

success, both as the activities unfold 

and at the end of the program. The 

Bureau recommends that your proposal 

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 shortterm outcome, whereas behavior and 

institutional changes are normally 

considered longer-term outcomes. 

Overall, the quality of your 

monitoring and evaluation plan will be 

judged on how well it (1) specifies 

intended outcomes; (2) gives clear 

descriptions of how each outcome will 

be measured; (3) identifies when 

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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. There must be a summary 

budget as well as breakdowns reflecting 

both administrative and program 

budgets. Applicants may provide 

separate sub-budgets for each program 

component, phase, location, or activity 

to provide clarification. Please refer to 

the Solicitation Package (POGI and PSI) 

for complete budget guidelines and 

formatting instructions. 

IV.3f. Application Deadline and 

Methods of Submission 

Application Deadline Date: January 

27, 2011. 

Reference Number: ECA/PE/C/PY– 

11–18. 

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., Federal Express, UPS, Airborne 

Express, or U.S. Postal Service Express 

Overnight Mail, etc.), or 

(2.) electronically through http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Along with the Project Title, all 

applicants must enter the above 

Reference Number in Box 11 on the SF– 

424 contained in the mandatory 

Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) 

of the solicitation document. 

IV.3f.1 Submitting Printed 

Applications 

Applications must be shipped no later 

than the above deadline. Delivery 

services used by applicants must have 

in-place, centralized shipping 

identification and tracking systems that 

may be accessed via the Internet and 

delivery people who are identifiable by 

commonly recognized uniforms and 

delivery vehicles. Proposals shipped on 

or before the above deadline but 

received at ECA more than seven days 

after the deadline will be ineligible for 

further consideration under this 

competition. Proposals shipped after the 

established deadlines are ineligible for 

consideration under this competition. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

application. It is each applicant’s 

responsibility to ensure that each 

package is marked with a legible 

tracking number and to monitor/confirm 

delivery to ECA via the Internet. 

Delivery of proposal packages may not 

be made via local courier service or in 

person for this competition. Faxed 

documents will not be accepted at any 

time. Only proposals submitted as 

stated above will be considered. 

Important note: When preparing your 

submission please make sure to include one 

extra copy of the completed SF–424 form and 

place it in an envelope addressed to ‘‘ECA/ 

EX/PM’’. 

The original and six (6) copies of the 

application should be sent to: Program 

Management Division, ECA–IIP/EX/PM, 

Ref.: ECA/PE/C/PY–11–18, SA–5, Floor 

4, Department of State, 2200 C Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20037. 

With the submission of the proposal 

package, please also e-mail the 

Executive Summary, Proposal Narrative, 

and Budget sections of the proposal, as 

well as any attachments essential to 

understanding the program, in Microsoft 

Word, Excel, and/or PDF, to the 

program officer at PhillipsJA@state.gov. 

As appropriate, the Bureau will provide 

these files electronically to 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 

under the ‘‘For Applicants’’ section of 

the Web site. ECA strongly recommends 

that all potential applicants review 

thoroughly the Grants.gov Web site, 

well in advance of submitting a 

proposal through the Grants.gov system. 

ECA bears no responsibility for data 

errors resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

Direct all questions regarding 

Grants.gov registration and submission 

to: Grants.gov Customer Support. 

Contact Center Phone: 800–518–4726. 

Business Hours: Monday–Friday, 7 

a.m.–9 p.m. Eastern Time. 

E-mail: support@grants.gov. 

Applicants have until midnight (12 

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

closing date to ensure that their entire 

application has been uploaded to the 

Grants.gov site. There are no exceptions 

to the above deadline. Applications 

uploaded to the site after midnight of 

the application deadline date will be 

automatically rejected by the grants.gov 

system, and will be technically 

ineligible. Please refer to the Grants.gov 

Web site, for definitions of various 

‘‘application statuses’’ and the difference 

between a submission receipt and a 

submission validation. 

Applicants will receive a validation email 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. 

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IV.3g. Intergovernmental Review of 

Applications 

Executive Order 12372 does not apply 

to this program. 

V. Application Review Information 

V.1. Review Process 

The Bureau will review all proposals 

for technical eligibility. Proposals will 

be deemed ineligible if they do not fully 

adhere to the guidelines stated herein 

and in the Solicitation Package. All 

eligible proposals will be reviewed by 

the program office, as well as the Public 

Diplomacy section overseas, where 

appropriate. Eligible proposals will be 

subject to compliance with Federal and 

Bureau regulations and guidelines and 

forwarded to Bureau grant panels for 

advisory review. Proposals may also be 

reviewed by the Office of the Legal 

Adviser or by other Department 

elements. Final funding decisions are at 

the discretion of the Department of 

State’s Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs. Final 

technical authority for assistance 

awards (cooperative agreements) resides 

with the Bureau’s Grants Officer. 

Review Criteria 

Technically eligible applications will 

be competitively reviewed according to 

the criteria stated below. 

1. Quality of the program idea: 

Objectives should be reasonable, 

feasible, and flexible. The proposal 

should clearly demonstrate how the 

institution will meet the program’s 

objectives and plan. The proposed 

program should be creative, ageappropriate, respond to the design 

outlined in the solicitation, and 

demonstrate originality. It should be 

clearly and accurately written, 

substantive, and with sufficient detail. 

Proposals should also include a plan to 

support participants’ community 

activities upon their return home. 

2. Program planning: A detailed 

agenda and work plan should clearly 

demonstrate how project objectives 

would be achieved. The agenda and 

plan should adhere to the program 

overview and guidelines described 

above. The substance of workshops, 

seminars, presentations, school-based 

activities, and/or site visits should be 

described in detail. 

3. Support of diversity: The proposal 

should demonstrate the recipient’s 

commitment to promoting the 

awareness and understanding of 

diversity in participant recruitment and 

selection and in program content. 

Applicants should demonstrate 

readiness to accommodate participants 

with physical disabilities. 

4. Institutional capacity and track 

record: Proposed personnel and 

institutional resources in both the 

United States and in the partner 

countries should be adequate and 

appropriate to achieve the program 

goals. The proposal should demonstrate 

an institutional record of successful 

exchange programs, including 

responsible fiscal management and full 

compliance with all reporting 

requirements for past Bureau awards as 

determined by Bureau Grants Staff. The 

Bureau will consider the past 

performance of prior recipients and the 

demonstrated potential of new 

applicants. 

5. Program evaluation: The proposal 

should include a plan to evaluate the 

program’s success in meeting its goals, 

both as the activities unfold and after 

they have been completed. The proposal 

should include a draft survey 

questionnaire or other technique, plus a 

description of a methodology to link 

outcomes to original project objectives. 

The award recipient will be expected to 

submit intermediate reports after each 

project component is concluded. 

6. Cost-effectiveness and cost sharing: 

The applicant should demonstrate 

efficient use of Bureau funds. The 

overhead and administrative 

components of the proposal, including 

salaries and honoraria, should be kept 

as low as possible. All other items 

should be necessary and appropriate. 

The proposal should maximize costsharing through other private sector 

support as well as institutional direct 

funding contributions, which 

demonstrates institutional and 

community commitment. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1 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 a 

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.2 Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Administration of ECA agreements 

include the following: 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Nonprofit Organizations.’’ 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Educational Institutions.’’ 

OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles 

for State, Local and Indian 

Governments’’. 

OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised), 

Uniform Administrative Requirements 

for Grants and Agreements with 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals, and other Nonprofit 

Organizations. 

OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for 

Grants-in-Aid to State and Local 

Governments. 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of 

States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations 

Please reference the following Web 

sites for additional information: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants. 

http://fa.statebuy.state.gov. 

VI.3 Reporting Requirements 

You must provide ECA with a hard 

copy original plus one copy of the 

following reports: 

(1) A final program and financial 

report no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award; 

(2) A concise, one-page final program 

report summarizing program outcomes 

no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award. This one-page 

report will 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, including the SF–PPR–E and 

SF–PPR–F. 

(4) Quarterly or interim reports, as 

required in the Bureau cooperative 

agreement. 

Award recipients will be required to 

provide reports analyzing their 

evaluation findings to the Bureau in 

their regular program reports. (Please 

refer to IV.3.d.3 Application and 

Submission Instructions 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. 

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1The original agreement was subsequently 

amended in April 2008 and August 2010. 2RJCC, a Class III carrier, is controlled by Richard 

J. Corman who also controls several other Class III 

rail carriers in the eastern United States. See 

Richard J. Corman—Continuance in Control 

Exemption—R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ 

Central Kentucky Lines, FD 34327 (STB served Apr. 

14, 2003). 

3While RJCC and Railroad Property originally 

filed a petition to reopen and modify the trackage 

rights portions of those notices to correct the 

misdescriptions, they subsequently filed a request 

to withdraw that petition. The request to withdraw 

will be addressed subsequently in a separate 

decision. 

4The 2005 notices also involved the lease and 

sublease/operation of a CSXT line accurately 

described by the parties. The notices were 

published by the Board. 

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: Jennifer 

Phillips, Youth Programs Division, 

ECA/PE/C/PY, SA–5, 3rd Floor, U.S. 

Department of State, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20522–0503, by 

telephone 202–632–9352, fax 202–632– 

9355, or e-mail PhillipsJA@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and reference number 

ECA/PE/C/PY–11–18. 

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: November 23, 2010. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30241 Filed 12–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35442] 

R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ 

Central Kentucky Lines, LLC— 

Trackage Rights Exemption—CSX 

Transportation, Inc. 

Pursuant to a written trackage rights 

agreement dated February 5, 2005,1 CSX 

Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has agreed 

to grant limited overhead trackage rights 

to R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ 

Central Kentucky Lines, LLC (RJCC) 2

over a CSXT line of railroad between the 

end of the Water Street Lead at milepost 

00T 1.8 in Louisville, Ky., and milepost 

00T 12.5 at HK Tower in Anchorage, 

Ky., a distance of approximately 10.7 

miles. This notice was filed to correct a 

misdescription of the corporate process 

by which RJCC actually obtained these 

trackage rights in 2005.3 In the original 

notices, R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ 

Central Kentucky Lines, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Line of R.J. Corman Railroad Property, 

LLC, FD 34624 (STB served Feb. 23, 

2005), and R.J. Corman Railroad 

Property, LLC—Lease Exemption—Line 

of CSX Transportation, Inc., FD 34625 

(STB served Mar. 4, 2005), RJCC stated 

that it acquired the rights from CSXT 

through its corporate affiliate, R.J. 

Corman Railroad Property, LLC 

(Railroad Property). Instead, RJCC 

acquired the rights directly from CSXT, 

as stated in this notice.4

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after December 16, 2010, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the exemption is filed). The 

trackage rights will allow RJCC to move 

certain commodities between RJCC’s 

main line across Kentucky and the 

Water Street Lead in Louisville, which 

RJCC leases from CSXT. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the trackage 

rights will be protected by the 

conditions imposed in Norfolk and 

Western Railway–Trackage Rights– 

Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605 

(1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast 

Railway–Lease and Operate–California 

Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

This notice is filed under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(7). If the notice contains false 

or misleading information, the 

exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to 

revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 

10502(d) may be filed at any time. The 

filing of a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Stay petitions must be 

filed by December 9, 2010 (at least 7 

days before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35442, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on Thomas J. Litwiler, 29 

North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, 

IL 60606. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

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Decided: November 26, 2010. 

By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Andrea Pope-Matheson, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30269 Filed 12–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

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