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(C) PTFP applicants are not required 

to submit copies of their PTFP 

applications to the FCC, nor are they 

required to submit copies of the FCC 

transmittal cover letters as part of their 

PTFP applications. PTFP applicants for 

distance learning projects must notify 

the state telecommunications agencies 

in the states in which they are located 

but are not required to notify every state 

telecommunications agency in a 

potential service area. 

(D) For digital television conversion 

projects, NTIA has created two new 

Subpriorities in the Broadcast Other 

category. 

(E) For digital radio conversion 

projects, NTIA has created a new 

Subpriority in the Broadcast Other 

category. 

Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance: 

11.550, Public Telecommunications Facilities 

Program. 

Eligibility 

To apply for and receive a PTFP 

Construction Grant or Planning Grant, 

an applicant must be: (a) A public or 

noncommercial educational broadcast 

station; (b) a noncommercial 

telecommunications entity; (c) a system 

of public telecommunications entities; 

(d) a non-profit foundation, corporation, 

institution, or association organized 

primarily for educational or cultural 

purposes; or (e) a state, local, or Indian 

tribal government (or agency thereof), or 

a political or special purpose 

subdivision of a state. 

Evaluation and Selection Process 

See 15 CFR 2301.16 for a description 

of the Technical Evaluation and 15 CFR 

2301.18 for the Selection Process. 

Evaluation Criteria 

See 15 CFR 2301.17 for a full 

description of the Evaluation Criteria. 

The six evaluation criteria are (1) 

Applicant Qualifications, (2) Financial 

Qualifications, (3) Project Objectives, (4) 

Urgency, (5) Technical Qualifications 

(construction applicants only) or 

Planning Qualifications (planning 

applicants only), and (6) Special 

Consideration. 

Funding Priorities and Selection 

Factors 

See 15 CFR 2301.4 and the 

supplemental policies above for a 

description of the PTFP Priorities and 

15 CFR 2301.18 for the Selection 

Factors. 

Cost Sharing Requirements 

PTFP requires cost sharing. By statute, 

PTFP cannot fund a construction project 

for more than 75 percent of the eligible 

project costs. NTIA has established a 

policy of funding most new public 

broadcasting station activation projects 

at a 75 percent federal share, and most 

other television, radio and nonbroadcast 

projects at a 50 percent federal share. 

NTIA can fund planning applications 

up to 100% of the eligible project costs, 

but has established a policy of funding 

planning applications at a 75 percent. 

Any applicant can request federal 

funding greater than PTFP’s policy, up 

to the statutory maximum, and provide 

justification for the request. 

Intergovernmental Review 

PTFP applications are subject to 

Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs,’’ if the state in which the 

applicant organization is located 

participates in the process. Usually 

submission to the State Single Point of 

Contact (SPOC) needs to be only the SF 

424 and PTFP–2 pages of the 

application, but applicants should 

contact their own SPOC offices to find 

out about and comply with its 

requirements. The PTFP Internet site 

has a link to the Office of Management 

and Budget’s home page which has the 

names and addresses of the SPOC 

offices. Applicants may directly access 

the OMB Internet site at (http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html). Printed copies of the SPOC 

list are available from PTFP. 

Universal Identifier 

All applicants (nonprofit, state, local 

government, universities, and tribal 

organizations) will be required to 

provide a Dun and Bradstreet Data 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 

number during the application process. 

See the October 30, 2002 (67 FR 66177) 

and April 8, 2003 (68 FR 17000) Federal 

Register notices for additional 

information. Organizations can receive a 

DUNS number at no cost by calling the 

dedicated toll-free DUNS Number 

request line 1–866–705–5711 or via the 

Internet (http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com). 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification of Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

contained in the Federal Register notice 

of December 30, 2004, (69 FR 78389) is 

applicable to this solicitation. 

Limitation of Liability 

In no event will the Department of 

Commerce be responsible for proposal 

preparation costs if this program fails to 

receive funding or is cancelled because 

of other agency priorities. Publication of 

this announcement does not obligate the 

agency to award any specific project or 

to obligate any available funds. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of the law, no person is required to 

respond to, nor shall any person be 

subject to a penalty for failure to comply 

with, a collection of information subject 

to the requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), unless that 

collection displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. The PTFP 

application form has been cleared under 

OMB Control No. 0660–0003. 

Executive Order 13132 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Prior notice and opportunity for 

public comment are not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other law for this rule concerning 

grants, benefits, and contracts (5 U.S.C. 

553(a)(2)). Because notice and 

opportunity for comment are not 

required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any 

other law, the analytical requirements of 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

601 et seq.) are inapplicable. Therefore, 

a regulatory flexibility analysis has not 

been prepared. 

Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, 

Associate Administrator, Office of 

Telecommunications and Information 

Applications. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 07–10] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of a 

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. 

This is published to fulfill the 

requirements of section 155 of Pub. L. 

104–164 dated 21 July 1996. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

J. Hurd, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 604–

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The following is a copy of a letter to 

the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, Transmittal 07–10 with 

attached transmittal, policy justification, 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0090] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Rights in Data 

and Copyrights 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

an extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning transportation requirements. 

The clearance currently expires on June 

30, 2007. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 7, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 


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