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3. Multiplier effect/impact: Proposed 

programs should strengthen long-term 

mutual understanding, including 

maximum sharing of information and 

establishment of long-term institutional 

and individual linkages. 

4. Support of Diversity: Proposals 

should demonstrate substantive support 

of the Bureau’s policy on diversity. 

Achievable and relevant features should 

be cited in both program administration 

(selection of participants, program 

venue and program evaluation) and 

program content (orientation and wrapup sessions, program meetings, resource 

materials and follow-up activities). 

5. Institutional Capacity/Record/ 

Ability: Proposed personnel and 

institutional resources should be 

adequate and appropriate to achieve the 

program or project’s goals. Proposals 

should demonstrate an institutional 

record of successful exchange programs, 

including responsible fiscal 

management and full compliance with 

all reporting requirements for past 

Bureau awards (grants or cooperative 

agreements) as determined by Bureau 

Grants Staff. The Bureau will consider 

the past performance of prior recipients 

and the demonstrated potential of new 

applicants. 

6. Project Evaluation: Proposals 

should include a plan to evaluate the 

activity’s success, both as the activities 

unfold and at the end of the program. A 

draft survey questionnaire or other 

technique plus description of a 

methodology to use to link outcomes to 

original project objectives is 

recommended. 

7. Cost-effectiveness and cost-sharing: 

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. 

Proposals should maximize cost-sharing 

through other private sector support as 

well as institutional direct funding 

contributions. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1a. 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 an 

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-inAid to State and Local Governments. 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of States, 

Local Government, and Non-profit 

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: 

Mandatory: 

(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. 

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. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Karene Grad 

Steiner, U.S. Department of State, Office 

of Academic Exchange Programs, ECA/ 

A/E/EUR, SA–5, Fourth Floor, ECA/A/ 

E/EUR–11–07, 2200 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037, (202) 632–3237, 

GradKE@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/A/E/ 

EUR–11–07. 

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: January 26, 2011. 

Ann Stock, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Public Availability of the Department of 

Transportation FY 2010 Service 

Contract Inventory 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Availability of 

FY 2010 Service Contract Inventories. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

743 of Division C of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 

111–117, Department of Transportation 

is publishing this notice to advise the 

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Service Contract Inventory. This 

inventory provides information on 

service contract actions over $25,000 

that were made in FY 2010. The 

information is organized by function to 

show how contracted resources are 

distributed throughout the agency. The 

inventory has been developed in 

accordance with guidance issued on 

November 5, 2010 by the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Office of 

Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). 

OFPP’s guidance is available at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ 

omb/procurement/memo/servicecontract-inventories-guidance11052010.pdf. Department of 

Transportation has posted its inventory 

and a summary of the inventory on the 

Department of Transportation’s 

homepage at the following link: http:// 

www.dot.gov/ost/m60/ 

serv_contract_inv.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the service contract 

inventory should be directed to Ames 

Owens in the Senior Procurement 

Executive office at 202–366–9614 or 

ames.owens@dot.gov. 

Dated: January 28, 2011. 

Ames Owens, 

Associate Director of Commercial Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Deadline for Notification of Intent to 

Use the Airport Improvement Program 

(AIP) Primary, Cargo, and Nonprimary 

Entitlement Funds for Fiscal Year 2011 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces 

February 22, 2011, as the deadline for 

each airport sponsor to notify the FAA 

whether or not it will use its fiscal year 

2011 entitlement funds available under 

Public Law 111–322 to accomplish 

Airport Improvement Program (AIP)- 

eligible projects that the sponsor 

previously identified through the 

Airports Capital Improvement Plan 

(ACIP) process during the preceding 

year. If a sponsor does not declare their 

intention regarding their fiscal year 

2011 entitlement funds by February 22, 

2011, FAA will be unable to take the 

necessary actions to award these funds, 

nor designate these funds as ‘‘protected’’ 

carryover funds. In addition, these 

funds will not be carried over without 

a legislative enactment that provides an 

additional AIP authorization and an 

extension of the FAA’s spending 

authority from the Airport and Airway 

Trust Fund beyond March 31, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Frank J. San Martin, Manager, Airports 

Financial Assistance Division, APP– 

500, on (202) 267–3831. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 49 of 

the United States Code, section 47105(f), 

provides that the sponsor of each airport 

to which funds are apportioned shall 

notify the Secretary by such time and in 

a form as prescribed by the Secretary, of 

the sponsor’s intent to apply for the 

funds apportioned to it (entitlements). 

This notice applies only to those 

airports that have had entitlement funds 

apportioned to them, except those 

nonprimary airports located in 

designated Block Grant States. Sponsors 

intending to apply for any of their 

available entitlement funds, including 

those unused from prior years, shall 

submit by February 22, 2011, a written 

indication to the designated Airports 

District Office (or Regional Office in 

regions without Airports District 

Offices) that they will submit a grant 

application prior to February 25, 2011, 

or by a prior date established by the 

designated Airport District or Regional 

Office. 

This notice is promulgated to 

expedite and prioritize the grant-making 

process. In the past when there has been 

full-year funding for AIP, the FAA has 

established a deadline of May 1 for an 

airport sponsor to declare whether it 

will apply for, or defer use of its 

entitlement funding. Considering that 

Congress has authorized the AIP 

program only until March 31, 2011, i.e. 

into the middle of a fiscal year, the FAA 

is establishing February 22, 2011, as the 

deadline for each airport sponsor to 

notify the FAA whether or not it will 

use its fiscal year 2011 entitlement 

funds. 

The AIP grant program is operating 

under the requirements of Public Law 

111–329, the ‘‘Airport and Airway 

Extension Act of 2010, Part IV’’, enacted 

on December 22, 2010, which amends 

49 U.S.C. 48103, to extend AIP through 

March 31, 2011. The FAA’s expenditure 

authority from the Airport and Airway 

Trust Fund will also expire on March 

31, 2011, in the absence of an additional 

statutory extension. Therefore, to avoid 

the risk of not being able to carryover 

funds if an additional extension is not 

enacted, and to allow sufficient time for 

accounting processing, AIP funds 

should be obligated in FAA’s 

accounting records on or before March 

17, 2011. 

Sponsors have three options available 

regarding AIP grants during this period. 

First, sponsors may elect to make an 

application for a grant based on 

entitlements currently available to them. 

Sponsors that elect to take such a grant 

must submit grant applications to the 

FAA no later than February 25, 2011, in 

order to meet the March 17, 2011 

obligation deadline. Second, sponsors 

may elect to wait until after the 

February 22, 2011 notification date for 

protection of carryover entitlements. 

However, if a sponsor does not declare 

their intention regarding the use of 

fiscal year 2011 entitlement funds by 

the February 22, 2011 deadline, FAA 

will be unable to take the necessary 

actions to designate these as ‘‘protected’’ 

carryover funds. In addition, these 

funds would not be carried over without 

a legislative enactment that provides 

additional AIP authorization for fiscal 

year 2011 and extends the FAA’s 

spending authority from the Airport and 

Airway Trust Fund beyond March 31, 

2011. Third, sponsors may elect to 

declare their intention to carryover the 

entitlements by sending written 

notification of such intention by 

February 22, 2011. Unused carryover 

entitlements that have been deferred 

will be available in fiscal year 2012 

pending legislative action to further 

extend authorization and 

appropriations. 

If a statutory extension beyond March 

31, 2011 of the AIP program and the 

FAA’s authority to make expenditures 

from the Trust Fund is enacted, 

additional entitlement funds may be 

available to sponsors. In that case, 

airport sponsors who did not previously 

declare their intention to carryover the 

entitlements must provide a written 

indication by May 1, 2011 to the 

designated Airports District Office (or 

Regional Office in regions without 

Airports District Offices) that they will 

either carryover or use their fiscal year 

2011 entitlements by submitting a grant 

application by August 1, 2011. 

Issued in Washington, DC on January 28, 

2011. 

Frank J. San Martin, 

Manager, Airports Financial Assistance 

Division, Office of Airport Planning and 

Programming. 

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