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(2) Interim reports, as required in the 

Bureau grant agreement. 

Grantees 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. 

VI.4. Program Data Requirements 

Organizations awarded grants 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 grant or who 

benefit from the grant 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 workdays prior to the 

official opening of the activity. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Carolyn Lantz, 

Program Officer, Youth Programs 

Division (ECA/PE/C/PY), Room 568, 

U.S. Department of State, SA–44, 301 

4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547, 

Telephone (202) 203–7505, Fax (202) 

203–7529, E-mail: LantzCS@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/PE/C/ 

PY–07–23. 

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: February 22, 2007. 

Dina Habib Powell, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–3635 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5704] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA); Request for Grant 

Proposals: Youth Leadership Program 

for Indonesia 

Announcement Type: New Grant. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/PY–07–29. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 00.000. 

Key Dates: Application Deadline: 

April 26, 2007. 

Executive Summary: The Office of 

Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs 

Division, of the Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs announces an open 

competition for a Youth Leadership 

Program with Indonesia. 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 overseas and to provide the 

participants with a U.S.-based exchange 

project focused on civic education, 

leadership, tolerance and respect for 

diversity, and community activism. 

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 

Fulbright-Hays 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. 

Purpose: The Youth Leadership 

Program for Indonesia enables teenagers 

(ages 15–17) and adult educators to 

participate in intensive, thematic, 

month-long project in the United States 

that complement a more formal 

education in the principles of a civil 

society. Participants will be engaged in 

a variety of activities such as 

workshops, community and/or schoolbased programs, cultural activities, 

seminars and other activities designed 

to achieve the project’s stated goals and 

objectives. Opportunities for 

participants to interact with American 

youth and adult educators will be 

included as much as possible. 

The goals of the program are: 

(1) To develop a sense of civic 

responsibility and commitment to 

community development among youth; 

(2) to develop a cadre of community 

activists who will share their knowledge 

and skills with their peers through 

positive action; 

(2) To foster relationships among 

youth from different ethnic, religious, 

and national groups; 

(3) To promote mutual understanding 

between the United States and the 

people of other countries. 

Program Objective: To introduce 

students and educators from Indonesia 

to the principles of democracy, civil 

society, and youth leadership as they 

are practiced in the United States, with 

an additional focus on volunteerism, 

community activism and peer education 

(how one can influence one’s peers 

toward positive change; for example, an 

anti-smoking campaign directed to 

teens). 

Applicants should identify their own 

specific objectives and measurable 

outcomes based on these program goals 

and the project specifications provided 

in this solicitation. 

Applicants must demonstrate their 

capacity for doing projects of this 

nature, focusing on three areas of 

competency: (1) Provision of programs 

that address the goals and themes 

outlined in this document; (2) ageappropriate programming for youth; and 

(3) previous experience in working with 

Indonesia. Applicants, or their partner 

organizations, need to have the 

necessary capacity in Indonesia to 

recruit and select participants for the 

program and to provide follow-on 

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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. 

Guidelines: Grants should begin on or 

about September 1, 2007, subject to the 

availability of funds. The grant period 

will be approximately 14 to 20 months 

in duration, according to the applicant’s 

program plan. 

In pursuit of the goals outlined above, 

the programs will include the following: 

• Recruitment and selection of a 

diverse group of youth and adult 

educators in Indonesia. 

• A pre-departure orientation 

program. 

• Designing and planning of activities 

in the United States that provide a 

substantive program on civic education, 

leadership, tolerance and respect for 

diversity, and community activism. 

Some activities should be school and/or 

community-based, as feasible, and the 

project will involve as much interaction 

with American peers as possible. 

• Logistical arrangements, home-stay 

arrangements and other 

accommodation, provisions for religious 

observance, disbursement of stipends/ 

per diem, local travel, and travel 

between sites. 

• Follow-on activities in the 

participants’ home countries designed 

to reinforce the ideas, values, and skills 

imparted during the U.S. program. 

Recruitment and Selection: Once a 

grant is awarded, the grant recipient 

must consult with the Public Affairs 

Section at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta 

to review a recruitment and participant 

selection plan. Organizers must strive 

for the broadest regional and ethnic 

diversity within Indonesia. The 

Department of State and/or its overseas 

representatives reserve final approval of 

all selected delegations. 

Participants: The participants will be 

15–20 students and educators selected 

from a variety of schools—public 

(secular) schools, pesantrens (Islamic 

boarding schools), and non-Islamic 

parochial schools. Participants should 

represent Indonesia’s diversity. The 

ratio of students to educators should be 

approximately 5:1. The students need 

not have English skills; the grant 

recipient should be prepared to provide 

professional interpretation services 

appropriate to the project. 

Criteria for selection of participants 

will be leadership skills, an interest in 

service to the community, strong 

academic and social skills, overall 

composure, and openness and 

flexibility. It is desirable that 2–3 

participants attend or teach at the same 

school or live in the same community so 

that they can support each other upon 

return. 

U.S. Program: Applicants should 

propose a four-week exchange in the 

United States that takes place between 

March and August 2008. The project 

may take place in one or two 

communities and should offer the 

participants exposure to the variety of 

American life. The program should 

focus primarily on interactive activities, 

practical experiences, and other handson opportunities to learn about the 

fundamentals of a civil society, 

community service, tolerance and 

respect for diversity, and building 

leadership skills. Suggestions include 

simulations, a volunteer service project, 

and leadership training exercises. All 

programming should include American 

participants wherever possible. Cultural 

and recreational activities will balance 

the schedule. Please see the POGI for 

more details. 

Follow-on Activities and In-Country 

Programming: Follow-on activities for 

U.S. program alumni are required, and 

additional in-country programming is 

strongly recommended. Applicants 

should present creative and effective 

ways to address the project themes, for 

both program participants and their 

peers, as a means to amplify the 

program impact. 

Proposals must demonstrate how the 

stated objectives will be met. The 

proposal narrative should provide 

detailed information on the major 

program activities, and applicants 

should explain and justify their 

programmatic choices. Programs must 

comply with J–1 visa regulations. 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: Grant Agreement. 

Fiscal Year Funds: 2007. 

Approximate Total Funding: 

$180,000. 

Approximate Number of Awards: 

One. 

Anticipated Award Date: September 

1, 2007, pending availability of funds. 

Anticipated Project Completion Date: 

14–20 months after start date, to be 

specified by applicant based on project 

plan 

Additional Information: Pending 

successful implementation of the project 

and the availability of funds in 

subsequent fiscal years, ECA reserves 

the right to renew grants for up to two 

additional fiscal years before openly 

competing grants under this program 

again. 

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 

applicant must provide the amount of 

cost sharing as stipulated in its proposal 

and later included in an approved grant 

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 that 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: 

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 

awarding one grant not to exceed 

$180,000 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. 

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/ 


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C/PY), Room 568, U.S. Department of 

State, SA–44, 301 4th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20547, Telephone (202) 

453–8158, Fax (202) 453–8169, E-mail: 

SchulzAJ@state.gov to request a 

Solicitation Package. Please refer to the 

Funding Opportunity Number (ECA/PE/ 

C/PY–07–29) 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 Bureau Program Officer 

Amy Schulz and refer to the Funding 

Opportunity Number (ECA/PE/C/PY–

07–29) 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/education/ 

rfgps/menu.htm, 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. 

‘‘Submission Dates and Times 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 form that 

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. 

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: 

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 part 

62, which covers the administration of 

the Exchange Visitor Program (J visa 

program). Under the terms of 22 CFR 

part 62, organizations receiving grants 

under this RFGP will be third parties 

‘‘cooperating with or assisting the 

sponsor in the conduct of the sponsor’s 

program.’’ The actions of grantee 

program organizations shall be 

‘‘imputed to the sponsor in evaluating 

the sponsor’s compliance with’’ 22 CFR 

part 62. Therefore, the Bureau expects 

that any organization receiving a grant 

under this competition will render all 

assistance necessary to enable the 

Bureau to fully comply with 22 CFR 

part 62 et seq. 

The Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs places great emphasis 

on the secure and proper administration 

of Exchange Visitor (J visa) Programs 

and adherence by grantee program 

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 part 62. If your organization 

has experience as a designated 

Exchange Visitor Program Sponsor, the 

applicant should discuss their record of 

compliance with 22 CFR part 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: United States Department of 

State, Office of Exchange Coordination 

and Designation, ECA/EC/ECD–SA–44, 

Room 734, 301 4th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20547, Telephone: 

(202) 203–5029, FAX: (202) 453–8640. 

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 grantee will track 

participants or partners and be able to 

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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 

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.) 

Grantees 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 a 

comprehensive budget for the entire 

program. Awards may not exceed the 

amounts specified. Funding for the 

project is not to exceed $180,000. There 

must be a summary budget as well as 

breakdowns reflecting both 

administrative and program budgets. 

Applicants may provide separate subbudgets for each program component, 

phase, location, or activity to provide 

clarification. 

Please refer to the other documents in 

the Solicitation Package for complete 

budget guidelines and formatting 

instructions. 

IV.3F. Application Deadline and 

Methods of Submission. 

Application Deadline Date: April 26, 

2007. 

Reference Number: ECA/PE/C/PY–

07–29. 

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., DHL, 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, one fully-tabbed copy, 

and five copies of the application with 

Tabs A–E (for a total of 7 copies) should 

be sent to: U.S. Department of State, 

SA–44, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Ref.: ECA/PE/C/PY–

07–29, Program Management, ECA/EX/ 

PM, Room 534, 301 4th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20547. 

Applicants must also submit the 

executive summary, proposal narrative, 

budget section, and any important 

appendices as e-mail attachments in 

Microsoft Word and Excel to the 

following e-mail address: 

SchulzAJ@state.gov. In the e-mail 

message subject line, include the name 

of the applicant organization. The 

Bureau will transmit these files 

electronically to the Public Affairs 

Section in the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta 

for review. 

IV.3f.2 Submitting Electronic 

Applications. 

Applicants have the option of 

submitting proposals electronically 

through Grants.gov (http:// 

www.grants.gov). Complete solicitation 

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the ‘‘Find’’ portion of the system. 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. Therefore, we 

strongly recommend that you not wait 

until the application deadline to begin 

the submission process through 

Grants.gov. 

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.) of the closing date to ensure that 

their entire applications have been 

uploaded to the grants.gov site. 

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. 

Applicants will receive a 

confirmation e-mail from grants.gov 

upon the successful submission of an 

application. 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. 

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 (grants) resides with the 

Bureau’s Grants Officer. 

Review Criteria 

Please see the review criteria in the 

accompanying Project Objectives, Goals, 

and Implementation (POGI) document. 

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 

Assistance Award Document (AAD) 

from the Bureau’s Grants Office. The 

AAD and the original grant proposal 

with subsequent modifications (if 

applicable) shall be the only binding 

authorizing document between the 

recipient and the U.S. Government. The 

AAD 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 

websites for additional information: 

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

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/ 

grantsdiv/terms.htm#articleI. 

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) Interim reports, as required in the 

Bureau grant agreement. 

Grantees 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.3d.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. 

VI.4. Program Data Requirements 

Organizations awarded grants 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 grant or who 

benefit from the grant 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 workdays prior to the 

official opening of the activity. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Amy Schulz, 

Program Officer, Youth Programs 

Division (ECA/PE/C/PY), Room 568, 

U.S. Department of State, SA–44, 301 

4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547, 

Telephone (202) 453–8158, Fax (202) 

453–8169, E-mail: SchulzAJ@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/PE/C/ 

PY–07–29. 

Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries 


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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: February 20, 2007. 

Dina Habib Powell, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–3623 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[OST Docket No. OST–2007–27401] 

RIN 2105–ADO4 

Application To Renew Information 

Collection Request OMB No. 2105–

0551 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation 

(Department or DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended) this 

notice announces the Department of 

Transportation intention to apply to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to renew approval of the 

information collection request (ICR) 

OMB No. 2105–0551, ‘‘Reporting 

Requirements for Disability-Related 

Complaints.’’ The current information 

collection request approved by OMB 

expires April 30, 2007. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by April 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this action 

must refer to the docket and notice 

numbers cited at the beginning of this 

document and must be submitted to the 

Docket Management Facility (SVC–124), 

Office of the Secretary, located on the 

Plaza Level of the Nassif Building, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Room 

PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. The DOT 

Docket Facility is open to the public 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except federal holidays. The 

telephone number is 202–366–9329. 

Comments will be available for 

inspection at this address and will also 

be viewable via the Web site for the 

Docket Management System at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Damon P. Whitehead or Blane A. 

Workie, Office of the General Counsel, 

400 7th Street, SW., Room 4116, 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366–9342 

(voice), (202) 366–7152 (Fax) or 

damon.whitehead@ dot.gov or 

blane.workie@dot.gov (E-mail). 

Arrangements to receive this document 

in an alternative format may be made by 

contacting the above-named 

individuals. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Reporting Requirements for 

Disability-Related Complaints. 

OMB Control Number: 2105–0551. 

Type of Request: Renewal of currently 

approved Information Collection 

Request. 

Background: On July 8, 2003, the 

Office of the Secretary published a final 

rule that requires most certificated U.S. 

and foreign air carriers operating to, 

from and within the U.S. that conduct 

passenger-carrying service utilizing 

large aircraft to record complaints that 

they receive alleging inadequate 

accessibility or discrimination on the 

basis of disability. The carriers must 

also categorize these complaints 

according to the type of disability and 

nature of complaint, prepare a summary 

report annually of the complaints 

received during the preceding calendar 

year, submit the report to the 

Department of Transportation’s Aviation 

Consumer Protection Division, and 

retain copies of correspondence and 

records of action taken on the reported 

complaints for three years. The Rule 

requires carriers to submit their annual 

report via the World Wide Web except 

if the carrier can demonstrate an undue 

burden by doing so and receives 

permission from the Department to 

submit it in an alternative manner. The 

first required report covered complaints 

received during calendar year 2004 and 

was due by January 25, 2005. 

Subsequent reports of disability-related 

complaints received by carriers are due 

each year on the last Monday in January 

for the prior calendar year. On April 23, 

2004, OMB approved information 

collection of disability-related 

complaints, ‘‘Reporting Requirements 

for Disability-related Complaints’’

through April 30, 2007. 

Respondents: Certificated U.S. and 

foreign air carriers operating to, from 

and within the United States that 

conduct passenger-carrying service with 

large aircraft. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

370. 

Estimated Total Burden on 

Respondents: 185 hours. 

Comment are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 26, 

2007, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 

part 1. 

Rosalind A. Knapp, 

Acting General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E7–3665 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket OST–2007–27370] 

Notice of Order Soliciting Community 

Proposals 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, 

Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: Notice of Order Soliciting 

Community Proposals (Order 2007–2–

22). 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation is soliciting proposals 

from communities or consortia of 

communities interested in receiving a 

grant under the Small Community Air 

Service Development Program. The full 

text of the Department’s order is 

attached to this document. There are 

two mandatory requirements for filing 

of applications, both of which must be 

completed for a community’s 

application to be deemed timely and 

considered by the Department. The first 

requirement is the submission of the 

community’s proposal to Dockets, as 

described below; the second 


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