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consideration; applicants awarded 

grants will be apprised of the progress 

and the implications for grantees. 

Grantees will be required to submit 

reports on financial expenditures on a 

quarterly basis. In addition, until a 

reporting system is operational, grantees 

will be required to submit narrative 

reports on program participation and 

participant outcomes. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

Questions related to this solicitation 

may be directed to Ms. Mamie Williams, 

Grants Management Specialist; phone 

202–693–3341; fax: 202–693–2879 (this 

is not a toll-free number). Please include 

a contact name, fax and telephone 

number. 

This announcement is also being 

made available on the ETA Web site at 

http://doleta.gov/sga/sga.cfm and http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of 

April, 2007. 

James W. Stockton, 

Grant Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–7496 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Workforce Investment Act—Migrants 

and Seasonal Farmworkers Program 

Solicitation for Grant Applications—

National Farmworker Jobs Program for 

Program Year 2007 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration. 

ACTION: New. Initial announcement of a 

Program Year (PY) 2007 grant 

competition for operating the National 

Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) under 

section 167 of the Workforce Investment 

Act of 1998 (WIA), 29 U.S.C. 2912. 

Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/ 

DFA–PY 06–04. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 17.264. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor 

(the Department or DOL), Employment 

and Training Administration (ETA), 

Office of Workforce Investment (OWI), 

Division of Adult Services (DAS), 

announces a grant competition for 

operating the National Farmworker Jobs 

Program (NFJP), under section 167 of 

the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

(WIA), 29 U.S.C. 2912. All applicants 

for grant funds should read this notice 

in its entirety. Under WIA section 167 

(a) the Secretary must award grants or 

contracts on a competitive basis to 

eligible entities for the purposes of 

carrying out the activities authorized 

under section 167. Under this 

solicitation, DAS anticipates that 

approximately $74,302,000, allotted 

among state service areas, will be 

available for grant awards for the NFJP. 

DATES: Key Dates: The closing date for 

receipt of applications under this 

announcement is May 29, 2007. 

Applications must be received at the 

address below no later than 5 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: Mailed applications must be 

directed to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Division of Federal 

Assistance, Attention: James Stockton, 

Room N–4673, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Other submission options are discussed 

in Section IV of this solicitation. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

The U. S. Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Workforce 

Investment (OWI), Division of Adult 

Services (DAS) is requesting grant 

applications for operating the National 

Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) in 

accordance with section 167 of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

(WIA), 29 U.S.C. 2912. The NFJP is 

designed to serve economically 

disadvantaged persons who primarily 

depend on employment in agricultural 

labor performed within the United 

States, including Puerto Rico, and who 

experience chronic unemployment or 

underemployment. Qualifying 

participants are typically those persons 

employed on a seasonal or part-time 

basis in the unskilled and semi-skilled 

manual labor occupations in crop and 

animal production. Through training 

and other workforce development 

services, the program is intended to 

assist eligible migrants and seasonal 

farmworkers and their families to 

prepare for jobs likely to provide stable, 

year-round employment both within 

and outside agriculture. 

The economic transformation brought 

about by advances in technology and 

information has ushered in the 

globalization era; in turn, this has 

caused the U.S. economy to put in place 

strategic and structural changes that 

allow businesses to adapt quickly to 

different business conditions. For 

workers, globalization has meant an 

increased emphasis on their ability to 

retool their skill requirements in 

response to new business needs. 

Agricultural employers and 

farmworkers face substantial challenges 

in adapting to the new, global economy. 

Increasingly, globalization has caused 

U.S. agricultural employers, particularly 

those smaller agricultural entities in 

rural areas, to face worker shortages and 

decreased markets for their products. 

Farmworkers and other agricultural 

laborers have found increasingly tighter 

employment markets, due in part to 

technological advances in harvesting a 

variety of crops, and the increased use 

of foreign agricultural workers by U.S. 

agricultural entities. In response to these 

developments, ETA has pursued, for the 

last five years, a strategy to assist 

agricultural employers and farmworkers 

alike by emphasizing greater access to 

the full spectrum of services available 

from locally-operated One-Stop Career 

Centers, not just services funded 

through the WIA Section 167 program 

(NFJP). This strategy is intended to 

continue the workforce system’s 

movement towards integrated service 

delivery that is responsive to the 

demands of the labor market. 

At the same time, ETA recognizes that 

while global competition is a national 

challenge, the effects are largely seen at 

the local/regional level, where localities 

and regions strive to develop innovative 

solutions to restart or reshape their 

economies. In an effort to assist such 

regional economies in accomplishing 

their goals for economic transformation, 

and to expand employment and 

advancement opportunities for 

American workers, ETA launched the 

Workforce Innovation in Regional 

Economic Development (WIRED) 

initiative in February 2006. The WIRED 

framework brings together all the key 

players in a region to leverage their 

collective public and private sector 

assets and resources in order to devise 

strategies that focus on infrastructure, 

investment, and talent development that 

will optimize innovation and successful 

regional transformation. The role of the 

workforce investment system under the 

WIRED framework is to focus on talent 

development strategies that provide new 

opportunities for American workers and 

catalyzes new job growth and regional 

economic competitiveness. Applicants 

are strongly encouraged to visit http:// 

www.doleta.gov/WIRED for additional 

information on the WIRED initiative. 

ETA believes that the NFJP can 

benefit from principles established 

under WIRED, particularly talent 

development strategies, and a continued 

commitment to an integration strategy 

established in previous years. Therefore, 

the PY 2007 SGA contains elements of 

both; i.e., it requires applicants 

responding to this SGA to design their 

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continue to support the system’s 

progress towards fully integrated 

services, as well as beginning the 

movement of the NFJP activities into the 

WIRED framework. 

To that end, the following priorities 

are required to be addressed in all 

applications: 

Expansion of Employment 

Opportunities for Farmworkers Through 

Specific Targeting of Employers and 

Occupations in High Growth 

Industries—Building a Demand-Driven 

System 

The PY 2007 SGA builds upon the 

requirement initiated in the last NFJP 

grants competition that applicants 

establish an annual goal to increase the 

number of employers with whom they 

do business, to describe the strategies 

that demonstrate that continued 

expansion, as well as to ensure that 

such strategies result in enhanced 

employment opportunities for 

farmworkers. Applicants are required to 

provide an analysis of the industries 

currently in the regions where 

farmworkers work and live, particularly 

high growth industries; the occupations 

in those industries for which 

farmworkers could be trained; the 

outreach strategies to be used to ensure 

that opportunities are created for 

farmworkers to access those 

occupations; and an analysis of the 

farmworker labor pool in the area. 

Applicants must describe the challenges 

to be addressed in preparing 

farmworkers for these employment 

opportunities, including ‘‘mapping’’ the 

educational resources available in the 

requested service area that can be 

accessed to prepare farmworkers for 

these and other employment 

opportunities. 

An analysis of the economic 

conditions in those areas/regions; how 

the conditions influence the availability 

of jobs in high growth industries; and 

how those economic conditions 

influence the influx of new industries to 

the state must be included. In addition, 

applicants are required to identify 

successful micro-enterprise and other 

entrepreneurial opportunities and 

practices for migrants and seasonal 

farmworkers, describe the strategies to 

be developed and implemented to lead 

the NFJP towards farmworker talent 

development through these 

entrepreneurial opportunities, and 

discuss how employers and other key 

players in the state will be involved in 

the development of these opportunities. 

A Balanced Program of Activities—

Continued Progress Towards Enhanced 

Integration Through the One-Stop 

System With Improved Service Delivery 

and Increased Efficiencies 

Integrated service delivery remains 

essential to a demand-driven workforce 

system that effectively serves businesses 

and individuals. The workforce system 

must operate as a seamless system 

functionally organized around service 

delivery rather than as an array of 

separate programs with separate 

processes. The objective is for 

‘‘customers’’ to be seen as customers of 

the workforce investment system, not a 

particular program. This goal is 

particularly important when focusing on 

targeted populations such as migrants 

and seasonal farmworkers. Better 

integration and delivery of services 

within the One-Stop system, of which 

the NFJP is a required partner, can 

significantly increase the number of 

farmworkers who receive high quality 

workforce investment services that lead 

to improved employment and earnings. 

It also leads to optimum use of limited 

resources by all the partners in the 

workforce system on behalf of their 

farmworker customers. 

Critical to this goal is an applicant’s 

strategy for balancing the mix of 

activities and services to be offered to 

farmworkers. Related assistance services 

(such as emergency assistance, 

supportive services, English as a Second 

Language, or other services intended to 

assist farmworkers to enter training or 

retain their employment) are an 

important component in the menu of 

services provided to farmworkers. 

However, the central focus of the NFJP 

remains employment and training 

services that lead to higher skilled and 

higher paid employment for 

farmworkers, either within or outside 

agriculture. Part of that focus must be to 

provide for career guidance, lifelong 

learning opportunities, and other 

educational approaches appropriate to 

the population to be served, such as 

apprenticeships and post-secondary 

education, that serves the applicant’s 

talent development strategy and helps to 

leverage resources from other strategic 

partners in the system. Applicants must 

describe how their intended mix of 

program services, including appropriate 

educational activities, reflects the 

central importance of employment and 

training services that leverage economic 

outcomes for farmworkers. In addition, 

applicants are required to describe the 

strategic planning and operational steps 

they will undertake to have a 

significant, consistent impact on 

services integration. 

The NFJP is subject to the 

requirements found at WIA section 167 

and the Department’s regulations at 20 

CFR part 669. This program is also 

subject to the requirements of 29 CFR 

parts 93 (New Restrictions on 

Lobbying), 96 (Audit Requirements), 

and 98 (Debarment, Suspension, and 

Drug-Free Workplace Requirements), 

the non-discrimination regulations 

implementing WIA Section 188 at 29 

CFR part 37, as well as DOL’s Equal 

Treatment regulations, found at 29 CFR 

part 2, Subpart D. Applicants should be 

familiar with these requirements and 

consult the WIA regulations at 20 CFR 

parts 660 through 671 in developing 

their grant proposals. Should the 

regulations at part 669 of WIA conflict 

with regulations elsewhere in 20 CFR, 

the regulations at part 669 will control. 

In addition, this program is subject to 

the provisions of the ‘‘Jobs for Veterans 

Act,’’ Public Law 107–288, which 

provides priority of service to veterans 

and spouses of certain veterans for the 

receipt of employment, training, and 

placement services in any job training 

program directly funded, in whole or in 

part, by the U.S. Department of Labor. 

In circumstances where a NFJP grant 

recipient must choose between two 

equally qualified candidates for 

training, one of whom is a veteran, the 

Jobs for Veterans Act requires that NFJP 

grant recipients give the veteran priority 

of service by admitting him or her into 

the program. Please note that, to obtain 

priority of service, a veteran must first 

meet the program’s eligibility 

requirements. ETA Training and 

Employment Letter (TEGL) No. 5–03 

(September 16, 2003) provides guidance 

on the scope of the Jobs for Veterans Act 

and its effect on current employment 

and training programs. TEGL No. 5–03, 

along with additional guidance, is 

available at the ‘‘Jobs for Veterans 

Priority of Service’’ Web site at http:// 

www.doleta.gov/programs/vets. 

The NFJP is subject to the common 

performance measures for job training 

and employment programs established 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). Guidance on the 

common performance measures can be 

found in ETA’s TEGL No. 17–05 

(February 17, 2006), available at http:// 

wdr.doleta.gov/directives/ 

corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2195. 

Applications submitted in response to 

this SGA are required to include 

estimates of expected performance 

against these common performance 

measures. The common performance 

measures are: Entered Employment, 

Employment Retention, and Average 

Earnings. To assist applicants with their 

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for the three measures are: Entered 

Employment—85%; Employment 

Retention—80%; and Average 

Earnings—$7,500. 

Applicants are required to describe 

their reporting system that allows for 

the data collection necessary to report 

results against the common measures. 

The NFJP began data collection for the 

common measures on July 1, 2005. 

II. Award Information 

The type of assistance instrument to 

be used for the NFJP is the grant. Grants 

awarded through this solicitation will 

be for a two-year period, as prescribed 

in WIA Section 167. Please be advised 

that the $74,302,000 provides funding 

for the NFJP for PY 2007 only (July 1, 

2007 through June 30, 2008). Therefore, 

second year funding will be dependent 

on the availability of funding through 

the FY 2008 appropriations process. 

The amount available nationally for 

the NFJP state service area allotments is 

$74,302,000. State allocations are 

established through a formula process, 

and are published in a separate Federal 

Register Notice. Please refer to our Web 

site (http://www.doleta.gov/MSFW/pdf/ 

allocationtable.pdf) for a list of 

individual state allocations. 

For purposes of this SGA, 

applications are solicited for a single 

NFJP operation per state, to serve the 

migrant and seasonal farmworkers of 

each state and Puerto Rico, with the 

following exceptions: 

• Connecticut and Rhode Island are a 

combined state service area; 

• Delaware and Maryland are a 

combined state service area; 

• Applications for the combined state 

service areas mentioned above must 

address the two states as a single 

geographic area, but the proposed 

service delivery plan for the combined 

state area must show that consideration 

has been given to the entire population 

of migrant and seasonal farmworkers 

working or residing within the 

combined geographic area; 

• Between 4 and 6 applications will 

be selected to operate the NFJP program 

in the agricultural counties in 

California; and 

• No application will be accepted to 

provide services in Alaska due to the 

state’s small relative share of seasonal 

agricultural employment. 

Please be advised that in the event 

that no grant application is received for 

a state, or all applications received are 

considered not fundable by the Grant 

Officer after the panel review and 

scoring process, or a grant agreement is 

not successfully negotiated with a 

selected applicant, the Department will 

offer the Governor of that state an 

opportunity to submit an application, if 

that state has not applied (i.e., if no state 

agency in that state applied for a grant 

in this competition). If the Governor 

does not accept this offer within 15 days 

after being notified, or the Department 

finds the Governor’s application not 

fundable, the Department reserves the 

right to designate another organization 

to operate the NFJP in that state. In 

cases where the state agency was an 

applicant, and all applications are found 

not fundable or are not successfully 

negotiated, the Department reserves the 

right to designate another organization 

to operate the NFJP in that state. 

Note: Selection of an organization as a 

grantee does not constitute approval of the 

grant application as submitted. Before the 

actual grant is awarded, the Department may 

enter into negotiations about such items as 

program components, staffing and funding 

levels, and administrative systems in place to 

support grant implementation. If the 

negotiations do not result in a mutually 

acceptable submission, the Grant Officer 

reserves the right to terminate the negotiation 

and decline to fund the application. 

III. Eligibility Information 

Eligible Applicants—Applicants need 

not be a current or prior WIA Section 

167 grantee to establish eligibility to be 

awarded a grant under this solicitation. 

State agencies, Local Workforce 

Investment Boards (LWIBs), faith-based 

and community organizations, 

institutions of higher learning, and other 

entities capable of delivering services on 

a statewide basis are all examples of 

organizations eligible to apply for WIA 

Section 167 grants. WIA Section 167(b) 

describes entities eligible to receive a 

grant as those that have: 

—An understanding of the problems of 

eligible migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers, including their 

dependents; 

—A familiarity with the geographical 

area to be served; and 

—A demonstrated capacity to effectively 

administer a diversified program of 

workforce investment activities for 

eligible migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers. 

Additionally, to be responsive to the 

requirements of this solicitation, 

applicants must demonstrate how the 

strategies contained in their 

applications will support the priorities 

described in Section I of this 

solicitation, i.e., expansion of 

employment opportunities for 

farmworkers through specific targeting 

of employers and occupations in high 

growth industries—building a demanddriven system; and a balanced program 

of activities—continued progress 

towards enhanced integration through 

the One-Stop system with improved 

service delivery and increased 

efficiencies. 

Applicants must demonstrate how 

they will work with the State Workforce 

Investment Board (State Board) or Local 

Workforce Investment Boards (LWIBs), 

One-Stop operators in the service 

area(s), or other key institutions in the 

region to assure an integrated service 

delivery approach to farmworkers 

through the local One-Stop system and 

within the WIRED framework. This may 

include strategic planning and 

operational steps taken by the applicant 

and the State Board, LWIBs, or other 

partners likely to have a significant 

impact on services integration in the 

context of a regional economy. 

If the applicant is a state, a LWIB or 

a One-Stop operator applying on behalf 

of the LWIB, the application must 

instead demonstrate how efforts have 

been will be undertaken to integrate 

services provided by all One-Stop 

partners. In addition, the application 

must also demonstrate efforts to 

enhance the workforce services 

provided to farmworkers, the expected 

outcomes for those services, and the 

‘‘next steps’’ to be undertaken to 

continue to improve on any past 

integration efforts. 

Cost Sharing or Matching—The WIA 

section 167 program does not require 

grantees to share costs or provide 

matching funds. 

Other Eligibility Criteria—In 

accordance with 29 CFR Part 98, entities 

that are debarred or suspended shall be 

excluded from Federal financial 

assistance and are ineligible to receive 

a WIA Section 167 grant. Prior to 

awarding a grant, the Department will 

conduct a responsibility review of each 

potential grantee through available 

records. The responsibility review relies 

on examining available records to 

determine if an applicant has a 

satisfactory history of accounting for 

Federal funds and property. The 

responsibility review is independent of 

the competitive process. Applicants 

failing to meet the standards of the 

responsibility review may be 

disqualified for selection as grantees, 

irrespective of their standing in the 

competition. Any applicant that is not 

selected as a result of the responsibility 

review will be advised of their appeal 

rights. The responsibility tests that will 

be applied are those found in the WIA 

regulations (20 CFR 667.170). 

Legal rules pertaining to inherently 

religious activities by organizations that 

receive Federal financial assistance—

The government is generally prohibited 

from providing direct financial 

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activities. Please note that, in this 

context, the term direct financial 

assistance means financial assistance 

that is provided directly by a 

government entity or an intermediary 

organization, as opposed to financial 

assistance that an organization receives 

as the result of the genuine and 

independent private choice of a 

beneficiary. These grants may not be 

used for religious instruction, worship, 

prayer, proselytizing, or other 

inherently religious activities. Neutral, 

non-religious criteria that neither favor 

nor disfavor religion must be employed 

in the selection of grant recipients and 

sub-recipients. DOL’s Equal Treatment 

regulations are found at 29 CFR part 2, 

Subpart D. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

Address To Request Application 

Package 

This SGA includes all information 

and forms needed to apply for this 

funding opportunity. If additional 

copies of forms are needed, they can be 

found at www.doleta.gov/msfw, 

www.doleta.gov/sga/forms.cfm, or at the 

Federal Register Web site, http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov. 

Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

An application must include two (2) 

separate and distinct parts: Part I—a 

cost proposal, and Part II—a technical 

proposal. Applications that fail to 

adhere to the instructions in this section 

will be deemed non-responsive and will 

not be considered. Part I, the Cost 

Proposal, must include the following 

items: 

• A cover letter, an original plus two 

(2) copies of the proposal, and an inksigned original SF 424, ‘‘Application for 

Federal Assistance’’ must be submitted. 

Since October 12, 2003, all applicants 

for federal grant and funding 

opportunities are required to have a Dun 

and Bradstreet (DUNS) number (see 

OMB Notice of Final Policy Issuance, 68 

FR 38402; June 27, 2003). Applicants 

must supply their DUNS number in 

item #8 of the new SF–424 issued by 

OMB (Rev. 10/2005). The DUNS number 

is a nine-digit identification number 

that uniquely identifies business 

entities. Obtaining a DUNS number is 

easy and there is no charge. To obtain 

a DUNS number, access this Web site: 

http://www.dunandbradstreet.com. You 

can also call 1–866–705–5711. 

• The Standard Form (SF) 424–A. In 

preparing the budget form, the applicant 

must provide a concise narrative 

explanation to support the request. The 

budget narrative should break down the 

budget and discuss precisely how 

administrative costs support the project 

goals. 

• EEO Survey. Applicants are 

required to submit OMB Survey No. 

1890–0014: Survey on Ensuring Equal 

Opportunity for Applicants, which can 

be found at http://www.doleta.gov/sga/ 

forms.cfm. 

Part II is the Technical Proposal, 

which demonstrates the applicant’s 

capabilities to plan and implement the 

grant project in accordance with the 

provisions of this solicitation. 

The Technical Proposal must be 

limited to 40 numbered pages, doublespaced, single-sided, in 12-point text 

font and one-inch margins. Any pages 

over the 40-page limit will not be 

reviewed. Letters of support and any 

required attachments will not be subject 

to the page limitations, nor will they be 

included in the materials provided to 

the panel for review of the proposal. If 

any attachments are included, please 

label each accordingly and specify the 

content of the attachment. 

No cost data or reference to prices 

should be included in the Technical 

Proposal. Instead, applicants should 

provide a two-page abstract 

summarizing the proposed project and 

applicant profile information, including 

the applicant’s name, the project title, 

and the funding level requested. The 

two-page abstract is not included in the 

40 page limit. Applications that do not 

meet these requirements will not be 

considered. 

Submission Dates and Times 

The closing date for receipt of 

applications under this announcement 

is May 29, 2007. Applications must be 

received at the address below no later 

than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the 

closing date Applications may be 

submitted at the addresses indicated 

below by mail or electronically via 

www.Grants.gov. Applications sent by 

e-mail, telegram, or facsimile (fax) will 

not be accepted. Applications that do 

not meet the conditions set forth in this 

notice will not be honored. No 

exceptions to the mailing and delivery 

requirements set forth in this notice will 

be granted. Mailed applications must be 

addressed to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Division of Federal 

Assistance, Attention: James Stockton, 

Reference SGA/DFA PY 04–06, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N–

4673,Washington, DC 20210. Applicants 

are advised that mail delivery in the 

Washington, DC area may be delayed 

due to mail decontamination 

procedures. Hand-delivered proposals 

will be received at the above address. 

As mentioned earlier, applicants may 

also apply online at http:// 

www.grants.gov. Any application 

received after the deadline will not be 

accepted. For applicants submitting 

electronic applications via Grants.gov, it 

is strongly recommended that you 

immediately initiate and complete the 

‘‘Get Started’’ steps to register with 

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

GetStarted. These steps will probably 

take multiple days to complete, which 

should be factored into plans for 

electronic applications submission in 

order to avoid facing unexpected delays 

that could result in the rejection of an 

application. Also, it is recommended 

that applicants experiencing problems 

with electronic submissions submit 

their proposals by overnight mail until 

the electronic issues are resolved. 

Late Applications 

Any application received after the 

closing date and time specified for 

receipt at the office designated in this 

notice will not be considered, unless it 

is received before awards are made and 

(a) it was sent by the U.S. Postal Service 

registered or certified mail no later than 

the fifth calendar day before the date 

specified for receipt of applications 

(e.g., an application required to be 

received by the 20th of the month must 

be postmarked by the 15th of that 

month); or (b) it was sent via 

professional overnight delivery service 

or submitted on Grants.gov to the 

addressee not later than one working 

day prior to the date specified for 

receipt of applications. The term 

‘‘working days’’ excludes weekends and 

Federal holidays. ‘‘Postmarked’’ means 

a printed, stamped, or otherwise placed 

impression that is readily identifiable, 

without further action, as having been 

supplied or affixed on the date of 

mailing by an employee of the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

Intergovernmental Review 

Executive Order No. 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs,’’ and the implementing 

regulations at 29 CFR part 17 are 

applicable to this program. Under these 

requirements, an applicant must 

provide a copy of the funding proposal 

for comment to the states that have 

established a consultation process under 

the Executive Order. Applications must 

be submitted to the state’s Single Point 

of Contact (SPOC), no later than the 

deadline for submission of the 

application to the Department. For 

states that have not established a 

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but have a State Workforce Investment 

Board (State Board), the State Board will 

be the SPOC. For WIA implementation 

purposes, this consultative process 

fulfills the requirement of WIA Section 

167(e) concerning consultation with 

Governors and Local Workforce 

Investment Boards (LWIB). To 

strengthen the implementation of E.O. 

12372, the Department establishes the 

following timeframe for the treatment of 

comments from the state’s SPOC on 

WIA Section 167 applications: (1) The 

SPOC must submit comments, if any, to 

the Department and to the applicant, no 

later than 30 days after the deadline 

date for the submission of applications; 

(2) the applicant’s response to the SPOC 

comments, if any, must be submitted to 

the Department no later than 15 days 

after the postmarked date of the 

comments from the SPOC; (3) the 

Department will notify the SPOC (with 

copy to the applicant) of its decision 

regarding the SPOC comments and 

applicant response; and (4) the 

Department will implement that 

decision within 10 days after it has 

notified the SPOC. 

The names and addresses of the 

SPOCs are listed in the Office of 

Management and Budget’s (OMB) home 

page at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

omb/grants/spoc.html. 

Funding and Other Restrictions 

Grantees are limited to 15 percent of 

the grant for administrative costs (see 

definition of administrative costs at 20 

CFR part 667.220.) Administrative costs 

limits higher than 15 percent of the 

grant will not be approved. 

Indirect Cost Rate 

An indirect cost rate is required when 

an organization operates under more 

than one grant or other activity, whether 

Federally-assisted or not. Organizations 

must use the indirect cost rate supplied 

by the cognizant Federal agency. If an 

organization requires a new indirect 

cost rate or has a pending indirect cost 

rate, the Grant Officer will award a 

billing rate for 90 days until a 

provisional rate can be issued. 

Allowable Costs 

The Department shall determine what 

constitutes allowable costs in 

accordance with the following Federal 

cost principles, as applicable: OMB 

Circular A–87, State and Local 

Governments; OMB Circular A–21, 

Educational Institutions; OMB Circular 

A–122, Nonprofit Organizations; and 48 

CFR part 31, Profit-Making Commercial 

Firms. 

Other Submission Requirements 

All other material required to be 

submitted is identified in the various 

sections of this solicitation. 

V. Application Review Information 

Criteria 

The following review criteria, totaling 

a maximum of 100 points, apply to all 

applications: 

Economic Analysis of the Area: 

Understanding the Problems of the 

Eligible Migrants and Seasonal 

Farmworkers in the State Service Area—

15 Points 

To fully understand the problems 

encountered by migrants and seasonal 

farmworkers as they seek enhanced 

employment opportunities requires a 

full understanding and analysis of the 

economy in the state service area, its 

industries and the employment 

opportunities they present for 

farmworkers, and the outreach strategies 

necessary to secure those opportunities 

for farmworkers; i.e., building a demand 

driven system (as described in the 

priorities listed in Section I). Therefore, 

applicants must provide an analysis of 

the economy (agricultural and nonagricultural) in the geographic area they 

propose to serve, the employment 

outlook for the area, including the 

number of employers with whom they 

currently work, and a plan for outreach 

to and recruitment of new employers. A 

description of the expected job 

opportunities for migrants and seasonal 

farmworkers from these new employers, 

and how economic conditions and 

employer hiring needs affect the 

employment prospects of eligible 

migrant and seasonal farmworkers must 

also be provided. 

This section must also include a 

detailed description of the state/regional 

labor market, both agricultural and nonagricultural, the economic conditions 

expected during the course of the 

program year, with emphasis on the 

specific economic challenges of regional 

agricultural economies, and the hiring 

implications those economic conditions 

pose for the employers in the region/ 

area. In addition, this section must 

include a discussion of the industries 

that are declining in the service area/ 

region as well as those industries 

targeted for growth and expansion that 

hold the potential for improved 

employment and earnings for 

farmworkers. Applicants should also 

discuss the strategies to be used in 

securing those opportunities for 

farmworkers. 

Applicants must also describe the 

socio-economic characteristics and 

problems faced by eligible farmworkers, 

and their dependents, in the proposed 

service area/region. To do so, applicants 

must describe the implications that 

economic conditions and challenges in 

the region, the labor market outlook, 

and the analysis of potential high 

growth occupations hold for the 

workforce strategies proposed through 

this solicitation. Applicants should also 

include a ‘‘mapping’’ of the educational 

resources available in the area that can 

be assist farmworkers in accessing 

employment in the high-growth 

industries identified by the applicant. 

Scoring on this factor will be based on 

how well the applicant demonstrates its 

understanding of the local/regional 

economy and how these economic 

conditions help to define the challenges 

to be met, and the problems to 

overcome, in improving farmworkers’

employment and earnings. Scoring will 

also be based on how well the proposal 

demonstrates the nexus between 

economic conditions, the characteristics 

of the eligible farmworkers, the 

educational resources, and the 

workforce investment needs of the 

population to be served. The review and 

evaluation of this factor will also look 

at the strategies developed for outreach 

to and recruitment of new employers 

that can provide improved job 

placement opportunities, both within 

and outside agriculture, for the 

farmworkers to be served. The proposal 

should clearly describe the links 

between the economic analysis 

conducted for this application and the 

applicant’s assessment of the number of 

new employers to be recruited, 

including a description of how this will 

result in improved employment 

opportunities for farmworkers in higherskilled, higher-paid occupations. 

Strategic Partnerships and 

Collaboration: Familiarity With the 

Proposed Service Area—25 Points 

To achieve the goal of integrating 

services for farmworkers through the 

One-Stop system and begin moving the 

NFJP towards the WIRED framework, 

and so ensure that integration assists in 

driving innovation and economic 

transformation in the requested service 

area, the applicant must have a clear 

understanding of the workforce 

investment and economic development 

services in the area, the network of 

social, educational, and health services 

available to help meet the diverse needs 

of the eligible farmworkers, and 

strategic partnerships in place to ensure 

the collaboration necessary to develop 

workforce solutions that connect 

farmworkers served through the 


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program with employment 

opportunities. 

This section must include a 

description of the agencies and strategic 

partners in the requested service area, 

including faith-based and community 

organizations, and the applicant’s 

experience in collaborating with these 

organizations in a service delivery 

strategy for migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers. It should also include a 

description of the services available 

through local service organizations, 

including faith-based and community 

organizations, and the applicant’s 

strategy to mobilize those organizations 

to provide comprehensive services to 

farmworkers while optimizing the use of 

limited NFJP resources, particularly 

supportive or related assistance 

services. 

If the applicant is not a state, a LWIB, 

or a One-Stop operator, it must describe 

its prior experience, if any, and 

demonstrated effectiveness in working 

with the One-Stop system in the 

requested service area to provide 

services to farmworkers. Include a 

description of the applicant’s 

collaborative efforts to date to integrate 

services to farmworkers across all 

partners in the One-Stop system, and 

the steps to be taken to establish a 

significant, consistent impact on 

services integration. 

These steps may include, but are not 

limited to: 

• Participation in local/state activities 

to develop the modification to the State 

Strategic Plans for Title I of the WIA and 

the Wagner-Peyser Act for years three 

and four of the current five-year 

planning cycle; 

• Participation in activities that 

connect workforce investment and 

education with economic development 

planning; 

• Participation in activities that help 

the State Board or LWIB to get more 

agricultural employers involved in the 

workforce investment system; 

• Setting co-enrollment targets 

(between the NFJP and the WIA formula 

funded programs) that represent a 

substantial increase in services to 

farmworkers; 

• Creating better pathways to both 

basic and post-secondary education, 

specifically with community colleges; 

• Entering into and implementing 

agreements with the State Board or the 

LWIBs and One-Stop operators to 

significantly increase outreach to 

farmworkers, and to significantly 

increase the number of One-Stop staff 

who are cross-trained in NFJP/adult and 

dislocated workers services and 

requirements. 

Applicants must describe their 

experience with developing or 

improving existing working 

relationships between partners in the 

One-Stop system, and how that 

experience will be translated into 

improved services integration for 

eligible farmworkers. 

If the applicant is a state, a LWIB, or 

a One-Stop operator, this section should 

include a detailed description of the 

efforts to date to integrate services for 

farmworkers through the One-Stop 

system, the success of those efforts, and 

the operational steps to be undertaken 

to institutionalize services integration, 

instead of the information requested 

above. 

Scoring on this factor will be based 

how the information requested above 

represents evidence of the applicant’s 

knowledge of and working relationship 

with the network of workforce 

investment and related services in the 

requested service area, including the 

One-Stop system, and the services 

offered by social, educational, faithbased, community, and health 

organizations that are available to assist 

farmworkers. Scoring will also be based 

on the applicant’s effectiveness and 

success with causing these 

organizations to direct their resources 

towards addressing the needs of 

farmworkers in the requested service 

area in ways that maximize the 

availability of limited NFJP resources 

while increasing the services provided 

to farmworkers through the One-Stop 

and/or other service agencies. 

If the applicant is a state, a LWIB or 

a One-Stop operator, scoring will be 

based on the success of efforts to 

integrate services to farmworkers 

through the One-Stop system and its 

partners, or the demonstrated potential 

for increased services to farmworkers, 

instead of on the factors listed above. 

Any success to date in enrolling and 

serving farmworkers in WIA formulafunded programs must be included. 

Administrative Capacity—20 Points 

Applicants must demonstrate that 

they have adequate and sustainable 

management information, performance 

management, case management, 

accounting, and program and fiscal 

reporting systems in place to ensure 

program and fiscal integrity. Because 

the NFJP has eligibility requirements for 

participation in the program, the 

applicant must also describe the 

eligibility determination and 

verification system in place that will 

allow for correct eligibility 

determinations and minimize 

enrollment of ineligible participants. 

Additionally, all ETA-funded job 

training programs, including the NFJP, 

are implementing a data validation 

initiative intended to ensure that the 

data collected and reported to ETA is 

accurate. An applicant’s participant and 

reporting system must be able to 

implement data validation procedures, 

as described in TEGL 3–03, 3–03 change 

1, and 3–03 change 2 (OMB clearance 

issued August 31, 2004). 

Applicants must describe their 

systems in support of program integrity, 

such as management information, 

performance management, and program 

participation (including individual 

participant records), needed for 

quarterly reporting and performance 

accountability and management, and to 

establish and maintain a client-centered 

case management system. Applicants 

are reminded that the NFJP is subject to 

OMB’s common measures for job 

training and employment (Entered 

Employment, Employment Retention, 

and Average Earnings, described earlier 

in this solicitation); therefore, the data 

collection and reporting system, as well 

as its link to performance management 

and accountability, must be described in 

detail. Fiscal integrity is a critical 

component of operating any federallyfunded program. The applicant must 

describe a system that is sufficient to 

prepare financial reports and to trace 

funds to adequate levels of expenditures 

to ensure lawful spending. The system 

must have the capacity to track 

spending by program, to ensure that, for 

those organizations with funding from 

more than one federal program, 

expenditures are posted against the 

appropriate program. The system must 

also be able to track program income 

generated through activities funded by 

the NFJP funding, and show the link 

between program income and those 

additional participants and/or services 

funded through program income. 

Applicants must also describe their 

capacity to manage the supportive 

services, also described as related 

assistance services, and to account for 

expenditures related to these services. 

The NFJP is required to use electronic 

reporting via the Internet. Applicants 

must describe their capacity to provide 

the equipment, access, and staff 

qualified to perform on-line reporting. 

The applicant must also demonstrate its 

capacity to provide case management as 

well as the electronic tools to be utilized 

(Personal Computer, software, Internet 

access, and e-mail accounts) to 

implement a client-centered, case 

management system. 

Scoring on this factor will be based on 

evidence of effective systems for 

performance accountability and 

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reporting, case management, eligibility 

determination and verification, as well 

as the ability to report electronically 

through the Internet. 

Integrated Service Delivery Strategies: 

Proposed Plan of Services—40 Points 

As mentioned in the priorities listed 

in Section I, integrated service delivery 

remains essential to a demand-driven 

workforce system that effectively serves 

businesses and individuals; it can 

significantly increase the number of 

farmworkers who receive quality 

services that lead to improved 

employment and earnings. Critical to 

this element is a strategy for balancing 

the mix of services and activities offered 

to farmworkers. A balanced mix 

emphasizes employment and training 

activities, recognizes the importance of 

related assistance services, and includes 

service delivery strategies that focus on 

appropriate educational approaches, 

such as remediation, career guidance, 

GED leading to apprenticeships, and 

other approaches appropriate to the 

population to be served. 

Therefore, the proposed service plan 

should describe in detail the major 

program activities planned for the state 

service area in PY 2007, given the mix 

of services mentioned above. The 

proposal should include a description of 

how these program activities will 

support the priorities identified in 

Section I of this solicitation: Expansion 

of employment opportunities for 

farmworkers through specific targeting 

of employers and occupations in high 

growth industries—building a demanddriven system; and a balanced program 

of activities—continued progress 

towards enhanced integration through 

the One-Stop system with improved 

service delivery and increased 

efficiencies. 

The proposal should describe the 

applicant’s vision, strategy, goals and 

objectives that guide the proposed plan 

of service and the results expected from 

implementing the proposed plan. It 

should include a description of how this 

service plan will strengthen migrant and 

seasonal farmworkers’ ability to obtain 

or retain employment, to access 

appropriate educational opportunities 

(remediation, career guidance, 

apprenticeships), or access employment 

opportunities in high-growth 

occupations. It should also describe any 

micro-enterprise or other 

entrepreneurial activities to be pursued, 

if appropriate; and activities to upgrade 

farmworkers’ employment opportunities 

within agriculture, if they so choose. 

The services described should be 

directly connected to the basic and 

occupational skills sets needed for the 

talent development of farmworkers in 

the area’s economy. The plan should 

provide clear evidence that the service 

plan expands the workforce and related 

services available to farmworkers due to 

a closer integration and specific 

collaboration between the NFJP service 

strategy and the local workforce 

investment service plan, new or stronger 

partnerships with faith-based and 

community organizations, and new 

partnerships with key entities involved 

in regional economic transformation, as 

appropriate. Applicants are strongly 

encouraged to include service delivery 

strategies that will provide farmworkers 

with career pathways both within and 

outside agricultural employment; i.e., 

remediation leading to post secondary 

education or credentialing (if 

appropriate); high school diplomas or 

GED, leading to apprenticeship 

opportunities, if applicable; and/or 

industry-accepted certifications. 

Applicants should describe their 

strategy for providing related assistance 

services to farmworkers (see definition 

at 20 CFR 669.110). Applicants are 

reminded that the NFJP is intended to 

be a job training program, whose 

purpose is to assist eligible migrant and 

seasonal farmworkers and their families 

prepare for jobs that provide stable, 

year-round employment, both within 

and outside agriculture. Related 

assistance services include supportive 

services that assist eligible migrant and 

seasonal farmworkers to retain 

employment or enter into or remain in 

training. While no limitation is placed 

on the numbers of participants receiving 

related assistance services only, 

applicants are expected to describe in 

full how they will continue to increase 

the number of participants receiving 

employment and training services. 

If the applicant is a state, a LWIB or 

a One-Stop operator, the application 

must demonstrate how the service 

strategy achieves integration of services 

by all partners in the One-Stop system, 

and how this integration results in 

enhanced and improved workforce 

investment services to farmworkers, 

within a state service area and/or 

regional economy. 

The program plan of service section 

must include descriptions of: 

• The state service area covered by 

the plan. If the proposal is for less than 

the entire agricultural area of the state 

(as could be the case in California, for 

example) the plan must identify the 

geographic area where services will be 

provided and an explanation supporting 

the geographic area selected. 

• An estimate of the number of 

migrant and seasonal farmworker, 

broken out by category, to be provided 

training services. An estimate should be 

included of the number of migrant and 

seasonal farmworkers, broken out by 

category, who will be provided related 

assistance services only. 

• The strategies for conducting 

participant outreach and recruitment, 

including the involvement, where 

applicable, of faith-based and 

community organizations in those 

strategies, as well as other One-Stop 

partner programs. 

• The proposed client-centered case 

management system, including the 

staff’s responsibilities for managing the 

system, the staff development 

opportunities available to enhance their 

skills in case management, and the 

capacity to increase community 

resources available for case management 

through joint alliances and/or 

endeavors, such as through faith-based 

or community organizations, or through 

the One-Stop system. 

• The core services to be delivered, 

and how those services will be 

delivered in collaboration with the OneStop system. Include a description of 

the eligibility determination system and 

how the applicant determines service 

priorities. 

• The intensive services proposed, 

the strategy for providing them, and the 

collaboration with the One-Stop system 

in the provision of these services (see 

definition of intensive services at WIA 

Section 134(d)(3) and 20 CFR 669.370). 

Please note that the NFJP regulations at 

20 CFR 669.380 provide that the 

delivery of intensive and training 

services should flow from an objective 

assessment process that includes an 

Individual Employment Plan. The 

proposal must describe the strategy for 

doing this, as well as the organization’s 

capacity to appropriately address an 

individual’s needs as identified through 

the objective assessment. Intensive 

services are described in WIA 

134(d)(3)(C) and 20 CFR 669.370. 

• If work experience is to be offered 

as an activity, the process by which the 

determination to use it is based, and the 

strategy for measuring its success as a 

program activity. (See 20 CFR 669.370 

(b)(i) and (b)(ii)(B) for additional 

information on work experience 

activities.) 

• The training services to be provided 

to eligible farmworkers, including the 

process used to determine a 

participant’s enrollment in training 

services, and the process used when the 

determination is made not to place a 

participant in training. (See 20 CFR 

669.410 for a description of, training 

services.) In addition, the proposal 

should describe the strategy to be used 


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to promote co-enrollment of participants 

in the WIA formula funded programs. 

• The related assistance services, 

including supportive services, needed 

by migrant and seasonal farmworkers 

and their dependents, and the strategy 

for providing those services, including 

the agencies or organizations with 

whom the applicant will collaborate 

and/or coordinate these services. The 

proposal should provide separate 

descriptions for those farmworkers 

receiving supportive services and also 

intensive and/or training services, and 

those farmworkers for whom related 

assistance services will be the only 

services provided. It should also include 

a description of the process used to 

determine the need for related 

assistance services, the differences in 

the determination process, if any, 

among migrant and seasonal farmworker 

groups, and the rationale for the 

differences. 

• The proposal should describe the 

applicant’s strategy for balancing related 

assistance services with the need to 

increase employment and training 

services. 

• The proposal should describe the 

educational approaches to be used, 

including remediation, GED attainment, 

GED leading to apprenticeships, career 

guidance and other pathways leading to 

credentialing or post secondary 

opportunities, if applicable, to assist the 

participant in obtaining the 

occupational skills that lead to 

employment in high-growth 

occupations or to higher paying 

employment within the agricultural 

industry. 

• A description of the strategies to be 

used to achieve performance results 

with respect to job placement, 

employment retention, and average 

earnings (i.e., the common measures). 

• A description of the strategies to 

address how job placement 

opportunities will be pursued among 

the employers in the service area, 

including how job placement 

opportunities from new employers will 

be secured, as well as opportunities in 

high growth industries/occupations. 

• The process by which the applicant 

will conduct follow-up services for 

those who are placed in jobs or engaged 

in entrepreneurial activities. 

Scoring on this factor will be based on 

evidence that the applicant has used the 

information provided in the first three 

rating criteria, described above, to 

develop a service strategy and a plan of 

service that leads to measurable impact 

on improving the employment and 

earnings of farmworkers. It will also be 

based on evidence that the plan of 

service contains a balanced program of 

activities, and a rationale for the 

proposed services, as well as evidence 

that the service plan encompasses 

resources and program activities 

available from other One-Stop partners 

and/or the local services agencies, 

including faith-based and community 

organizations. 

The evaluation of this factor will also 

assess whether the service strategy and 

service plan presented by the applicant 

reflect a knowledge of the local 

workforce investment plan and 

proposes services that complement that 

plan in a way that increases 

employment opportunities for 

farmworkers. 

If the applicant is a state, a LWIB or 

a One-Stop operator, the evaluation of 

this factor will also assess opportunities 

for integrating services through the OneStop system and its partner programs to 

improve the workforce and related 

services received by farmworkers. 

Special emphasis will be placed on the 

success achieved in enrolling and 

serving farmworkers through WIA 

formula-funded programs. 

Review and Selection Process 

A review panel will rate each 

proposal according to the criteria 

scoring factors specified in this 

solicitation. Panel reviews are critical to 

the selection of grantees but are 

advisory in nature, and their 

recommendations are not binding on the 

Grant Officer. The Grant Officer, in 

selecting potential grantees, may 

consider any information that comes to 

his or her attention, including past 

performance under a previous grant and 

information from the program office, 

and will make the final selection 

determination based on what best meets 

the needs of eligible migrants and 

seasonal farmworkers in the area to be 

served. The Grant Officer may consider 

factors such as panel findings, 

geographic presence of the applicants, 

proposed areas to be served, and other 

pertinent factors. 

The Grant Officer’s determination for 

award under this SGA is final. The 

Grant Officer may elect to make awards 

either with or without discussions and 

negotiations with the applicant. In 

situations without discussions, an 

award will be based on the applicant’s 

signature on the SF–424, which 

constitutes a binding offer. 

Applications rated by the review 

panel with a score of less than 80 points 

will not be recommended for an award. 

In areas where there are no applications 

with a score of 80 or above, the process 

for selecting another potential grantee, 

described in Section II, will be 

implemented. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

Award Notices 

The Grant Officer will notify 

applicants, in writing, if they are 

selected as potential grantees. The 

notification will invite each potential 

grantee to negotiate the final terms and 

conditions of the grant as applicable, 

will establish a reasonable time and 

place for the negotiations, and will 

indicate the specific state service area 

and amount of funds to be allocated 

under the grant. FY 2007 funds will be 

awarded for the period July 1, 2007 to 

June 30, 2008. 

An applicant that is not selected as a 

potential grantee or whose application 

has been denied in part or in whole by 

the Department will be notified in 

writing by the Grant Officer and advised 

of all appeal rights. The notification will 

outline the deficiencies as noted by the 

review panel and offer an opportunity 

for a debriefing. The written notification 

by the Grant Officer constitutes a final 

decision, for the purposes of 20 CFR 

667.800. 

Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

There are no additional 

administrative or national policy 

requirements. 

Reporting 

An applicant’s proposal becomes the 

annual grant plan after a grant award is 

made, with additional information as 

appropriate and requested by the 

funding agency. WIA Section 167 

grantees will be required to submit 

reports on financial expenditures, 

program participation, and participant 

outcomes on a quarterly basis. Grantees 

will also have to submit planned 

financial expenditures and planned 

program participation forms at the 

beginning of the program year. Grantees 

must report electronically, but may be 

asked to submit reports in paper form 

on occasion. As reflected earlier in this 

solicitation, this program is subject to 

the common measures of performance. 

Grantees will be required to provide the 

data necessary to collect information for 

reporting performance results against 

the common measures. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

Questions related to this solicitation 

may be directed to Ms. Mamie Williams, 

Grants Management Specialist, phone 

202–693–3341; fax: 202–693–2879 (this 

is not a toll free number). Please include 

a contact name, fax and telephone 

number. 

This announcement is also being 

made available on the ETA Web site at 


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http://doleta.gov/sga/sga.cfm and 

http://www.grants.gov. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 16th day of 

April, 2007. 

James W. Stockton, 

Grant Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 

AND THE HUMANITIES 

Arts And Artifacts Indemnity Panel 

Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463 as amended) notice is hereby 

given that a meeting of the Arts and 

Artifacts Indemnity Panel of the Federal 

Council on the Arts and the Humanities 

will be held at 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506, 

in Room 716, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on 

Monday, May 7, 2007. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

review applications for Certificates of 

Indemnity submitted to the Federal 

Council on the Arts and the Humanities 

for exhibitions beginning after January 

1, 2007. 

Because the proposed meeting will 

consider financial and commercial data 

and because it is important to keep 

values of objects, methods of 

transportation and security measures 

confidential, pursuant to the authority 

granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority to Close 

Advisory Committee Meetings, dated 

July 19, 1993, I have determined that the 

meeting would fall within exemption (4) 

of 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and that it is essential 

to close the meeting to protect the free 

exchange of views and to avoid 

interference with the operations of the 

committee. 

It is suggested that those desiring 

more specific information contact 

Acting Advisory Committee 

Management Officer, Heather Gottry, 

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506, or call 202–606–

8322. 

Heather Gottry, 

Acting Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND HUMANITIES 

National Council On the Humanities; 

Meeting 

April 18, 2007. 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, as amended) notice is hereby 

given the National Council on the 

Humanities will meet in Washington, 

DC, on May 8–9, 2007. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

advise the Chairman of the National 

Endowment for the Humanities with 

respect to policies, programs, and 

procedures for carrying out his 

functions, and to review applications for 

financial support from and gifts offered 

to the Endowment and to make 

recommendations thereon to the 

Chairman. 

The meeting will be held in the Old 

Post Office Building, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. A 

portion of the morning and afternoon 

sessions on May 8–9, 2007, will not be 

open to the public pursuant to 

subsections (c)(4),(c)(6) and (c)(9)(B) of 

section 552b of Title 5, United States 

Code because the Council will consider 

information that may disclose trade 

secrets and commercial or financial 

information obtained from a person and 

privileged or confidential; information 

of a personal nature the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy; and information the premature 

disclosure of which would be likely to 

significantly frustrate implementation of 

proposed agency action. I have made 

this determination under the authority 

granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority dated July 19, 

1993. 

The agenda for the session on May 8, 

2007 will be as follows: 

Committee Meetings 

(Open to the Public) 

Policy Discussion 

9–10:30 a.m. 

Challenge Grants and Education 

Programs—Room 415 

Federal/State Partnership—Room 

510A 

Preservation and Access—Room M–

07 

Public Programs—Room 421 

Research Programs—Room 315 

(Closed to the Public) 

Discussion of Specific Grant 

Applications and Programs Before the 

Council 

10:30 a.m. until Adjourned 

Challenge Grants and Adjourned 

Education Programs—Room 415 

Federal/State Partnership—Room 

510A 

Preservation and Access—Room M–

07 

Public Programs—Room 421 

Research Programs—Room 315 

2–3 p.m. 

Jefferson Lecture—Room 527 

The agenda for the session on May 9, 

2007 will be as follows: The morning 

session will convene at 9 a.m. in Room 

M–09, and will be open to the public, 

as set out below. 

A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting 

B. Reports 

1. Introductory Remarks 

2. Staff Report 

3. Congressional Report 

4. Reports on Policy and General 

Matters 

a. Challenge Grants 

b. Education Programs 

c. Federal/State Partnership 

d. Preservation and Access 

e. Public Programs 

f. Research Programs 

g. Jefferson Lecture 

The remainder of the proposed 

meeting will be given to the 

consideration of specific applications 

and closed to the public for the reasons 

stated above. 

Further information about this 

meeting can be obtained from Ms. 

Heather Gottry, Acting Advisory 

Committee Management Officer, 

National Endowment for the 

Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, or by 

calling (202) 606–8322, TDD (202) 606–

8282. Advance notice of any special 

needs or accommodations is 

appreciated. 

Heather Gottry, 

Acting Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–7529 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Interagency Arctic Research Policy 

Committee; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Arctic 

Research and Policy Act (Pub. L. 101–

609, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Interagency Arctic Research 

Policy Committee. 

Date: April 27, 2007, 10 a.m. to 12 

p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1295, 

Arlington, VA. 


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