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representing the National Academy of 

Sciences, the National Academy of 

Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, 

ocean industries, State Governments, 

academia and others including 

individuals who are eminent in the 

fields of marine science, marine policy 

or related fields including ocean 

resource management. Panel Members 

appointed by the Secretary of Defense or 

designated representative, who are not 

full-time federal officers or employees, 

shall serve as Special Government 

Employees under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 3109. 

Panel Members, under the provisions 

of 10 U.S.C. 7903, shall be appointed on 

an annual basis by the Secretary of 

Defense or designated representative, 

and shall serve no more than four years. 

The Panel Membership shall select the 

Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons of 

the Panel for renewable one-year terms. 

In addition, the Secretary of Defense or 

designated representative may invite 

other distinguished Government officers 

to serve as non-voting observers of the 

Panel, and appoint consultants, with 

special expertise, to assist the Panel on 

an ad hoc basis. 

The Panel shall be authorized to 

establish subcommittees, as necessary 

and consistent with its mission, and 

these subcommittees or working groups 

shall operate under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the Sunshine in the Government 

Act of 1976, and other appropriate 

federal regulations. 

Such subcommittees or workgroups 

shall not work independently of the 

chartered Panel, and shall report all 

their recommendations and advice to 

the Panel for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees or 

workgroups have no authority to make 

decisions on behalf of the chartered 

Panel nor can they report directly to the 

Department of Defense or any federal 

officers or employees who are not Panel 

Members. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel 

shall meet at the call of the Panel’s 

Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the Panel’s 

chairperson. The Designated Federal 

Officer, pursuant to DoD policy, shall be 

a full-time or permanent part-time DoD 

employee, and shall be appointed in 

accordance with established DoD 

policies and procedures. The Designated 

Federal Officer or duly appointed 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer 

shall attend all committee meetings and 

subcommittee meetings. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to the Ocean Research and 

Resources Advisory Panel membership 

about the Panel’s mission and functions. 

Written statements may be submitted at 

any time or in response to the stated 

agenda of planned meeting of the Ocean 

Research and Resources Advisory Panel. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Ocean Research and 

Resources Advisory Panel, and this 

individual will ensure that the written 

statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Ocean 

Research and Resources Advisory 

Panel’s Designated Federal Officer can 

be obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. 

The Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150, will 

announce planned meetings of the 

Ocean Research and Resources Advisory 

Panel. The Designated Federal Officer, 

at that time, may provide additional 

guidance on the submission of written 

statements that are in response to the 

stated agenda for the planned meeting 

in question. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Deputy Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–601–2554, extension 

128. 

Dated: January 15, 2008. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E8–986 Filed 1–18–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education: Overview Information; 

Improving Literacy Through School 

Libraries Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2008 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.364A. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: January 22, 

2008. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 7, 2008. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 6, 2008. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to improve student 

reading skills and academic 

achievement by providing students with 

increased access to up-to-date school 

library materials; well-equipped, 

technologically advanced school library 

media centers; and well-trained, 

professionally certified school library 

media specialists. 

Priorities: This notice contains one 

competitive preference priority and one 

invitational priority. 

Competitive Preference Priority: This 

priority is from the notice of final 

priority for this program, published in 

the Federal Register on February 16, 

2007 (72 FR 7629). For FY 2008, and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is a competitive preference 

priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) 

we award up to an additional 5 points 

to an application, depending on how 

well the application meets this priority. 

Under this priority, we give priority to 

projects that demonstrate in their grant 

applications that the proposed library 

literacy project services are 

comprehensive and aligned with a 

school or district improvement plan. A 

school improvement plan may include 

the required two-year plan (under 

section 1116(b)(3) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended by the No Child Left Behind 

Act of 2001) that addresses the 

academic issues that caused a school to 

be identified as in need of improvement. 

The plan could also include a voluntary 

plan developed by the school or district 

to improve academic achievement. The 

applicant must clearly describe the 

improvement plan that is in place, 

whether it is for the school or the entire 

district, the reasons why the plan was 

put in place, and how the proposed 

project and the operation of the school 

library media center will directly 

support the academic goals established 

in the improvement plan. 

Invitational Priority: This priority is 

from the notice of final priorities for 

discretionary grant programs published 

in the Federal Register on October 11, 

2006 (71 FR 60046). For FY 2008 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

This priority is for projects that help 

school districts implement academic 

and structural interventions in schools 

that have been identified for 

improvement, corrective action, or 

restructuring under the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 


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amended by the No Child Left Behind 

Act of 2001. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6383. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of final 

clarification of eligible local activities, 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 5, 2004 (69 FR 17894). (c) The 

notice of final priority, published in the 

Federal Register on February 16, 2007 

(72 FR 7629). (d) The notice of final 

priorities for discretionary grant 

programs published in the Federal 

Register on October 11, 2006 (71 FR 

60046). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$18,570,261. Contingent upon the 

availability of funds and the quality of 

applications, we may make additional 

awards in FY 2009 from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$30,000—$500,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$250,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 80. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 12 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs in which 

at least 20 percent of the students served 

by the LEA are from families with 

incomes below the poverty line based 

on the most recent satisfactory data 

available from the U.S. Census Bureau 

at the time this notice is published. 

These data are Small Area Income and 

Poverty Estimates for school districts for 

income year 2005. A list of LEAs with 

their family poverty rates (based on 

these Census Bureau data) is posted on 

our Web site at: http://www.ed.gov/ 

programs/lsl/eligibility.html. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

program involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. Funds 

made available under this program must 

be used to supplement, and not 

supplant, other Federal, State, and local 

funds expended to carry out activities 

relating to library, technology, or 

professional development activities (20 

U.S.C. 6383(i)). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, 

use either of the following addresses: 

http://www.grants.gov or http:// 

www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/ 

applicant.html. To obtain a copy from 

ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the 

following: Education Publications 

Center, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 

20794–1398. Telephone, toll free: 1–

877–433–7827. FAX: (301) 470–1244. If 

you use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–

576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this program or 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.364A. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person or 

team listed under Alternative Format in 

section VIII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. Page Limit: The application 

narrative (Part IV of the application) is 

where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. You must 

limit the application narrative (Part IV) 

to no more than 15 pages, using the 

following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ × 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1’’ margins at the top, 

bottom, and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; Part III, the one-page 

abstract; Part VI, the other attachments 

including the resumes, and the 

endnotes, if applicable; and Part VII, the 

assurances and certifications. However, 

you must include all of the application 

narrative in Part IV. Charter schools and 

State administered schools must include 

some form of documentation from their 

State educational agency (SEA) 

confirming eligibility for this program. 

This documentation is not counted 

toward the page limit. 

Our reviewers will not read any pages 

of your application that exceed the page 

limit if you apply these standards. 

Appendices to the narrative are not 

permitted, with the exception of 

resumes and endnotes. None of the 

material sent as appendices to the 

narrative, with the exception of resumes 

and endnotes, will be sent to the 

reviewers. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: January 22, 

2008. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 7, 2008. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

section IV. 6. Other Submission 

Requirements in this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 6, 2008. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 


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electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Improving Literacy Through School 

Libraries program, CFDA Number 

84.364A must be submitted 

electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at http//www.Grants.gov. Through this 

site, you will be able to download a 

copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Improving Literacy 

Through School Libraries program at 

http://www.Grants.gov You must search 

for the downloadable application 

package for this program by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.364, not 84.364A). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not consider your 

application if it is date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system later 

than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. When we 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are 

rejecting your application because it 

was date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. 

• 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 do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this program to 

ensure that you submit your application 

in a timely manner to the Grants.gov 

system. You can also find the Education 

Submission Procedures pertaining to 

Grants.gov at http://e-Grants.ed.gov/ 

help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D-U-N-S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: Application for Federal 

Education Assistance (SF 424), the 

Department of Education Supplemental 

Information for SF 424, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. Please 

note that two of these forms—the SF 424 

and the Department of Education 

Supplemental Information for SF 424—

have replaced the ED 424 (Application 

for Federal Education Assistance). 

• You must attach any narrative 

sections of your application as files in 

a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or 

.PDF (Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph or 

submit a password-protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 4:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII in this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 


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affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. The Department will contact you 

after a determination is made on 

whether your application will be 

accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because—

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; 

and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Irene Harwarth, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 3W227, 

Washington, DC 20202–6200, Fax: (202) 

260–8969. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier), your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal 

Service: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.364A), 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–

4260; 

or 

By mail through a commercial carrier: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Stop 4260, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.364A), 

7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 

20785–1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

you must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark, or 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.364A), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and 

Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of 

Paper Applications: If you mail or hand 

deliver your application to the 

Department—

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the 

Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424 

the CFDA number, including suffix 

letter, if any, of the competition under 

which you are submitting your 

application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center 

will mail to you a notification of receipt 

of your grant application. If you do not 

receive this notification within 15 

business days from the application 

deadline date, you should call the U.S. 

Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from section 

1251 of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA), and 34 CFR 75.210 and are as 

follows. The maximum score for all of 

these criteria is 100 points. The 

maximum score for each criterion is 

indicated in parentheses. We evaluate 

an application by determining how well 

the proposed project meets the 

following criteria: 

(a) Need for school library resources 

(10 points). How well the applicant 

demonstrates the need for school library 

media improvement, based on the age 

and condition of school library media 

resources, including book collections; 

access of school library media centers to 

advanced technology; and the 

availability of well-trained, 

professionally certified school library 

media specialists, in schools served by 

the applicant. 

(b) Use of funds (30 points). How well 

the applicant will use the funds made 

available through the grant to carry out 

one or more of the following activities 

that meet its demonstrated needs: 

(1) Acquiring up-to-date school 

library media resources, including 

books. 

(2) Acquiring and using advanced 

technology, incorporated into the 

curricula of the school, to develop and 

enhance students’ skills in retrieving 

and making use of information and in 

critical thinking. 

(3) Facilitating Internet links and 

other resource-sharing networks among 

schools and school library media 

centers, and public and academic 

libraries. 

(4) Providing professional 

development (as described in the notice 

of final clarification of eligible local 

activities published in the Federal 

Register on April 5, 2004 (69 FR 17894)) 

for school library media specialists that 

is designed to improve literacy in grades 

K–3, and for school library media 

specialists as described in section 

1222(d)(2) of the ESEA and providing 

activities that foster increased 


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collaboration between school library 

media specialists, teachers, and 

administrators. 

(5) Providing students with access to 

school libraries during non-school 

hours, including the hours before and 

after school, during weekends, and 

during summer vacation periods. 

(c) Quality of the project design (20 

points). In determining the quality of 

the design of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the extent to which 

the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be 

achieved by the proposed project are 

clearly specified and measurable. 

(d) Quality of the management plan 

(20 points). In determining the quality 

of the management plan for the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the adequacy of the 

management plan to achieve the 

objectives of the proposed project on 

time and within budget, including 

clearly defined responsibilities, 

timelines, and milestones for 

accomplishing project tasks. 

(e) Broad-based involvement and 

coordination (10 points). How well the 

applicant will extensively involve 

school library media specialists, 

teachers, administrators, and parents in 

the proposed project activities and 

effectively coordinate the funds and 

activities provided under this program 

with other literacy, library, technology, 

and professional development funds 

and activities. 

(f) Evaluation of quality and impact 

(10 points). How well the applicant will 

collect and analyze data on the quality 

and impact of the proposed project 

activities, including the extent to which 

the availability of, the access to, and the 

use of up-to-date school library media 

resources in the elementary schools and 

secondary schools served by the 

applicant increase; and the impact of 

the project on the reading skills of 

students. 

2. Review and Selection Process: An 

additional factor we consider in 

selecting an application for an award is 

the equitable distribution of grants 

across geographic regions and among 

LEAs serving urban and rural areas. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section in this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section in 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to http:// 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: In response 

to the Government Performance and 

Results Act (GPRA), the Department 

developed three measures for evaluating 

the overall effectiveness of the 

Improving Literacy Through School 

Libraries program. These measures 

gauge improvement in student 

achievement and resources in the 

schools and districts served by the 

Improving Literacy Through School 

Libraries program by assessing increases 

in: (1) The percentage of students in 

schools served by the Improving 

Literacy Through School Libraries 

program who are proficient in reading; 

(2) The number of books and media 

resources purchased per student, preand post-grant, compared to the national 

average; and (3) The difference in the 

number of purchases of school library 

materials (books and media resources) 

between schools participating in the 

Improving Literacy Through School 

Libraries program and the national 

average. The Department will collect 

data for these measures from grantees’

final performance reports and other data 

sources. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Irene Harwarth, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3W227, Washington, DC 20202–

6200. Telephone: (202) 401–3751 or by 

e-mail: Irene.Harwarth@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Alternative Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. If you have 

questions about using PDF, call the U.S. 

Government Printing Office (GPO), toll 

free, at 1–888–293–6498; or in the 

Washington, DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: January 16, 2008. 

Kerri Briggs, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

January 14, 2008. 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

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Docket Numbers: RP96–320–079. 

Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline 

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Description: Gulf South Pipeline Co, 

LP submits an interim negotiated rate 

letter agreement re East Texas to 

Mississippi Expansion Project. 

Filed Date: 01/10/2008. 

Accession Number: 20080111–0080. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. 

Docket Numbers: RP97–81–045. 

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Description: Kinder Morgan Interstate 

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Filed Date: 01/11/2008. 

Accession Number: 20080114–0246. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, January 23, 2008. 

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Applicants: Midwestern Gas 

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