42108 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 150 / Tuesday, August 5, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Meeting of the Task Force on Defense

Reform

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Task

Force on Defense Reform.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Task Force on Defense

Reform will meet in closed sessions on

August 19, 21, 26, 28, and September 4,

9, 11, 16, and 18, 23, and 25, 1997.

The Task Force on Defense Reform

was recently established to make

recommendations to the Secretary of

Defense and Deputy Secretary of

Defense on alternatives for

organizational reforms, reductions in

management overhead, and streamlined

business practices in the Department of

Defense (DoD), with emphasis on the

Office of the Secretary of Defense, the

Defense Agencies and the DoD field

activities, and the Military Departments.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Public Law 92–463, as amended, 5

U.S.C., Appendix II, it has been

determined that matters affecting

national security, as covered by 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(1)(1988), will be presented

throughout the meetings, and that,

accordingly, these meetings will be

closed to the public.

Dated: July 28, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Postsecondary Education:

Direct Grant Programs and Fellowship

Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for

new awards for fiscal year 1998.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for

Postsecondary Education invites

applications for new awards for fiscal

year (FY) 1998 under a number of the

Department’s direct grant and

fellowship programs and announces

deadline dates for the transmittal of

applications under these programs. This

combined notice also lists other

programs and competitions of the Office

of Postsecondary Education (OPE) under

which application notices for new

awards for FY 1998 will be published at

a later date.

DATES: For each program and

competition announced in this notice,

the chart includes the following dates:

the date on which applications will be

available, the deadline for submission of

applications, and—for programs subject

to Executive Order (EO) 12372

(Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs)—the deadline date for

transmittal of State Process

Recommendations by State Single

Points of Contact (SPOCs) and

comments by other interested parties.

ADDRESSES: For Applications or Further

Information: The address and telephone

number for obtaining applications for,

or further information about, an

individual program are in the

application notice for that program.

For Users of TDD or FIRS: Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD

number, if any, listed in the individual

application notices. If a TDD number is

not listed for a given program,

individuals who use a TDD may call the

Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8

a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday

through Friday.

For Intergovernmental Review: The

address for transmitting

recommendations and comments under

Executive Order 12372 is in the

appendix to this notice.

For Electronic Access to Information:

Information about the Department’s

funding opportunities, including copies

of application notices for discretionary

grant competitions, can be viewed on

the Department’s electronic bulletin

board (ED Board), telephone (202) 260–

9950; or on the World Wide Web (at

http://gcs.ed.gov/). However, the official

application notice for a discretionary

grant competition is the notice

published in the Federal Register.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

combined application notice contains

those application announcements that

the Assistant Secretary for

Postsecondary Education is able to

publish at this time.

The Assistant Secretary has

announced, or intends to announce,

separately the following additional

program competitions for the Office of

Postsecondary Education under which

the Department plans to make new

awards for FY 1998:

• CFDA No. 84.031A. Strengthening

Institutions Program.

• CFDA No. 84.031H. Designation as

an Eligible Institution for the

Strengthening Institutions and

Endowment Challenge Grant Programs.

• CFDA No. 84.200. Graduate

Assistance in Areas of National Need

Program.

• CFDA No. 84.262. Programs to

Encourage Minority Students to Become

Teachers.

• CFDA No. 84.103. Training Program

for Federal TRIO Programs

• CFDA No. 84.066. Educational

Opportunity Centers Program

• CFDA No. 84.031G. Endowment

Challenge Grant Program

• CFDA No. 84.044. Talent Search

Program

• CFDA No. 84.116A&B.

Comprehensive Program.

• CFDA No. 84.116J. European

Community/United States of America

Joint Consortia for Cooperation in

Higher Education and Vocational

Education.

• CFDA No. 84.116N. Program for

North American Mobility in Higher

Education.

• CFDA No. 84.116P. Disseminating

Proven Reforms.

• CFDA No. 84.116R. Institutional

Restructuring in Higher Education.

Available Funds

The Congress has not yet enacted a FY

1998 appropriation for the Department

of Education. The Assistant Secretary

for Postsecondary Education is

publishing this notice in order to give

potential applicants adequate time to

prepare applications. The estimates of

the amounts of funds that will be

available for these programs are based

on the President’s FY 1998 budget

request.

Potential applicants should note,

however, that the Congress may

increase, eliminate, or reduce funding in

FY 1998 for some of the discretionary

grant programs administered by the

Department. Final action on the FY

1998 appropriation may require the

Department to cancel some of the

competitions announced in this notice,

as well as some of those the notice

indicates will be announced at a later

date.

The Department of Education is not

bound by any of the Estimates in this

notice.

National Education Goals

In developing this combined

application notice the Assistant

Secretary for Postsecondary Education

has sought to ensure that programs

awarding grants during FY 1998 will

further achieve the National Education

Goals, as found in Pub. L. 103–227 (the

Goals 2000: Educate America Act,

enacted March 31, 1994). The Secretary

encourages applicants under these

programs to consider the National