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including all information typically 

included on the application for REDLGs 

and all necessary assurances and 

certifications. 

• After electronically submitting an 

application through the Web site, the 

applicant will receive an automatic 

acknowledgement from Grants.gov that 

contains a Grants.gov tracking number. 

• USDA Rural Development may 

request that the applicant provide 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

• If applicants experience technical 

difficulties on the closing date and are 

unable to meet the deadline, you may 

submit a paper copy of your application 

to your respective Rural Development 

State Office. Paper applications 

submitted to a Rural Development State 

Office must meet the closing date and 

local time deadline. 

Please note that applicants must 

locate the downloadable application 

package for this program by the Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 

or FedGrants Funding Opportunity 

Number, which can be found at http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

B. Content and Form of Submission 

An application must contain all of the 

required elements. Each selection 

priority criterion outlined in 7 CFR 

4280.42(b), must be addressed in the 

application. Failure to address any of 

the criteria will result in a zero-point 

score for that criterion and will impact 

the overall evaluation of the application. 

Copies of 7 CFR part 4280, subpart A, 

will be provided to any interested 

applicant making a request to a Rural 

Development State Office listed in this 

notice. 

C. Submission Dates and Times 

Application Deadline Dates: 4:30 p.m. 

(local time) on the last business day of 

each month. 

Explanation of Deadlines: 

Applications must be in the Rural 

Development State Office by the 

deadline dates as indicated above. 

V. Application Review Information 

The National Office will score 

applications based on the grant 

selection criteria and weights contained 

in 7 CFR part 4280, subpart A, and will 

select an Intermediary subject to the 

Intermediary’s satisfactory submission 

of the additional items required by 7 

CFR part 4280, subpart A, and the 

USDA Rural Development Letter of 

Conditions. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

A. Award Notices 

Successful applicants will receive 

notification for funding from the Rural 

Development State Office. Applicants 

must comply with all applicable statutes 

and regulations before the loan/grant 

award will be approved. Provided the 

application requirements have not 

changed, an application not selected 

will be reconsidered in three subsequent 

funding competitions for a total of four 

competitions. If an application is 

withdrawn, it can be resubmitted and 

will be evaluated as a new application. 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Additional requirements that apply to 

Intermediary’s selected for this program 

can be found in 7 CFR part 4280, 

subpart A. Applicable provisions of 7 

CFR parts 3015, 3019, and 3052 also 

apply. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For general questions about this 

announcement, please contact your 

Rural Development State Office 

identified in this Notice. 

VIII. Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the information 

collection requirement contained in this 

Notice is approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

OMB Control Number 0570–0024. 

Federal Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act 

All grant applicants, in accordance 

with 2 CFR part 25, must have a Dun 

and Bradstreet Data Universal Number 

System (DUNS) number, which can be 

obtained at no cost via a toll-free request 

line at 1–866–705–5711 or online at 

http://fedgov.dnb.com/webor. Similarly, 

in accordance with 2 CFR part 25, all 

applicants must be registered in the 

Central Contractor Registration (CCR) 

prior to submitting an application. 

Applicants may register for the CCR at 

http://www.ccr.gov, or by calling 1–866– 

606–8220 and press ‘‘1’’ for CCR. All 

recipients of Federal financial grant 

assistance are required to report 

information about first-tier sub-awards 

and executive total compensation in 

accordance with 2 CFR Part 170. 

Nondiscrimination Statement: 

‘‘The U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, age, 

disability, and where applicable, sex, 

marital status, familial status, parental 

status, religion, sexual orientation, 

genetic information, political beliefs, 

reprisal, or because all or part of an 

individual’s income is derived from any 

public assistance program. (Not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720– 

2600 (voice and TDD). 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

write to USDA, Assistant Secretary for 

Civil Rights, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., Stop 9410, 

Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call tollfree at (866) 632–9992 (English) or (800) 

877–8339 (TTD) or (866) 377–8642 

(English Federal-relay) or (800) 845– 

6136 (Spanish Federal-relay). USDA is 

an equal opportunity provider and 

employer. 

February 23, 2012. 

Judith A. Canales, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: 2008 Panel of the Survey of 

Income and Program Participation, 

Wave 13 Topical Module. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0944. 

Form Number(s): SIPP 281305(L), 

Director’s Letter: SIPP 281305(L)SP, 

Director’s Letter (Spanish); SIPP/CAPI 

Automated Instrument. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 143,303. 

Number of Respondents: 94,500. 

Average Hours per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census 

Bureau requests authorization from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to conduct a topical module 

during the Wave 13 interview for the 

2008 Panel of the Survey of Income and 

Program Participation (SIPP). The core 

SIPP and reinterview instruments were 

cleared under Authorization No. 0607– 

0944. 


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The SIPP represents a source of 

information for a wide variety of topics 

and allows information for separate 

topics to be integrated to form a single 

and unified database so that the 

interaction between tax, transfer, and 

other government and private policies 

can be examined. Government domestic 

policy formulators depend heavily upon 

the SIPP information concerning the 

distribution of income received directly 

as money or indirectly as in-kind 

benefits and the effect of tax and 

transfer programs on this distribution. 

They also need improved and expanded 

data on the income and general 

economic and financial situation of the 

U.S. population. The SIPP has provided 

these kinds of data on a continuing basis 

since 1983, permitting levels of 

economic well-being and changes in 

these levels to be measured over time. 

The survey is molded around a 

central ‘‘core’’ of labor force and income 

questions that remain fixed throughout 

the life of a panel. The core is 

supplemented with questions designed 

to answer specific needs, such as 

estimating eligibility for government 

programs, examining pension and 

health care coverage, and analyzing 

individual net worth. These 

supplemental questions are included 

with the core and are referred to as 

‘‘topical modules.’’ 

The topical module planned for the 

2008 Panel Wave 13 is Professional 

Certificates and Certifications. This 

topical module has not been previously 

conducted in the SIPP. Wave 13 

interviews will be conducted from 

September 1, 2012 through December 

31, 2012. 

No topical modules were used in 

Wave 12 and none are planned in 

Waves 14 through 16 of the 2008 Panel. 

We plan to continue fielding the core 

and reinterview instruments through 

December 2013, which is the last 

rotation of Wave 16. Consequently, we 

did not submit an OMB package for 

Wave 12 and do not anticipate future 

OMB submissions for the 2008 Panel 

after Wave 13. 

The SIPP is designed as a continuing 

series of national panels of interviewed 

households that are introduced every 

few years with each panel having 

durations of approximately 3 to 6 years. 

The 2008 Panel is scheduled for 

approximately 6 years and four months 

and includes sixteen waves which 

began September 1, 2008. All household 

members 15 years old or over are 

interviewed using regular proxyrespondent rules. They are interviewed 

a total of thirteen times (thirteen waves), 

at 4-month intervals, making the SIPP a 

longitudinal survey. Sample people (all 

household members present at the time 

of the first interview) who move within 

the country and reasonably close to a 

SIPP primary sampling unit (PSU) will 

be followed and interviewed at their 

new address. Individuals 15 years old or 

over who enter the household after 

Wave 1 will be interviewed; however, if 

these people move, they are not 

followed unless they happen to move 

along with a Wave 1 sample individual. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Every 4 months. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

Section 182. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

jjessup@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or email (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: February 28, 2012. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. 120127071–2071–01] 

Commerce Business Apps Challenge 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OS), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: A key mission of both the 

Department of Commerce (DOC) is to 

help U.S. businesses grow and create 

jobs. Recently, the White House 

launched the BusinessUSA Initiative 

(www.Business.USA.gov) to help further 

these goals. This notice announces the 

Commerce Business Apps Challenge 

(http://docbusinessapps.challenge.gov) 

which DOC is launching to encourage 

members of the public to develop, using 

at least one DOC data set, an application 

(Web, mobile, PC, etc.) that assists 

businesses and/or improves the service 

delivery of Business.USA.gov to the 

business community. Specifically, we’re 

looking for innovative ways to use DOC 

and other federal data and program 

information to help businesses: 

• Learn about and evaluate 

opportunities, both here in the U.S. and 

internationally; 

• Access useful government services, 

data, and market information; 

• Fund business activities; 

• Support education and training, 

and 

• Facilitate or accelerate the pursuit 

of operating and growing their business. 

This notice announces the BizApps 

Challenge and explains its terms and 

conditions, and prizes. 

DATES: Contestants must register for the 

contest on this Web site by creating an 

account between February 22nd and 

April 30th, 2012. The judging period 

will run from May 1, 2012, 12 a.m. EDT 

to May 21, 2012, 11:59 p.m. EDT. DOC 

will announce contest winners on May 

31, 2012, or soon thereafter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gordon Keller, by phone at 202–482– 

2490, or via email at GKeller@doc.gov, 

or Mike Kruger, by phone at 202–482– 

2556, or via email at MKruger@doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To 

facilitate the public’s awareness of the 

various types of DOC data available to 

businesses online and to enhance the 

usability and service delivery of the 

newly launched BusinessUSA Initiative 

(www.Business.USA.gov), DOC 

announces a contest, open to the public, 

to develop an application using at least 

one DOC data set, to assist businesses 

and/or improves the service delivery of 

Business.USA.gov to the business 

community. 

You pick the technology* * * 

• The web 

• A personal computer 

• A mobile handheld device, or 

• Any platform broadly accessible to 

the open Internet 

* * *we provide the data (or at least 

some of it). 

DOC offers a wealth of economic, 

demographic, environmental, weather, 

international trade, scientific research 

and program data and in this challenge, 

we require that you use at least one of 

our datasets in your application. This 

data can be layered and/or combined 

with any other federal, state, local or 

publicly available information or 

datasets that you wish. Below are listed 

some repositories for DOC and other 

federal data: 

• Commerce Data 

Æ U.S. Census Bureau—Population, 

household, housing, demographics. 

Economic census and monthly 


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