Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 4, 2012 / Notices 20369 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Western Hemisphere Institute for 

Security Cooperation Board of 

Visitors; Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and summary agenda for the 

annual meeting of the Board of Visitors 

(BoV) for the Western Hemisphere 

Institute for Security Cooperation 

(WHINSEC). Notice of this meeting is 

required under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463). The 

Board’s charter was renewed on 

February 21, 2012 in compliance with 

the requirements set forth in Title 10 

U.S.C. 2166. 

Date: Wednesday, June 27th, 2012. 

Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

Location: Double Tree Hotel 

Conference Room, 5351 Sidney Simons 

Blvd., Columbus, Georgia. 

Proposed Agenda: Update briefings 

from the Office of the Secretary of 

Defense (Policy); Department of State; 

US Northern Command and US 

Southern Command as well as receive 

other information appropriate to its 

interests. 

Date: Thursday, June 28th, 2012. 

Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Location: WHINSEC, 7161 Richardson 

Circle, Modular 2D, Fort Benning, 

Georgia 31905. 

Proposed Agenda: Topics will include 

a public comments period; update 

briefing from the WHINSEC 

Commandant; Subcommittee objectives 

discussion; and open discussion period. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

WHINSEC Board of Visitors Secretariat 

at (703) 614–8721. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

of 1972 and 41 CFR 102–3.140(c), 

members of the public or interested 

groups may submit written statements 

to the advisory committee for 

consideration by the committee 

members. Written statements should be 

no longer than two type-written pages 

and sent via fax to (703) 614–8920 or 

emailed to scott.caldwell@us.army.mil 

by 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, June 

20th, 2012, for consideration at this 

meeting. In addition, public comments 

by individuals and organizations may be 

made from 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. during the 

meeting on June 28th. Public comments 

will be limited to three minutes each. 

Anyone desiring to make an oral 

statement must register by sending a fax 

to (703) 614–8920 or email to 

scott.caldwell@us.army.mil with his/her 

name, phone number, email address, 

and the full text of his/her comments 

(no longer than two typewritten pages) 

by 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, June 

20th, 2012. The first five requestors will 

be notified by 5 p.m. EST on Monday, 

June 25th, 2012, of their time to address 

the Board during the public comment 

forum. All other comments will be 

retained for the record. Public seating is 

limited and will be available on a firstcome, first-served basis. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Centers 

for Independent Living—Training and 

Technical Assistance 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information 

Centers for Independent Living— 

Training and Technical Assistance 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2012. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number 84.132B. 

DATES:

Applications Available: April 4, 2012. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 21, 2012. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 18, 2012. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program 

The purpose of the Training and 

Technical Assistance grant under the 

Centers for Independent Living program 

is to provide training and technical 

assistance to eligible agencies, centers 

for independent living (CILs), and 

Statewide Independent Living Councils 

(SILCs) with respect to planning, 

developing, conducting, administering, 

and evaluating CILs. 

A CIL is a consumer-controlled, 

community-based, cross-disability, 

nonresidential private nonprofit agency 

that is designed and operated within a 

local community by individuals with 

disabilities and that provides an array of 

independent living services. An eligible 

agency is a consumer-controlled, 

community-based, cross-disability, 

nonresidential, private nonprofit 

agency. 

The purpose of independent living 

services is to maximize leadership, 

empowerment, independence, and 

productivity of individuals with 

significant disabilities, and to integrate 

these individuals into the mainstream of 

American society. 

Each State establishes a SILC that 

jointly develops and signs the State Plan 

for Independent Living with the 

Designated State Unit and monitors, 

reviews, and evaluates the 

implementation of the State plan. A 

majority of a SILC’s members are 

individuals with disabilities, and other 

members include CIL representatives 

and State agency representatives, as 

well as other appropriate individuals. 

Priorities: This competition contains 

two absolute priorities. These priorities 

are from the notice of final priorities for 

this program, published in the Federal 

Register on June 22, 2007 (72 FR 34450). 

Background 

The Department is inviting 

applications for one grant to provide 

training and technical assistance to CILs 

and SILCs. This is a change from how 

we conducted the last competition for 

this grant. In 2007, we awarded separate 

grants to train CILs and SILCs. In 

response to the FY 2007 notice of 

proposed priorities published in the 

Federal Register on March 6, 2007 (72 

FR 9936), the majority of the 

commenters expressed their preference 

for awarding a single training and 

technical assistance grant for both CILs 

and SILCs. These commenters stated 

that training CILs and SILCs together 

would allow them to understand each 

other’s activities, needs, and issues and 

would promote effective 

communication and collaboration 

between CILs and SILCs, thus enabling 

them to better achieve their common 

goals. While CILs and SILCs have 

discrete statutorily-based 

responsibilities, commenters recognized 

that CILs and SILCs share the common 

fundamental objective to improve 

independent living for persons with 

significant disabilities. 

While acknowledging the validity of 

the concerns expressed regarding 

separate grants, the Department 

determined in 2007 that the benefits of 

two grants outweighed the potential 

costs. The Department believed that two 

grants would permit grantees to focus 

training and technical assistance on the 

specific needs of CILs and SILCs 

separately to ensure that the unique 

activities and responsibilities of the 

CILs and SILCs were addressed. 


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