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Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal 

year (FY) 2010 section 1701 requires a 

report to Congress evaluating the 

exercise of authorities in that title, 

which is due on October 28, 2015. 

Therefore, DoD submitted a legislative 

proposal to extend the funding of the 

FHCC demonstration project for an 

additional year, through September 30, 

2016, in order to fully assess the FHCC 

demonstration project, develop and 

submit the final report, and execute the 

results of the report. In order to allow 

seamless continuation of services to 

beneficiaries at FHCC, the TRICARE copay waiver is also extended through 

September 30, 2016 to align with the 

extension of the funding for the FHCC 

demonstration project. This waiver 

applies to all inpatient, outpatient, and 

ancillary services, and all outpatient 

prescription drugs provided at FHCC. 

This waiver is consistent with current 

policies and procedures followed at all 

military treatment facilities. According 

to an Independent Government Cost 

Estimate (IGCE), it is estimated that the 

one-year impact for the co-pay waiver in 

FY 2016 is $121,720, which is slightly 

higher than the original demonstration 

notice due to an underlying trend of 

increased utilization over time. 

C. Evaluation 

An independent evaluation will 

continue to be conducted as part of the 

overall FHCC evaluation required by 

NDAA FY2010 section 1701. 

Dated: March 4, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Office of Economic Adjustment; 

Announcement of Federal Funding 

Opportunity (FFO) 

AGENCY: Office of Economic Adjustment 

(OEA), Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Federal funding opportunity 

anouncement. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

opportunity to request funding from the 

Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA), 

a Department of Defense (DoD) field 

activity, for community planning 

assistance and economic diversification 

in response to major reductions or 

cancellations in DoD spending, 

including the cancellation or 

termination of DoD contracts or failure 

to proceed with a major weapon system 

program. Assistance may be granted if 

the DoD action has a direct and 

significant adverse effect on a 

community or its residents. This notice 

includes proposal submission 

requirements and instructions, 

eligibility, and selection criteria that 

will be used to evaluate proposals from 

eligible respondents. OEA grants to a 

state or local government may result 

from any proposal submitted under this 

notice, subject to the availability of 

appropriations. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

a. Federal Awarding Agency: Office of 

Economic Adjustment (OEA), 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

b. Funding Opportunity Title: 

Community Economic Adjustment 

Assistance for Reductions in Defense 

Industry Employment. 

c. Announcement Type: Modification 

of Previously Announced Federal 

Funding Opportunity (79 FR 28914). 

d. Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number & Title: 

12.611, Community Economic 

Adjustment Assistance for Reductions 

in Defense Industry Employment. 

e. Key Dates: Proposals will be 

considered on a continuing basis. OEA 

will evaluate all proposal documents 

and requests, and provide a response to 

the respondent within 30 business days 

of OEA’s receipt of a final and complete 

proposal. 

I. Period of Funding Opportunity 

Proposals will be considered on a 

continuing basis, subject to the 

availability of appropriations, 

commencing on the date of publication 

of this notice. 

II. Funding Opportunity 

a. Program Description 

OEA is a DoD Field Activity 

authorized under 10 U.S.C. 2391 to 

provide assistance to state or local 

governments, and entities of state and 

local governments, including regional 

governmental organizations, to plan and 

carry out community adjustments and 

economic diversification activities in 

response to the cancellation or 

termination of a DoD contract; the 

failure to proceed with an approved 

major weapon system program; or the 

publicly announced planned major 

reduction in DoD spending. States may 

request assistance to enhance their 

capacity to assist adversely affected 

communities, businesses, and workers; 

support local adjustment and 

diversification initiatives; and stimulate 

cooperation between statewide and 

local adjustment and diversification 

efforts. 

The objectives of OEA’s Defense 

Industry Adjustment (DIA) Assistance 

Program are to assist States and local 

governments to plan and carry out 

community adjustments and economic 

diversification activities in response to 

reductions in defense industry 

employment. Unlike base closures 

where surplus property can be reused as 

part of a broader program to replace lost 

jobs and expand the local tax base, 

OEA’s support for communities 

impacted by factory closures and laidoff employees focuses on developing 

community adjustments and 

diversification strategies concentrating 

on workforce skills, opportunities for 

manufacturing investment/expansion, 

and adaptability of local plant and 

capital. 

These strategies usually focus on 

regional job creation through business 

development, attraction and expansion, 

workforce development, and 

community economic diversification. 

Additionally, during the planning 

process, OEA also coordinates with and 

provides information on other relevant 

federal assistance programs that can 

support coordinated economic 

development efforts. 

OEA is accepting proposals for grant 

assistance to support communities and 

regions to organize, plan, and carry out 

local economic adjustment programs. 

Proposals will be evaluated against the 

eligibility criteria provided in Section II, 

c of this notice and the selection criteria 

provided in Section E of this notice by 

OEA staff in coordination with 

representatives from the U.S. 

Department of Commerce and U.S. 

Department of Labor, as well as other 

Federal agencies as invited by OEA. 

OEA will notify the respondent within 

thirty (30) days of receipt of a proposal 

whether their proposal was successful. 

The successful proposer will then be 

invited to submit an application through 

OEA’s eGrants system. Additional 

details about the review and selection 

process is provided in Section II, e of 

the FFO. 

The final amount of each award will 

be determined by OEA based upon a 

review of the final grant application, as 

well as comments from other Federal 

agencies, and will be subject to 

availability of funds. 

b. Federal Award Information 

Awards under this FFO will be issued 

in the form of a grant agreement. In 

accordance with 31 U.S.C. 6304 a grant 

is defined as the legal instrument 

reflecting a relationship between the 

United States Government and a State, 

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a local government, or other recipient 

when: (1) The principal purpose of the 

relationship is to transfer a thing of 

value to the State or local government 

or other recipient to carry out a public 

purpose of support or stimulation 

authorized by a law of the United States 

instead of acquiring (by purchase, lease, 

or barter) property or services for the 

direct benefit or use of the United States 

Government; and (2) Substantial 

involvement is not expected between 

the executive agency and the State, local 

government, or other recipient when 

carrying out the activity contemplated 

in the agreement. 

c. Eligibility Information 

Awards resulting from this FFO are 

based on eligibility and the 

responsiveness of proposals to local 

needs. Therefore, an eligibility 

determination by OEA is required prior 

to submission of a proposal. 

i. Eligible Respondents 

Eligible respondents are states, 

counties, municipalities, other political 

subdivisions of a state; special purpose 

units of a state or local government; 

other instrumentalities of a state or local 

government; and tribal nations. If 

multiple sub-state jurisdictions for the 

same affected region respond to the 

same event, only one proposal will be 

considered. 

A proposal must respond to: A 

publicly announced planned major 

reduction in DoD spending; the 

cancellation or termination of a DoD 

contract; or the failure to proceed with 

an approved major weapons system 

program. 

This DoD action must result in the 

loss of: 2,500 or more employee 

positions in the case of a Metropolitan 

Statistical Area (MSA); 1,000 or more 

employee positions if the labor market 

area is outside of a MSA; or one percent 

of the total number of civilian jobs in 

the local labor market for the impacted 

area. For the purposes of demonstrating 

eligibility, only direct (i.e., prime and 

supply-chain) job loss may be counted. 

Respondents may document a 

cumulative job loss over the span of not 

more than three consecutive years (e.g., 

two years prior to proposal and one year 

forward, or three years prior). Induced 

job loss may not be considered as a 

factor in demonstrating eligibility. The 

respondent must also explain how this 

job loss will cause direct and significant 

adverse effects to the community or 

residents in the area. 

Respondents are strongly advised to 

review the Program Information stated 

for CFDA Number 12.611 on http://

www.cfda.gov, prior to preparing and/or 

submitting a proposal. 

ii. Cost Sharing or Matching 

Cost sharing is required. A minimum 

of ten percent (10%) of the project’s 

total proposed funding is to be 

comprised of non-Federal sources. 

iii. Other Eligibility Information 

Funding will be awarded to only one 

governmental entity on behalf of a 

region, therefore applications on the 

behalf of a multi-jurisdictional region 

should demonstrate a significant level of 

cooperation in their proposal. 

Proposed activities for grants under 

this program should not duplicate nor 

replicate activities otherwise eligible for 

or funded through other Federal 

programs. Respondents are encouraged 

to submit proposals that demonstrate 

appropriate leverage of all public and 

private resources and programs, such as: 

(a) U.S. Department of Commerce’s 

Manufacturing Extension Partnership 

(MEP) Program for provision of relevant 

assistance to the region’s manufacturers 

that operate as part of affected Defense 

supply chains; and state, regional, and 

local economic development 

organizations which often work with the 

U.S. Department of Commerce’s 

Economic Development Administration 

(EDA); 

(b) Small Business Development 

Centers as well as local Small Business 

Administration District offices; and 

(c) U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) 

Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) grantees, 

including local Workforce Investment 

Boards and/or American Job Centers. 

Funds provided under this program 

may not be used to assist a business, 

including a business expansion, in the 

relocation of a plant, facility, or 

operation from one Labor Market Area 

(LMA) to another if the relocation is 

likely to result in the loss of jobs in the 

LMA from which the relocation occurs. 

d. Proposal and Submission Information 

i. Submission of a Proposal 

Proposals should be submitted by 

contacting OEA via email at 

oea.ncr.OEA.mbx.ffo-submit@mail.mil 

with a courtesy copy to 

michael.p.gilroy3.civ@mail.mil. Include 

‘‘Proposal for Defense Industry 

Community Adjustment Assistance’’ on 

the subject line of the message and 

request delivery/read confirmation to 

ensure receipt. 

Proposals may also be mailed or 

hand-delivered to: Director, Office of 

Economic Adjustment, 2231 Crystal 

Drive, Suite 520, Arlington, VA 22202– 

3711. 

ii. Content and Form of Proposal 

Submission 

A proposal from a state respondent 

must demonstrate how the proposed 

grant would support adversely affected 

communities, businesses, and workers; 

support local adjustment and 

diversification initiatives or planning 

for such initiatives; and stimulate 

cooperation between statewide and 

local adjustment and diversification 

efforts. The proposal should also 

explain efforts to provide business 

planning and market exploration 

services to defense contractors and 

subcontractors seeking modernization or 

diversification assistance as well as any 

training, counseling, and placement 

services to dislocated defense workers. 

Eligible proposals from respondents 

other than states must be designed to 

allow an affected region to: (1) Organize 

itself to represent and respond on behalf 

of affected communities, workers, and 

businesses; (2) plan local community 

and economic adjustment activities to 

assist affected communities, workers, 

and businesses; and (3) carry-out plans 

to effectively respond to the defense 

impacts and stabilize the local economy. 

Respondents must specifically 

demonstrate how the proposed project 

will replace lost jobs, improve the 

resiliency of affected defense 

manufacturers, and assist displaced 

workers in order to stabilize the local 

economy. 

Eligible activities may include (but 

are not limited to): Staffing, operating, 

and administrative costs for an 

organization; outreach to businesses, 

workers, and other community interests; 

regional supply-chain mapping of 

defense-specific industry clusters; asset 

mapping to support a response; 

economic data collection and analysis to 

identify regional comparative 

advantages; preparation of 

diversification plans to lessen economic 

dependency on defense expenditures; 

facilitation of workforce adjustment and 

retraining efforts; provision of business 

planning and market exploration 

services for defense contractors and subcontractors that seek modernization or 

diversification assistance; and 

preliminary strategies and plans for the 

potential reuse or redevelopment of 

existing defense facilities. 

Proposals will be accepted as received 

on a continuing basis commencing on 

the date of this publication and 

processed when deemed to be a final, 

complete proposal. Each proposal shall 

consist of no more than fifteen (15) 

single-sided pages exclusive of cover 

sheet and/or transmittal letter, and must 

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include the following information at a 

minimum: 

(a) Point of Contact: Name, Title, 

phone number, email address, and 

organization address of the respondent’s 

primary point of contact; 

(b) Defense Action/Impact: A 

description of the publicly announced 

planned major reduction in DoD 

spending; the cancellation or 

termination of a DoD contract; or the 

failure to proceed with an approved 

major weapon system program. Also 

include documentation of the known or 

anticipated job loss; the average 

unemployment rate over the past year; 

the current unemployment rate; and 

other factors indicating community 

impact and need; 

(c) Project Description: A description 

of the proposed project, specifically: 

(i) How the project relates to OEA’s 

statutory authority under 10 U.S.C. 

2391, OEA’s goals, and the goals of the 

DIA Program; 

(ii) how the project addresses the 

impacts of Defense actions on 

communities, workers, and businesses; 

(iii) how the project will capitalize on 

existing strengths (e.g. infrastructure, 

institutions, capital, etc.) within the 

affected area; and 

(iv) how the project would be 

integrated with existing/ongoing 

economic development efforts. 

(d) Project Parties: A description of 

the local partner organizations/

jurisdictions, and their roles and 

responsibilities, that will carry out the 

proposed project. Letters of support may 

be included as attachments and will not 

count against the fifteen-page limit; 

(e) Grant Funds and Other Sources of 

Funds: A summary of local needs, 

including need for Federal funding; an 

overview of all State and local funding 

sources, including the funds requested 

under this notice; financial 

commitments for other Federal and nonFederal funds needed to undertake the 

project, to include acknowledgment of 

the requirement to provide a minimum 

of ten percent (10%) of the funding from 

non-Federal sources; a description of 

any other Federal funding for which the 

respondent has applied, or intends to 

apply to support this effort; and a 

statement detailing how the proposal is 

not duplicative of other available 

Federal funding; 

(f) Project Schedule: A sufficiently 

detailed project schedule, including 

milestones; 

(g) Performance Metrics: A 

description of metrics to be tracked and 

evaluated over the course of the project 

to gauge performance of the project; 

(h) Grants Management: Evidence of 

the respondent’s ability and authority to 

manage grant funds; 

(i) Submitting Official: 

Documentation that the Submitting 

Official is authorized by the respondent 

to submit a proposal and subsequently 

apply for assistance. 

The proposal should be emailed to the 

account stated in Section II, d. These 

papers should be submitted in Microsoft 

Word or Adobe Acrobat PDF. OEA 

reserves the right to ask any respondent 

to supplement the information in its 

proposal, but expects the proposal to be 

complete upon submission. To the 

extent practicable, OEA encourages 

respondents to provide data and 

evidence of all project merits in a form 

that is publicly available and verifiable. 

iii. Unique Entity Identifier and System 

for Award Management (SAM) 

Each respondent (unless the 

respondent is excepted from those 

requirements under 2 CFR 25.110(b) or 

(c), or has an exception approved by the 

Federal awarding agency (OEA) under 2 

CFR 25.110(d)) is required to: (a) 

Provide a valid Dun and Bradstreet 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 

number; (b) be registered in the System 

for Award Management System (SAM) 

before submitting its application; and (c) 

continue to maintain an active SAM 

registration with current information at 

all times during which it has an active 

Federal award or an application or plan 

under consideration by a Federal 

awarding agency. OEA may not make a 

Federal award to an respondent until 

the respondent has complied with all 

applicable unique entity identifier and 

SAM requirements and, if a respondent 

has not fully complied with the 

requirements by the time OEA is ready 

to issue a Federal award, OEA may 

determine that the respondent is not 

qualified to receive a Federal award. 

iv. Submission Dates and Times 

Proposals will be considered on a 

continuing basis, subject to available 

appropriations, commencing on the date 

of publication of this notice. The end 

date for this program has not yet been 

determined. OEA will evaluate all 

proposals and provide a response to 

each respondent via email within 30 

business days of OEA’s receipt of a 

final, complete grant proposal. 

v. Funding Restrictions 

The following are unallowable 

activities under this grant program: 

• Construction; 

• Marketing efforts or any other 

assistance that would result in the 

relocation of a plant, facility, or 

operation from one Labor Market Area 

(LMA) to another if the relocation is 

likely to result in the loss of jobs in the 

LMA from which the relocation occurs; 

• Individual training for displaced 

workers; and 

• International travel. 

OEA reserves the right to decline to 

fund pre-Federal award costs. Final 

awards may include pre-Federal award 

costs at the discretion of OEA; however, 

this must be specifically requested in 

the grantee’s final application. 

vi. Other Submission Requirements 

All respondents will submit all 

proposal materials electronically as an 

emailed attachment in Microsoft Word 

or Adobe Acrobat PDF format. 

e. Application Review Information 

i. Selection Criteria 

Upon validating respondent 

eligibility, to include job loss numbers 

and whether there is a direct and 

significant adverse impact as a result of 

the job loss on the area, OEA will 

consider each of the following equallybalanced factors as a basis to invite 

formal grant applications: 

(a) An appropriate and clear project 

design to address the need, problem, or 

issue identified; 

(b) Evidence of an holistic approach 

to the problem that leverages education, 

the workforce system, businesses, 

higher education, economic 

development, and other relevant assets 

at local, state, regional, and Federal 

levels; 

(c) The innovative quality of the 

proposed approach to economic 

adjustment or economic diversification; 

and 

(d) A reasonable proposed budget 

with a non-Federal match commitment 

and schedule for completion of the work 

program specified. 

ii. Review and Selection Process 

All proposals will be reviewed on 

their individual merit by a panel of OEA 

staff, all of whom are Federal 

employees. OEA will also seek the input 

of other Federal agencies with relevant 

expertise (e.g., U.S. Department of 

Labor, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

and the Small Business Administration) 

in the evaluation of proposals. OEA will 

notify the respondent within thirty (30) 

days of receipt of a proposal whether 

their proposal was successful. The 

successful respondent will then be 

instructed to submit an application 

through OEA’s grants management 

system, eGrants. OEA will assign a 

Project Manager to advise and assist 

successful respondents in the 

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preparation of the application. Grant 

applications will be reviewed for their 

completeness and accuracy and a grant 

award notification will be issued, to the 

extent possible, within seven (7) 

business days from its receipt. 

Unsuccessful respondents will be 

notified that their proposal was not 

selected for further action and funding, 

and may request a debriefing on their 

submitted proposal. When applicable, 

OEA may include information about 

other applicable federal grant programs 

in this communication. Requests for 

debriefing must be submitted in writing 

within 3 calendar days of notification of 

an unsuccessful proposal. 

OEA is committed to conducting a 

transparent financial assistance award 

process and publicizing information 

about funding decisions. Respondents 

are advised that their respective 

applications and information related to 

their review and evaluation may be 

shared publicly. Any proprietary 

information must be identified as such 

in the proposal and application. In the 

event of a grant award, information 

about project progress and related 

results may also be made publicly 

available. 

f. Federal Award Administration 

Information 

i. Federal Award Notices 

In the event a grant is ultimately 

awarded, the successful respondent 

(Grantee) will receive a notice of award 

in the form of a Grant Agreement, 

signed by the Director, OEA (Grantor), 

on behalf of DoD. The Grant Agreement 

will be transmitted electronically or, if 

necessary, by U.S. Mail. 

ii. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Any grant awarded under this 

program will be governed by the 

provisions of the OMB circulars 

applicable to financial assistance and 

DoD’s implementing regulations in 

place at the time of the award. A 

Grantee receiving funds under this 

opportunity and any consultant or passthru entity operating under the terms of 

a grant shall comply with all Federal, 

State, and local laws applicable to its 

activities. Federal regulations that will 

apply to an OEA grant include 

administrative requirements and 

provisions governing allowable costs as 

stated in: 

• 2 CFR part 200, ‘‘Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards’’; 

• 2 CFR part 1103, ‘‘Interim Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements 

Implementation of Guidance in 2 CFR 

part 200, ‘‘Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, And 

Audit Requirements for Federal 

Awards’’; 

• 2 CFR part 25, ‘‘Universal Identifier 

and System for Award Management’’; 

• 2 CFR part 170, ‘‘Reporting 

Subaward and Executive Compensation 

Information’’; 

• 2 CFR part 180, OMB Guidelines to 

Agencies on Government-wide 

Debarment and Suspension 

(Nonprocurement), as implemented by 

DoD in 2 CFR part 1125, Department of 

Defense Nonprocurement Debarment 

and Suspension; and 

• 32 CFR part 28, ‘‘New Restrictions 

on Lobbying’’. 

iii. Reporting 

OEA requires periodic performance 

reports, an interim financial report for 

each 12 months a grant is active, and 

one final performance report for any 

grant. The performance reports will 

contain information on the following: 

(a) A comparison of actual 

accomplishments to the objectives 

established for the period; 

(b) reasons for slippage if established 

objectives were not met; 

(c) additional pertinent information 

when appropriate; 

(d) a comparison of actual and 

projected quarterly expenditures in the 

grant; and, 

(e) the amount of Federal cash on 

hand at the beginning and end of the 

reporting period. 

The final performance report must 

contain a summary of activities for the 

entire grant period. All required 

deliverables should be submitted with 

the final performance report. 

The final SF 425, ‘‘Federal Financial 

Report,’’ must be submitted to OEA 

within 90 days after the end of the grant. 

Any grant funds actually advanced 

and not needed for grant purposes shall 

be returned immediately to OEA. Upon 

award, OEA will provide a schedule for 

reporting periods and report due dates 

in the Grant Agreement. 

III. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

For further information, to answer 

questions, or for help with problems, 

contact: Mr. Michael Gilroy, Program 

Director, Defense Industry Adjustment, 

Office of Economic Adjustment, 2231 

Crystal Drive, Suite 520, Arlington, VA 

22202–3711. Office: (703) 697–2081. 

Email: michael.p.gilroy3.civ@mail.mil. 

The OEA homepage address is: 

http://www.oea.gov. 

f. Other Information 

a. Grant Award Determination 

Selection of an organization under 

this FFO does not constitute approval of 

a grant for the proposed project as 

submitted. Before any funds are 

awarded, OEA may enter into 

negotiations about such items as 

program components, staffing and 

funding levels, and administrative 

systems in place to support 

implementation of the award. The 

amount of available funding may 

require the final award amount to be 

less than that originally requested by the 

respondent. If the negotiations do not 

result in a mutually acceptable 

submission, OEA reserves the right to 

terminate the negotiations and decline 

to fund an application. OEA further 

reserves the right not to fund any 

proposal received under this FFO. 

In the event OEA approves an amount 

that is less than the amount requested, 

the respondent will be required to 

modify its grant application to conform 

to the reduced amount before execution 

of the grant agreement. OEA reserves the 

right to reduce or withdraw the award 

if acceptable modifications are not 

submitted by the respondent within 15 

working days from the date the request 

for modification is made. Any 

modifications must be within the scope 

of the original application and approved 

by both the Grantee and OEA. OEA 

reserves the right to cancel any award 

for non-performance. 

b. No Obligation for Future Funding 

Amendment or renewal of an award 

to increase funding or to extend the 

period of performance is at the 

discretion of OEA. If a respondent is 

awarded funding under this FFO, no 

other federal agencies (e.g. the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

U.S. Department of Labor, or the U.S. 

Small Business Administration) are 

under any obligation to provide any 

additional future funding in connection 

with that award or to make any future 

award(s). 

c. Intellectual Property Rights 

In the event of a grant award, the 

Grantee may copyright any work that is 

subject to copyright and was developed, 

or for which ownership was purchased, 

under an award. The Federal awarding 

agencies reserve a royalty-free, 

nonexclusive and irrevocable right to 

reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the 

work for Federal purposes, and to 

authorize others to do so. Such uses 

include, but are not limited to, the right 

to modify and distribute such products 

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worldwide by any means, electronically 

or otherwise. The Grantee may not use 

Federal funds to pay any royalty or 

license fee for use of a copyrighted 

work, or the cost of acquiring by 

purchase a copyright in a work, where 

the Department has a license or rights of 

free use in such work. If revenues are 

generated through selling products 

developed with grant funds, including 

intellectual property, these revenues are 

program income and shall be added to 

the grant and must be expended for 

allowable grant activities. 

Dated: March 3, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Rehabilitation Services 

Administration—Rehabilitation ShortTerm Training Program 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

Rehabilitation Services 

Administration (RSA)— 

Rehabilitation Short-Term Training 

Program 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.246K. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: March 9, 

2015. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinar: 

March 19, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 23, 2015. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 22, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The 

Rehabilitation Short-Term Training 

Program supports special seminars, 

institutes, workshops, and other shortterm courses in technical matters 

relating to vocational, medical, social, 

and psychological rehabilitation 

programs; independent living service 

programs; and client assistance 

programs (CAPs). 

Priority: This notice includes one 

absolute priority. This priority is from 

the notice of final priority for this 

program (NFP), published in the 

Federal Register on February 15, 2000 

(65 FR 7678). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2015, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: Client Assistance 

Program. 

Projects that: 

Provide training to Client Assistance 

Program (CAP) personnel on an asneeded basis, including— 

(1) Management training on skills 

needed for strategic and operational 

planning and direction of CAP services; 

(2) Advocacy training on skills and 

knowledge needed by CAP staff to assist 

persons with disabilities to gain access 

to and to use the services and benefits 

available under the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended (Act), with particular 

emphasis on new statutory and 

regulatory requirements; 

(3) Systemic advocacy training on 

skills and knowledge needed by CAP 

staff to address programmatic issues of 

concern; 

(4) Training and technical assistance 

on CAP best practices; and 

(5) Training on skills and knowledge 

needed by CAP staff to perform 

additional responsibilities required by 

the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 

as amended. 

Coordinate training efforts with other 

training supported by RSA, as well as 

with the training supported by the 

Center for Mental Health Services and 

the Administration on Developmental 

Disabilities on common areas such as 

protection and advocacy, financial 

management, and trial advocacy. 

Include both national and regional 

training seminars in each project year. 

Note: The Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) replaces the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as 

amended (WIA). With regard to paragraph (2) 

of this priority, please note that WIOA 

amended section 112(a) of the Rehabilitation 

Act to emphasize CAP’s role in informing 

and advising clients and client applicants on 

the availability of pre-employment transition 

services under the State Vocational 

Rehabilitation Service program (new section 

113) and on the limited conditions under 

which an individual with a disability who is 

age 24 or younger can be compensated at a 

wage that is less than the Federal minimum 

wage (new section 511). 

With regard to paragraph (5) of this 

priority, please note that while WIA has 

been superseded by the passage of 

WIOA, a CAP’s responsibilities under 

section 112 have not changed. Thus, 

applicants should continue to 

demonstrate how they will provide 

training on such responsibilities not 

covered in paragraphs (1) through (4). 

In addition, the Administration on 

Developmental Disabilities, referenced 

in the priority, is now referred to as the 

Administration on Intellectual and 

Developmental Disabilities. The name 

change was made by amendments to the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended 

by WIOA. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, and 99. 

(b) The OMB Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended in 2 CFR part 

3474. (d) 34 CFR parts 385 and 390. (e) 

The NFP. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply only to institutions of higher education 

(IHEs). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grant. 

Estimated Available Funds: $200,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $200,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect 

cost reimbursement on a training grant is 

limited to the recipient’s actual indirect 

costs, as determined by its negotiated 

indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent 

of a modified total direct cost base, 

whichever amount is less. Indirect costs in 

excess of the limit may not be charged 

directly, used to satisfy matching or costsharing requirements, or charged to another 

Federal award. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

Continuing the Fourth and Fifth Years 

of the Project: 

In deciding whether to continue 

funding the Rehabilitation Short-Term 

Training Program for the fourth and fifth 

years, the Department, as part of the 

review of the application narrative and 

annual performance reports will 

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