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Center (including all source data,

standard analysis data files, and

software used to produce BJS reports)

and computing resources, as necessary.

In addition, the recipient must provide

BJS staff with daily access to the

standard analysis data files (for the most

recent reporting period available) in a

form in which variables name and

values correspond to those included in

the FJSP electronic data dictionary.

6. Provide support to the interagency

Coordinating Committee on Federal

Criminal Case Processing Statistics. The

recipient will work with BJS to support

the efforts of the Coordinating

Committee on Federal Criminal Case

Processing Statistics including the

production of reconciled case

processing statistics, matching records

across agencies’ databases, identifying

differences in data collection and

reporting methods, and other technical

assistance, as requested.

7. Provide Internet access to the

Federal Justice Statistics Resource

Center. The recipient will provide direct

access via the Internet to all FJSP data

files (including those files prepared by

prior recipients of this award) and the

electronic data dictionary. In addition,

the recipient will work with BJS to

provide a World Wide Web-accessible

query system for the Federal Justice

Statistics Resource Center. The recipient

must provide Internet users with the

capability of performing queries of the

FJSP data bases in order to extract basic

information describing individuals

processed in the Federal criminal justice

system. Users should be able to

disaggregate these data by Federal

judicial district.

Award Procedures

Proposals should describe, in

appropriate detail, the procedures to be

undertaken in furtherance of each of the

activities described under the Scope of

Work. Information provided should

focus on activities to be conducted

during the initial 12-month period but

should also include a more general

discussion of three-year objectives for

the program. Information on staffing

levels and qualifications should be

included for each task and descriptions

of experience relevant to the project

should be included. Resumes of the

proposed project director and key staff

should be included in the proposal.

Applications will be competitively

reviewed by BJS. Final authority to

enter into a cooperative agreement is

reserved for the Director, BJS, or his

designee, who may, in his discretion,

determine that none of the applications

shall be funded.

Applications will be evaluated on the

overall extent to which they respond to

criminal justice priorities, conform to

the goals of the Federal Justice Statistics

Program, and appear to be fiscally

feasible and efficient. Applicants will be

evaluated on the basis of—

1. Knowledge of, and experience in,

working with different components of

the criminal justice system with

particular emphasis on knowledge of

operational, management, and statistical

data collected and maintained by

various Federal criminal justice

components;

2. Statistical expertise in the area of

data analysis, data linkage, and

research;

3. Experience in the application of

statistical data to the analysis of

criminal justice issues;

4. Demonstrated ability to prepare

high quality statistical reports;

5. Availability of qualified

professional and support staff and of

suitable equipment for data processing

and data manipulation;

6. Demonstrated fiscal, management,

and organizational capability suitable

for providing sound program direction

for this multifaced effort;

7. Demonstrated ability to design and

maintain interactive sites on the World

Wide Web; and

8. Reasonableness of estimated costs

for the total project and for individual

cost categories.

Application and Award Process

An original and two (2) copies of the

full proposal must be submitted on SF

424 (Rev. 1988), Application for Federal

Assistance. Proposals must be

accompanied by a Budget Detail

Worksheet (replaced the SF 424A,

Budget Information); OJP Form 4000/3

(Rev.1–93), Program Narrative and

Assurances’ OJP Form 4061/6,

Certification Regarding Lobbying;

Disbarment, Suspension, and Other

Responsibility Matters; Drug-Free

Workplace requirements; and OJP Form

7120/1 (Rev. 1–93), Accounting System

and Financial Capability Questionnaire

(to be submitted by applicants who have

not previously received Federal funds

from the Office of Justice Programs and

are not state of local units of

government). If appropriate, applicants

must also complete the certificate

regarding lobbying activities. All

applicants must sign Certified

Assurances that they are in compliance

with the Federal laws and regulations

which prohibit discrimination in

program or activity that receives Federal

funds. To obtain appropriate forms,

contact Getha Hilario, BJS Management

Assistant, at (202) 616–3500.

Proposals must include both narrative

descriptions and a detailed budget. The

program narrative shall describe

activities as described in the previous

section. The detailed budget and the

budget narrative must provide estimated

costs including salaries of staff involved

in the project and the percentage of time

devoted to the project, fringe benefit rate

itemization and costs, travel costs,

proposed equipment, supplied, and

other expenses. Contractual services or

equipment must be procured following

Office of Justice Programs grant

procurement procedures.

Dated: January 21, 1998.

Jan M. Chaiken,

Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Justice

[OJP(NIJ)–1153]

National Institute of Justice

Solicitation for Drug Court Evaluation

II

AGENCY: National Institute of Justice

(NIJ), Office of Justice Programs.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

SUMMARY: Announcement of the

availability of the National Institute of

Justice ‘‘Solicitation for Drug Court

Evaluation II.’’

DATES: The deadline for applications is

close of business March 13, 1998.

ADDRESSES: National Institute of Justice,

810 Seventh Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information about application

procedures for solicitations, please call

the U.S. Department of Justice Response

Center 1–800–421–6771.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following supplementary information is

provided:

Authority

This action is authorized under the

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968, §§ 201–03, as amended, 42

U.S.C. 3721–23 (1994).

Background

NIJ is soliciting proposals to evaluate

16 drug court sites, which are

administered by the Office of Justice

Programs, Drug Court Program Office

(DCPO). The evaluation will take place

in two separate phases. A single initial

grant of up to $500,000 will be awarded

for a 12–24 month period. A second
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supplemental grant will be awarded for

the second phase of the research,

ranging from 12–24 months, the award

amount dependent on the work

required.

The first phase of research will

include: a conceptual description of the

16 DCPO drug court sites; development

of comprehensive descriptive,

historical, and attitudinal data about

drug court programs; and measurement

of the data available for program

evaluation. As part of phase one

researchers will develop a viable

strategy for evaluating program impact

and success that will serve as a proposal

for the supplemental grant to be

awarded for phase two of the research.

Phase two of the research will assess

the success of the drug courts at meeting

their goals, including: desistance from

criminal behavior and drug use,

retention in treatment, and changes in

life circumstances and productivity.

Interested organizations should call

the National Criminal Justice Reference

Service (NCJRS) at 1–800–851–3420 to

obtain a copy of ‘‘Solicitation for Drug

Court Evaluation II, 1998’’ (refer to

document no. SL000241). The

solicitation is available electronically

via the World Wide Web, connect to the

National Institute of Justice homepage at

http://ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm.

Jeremy Travis,

Director, National Institute of Justice.

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Meetings of Humanities Panel

AGENCY: National Endowment for the

Humanities.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), notice is

hereby given that the following

meetings of the Humanities Panel will

be held at the Old Post Office, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy E. Weiss, Advisory Committee

Management Officer, National

Endowment for the Humanities,

Washington, D.C. 20506; telephone

(202) 606–8322. Hearing-impaired

individuals are advised that information

on this matter may be obtained by

contacting the Endowment’s TDD

terminal on (202) 606–8282.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed meetings are for the purpose

of panel review, discussion, evaluation

and recommendation on applications

for financial assistance under the

National Foundation on the Arts and the

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,

including discussion of information

given in confidence to the agency by the

grant applicants. Because the proposed

meetings will consider information that

is likely to disclose: (1) Trade secrets

and commercial or financial information

obtained from a person and privileged

or confidential; or (2) information of a

personal nature the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy, pursuant

to authority granted me by the

Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to

Close Advisory Committee meetings,

dated July 19, 1993, I have determined

that this meeting will be closed to the

public pursuant to subsections (c)(4),

and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United

States Code.

1. Date: February 20, 1998.

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Humanities

Projects in Media/Enterprise,

submitted to the Division of Public

Programs, for projects at the January

12, 1998 deadline.

2. Date: February 23, 1998.

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Humanities

Projects in Libraries and Archives,

submitted to the Division of Public

Programs, for projects at the January

12, 1998 deadline.

3. Date: February 27, 1998.

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room: 415.

Program: This meeting will review

applications for Humanities

Projects in Media, submitted to the

Division of Public Programs, for

projects at the January 12, 1998

deadline.

Nancy E. Weiss,

Advisory Committee, Management Officer.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. STN 50–454 AND STN 50–456]

Commonwealth Edison Company;

Notice of Withdrawal of Application for

Amendment to Facility Operating

Licenses

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) has

granted the request of Commonwealth

Edison Company (the licensee) to

withdraw its January 31, 1997,

application for proposed amendments to

Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–37

and NPF–66, for Byron Station, Units 1

and 2, located in Ogle County, Illinois.

The proposed amendment would

have modified the facility technical

specifications (TS) to reduce the Byron,

Unit 1, limiting TS value for the primary

coolant dose equivalent iodine-131

(DEI) concentration from 0.35 to 0.20

microcuries per gram. The intent of this

proposed TS revision was to limit the

offsite dose at the exclusion area

boundary to a small fraction of the

radiation exposure guidelines in 10 CFR

Part 100. In the interim, ComEd

performed an operability assessment

and administratively reduced the Byron,

Unit 1, DEI to 0.20 microcuries per

gram. On November 7, 1997, ComEd

started its Byron, Unit 1, fall 1997

refueling outage during which the steam

generators (SG) are being replaced. The

replacement SG begin installed at

Byron, Unit 1, will not have the

relatively large end of cycle SG tube

leakage attributed to the original SG.

Accordingly, the license amendment

requests submitted on January 31, 1997,

was no longer needed.

The Commission had previously

issued a Notice of Consideration of

Issuance of Amendment published in

the Federal Register on March 12, 1997,

(62 FR 11489). However, by letter dated

November 11, 1997, the licensee

withdrew the proposed change.

For further details with respect to this

action, see the application for

amendment dated January 31, 1997, and

the licensee’s letter dated November 11,

1997, which withdrew the application

for the license amendments. The above

documents are available for public

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, the Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC,

and at the local public document room

located at the Byron Public Library

District, 109 N. Franklin, P.O. Box 434,

Byron, Illinois 60481.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day

of January, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

M. David Lynch,

Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate

III–2, Division of Reactor Projects—III/IV,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

[FR Doc. 98–1900 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

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