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handicap accessible. 

For Access: Public access is limited 

due to the Pentagon Security 

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Gage at 703–695–3042 or LCDR Victor 

Spears at 703–695–3573 no later than 

March 26, 2009. Members of the public 

who do not have Pentagon access will 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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SECNAV Advisory Panel, Office of 

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telephone: 703–697–9154. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

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Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.). The executive 

session of this meeting will consist of 

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Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel. 

The proposed closed session from 10:30 

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of top areas of concern that the 

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public. 

Accordingly, the Secretary of the 

Navy has determined in writing that the 

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of this meeting be closed to the public 

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matters listed in sections 552b(c)(5), and 

(7) of the title 5, United States Code. 

Dated: March 10, 2009. 

A.M. Vallandingham, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–5696 Filed 3–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education: 

Overview Information; Technological 

Innovation and Cooperation for 

Foreign Information Access Program 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.337A. 

Dates: Applications Available: March 

17, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 16, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 15, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The 

Technological Innovation and 

Cooperation for Foreign Information 

Access (TICFIA) Program provides 

grants to support projects that will 

develop innovative techniques or 

programs using electronic technologies 

to collect information from foreign 

sources. The projects access, collect, 

organize, preserve, and widely 

disseminate information on world 

regions and countries other than the 

United States that address our Nation’s 

teaching and research needs in 

international education and foreign 

languages. 

Priority: This notice contains one 

invitational priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(1), we do not give an 

application that meets this invitational 

priority a competitive or absolute 

preference over other applications. 

Invitational Priority: 

This priority is: 

Projects that focus on any of the 

seventy-eight (78) languages on the U.S. 

Department of Education’s list of Less 

Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs), 

which follows: 

Akan (Twi-Fante), Albanian, 

Amharic, Arabic (all dialects), 

Armenian, Azeri (Azerbaijani), Balochi, 

Bamanakan (Bamana, Bambara, 

Mandikan, Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula), 

Belarusian, Bengali (Bangla), Berber (all 

languages), Bosnian, Bulgarian, 

Burmese, Cebuano (Visayan), Chechen, 

Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Gan), 

Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Min), 

Chinese (Wu), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, 

Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew 

(Modern), Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, 

Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, 

Kazakh, Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz, 

Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish 

(Sorani), Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or 

Malaysian), Malayalam, Marathi, 

Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi, 

Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, 

Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua, 

Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala 

(Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, 

Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, 

Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, 

Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek, 

Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and 

Zulu. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1126. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 

86, 97, 98 and 99. As there are no 

program-specific regulations, each 

applicant is encouraged to read the 

authorizing statute for the TICFIA 

Program in section 606 of Title VI, part 

A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1126. 

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 to institutions of higher education 

only. 

Areas of National Need: 

In accordance with section 601(c) of 

the HEA, (20 U.S.C. 1121(c)), the 

Secretary has consulted with and 

received recommendations regarding 

national need for expertise in foreign 

languages and world regions from the 

head officials of a wide range of Federal 

agencies. The Secretary has taken these 

recommendations into account, and a 

list of foreign languages and world 

regions identified by the Secretary as 

areas of national need may be found on 

the following Web sites: http:// 

www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/ 

policy.html. http://www.ed.gov/ 

programs/iegpsticfia/legislation.html. 

Also included on these Web sites are 

the specific recommendations the 

Secretary received from Federal 

agencies. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: We 

propose to allocate $1,700,000 for new 

awards for this program for FY 2009. 

The actual level of funding, if any, 

depends on final Congressional action. 

However, we are inviting applications to 

allow enough time to complete the grant 

process if Congress appropriates funds 

for this program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$150,000–$190,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$170,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $190,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education 


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may change the maximum amount 

through a notice published in the 

Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 10. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: (1) Institutions 

of higher education (IHEs); (2) public or 

nonprofit private libraries; (3) a 

partnership of an IHE and one or more 

of the following: (A) another IHE; (B) a 

library; or (C) a nonprofit educational 

organization. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program has a matching requirement 

under section 606(d) of the HEA, 20 

U.S.C. 1126(d). The Federal share of the 

total cost of carrying out a program 

under this section shall not be more 

than 662⁄3 percent. The non-Federal 

share of such costs may be provided 

either in-kind or in cash, and may 

include contributions from private 

sector corporations or foundations. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Susanna Easton, International 

Education Programs Service, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6093, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502– 

7628; or, by e-mail: 

Susanna.Easton@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact person listed in this section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this program 

competition. Page Limit: The 

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. You must limit the 

application narrative [Part III] that 

addresses the selection criteria to no 

more than 40 pages, using the following 

standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. Page numbers and an 

identifier may be outside of the 1′′ 

margin. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, captions, and all text in 

charts, tables, and graphs. These items 

may be single-spaced. Charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs in the application 

narrative count toward the page limit. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). However, you may 

use a 10 point font in charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs. 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the Application for Federal Assistance 

face sheet (SF 424); the supplemental 

information form required by the 

Department of Education; Part II, the 

budget information summary form (ED 

Form 524); or Part IV, the assurances 

and certifications. The page limit also 

does not apply to a table of contents. If 

you include any attachments or 

appendices not specifically requested, 

these items will be counted as part of 

your program narrative [Part III] for 

purposes of the page limit requirement. 

You must include your complete 

response to the selection criteria in the 

program narrative. 

We will reject your application if you 

apply these standards and exceed the 

page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 17, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 16, 2009. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

Section IV. 6. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in Section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 15, 2009. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Technological Innovation and 

Cooperation for Foreign Information 

Access (TICFIA) Program, CFDA 

number 84.337A, must be submitted 

electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this 

site, you will be able to download a 

copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the TICFIA Program at 

http://www.Grants.gov. You must search 

for the downloadable application 

package for this competition by the 

CFDA number. Do not include the 

CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.337, not 

84.337A). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 


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through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted, and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this competition 

to ensure that you submit your 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov at http:// 

e-Grants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see www.grants.gov/ 

section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition, you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must attach any narrative 

sections of your application as files in 

a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or 

.PDF (Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph or 

submit a password-protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award Number (an 

ED-specified identifying number unique 

to your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues With the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

Section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time; or, if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Susanna Easton, 

International Education Programs 

Service, U.S. Department of Education, 


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1990 K Street, NW., room 6093, 

Washington, DC 20006–8521. FAX: 

(202) 502–7860. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.337A), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.337A) 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of 

Paper Applications: If you mail or hand 

deliver your application to the 

Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the 

Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424 

the CFDA number, including suffix 

letter, if any, of the competition under 

which you are submitting your 

application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center 

will mail to you a notification of receipt 

of your grant application. If you do not 

receive this notification within 15 

business days from the application 

deadline date, you should call the U.S. 

Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. General: For FY 2009, applications 

will be randomly divided and reviewed 

by separate panels of foreign language 

and area studies and international 

studies experts. A rank order from 

highest to lowest score will be 

developed and used for funding 

purposes. 

2. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 

EDGAR (34 CFR 75.209 and 75.210) and 

are as follows: (a) Meeting the purpose 

of the authorizing statute (15 points), (b) 

Need for project (10 points), (c) 

Significance (14 points), (d) Quality of 

the project design (12 points), (e) 

Quality of key personnel (8 points), (f) 

Quality of project services (4 points), (g) 

Adequacy of resources (12 points), (h) 

Quality of the management plan (10 

points), and (i) Quality of the project 

evaluation (15 points). 

Note: Applicants should address these 

selection criteria only in the context of the 

program requirements in section 606 of the 

HEA. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award of 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. 

Grantees are required to use the 

electronic data instrument International 

Resource Information System (IRIS) to 

complete the final report. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to: http:// 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measure: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department 

will use the following measure to 

evaluate the success of this program: 

Percentage of projects judged to be 

successful by the program officer, based 

on a review of information provided in 

annual performance reports. 

The information provided by grantees 

in their performance reports submitted 

via IRIS will be the source of data for 

this measure. Reporting screens for 

institutions can be viewed at: http:// 

www.ieps-iris.org/iris/pdfs/TICFIA.pdf. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susanna Easton, International Education 

Programs Service, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6069, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7628 or by e-mail: 

susanna.easton@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in Section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF), on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

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edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education to 

perform the functions of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

Dated: March 12, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–5760 Filed 3–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA Nos. 84.038, 84.033, and 84.007] 

Federal Perkins Loan, Federal WorkStudy, and Federal Supplemental 

Educational Opportunity Grant 

Programs 

ACTION: Notice of the 2009–2010 award 

year deadline dates for the campusbased programs. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the 

2009–2010 award year deadline dates 

for the submission of requests and 

documents from postsecondary 

institutions for the campus-based 

programs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Perkins Loan, Federal WorkStudy (FWS), and Federal Supplemental 

Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) 

programs are collectively known as the 

campus-based programs. 

The Federal Perkins Loan Program 

encourages institutions to make lowinterest, long-term loans to needy 

undergraduate and graduate students to 

help pay for their education. 

The FWS Program encourages the 

part-time employment of needy 

undergraduate and graduate students to 

help pay for their education and to 

involve the students in community 

service activities. 

The FSEOG Program encourages 

institutions to provide grants to 

exceptionally needy undergraduate 

students to help pay for their cost of 

education. 

The Federal Perkins Loan, FWS, and 

FSEOG programs are authorized by 

parts E and C, and part A, subpart 3, 

respectively, of title IV of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended. 

Throughout the year, in its 

‘‘Electronic Announcements,’’ the 

Department will continue to provide 

additional information for the 

individual deadline dates listed, via the 

Information for Financial Aid 

Professionals (IFAP) Web site at http:// 

www.ifap.ed.gov. 

Deadline Dates: The following table 

provides the 2009–2010 award year 

deadline dates for the submission of 

applications, reports, and waiver 

requests for the campus-based programs. 

Institutions must meet the established 

deadline dates to ensure consideration 

for funding or a waiver, as appropriate. 

2009–2010 AWARD YEAR DEADLINE DATES

What does an institution submit? How is it submitted? What is the deadline for submission? 

1. The Campus-Based Reallocation Form designated for the 

return of 2008–2009 funds and the request of supplemental FWS funds for the 2009–2010 award year.

The Reallocation Form must be submitted electronically via 

the Internet and is located in the ‘‘Setup’’ section of the 

FISAP on the Web at: http://www.cbfisap.ed.gov.

August 21, 2009. 

2. The 2008–2009 Fiscal Operations Report and 2010–2011 

Application to Participate (FISAP).

The FISAP is located on the Internet at the following Web 

site: http://www.cbfisap.ed.gov.

The FISAP must be submitted electronically via the Internet, and the FISAP’s signature page must be mailed to: 

FISAP Administrator, 2020 Company, LLC, 3110 Fairview 

Park Drive, Suite 950, Falls Church, VA 22042.

October 1, 2009. 

3. The Work Colleges Program Report of 2008–2009 award 

year expenditures.

The Work Colleges Program Report can be found in the 

‘‘Setup’’ section of the FISAP on the Web at: http:// 

www.cbfisap.ed.gov.

The report must be submitted electronically via the Internet, 

and a printed copy with an original signature must be 

submitted by one of the following methods: 

Hand deliver to: United States Department of Education, 

Federal Student Aid Grants & Campus-Based Division, 

830 First Street, NE., Room 62E3, ATTN: Work Colleges 

Coordinator, Washington, DC 20002, or 

Mail to: The address listed above for hand delivery. However, please use ZIP Code 20202–5453.

October 1, 2009. 

4. The 2008–2009 FISAP Edit Corrections and Perkins 

Cash on Hand Update.

The FISAP is located on the Internet at the following Web 

site: http://www.cbfisap.ed.gov.

The FISAP Edit Corrections and Perkins Cash on Hand 

Update must be submitted electronically via the Internet.

December 15, 

2009. 

5. A request for a waiver of the 2010–2011 award year penalty for the underuse of 2008–2009 award year funds.The request for a waiver can be found in Part II, Section C 

of the FISAP on the Web at: http://www.cbfisap.ed.gov.

The request and justification must be submitted electronically via the Internet.

February 12, 2010. 


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