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(ii) The likely impact of the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

on the intended recipients of those 

services. (34 CFR 75.210(d)(3)(iv)) 

(iii) The extent to which the training 

or professional development services to 

be provided by the proposed project are 

of sufficient quality, intensity, and 

duration to lead to improvements in 

practice among the recipients of those 

services. (34 CFR 75.210(d)(3)(v)) 

(iv) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

are focused on those with greatest 

needs. (34 CFR 75.210(d)(3)(xi)) 

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 in 

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. 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 Measures: The 

Department has developed the following 

three performance measures for 

evaluating the effectiveness of the 

T&FASEG program: 

(1) The percentage of teachers 

participating in professional 

development activities under the 

T&FASEG program who demonstrate 

progress toward State teacher 

certification; 

(2) The percentage of students 

participating in reading programs under 

the T&FASEG program who score 

proficient or above in reading on State 

assessments; and 

(3) The percentage of students 

participating in mathematics programs 

under the T&FASEG program who score 

proficient or above in mathematics on 

State assessments. 

These measures constitute the 

Department’s indicators of success for 

this program. Consequently, we advise 

an applicant for a grant under this 

program to give careful consideration to 

these measures in conceptualizing the 

approach and evaluation for its 

proposed project. Each grantee will be 

required to provide, in its annual 

performance and final reports, data 

about its progress in meeting these 

measures. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For Further Information Contact: 

Valerie Rogers, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3W241, Washington, DC 20202– 

6140. Telephone: (202) 260–2543 or by 

e-mail: Valerie.Rogers@ed.gov or Donna 

Sabis-Burns, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3W219, Washington, DC 20202– 

6400. Telephone: (202) 260–1425 or by 

e-mail: Donna.Sabis-Burns@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 one of the program contact 

persons 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/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

You can also view this document in 

text or PDF at the following site: 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/tfasegp/ 

applicant.html. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

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 

Joseph C. Conaty, Director, Academic 

Improvement and Teacher Quality 

Programs for the Office of Elementary 

and Secondary Education to perform the 

functions of the Assistant Secretary for 

Elementary and Secondary Education. 

Dated: March 26, 2009. 

Joseph C. Conaty, 

Director, Academic Improvement and 

Teacher Quality Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–7218 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Undergraduate 

International Studies and Foreign 

Language Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards For Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.016A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 31, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 30, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 29, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The 

Undergraduate International Studies 

and Foreign Language (UISFL) Program 

provides grants to strengthen and 

improve undergraduate instruction in 

international studies and foreign 

languages. 

Priorities: This notice contains one 

competitive preference priority and four 

invitational priorities. In accordance 

with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), the 

competitive preference priority is from 

the regulations for this program (34 CFR 

658.35). 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2009, this priority is a competitive 

preference priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an additional 

five points to an application that meets 

this priority. 

This priority is: 

Applications that (a) require entering 

students to have successfully completed 

at least two years of secondary school 

foreign language instruction; (b) require 

each graduating student to earn two 

years of postsecondary credit in a 

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demonstrated equivalent competence in 

the foreign language; or (c) in the case 

of a two-year degree granting institution, 

offer two years of postsecondary credit 

in a foreign language. 

Under this competition, we are 

particularly interested in applications 

that address the following priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2009, 

these priorities are invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), 

we do not give an application that meets 

these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1: Applications 

that propose projects that provide inservice training for K–12 teachers in 

foreign languages and international 

studies and that strengthen instruction 

in foreign languages and international 

studies in teacher education programs. 

Invitational Priority 2: Applications 

that propose projects that include a plan 

for assessment of student foreign 

language competency. A plan of 

assessment should include clearly 

defined student-learning outcomes and 

externally validated assessment 

approaches. The applicant should 

describe procedures for utilizing the 

assessment data to improve foreign 

language program effectiveness. 

Invitational Priority 3: Applications 

that propose projects that support an 

increase in the number of 

underrepresented minorities who are 

studying foreign languages and area and 

international studies. 

Invitational Priority 4: Applications 

that focus on any of the seventy-eight 

(78) priority languages listed below that 

were selected from the U.S. Department 

of Education’s list of Less Commonly 

Taught Languages (LCTLs): 

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. 1124. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

86, 97, 98 and 99. (b) The regulations in 

34 CFR parts 655 and 658. 

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 

(IHEs) only. 

Areas of National Need: In 

accordance with section 601(c) of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1121(c)(1), 

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/iegpsugisf/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: 

$2,565,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: Single 

Institution: $50,000–$90,000. Consortia/ 

Organizations/Associations: $80,000– 

$140,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

Single Institution: $82,000. Consortia/ 

Organizations/Associations: $110,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $90,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months for a single 

institution application, and $140,000 for 

a single budget period of 12 months for 

a consortia/organization/association 

application. The Assistant Secretary for 

Postsecondary Education may change 

the maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 27. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Single Institutions: Up 

to 24 months. Consortia/Organizations/ 

Associations: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: (1) Institutions 

of Higher Education (IHEs); (2) 

Combinations of IHEs; (3) Partnerships 

between nonprofit educational 

organizations and IHEs; and (4) Public 

and private nonprofit agencies and 

organizations, including professional 

and scholarly associations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program has a matching requirement 

under section 604(a)(3) of the HEA, 20 

U.S.C. 1124(a)(3), and the regulations 

for this program in 34 CFR 658.41. 

UISFL Program grantees must provide 

matching funds in either of the 

following ways: (a) Cash contributions 

from private sector corporations or 

foundations equal to one-third of the 

total project costs; or (b) a combination 

of institutional and non-institutional 

cash or in-kind contributions including 

State and private sector corporation or 

foundation contributions, equal to onehalf of the total project costs. The 

Secretary may waive or reduce the 

required matching share for institutions 

that are eligible to receive assistance 

under part A or part B of Title III or 

under Title V of the HEA that have 

submitted an application that 

demonstrates a need for a waiver or 

reduction. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Christine Corey, International 

Education Programs Service, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6069, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–7629 

or by e-mail: christine.corey@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 

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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, figures and graphs. These 

items may be single spaced. Charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs in the 

program 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); and Part IV, the assurances 

and certifications. The page limit also 

does not apply to a table of contents. 

However, the page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative section 

[Part III]. If you include any attachments 

or appendices not specifically 

requested, these items will be counted 

as part of the application narrative [Part 

III] for purposes of the page limit 

requirement. You must include your 

complete response to the selection 

criteria in the application narrative. 

We will reject your application if you 

apply these standards and exceed the 

page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 31, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 30, 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 in 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 29, 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 competition. 

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 

program 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 

Undergraduate International Studies 

and Foreign Language (UISFL) Program, 

CFDA number 84.016A, 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 UISFL Program at 

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

for the downloadable application 

package for this program competition by 

the CFDA number. Do not include the 

CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.016, not 

84.016A). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

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 program 

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://eGrants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://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 http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 


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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: Christine Corey, 

International Education Programs 

Service, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street, NW., room 6069, 

Washington, DC 20006–8521. FAX: 

(202) 502–7859. 

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 84.016A), 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, 

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(CFDA Number 84.016A), 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 language and area 

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 34 CFR 

658.31 through 658.34. The following 

criteria are used to evaluate all 

applications: (a) Plan of operation (15 

points); (b) quality of key personnel (10 

points); (c) budget and cost effectiveness 

(10 points); (d) adequacy of resources (5 

points); and (e) evaluation plan (20 

points). The following additional 

criteria are applied to applications 

submitted by an IHE or a combination 

of IHEs: (a) Commitment to 

international studies (10 points); (b) 

elements of the proposed international 

studies program (10 points); and (c) 

need for and prospective results of the 

proposed program (10 points). The 

following additional criterion is applied 

to applications from organizations and 

associations: Need for and potential 

impact of the proposed project in 

improving international studies and the 

study of modern foreign language at the 

undergraduate level (30 points). 

3. Application Requirements: In 

addition to any other requirements 

outlined in the application package for 

this program, section 604(a)(7) of the 

HEA requires that each application must 

include— 

(A) Evidence that the applicant has 

conducted extensive planning prior to 

submitting the application; 

(B) An assurance that the faculty and 

administrators of all relevant 

departments and programs served by the 

applicant are involved in ongoing 

collaboration with regard to achieving 

the stated objectives of the application; 

(C) An assurance that students at the 

applicant institutions, as appropriate, 

will have equal access to, and derive 

benefits from, the UISFL program; 

(D) An assurance that each institution, 

combination or partnership will use the 

Federal assistance provided under the 

UISFL program to supplement and not 

supplant non-Federal funds the 

institution expends for programs to 

improve undergraduate instruction in 

international studies and foreign 

languages; 

(E) A description of how the applicant 

will provide information to students 

regarding federally funded scholarship 

programs in related areas; 

(F) An explanation of how the 

activities funded by the grant will 

reflect diverse perspectives and a wide 

range of views and generate debate on 

world regions and international affairs, 

where applicable; and 

(G) A description of how the 

applicant will encourage service in 

areas of national need, as identified by 

the Secretary. 

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 Notice (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 in 

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 Measures: The 

objective for the UISFL program is to 

meet the Nation’s security and 

economic needs through the 

development of a national capacity in 

foreign languages and area and 

international studies. 

The Department will use the 

following UISFL performance measures 

to evaluate its success in meeting this 

objective: 

Performance measure 1: Percentage of 

priority languages addressed/covered by 

foreign language major, minor, or 

certificate programs created or 

enhanced, by language courses created 

or enhanced, or by faculty or instructor 

positions created with UISFL or 

matching funds in the reporting period. 

Performance measure 2: Percentage of 

projects judged to be successful by the 

program officer, based on a review of 

information provided in annual 

performance reports. 

Efficiency measure: Cost per highquality, successfully completed project. 

The information provided by grantees 

in their performance reports submitted 

via IRIS will be the source of data for 

these measures. Reporting screens for 

institutions may be viewed at: http:// 

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

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Christine Corey, International Education 

Programs Service, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6069, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7629 or by e-mail: 

christine.corey@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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using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

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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 function of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

Dated: March 25, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–7224 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. EA–98–L] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Western Systems Power Pool 

AGENCY: Office Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Application. 

SUMMARY: Thirteen members of the 

Western Systems Power Pool (WSPP) 

are authorized to transmit electric 

energy from the United States to Canada 

pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal 

Power Act. One authorized exporter, 

TransCanada Energy Marketing ULC 

(TCEM), has transferred its wholesale 

electric trading operations to an affiliate 

and requests that the electricity export 

authorization contained in Order No. 

EA–98–K be amended to reflect this 

change. 

DATES: Comments, protests or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before April 30, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability (Mail 

Code OE–20), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 

202–586–5860). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586– 

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program 

Attorney) 202–586–2793. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated and 

require authorization under section 

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) 

(16U.S.C. 824a(e)). 

On September 5, 1996, in Order No. 

EA–98–C, the Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) 

authorized 42 members of the WSPP to 

export electric energy to Canada. In 

several subsequent proceedings in the 

EA–98 docket, the list of members 

authorized to export was modified to 

add, delete, or reflect corporate name 

changes. The most recent order, EA–98– 

K, was issued on November 9, 2007, and 

authorizes 13 WSPP member companies 

individually to transmit electric energy 

to Canada. The international 

transmission facilities authorized for 

use by those exporters are owned by the 

Bonneville Power Administration, also a 

WSPP member. The facilities consist of 

two 500-kV transmission lines and one 

230-kV transmission line that 

interconnect with facilities of BC Hydro, 

and one 230-kV line that interconnects 

with West Kootenay Power, Limited. 

The construction and operation of these 

international transmission facilities was 

previously authorized by Presidential 

Permits PP–10, PP–46, and PP–36, 

respectively. The current authorization 

to various members of the WSPP to 

export electric energy to Canada will 

expire on April 25, 2012. 

On February 23, 2009, WSPP 

submitted an application on behalf of 

TCEM, one of the 13 authorized 

exporters, informing DOE that TCEM 

would transfer its wholesale electric 

trading operations to its newly formed 

affiliate, TransCanada Energy Sales Ltd. 

(TES), effective March 1, 2009, and 

requested an order be issued to WSPP 

removing TCEM as an authorized 

exporter and adding TES. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to this 

proceeding or to be heard by filing 

comments or protests to this application 

should file a petition to intervene, 

comment or protest at the address 

provided above in accordance with 

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each 

petition and protest should be filed with 

DOE on or before the date listed above. 

Additional copies are to be filed directly 

with Matthew K. Segers, Wright & 

Talisman, P.C., 1200 G Street, NW., 

Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005–3802. 

A final decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, and a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not adversely impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/ 

permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing 

Odessa Hopkins at 

Odessa.Hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 26, 

2009. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. E9–7167 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB) 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 86 Stat.770) requires that public 

notice of these teleconferences be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: April 15, 2009 at 1–2 p.m. EDT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Burch, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Commercialization and 

Project Management, Golden Field 

Office, U.S. Department of Energy, 1617 

Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, 

Telephone 303–275–4801. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. No. 

101–440). 

Tentative Agenda: Discuss ways 

STEAB can support DOE’s 

implementation of the Economic 

Recovery Act, commercialization efforts 

for both energy efficiency and 

renewable energy, consider potential 

collaborative activities involving the 

State Energy offices, and update 

members on their routine business 

matters. 

Public Participation: The 

teleconference is open to the public. 


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