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additional forms must also be included: 

OMB Standard Form 424A, Budget 

Information—Non-construction 

Programs; OMB Standard Form 424B, 

Assurances—Non-construction 

Programs (both available at http:// 

www.grants.gov); DOJ/FBOP/NIC 

Certification Regarding Lobbying, 

Debarment, Suspension and Other 

Responsibility Matters; and the DrugFree Workplace Requirements (available 

at http://www.nicic.org/Downloads/ 

PDF/certif-frm.pdf.) 

Applications should be concisely 

written, typed double-spaced and 

reference the NIC Application Number 

and Title provided in this 

announcement. 

If you are hand delivering or 

submitting via Fed-Ex, please include 

an original and three copies of your full 

proposal (program and budget narrative, 

application forms, assurances and other 

descriptions). The original should have 

the applicant’s signature in blue ink. 

Electronic submissions will only be 

accepted via http://www.grants.gov. 

The narrative portion of the 

application should include, at a 

minimum: brief paragraph indicating 

the applicant’s understanding of the 

project’s purpose; brief paragraph that 

summarizes the project goals and 

objectives; clear description of the 

methodology that will be used to 

complete the project and achieve its 

goals; statement or chart of measureable 

project milestones and time lines for the 

completion of each milestone, 

description of the qualifications of the 

applicant organization and a resume for 

the principle and each staff member 

assigned to the project that documents 

relevant knowledge, skills and ability to 

carry out the project; budget that details 

all costs for the project, shows 

consideration for all contingencies for 

this project, and notes a commitment to 

work within the proposed budget. 

The total narrative portion of the 

application should not exceed ten 

double-spaced type written pages, 

excluding attachments related to 

credentials and relevant experience of 

staff. 

Authority: Pub. L. 93–415. 

Funds Available: NIC is seeking 

applicants’ best ideas regarding 

accomplishments of the scope of work 

and the related costs for achieving the 

goals and objectives of this solicitation. 

Funds may only be used for the 

activities that are linked to the desired 

outcomes of the project. 

Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible 

applicant is any State or general unit of 

local government, private agency, 

educational institution, organization, 

individual or team with expertise in the 

described areas. Applicants must have 

demonstrated ability to implement a 

project of this size and scope. 

Review Considerations: Applications 

will be subject to the NIC Review 

Process. The criteria for the evaluation 

of each application will be as follows: 

1. Organizational/Staff Background 

(30%). NIC will review the background, 

experience and expertise of the 

proposed project staff, including 

subcontractors. Do staff have previous 

experience, working with community 

corrections organizations? What 

expertise and experience does the 

project team have with organizational 

development issues, including 

organizational and staff assessment? 

Does the staff have experience and 

expertise in strategic planning, and 

specifically, in strategic planning 

toward evidence-based implementation 

in probation and the court? Is the 

number of staff involved realistic and 

appropriate for the scope of the work, 

and does the applicant have the 

capacity to deliver all aspects of this 

project on time? Is there a reason that 

each member of the proposed team has 

been included? 2. Project Design/ 

Content (50%). Does the applicant 

clearly understand the goals of this 

project? Is the practical application of 

research-based principles evident in the 

project design? Are project tasks, 

timelines, benchmarks and expected 

objectives evident? How sound are the 

technical strategies proposed? Have the 

strategies proved to be fruitful in other 

projects? Will the applicant be able to 

deliver matrix-style formats and gantt 

charts as requested? Are these 

applications transferable to the field? 

Are the final work products identified, 

and do the proposed strategies lead to 

their completion within the time frame? 

How will the applicant measure its own 

performance and the performance of 

adjunct team members? Is the applicant 

willing to meet with NIC staff as 

needed? 3. Budget (20%). Does the 

budget narrative clearly tie to the 

numbers; and, can the products be 

delivered on the desired timeline, 

within the proposed budget? Are the 

contingencies, including the addition or 

subtraction of a county department, 

addressed? Are the final work products 

clearly defined and identified on the 

work plan? Is a gantt chart provided that 

aligns budget with objectives along a 

timeline that shows, at a minimum, 

quarterly benchmarks? 

Note: NIC will NOT award a cooperative 

agreement to an applicant who does not have 

a Dun and Bradstreet Database Universal 

Number (DUNS) and is not registered in the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR). 

Applicants can receive a DUNS number at 

no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free 

DUNS number request line at 800–333–0505 

(if you are a sole proprietor, dial 866–705– 

5711 and select option 1.) 

Applicants may register in the CCR 

Online at the CCR Web site: http:// 

www.ccr.gov. A CCR handbook and 

worksheet can also be reviewed at the 

Web site. 

Number of Awards: One. 

Applicant’s Conference: An 

applicant’s telephone conference will be 

held on Wednesday, May 6, between 

noon and 1:30 p.m. EDT. Applicants 

who are interested in participating in 

this applicants’ conference call should 

indicate their expectation to participate 

by e-mailing Pam Davison at 

pdavison@bop.gov no later than 

Monday, May 4, at noon EDT. This 

telephone conference will give 

applicants the opportunity to ask 

questions about the project and the 

application procedures. Participation in 

the telephone conference for applicants 

is optional. 

Note that interested applicants need 

to provide complete contact 

information, including e-mail address 

and phone number, to Pam Davison 

when they indicate their expectation to 

participate. 

NIC Opportunity Number: 09C81. 

This number should appear as a 

reference line in the cover letter, where 

the opportunity number is requested on 

the Standard Form 424, and outside of 

the envelope in which the application is 

sent. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 16.602 Executive 

Order 12372: This project is not subject 

to the provision of Executive Order 

12372. 

Morris L. Thigpen, 

Director, National Institute of Corrections. 

[FR Doc. E9–8467 Filed 4–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–36–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed reinstatement 

of the ‘‘National Longitudinal Survey of 

Youth 1979.’’ A copy of the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) can 

be obtained by contacting the individual 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

June 15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol 

Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 

of Management Systems, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 

Washington, DC 20212, 202–691–7628. 

(This is not a toll free number.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, 

202–691–7628. (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The National Longitudinal Survey of 

Youth 1979 (NLSY79) is a 

representative national sample of 

persons who were born in the years 

1957 to 1964 and lived in the U.S. in 

1978. These respondents were ages 14 to 

22 when the first round of interviews 

began in 1979; they will be ages 45 to 

54 when the planned twenty-fourth 

round of interviews is conducted from 

December 2009 to March 2011. The 

NLSY79 was conducted annually from 

1979 to 1994 and has been conducted 

biennially since 1994. The longitudinal 

focus of this survey requires information 

to be collected from the same 

individuals over many years in order to 

trace their education, training, work 

experience, fertility, income, and 

program participation. 

In addition to the main NLSY79, the 

biological children of female NLSY79 

respondents have been surveyed since 

1986, when the National Institute of 

Child Health and Human Development 

began providing funding to the BLS to 

gather a large amount of information 

about the lives of these children. A 

battery of child cognitive, socioemotional, and physiological 

assessments has been administered 

biennially since 1986 to NLSY79 

mothers and their children. Starting in 

1994, children who had reached age 15 

by December 31 of the survey year (the 

Young Adults) were interviewed about 

their work experiences, training, 

schooling, health, fertility, self-esteem, 

and other topics. The BLS contracts 

with the National Opinion Research 

Center (NORC) at the University of 

Chicago to conduct the NLSY79 and 

associated Child and Young Adult 

surveys. 

One of the goals of the Department of 

Labor (DOL) is to produce and 

disseminate timely, accurate, and 

relevant information about the U.S. 

labor force. The BLS contributes to this 

goal by gathering information about the 

labor force and labor market and 

disseminating it to policymakers and 

the public so that participants in those 

markets can make more informed, and 

thus more efficient, choices. Research 

based on the NLSY79 contributes to the 

formation of national policy in the areas 

of education, training, employment 

programs, and school-to-work 

transitions. In addition to the reports 

that the BLS produces based on data 

from the NLSY79, members of the 

academic community publish articles 

and reports based on NLSY79 data for 

the DOL and other funding agencies. To 

date, more than 1,500 articles examining 

NLSY79 data have been published in 

scholarly journals. The survey design 

provides data gathered from the same 

respondents over time to form the only 

data set that contains this type of 

information for this important 

population group. Without the 

collection of these data, an accurate 

longitudinal data set could not be 

provided to researchers and 

policymakers, thus adversely affecting 

the DOL’s ability to perform its policyand report-making activities. 

II. Current Action 

The BLS seeks approval to conduct 

the round 24 interviews of the NLSY79 

and the associated surveys of biological 

children of female NLSY79 respondents. 

The NLSY79 Child Survey involves 

three components: 

• The Mother Supplement is 

administered to female NLSY79 

respondents who live with biological 

children under age 15. This 

questionnaire will be administered to 

about 635 women, who will be asked a 

series of questions about each child 

under age 15. On average, these women 

each have about 1.26 children under age 

15, for a total of approximately 800 

children. 

• The Child Supplement involves 

aptitude testing of about 720 children 

under age 15. 

• The Child Self-Administered 

Questionnaire is administered to 

approximately 540 children ages 10 to 

14. 

In addition to the main NLSY79 and 

Child Survey, the Young Adult Survey 

will be administered to approximately 

6,140 youths ages 15 and older who are 

the biological children of female 

NLSY79 respondents. These youths will 

be contacted for an interview regardless 

of whether they reside with their 

mothers. The NLSY79 Young Adult 

Survey involves two components: 

• The Young Adult Survey involves 

interviewing about 1,775 youths ages 15 

to 20. 

• The Young Adult Survey, grant 

component, is administered to 

approximately 4,365 youths age 21 and 

older. 

During the field period, about 400 

main NLSY79 interviews are validated 

to ascertain whether the interview took 

place as the interviewer reported and 

whether the interview was done in a 

polite and professional manner. 

The round 24 questionnaire reflects a 

number of content changes 

recommended by experts in various 

social science fields. The round 24 main 

NLSY79 questionnaire includes a more 

extensive set of questions about 

volunteer activity and monetary 

donations to charitable organizations. 

The round 24 survey also will include 

retrospective questions on business 

ownership. This new section augments 

information previously collected in the 

survey by asking how many businesses 

respondents have owned since age 18 

and collecting detailed information on 

the characteristics of up to ten 

businesses. Questions on estate 

planning and wills will be asked in 

round 24 to augment information 

previously obtained on health, asset 

accumulation, and retirement plans. 

Round 24 includes a series of questions 

on mortgage delinquencies and 

foreclosures. The questions cover the 

period since January 2007 and ask 

respondents whether they had been 

more than two months behind on 

mortgage payments, received a 

foreclosure notice, or lost property due 

to foreclosure. Round 24 includes a 

short series of questions on whether 

respondents were offered stock options 

by their employer, whether the option 

was offered before the respondent 

accepted the job, whether the option 

affected the respondent’s decision to 

take the job, whether the option is tied 

to work performance, and whether the 

respondent has exercised or plans to 

exercise the option. Questions on assets 

will not be asked in this round. It was 

determined after Round 19 that an 

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extended series of questions on assets is 

not necessary every survey round. The 

questions on political involvement 

included in Round 23 are not included 

for Round 24. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The BLS is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with 

change, of a previously approved 

collection for which approval has 

expired. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: National Longitudinal Survey of 

Youth 1979. 

OMB Number: 1220–0109. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Form Total 

respondents Frequency Total responses 

Average time 

per response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total burden 

(hours) 

NLSY79 round 24 pretest .................................................... 100 Biennially 100 60 100 

NLSY79 round 24 main survey ........................................... 7,600 Biennially 7,600 60 7,600 

Round 24 validation interviews ............................................ 400 Biennially 400 6 40 

Mother supplement (mothers of children under age 15) ..... 1 635 Biennially 800 20 267 

Child supplement (under age 15) ........................................ 720 Biennially 720 31 372 

Child self-administered questionnaire (ages 10 to 14) ........ 540 Biennially 540 30 270 

Young adult survey (ages 15 to 20) .................................... 1,775 Biennially 1,775 45 1,331 

Young adult survey, grant component (age 21 and older) 4,365 Biennially 4,365 52 3,783 

TOTALS2 ...................................................................... 14,560 ........................ 16,100 ........................ 13,763 

1The number of respondents for the Mother Supplement (635) is less than the number of responses (800) because mothers are asked to provide separate responses for each of the biological children with whom they reside. The total number of responses for the Mother Supplement 

(800) is more than the number for the Child Supplement (720) because the number of children completing the Child Supplement is lower due to 

age restrictions and nonresponse. 2The total number of 14,560 respondents across all the survey instruments is a mutually exclusive count that does not include: (1) The 400 reinterview respondents, who were previously counted among the 7,600 main survey respondents, (2) the 635 Mother Supplement respondents, 

who were previously counted among the main survey respondents, and (3) the 540 Child SAQ respondents, who were previously counted 

among the 720 Child Supplement respondents. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of 

April 2009. 

Cathy Kazanowski, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

[FR Doc. E9–8414 Filed 4–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–64,801; TA–W–64,801A] 

Cequent Electrical Products, Inc., 

Formerly Known as Tekonsha Towing, 

Currently Known as Cequent 

Performance Products, Angolia, IN; 

Cequent Electrical Products, Inc., 

Formerly Known as Tekonsha Towing, 

Currently Known as Cequent 

Performance Products, McAllen, TX; 

Amended Certification Regarding 

Eligibility to Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 

Trade Adjustment Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), and 

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 

U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the 

Department of Labor issued a 

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for 

Worker Adjustment Assistance and 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance on January 15, 2009, 

applicable to workers of Cequent 

Electrical Products, Inc., Angolia, 

Indiana and Cequent Electrical 

Products, Inc., McAllen, Texas. The 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register on February 2, 2009 (74 FR 

5870). The certification was amended 

on February 18, 2009 to that the subject 

firm was formerly known as Tekonsha 

Towing. The notice was published in 

the Federal Register on March 3, 2009 

(74 FR 9289). 

At the request of the State agency, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. The 

workers are engaged in activities related 

to warehousing and distribution 

supporting Cequent Electrical Products, 

Inc., Tekonsha, Michigan, a currently 

TAA-certified worker group. 

Information also shows that following 

a corporate decision, Cequent Electrical 

Products, Inc. is currently known as 

Cequent Performance Products as of 

January 1, 2009. 

Accordingly, the Department is 

amending this certification to show that 

Cequent Electrical Products, Inc. is 

currently known as Cequent 

Performance Products. 

The intent of the Department’s 

certification is to include all workers of 

the subject firm who were adversely 

affected by increased imports of brake 

controls, breakaway kits and lights