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procedures used to implement them, 

beginning on or about January 3, 2012. 

Background 

The guidelines governing ECA’s grant 

program were established in 1983 and 

have been modified from time-to-time to 

comply with new directives and 

mandates. The four modifications 

outlined in this announcement will 

serve to further support the 

Department’s Greening Diplomacy 

Initiative, help the Department adhere 

to new OMB guidance to all Federal 

agencies to streamline, standardize and 

simplify grants processes, allow for 

expanded monitoring and oversight over 

programs and increase opportunities for 

new organizations to compete for ECA 

programs. 

The modifications are: 

(1) Eliminating use of the Federal 

Register to announce ECA grant funding 

opportunities referred to as Request for 

Grant Proposals (RFGPs) and rely 

exclusively on the Grants.gov and ECA 

Web sites for this purpose. 

(2) Requiring all applicants 

submitting proposals in response to 

RFGPs to utilize the grants.gov web— 

portal site exclusively for submission of 

grant proposals. Thus, eliminating the 

current ‘‘hard- copy’’ submission 

option. 

(3) Increasing the ‘‘pilot grant limit’’ 

for awards to organizations with less 

than four years of experience 

conducting international exchanges 

from the current $60,000 level 

established in 1983 to $130,000 which 

reflects a comparable ceiling in today’s 

dollars, adjusted for inflation. ECA will 

also update the pilot grant limit from 

time to time in the future, not to exceed 

the 1983 level adjusted for inflation. 

(4) Modifying ECA’s current grant 

renewal process to allow for Option 

Years for certain programs. Individual 

announcements for competed programs 

will contain information on whether a 

program will be renewed through 

additional awards or through the use of 

option years, pending successful 

performance and the availability of 

funds. 

Additional Information 

For additional information please 

contact Hans Posey, Program 

Management Division, ECA/EX/PM, 

U.S. Department of State, 2200 C Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20037, (202) 632– 

6385, email: PoseyHE@state.gov. 

Dated: December 7, 2011. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31974 Filed 12–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7726] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Cindy 

Sherman’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 

(and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 

hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Cindy 

Sherman,’’ imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, are of cultural significance. The 

objects are imported pursuant to loan 

agreements with the foreign owners or 

custodians. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at the Museum of Modern Art, 

New York, New York, from on or about 

February 26, 2012, until on or about 

June 11, 2012, the San Francisco 

Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 

California, from on or about July 14, 

2012, until on or about October 7, 2012, 

the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota, from on or about November 

3, 2012, until on or about February 10, 

2013, and the Dallas Museum of Art, 

Dallas, Texas, from on or about March 

17, 2013, until on or about June 9, 2013, 

and at possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these Determinations 

be published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. 

Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: (202) 632–6469). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: December 6, 2011. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31981 Filed 12–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 7725] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Beauty 

and Belief: Crossing Bridges With the 

Arts of Islamic Culture’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 

(and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 

hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Beauty and 

Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of 

Islamic Culture,’’ imported from abroad 

for temporary exhibition within the 

United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to loan agreements with the 

foreign owners or custodians. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the exhibit objects at the Brigham 

Young University Museum of Art, 

Provo, Utah, from on or about February 

24, 2012, until on or about September 

29, 2012, the Indianapolis Museum of 

Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, from on or 

about November 2, 2012, until on or 

about January 13, 2013, the Newark 

Museum, Newark, New Jersey, from on 

or about February 13, 2013, until on or 

about May 19, 2013, the Portland Art 

Museum, Portland, Oregon, from on or 

about June 15, 2013, until on or about 

September 8, 2013, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these Determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. 

Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: (202) 632–6469). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 


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