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Instructions: Your submissions must 

include the Agency name (OWCP), the 

committee name (the Advisory Board), 

and the meeting date (February 5–6, 

2025). Due to security-related 

procedures, receipt of submissions by 

regular mail may experience significant 

delays. For additional information about 

submissions, see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

OWCP will make available publicly, 

without change, any comments, requests 

to speak, and speaker presentations, 

including any personal information that 

you provide. Therefore, OWCP cautions 

interested parties against submitting 

personal information such as Social 

Security numbers and birthdates. 

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Board will 

meet at the Red Lion Hotel and 

Conference Center Pasco, 2525 N 20th 

Avenue, Pasco, Washington 99301, 

phone 866–994–8737. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

press inquiries: Ms. Laura McGinnis, 

Office of Public Affairs, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room S–1028, 200 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20210; telephone (202) 693–4672; email 

Mcginnis.Laura@DOL.GOV. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Board will meet: Tuesday, 

February 4, 2025, for a fact-finding site 

visit to the Hanford Site covered facility, 

accompanied by the Designated Federal 

Officer; Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 

from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific time; 

and Thursday, February 6, 2025, from 

8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight 

time in Richland, Washington. Some 

Advisory Board members may attend 

the meeting by teleconference. The 

teleconference number and other details 

for participating remotely will be posted 

on the Advisory Board’s website, http:// 

www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/ 

compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, 72 

hours prior to the commencement of the 

first meeting date. Advisory Board 

meetings are open to the public. 

Public comment session: Wednesday, 

February 5, from 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Pacific time. Please note that the public 

comment session ends at the time 

indicated or following the last call for 

comments, whichever is earlier. 

Members of the public who wish to 

provide public comments should plan 

to either be at the meeting location or 

call in to the public comment session at 

the start time listed. 

The Advisory Board is mandated by 

Section 3687 of EEOICPA. The Secretary 

of Labor established the Board under 

this authority and Executive Order 

13699 (June 26, 2015). The purpose of 

the Advisory Board is to advise the 

Secretary with respect to: (1) the Site 

Exposure Matrices (SEM) of the 

Department of Labor; (2) medical 

guidance for claims examiners for 

claims with the EEOICPA program, with 

respect to the weighing of the medical 

evidence of claimants; (3) evidentiary 

requirements for claims under Part B of 

EEOICPA related to lung disease; (4) the 

work of industrial hygienists and staff 

physicians and consulting physicians of 

the Department of Labor and reports of 

such hygienists and physicians to 

ensure quality, objectivity, and 

consistency; (5) the claims adjudication 

process generally, including review of 

procedure manual changes prior to 

incorporation into the manual and 

claims for medical benefits; and (6) such 

other matters as the Secretary considers 

appropriate. The Advisory Board 

sunsets on December 19, 2029. 

The Advisory Board operates in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. 10) 

and its implementing regulations (41 

CFR part 102–3). 

Agenda: The tentative agenda for the 

Advisory Board meeting includes: 

• Review and follow-up on Advisory 

Board’s previous recommendations, 

data requests, and action items; 

• Review responses to submitted 

Board questions; 

• Review requested categories of 

claims; 

• Working group presentations; 

• Review of Board tasks, structure 

and work agenda; 

• Consideration of any new issues; 

and 

• Public comments. 

OWCP transcribes and prepares 

detailed minutes of Advisory Board 

meetings. OWCP posts the transcripts 

and minutes on the Advisory Board web 

page, http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/ 

regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, 

along with written comments, speaker 

presentations, and other materials 

submitted to the Advisory Board or 

presented at Advisory Board meetings. 

Public Participation, Submissions and 

Access to Public Record 

Advisory Board meetings: All 

Advisory Board meetings are open to 

the public. Information on how to 

participate in the meeting remotely will 

be posted on the Advisory Board’s 

website. 

Submission of comments: You may 

submit comments using one of the 

methods listed in the SUMMARY section. 

Your submission must include the 

Agency name (OWCP) and date for this 

Advisory Board meeting (February 5–6, 

2025). OWCP will post your comments 

on the Advisory Board website and 

provide your submissions to Advisory 

Board members. 

Because of security-related 

procedures, receipt of submissions by 

regular mail may experience significant 

delays. 

Requests to speak and speaker 

presentations: If you want to address the 

Advisory Board at the meeting you must 

submit a request to speak, as well as any 

written or electronic presentation, by 

January 29, 2025, using one of the 

methods listed in the SUMMARY section. 

Your request may include: 

• The amount of time requested to 

speak; 

• The interest you represent (e.g., 

business, organization, affiliation), if 

any; and 

• A brief outline of the presentation. 

PowerPoint presentations and other 

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with PowerPoint 2010 and other 

Microsoft Office 2010 formats. The 

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requests to address the Board as time 

and circumstances permit. 

Electronic copies of this Federal 

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www.regulations.gov. This notice, as 

well as news releases and other relevant 

information, are also available on the 

Advisory Board’s web page at http://

www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/ 

compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm. 

For further information regarding this 

meeting, you may contact Ryan Jansen, 

Designated Federal Officer, at 

jansen.ryan@dol.gov, or Carrie Rhoads, 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, at 

rhoads.carrie@dol.gov, U.S. Department 

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Suite S–3524, Washington, DC 20210, 

telephone (202) 343–5580. 

This is not a toll-free number. 

Signed at Washington, DC. 

Christopher Godfrey, 

Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs. 

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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 

2025 Competitive Grant Funds for the 

Technology Initiative Grant Program 

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Legal Services 

Corporation (LSC) issues this Notice 

describing the conditions for submitting 

a pre-application for 2025 Technology 

Initiative Grants (TIGs), and for 

applying under TIG categories that do 

not require pre-applications. 


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DATES: The deadline to submit a PreApplication is 11:59 p.m. eastern 

standard time on Friday, March 21, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Pre-Applications must be 

submitted electronically via LSC’s 

unified grants management system, 

GrantEase. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Mathison, TIG Special Grants 

Coordinator, Office of Program 

Performance, Legal Services 

Corporation, 3333 K Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20007; (202) 295–1535 

or mathisone@lsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

Since 2000, Congress has provided an 

annual appropriation to LSC to award 

special funding for client self-help and 

information technology projects. LSC’s 

TIG program funds technology tools that 

help achieve LSC’s goal of increasing 

the quantity and quality of legal services 

available to eligible persons. Projects 

funded under the TIG program develop, 

test, and replicate innovative 

technologies that can enable grant 

recipients and State justice communities 

to improve low-income persons’ access 

to high-quality legal assistance through 

an integrated and well-managed 

technology system. The TIG program 

also supports effective technology 

planning and management at LSCfunded organizations through the use of 

targeted assessment grants focused on 

improvements to technology systems 

and information security. 

II. Funding Opportunity Information 

A. Eligible Applicants 

To be eligible for Technology 

Initiative Grants, applicants must be 

current grantees of LSC Basic FieldGeneral, Basic Field-Migrant, or Basic 

Field-Native American grants. In 

addition, applicants must receive basic 

field funding of at least a one-year term, 

be up to date on reporting on any 

existing TIG-funded projects, and not 

have had a previous TIG terminated in 

the past three years for reporting or 

other performance issues. 

B. Technology Initiative Grant Purpose 

and Key Goals 

Since LSC’s TIG program was 

established in 2000, LSC has made over 

923 grants totaling over $91 million. 

This grant program encourages 

organizations to use technology in 

innovative ways to: 

1. Effectively and efficiently provide 

high-quality legal assistance to lowincome persons and to promote access 

to the judicial system through legal 

information, advice, and representation. 

2. Improve service delivery, quality of 

legal work, and management and 

administration of grantees. 

3. Develop, test, and replicate 

innovative strategies that can enable 

grantees and State justice communities 

to improve clients’ access to highquality legal assistance. 

C. Funding Categories 

1. General Technology Initiative Grants 

Projects in this category (1) 

implement new or innovative 

approaches for using technology in legal 

services delivery; (2) enhance the 

effectiveness and efficiency of existing 

technologies so that they may be better 

used to increase the quality and 

quantity of services to clients; or (3) 

replicate, adapt, or provide added value 

to the work of prior technology projects. 

This includes, but is not limited to, the 

implementation and improvement of 

tested methodologies and technologies 

from previous TIG projects. We also 

encourage replication of proven 

technologies from non-LSC-funded legal 

aid organizations as well as sectors 

outside the legal aid community. 

Applicants seeking continuation 

funding for their own existing TIG 

initiatives may wish to apply under the 

Sustainability, Enhancement, and 

Adoption (SEA) Grants category 

discussed below. 

LSC recommends a minimum amount 

for funding requests in this category of 

$40,000, but projects with lower budgets 

will be considered. There is no 

maximum amount for TIG funding 

requests that are within the total 

appropriation for TIG. 

All applicants in this category must 

submit a pre-application according to 

the process and requirements outlined 

in this notice. LSC will open the 

application system and provide 

guidance for this project category by 

January 29, 2025. The pre-application 

deadline is March 21, 2025, and the full 

application deadline is June 18, 2025. 

2. Technology Improvement Projects 

LSC recognizes that grantees need 

sufficient technology infrastructure in 

place before they can take on a more 

innovative TIG project. This grant 

category is for applicants who need to 

improve their basic technology 

infrastructure or their information 

security posture. The maximum funding 

amount for this category is $35,000. 

Technology Improvement Projects 

(TIP) do not require a pre-application. 

LSC will open the application system 

and provide guidance for this project 

category by April 1, 2025. The 

application deadline for Technology 

Improvement Projects is May 23, 2025. 

3. Sustainability, Enhancement, and 

Adoption Grants 

Sustainability, Enhancement, and 

Adoption (SEA) Grants allow successful 

TIG grantees to further build upon a 

specific project and its technologies, 

ensure that their TIG-funded work is 

effectively integrated into the service 

delivery system, and complete the 

project activities necessary to ensure the 

initiative’s long-term success. These 

grants were formerly known as 

Adoption, Expansion, and Enhancement 

Grants. 

SEA Grants are available to current 

TIG recipients and to recipients of 

recently completed TIG projects. 

Applicants seeking to enhance a nonTIG initiative or replicate another 

organization’s project should apply 

under the General category. LSC 

encourages all prospective applicants to 

meet with their regional TIG program 

manager to discuss whether an SEA 

Grant may be a good fit. Applicants 

should be able to clearly demonstrate 

that their current or prior TIG project 

was successful and that they have a 

reasonable plan for building on that 

success. 

LSC recommends a minimum amount 

for funding requests in this category of 

$40,000, but projects with lower budgets 

will be considered. There is no 

maximum amount for TIG funding 

requests that are within the total 

appropriation for TIG. 

SEA Grants will require a preapplication for 2025. LSC will open the 

application system and provide 

guidance for this project category by 

January 29, 2025. The pre-application 

deadline is March 21, 2025, and the full 

application deadline is June 18, 2025. 

D. Available Funds for 2025 Grants 

The amount of funds available for TIG 

awards for FY2025 depends on LSC’s 

final appropriation. LSC currently 

operates under a Continuing Resolution 

for FY2025, which funds the Federal 

Government through March 14, 2025. 

The Continuing Resolution maintains 

funding at $5,000,000. TIG award 

decisions for FY2025 will be made in 

the summer of 2025. LSC anticipates 

publicizing the total amount available 

for TIG awards when Congress enacts 

the FY2025 appropriation. 

LSC will not designate fixed or 

estimated amounts for the three 

different funding categories and will 

make grant awards within the total 

amount of funding available. 


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E. Grant Terms 

Applicants to the TIG program may 

propose grant terms between 12 and 36 

months for general category projects and 

between 12 and 18 months for 

Technology Improvement Projects. For 

SEA Grants, the grant term is set at 24 

months. The grant terms for projects in 

the General TIG and SEA categories will 

begin on January 1, 2026. TIP Grants 

will have a start date of October 1, 2025. 

Alternate start dates may be available. 

III. Grant Application Process 

A. Technology Initiative Grant 

Application Process 

The TIG application process will be 

administered in LSC’s unified grants 

management system, GrantEase. 

Applicants in the General TIG and SEA 

categories must first submit a preapplication to LSC in GrantEase by 

March 21, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET, to be 

considered for a grant. After review by 

LSC staff, LSC’s president decides 

which applicants will be asked to 

submit a full application. Applicants 

will be notified of approval to submit a 

full application by late April 2025. Full 

applications are due to LSC in the 

GrantEase system on June 18, 2025, at 

11:59 p.m. ET. Once received, full 

applications will undergo a rigorous 

review by LSC staff. LSC’s president 

makes the final decisions on funding for 

the TIG program. 

As noted above, applicants applying 

for TIP funding are not required to 

submit pre-applications. LSC will 

launch the online application system for 

TIP by April 1, 2025, and set a 

submission deadline of May 23, 2025, at 

11:59 p.m. ET. LSC follows a similar 

review process for applications in these 

categories, which includes LSC staff 

conducting a rigorous review of all 

proposals and the LSC president making 

final funding decisions. 

B. Late or Incomplete Applications 

LSC may consider a request to submit 

a pre-application after the deadline, but 

only if the applicant has submitted an 

email to techgrants@lsc.gov explaining 

the circumstances that caused the delay 

prior to the pre-application deadline. 

Communication with LSC staff, 

including assigned program liaisons, is 

not a substitute for sending a formal 

request and explanation to techgrants@

lsc.gov. At its discretion, LSC may 

consider incomplete applications. LSC 

will determine whether it will consider 

late or incomplete applications on a 

case-by-case basis. 

C. Multiple Pre-Applications 

Applicants may submit multiple preapplications. If applying for multiple 

grants that require pre-applications, 

applicants should submit separate preapplications for each funding request. 

D. Additional Information and 

Guidelines 

Additional guidance and instructions 

on the pre-application and application 

processes for Technology Initiative 

Grants will be available and regularly 

updated at https://www.lsc.gov/grants/ 

technology-initiative-grant-program. 

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).) 

Dated: January 3, 2025. 

Stefanie Davis, 

Deputy General Counsel, Legal Services 

Corporation. 

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ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Federal Council on the Arts and the 

Humanities 

Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Panel 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Council on the Arts 

and the Humanities; National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

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hereby given that the Federal Council 

on the Arts and the Humanities will 

hold a meeting of the Arts and Artifacts 

Domestic Indemnity Panel. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, February 5, 2025, from 

12:00 p.m. until adjourned. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by 

videoconference originating at the 

National Endowment for the Arts, 

Washington, DC 20506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Voyatzis, Committee 

Management Officer, 400 7th Street SW, 

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(202) 606–8322; evoyatzis@neh.gov. 

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recommendation on applications for 

Certificates of Indemnity submitted to 

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Humanities, for exhibitions beginning 

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closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(4) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. I have made this 

determination under the authority 

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Delegation of Authority to Close 

Advisory Committee Meetings, dated 

April 15, 2016. 

Dated: January 3, 2025. 

Jessica Graves, 

Paralegal Specialist, National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

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comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirement of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the National 

Science Foundation (NSF) is providing 

opportunity for public comment on 

revisions to the NSF Research 

Infrastructure Guide (RIG). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

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assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

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Clearance Officer, National Science 

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Alexandria, VA 22314, or by email to 

splimpto@nsf.gov. 

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