Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 192 / Wednesday, October 5, 2005 / Notices 58225 

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Employee Thrift Advisory Council; 

Open Meeting 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), a notice is hereby 

given of the following committee 

meeting: 

Name: Employee Thrift Advisory 

Council. 

Time: 10 a.m. 

Date: October 14, 2005. 

Place: 4th Floor, Conference Room, 

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment 

Board, 1250 H Street, NW., Washington, 

DC. 

Status: Open. 

Matters To Be Considered: 

1. Approval of the minutes of the May 

4, 2005, meeting. 

2. Report of the Executive Director on 

Thrift Savings Plan status. 

3. L Funds. 

4. Investment consultant. 

5. Hurricane Katrina. 

6. New business. 

For further information contact: 

Elizabeth S. Woodruff, Committee 

Management Officer, on (202) 942–1660. 

Dated: September 29, 2005. 

Elizabeth S. Woodruff, 

General Counsel, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

[FR Doc. 05–19909 Filed 10–4–05; 8:45 am] 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

Federal Travel Regulation; Notice of 

GSA Bulletin FTR 05–07 

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide 

Policy, General Services Administration 

(GSA). 

ACTION: Notice of a bulletin. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces GSA 

Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) 

Bulletin 05–07. This Bulletin informs 

agencies that certain provisions of the 

FTR governing the authorization of 

actual subsistence expenses for official 

travel (both TDY and relocation) are 

temporarily waived as a result of 

Hurricane Rita, because it is expected 

that finding lodging facilities and/or 

adequate meals may be difficult, and 

distances involved may be great 

resulting in increased costs for per diem 

expenses. Bulletin FTR 05–07 may be 

found at www.gsa.gov/ftrbulletins. 

DATES: The bulletin announced in this 

notice is effective September 24, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact General 

Services Administration, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy, Office of 

Travel, Transportation and Asset 

Management, at (202) 501–1777. Please 

cite Bulletin FTR05–07. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

As a result of the catastrophic 

destruction caused by Hurricane Rita, 

GSA is announcing GSA Bulletin FTR 

05–07. Agencies should consider 

delaying all non-essential TDY and 

relocation to the affected locations for a 

period of 90 days. This is especially 

important with relocation travel because 

the 120-day maximum for TQSE cannot 

be extended due to statutory 

restrictions. While in the past, GSA has 

limited application of such waivers to 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas, 

in the case of Hurricane Rita, the 

widespread devastation coupled with 

the extensive evacuation of urban areas 

means that we cannot effectively 

determine the extent to which the 

ability to secure lodgings will be 

compromised. In this case, we are 

stating that each agency may determine 

whether Bulletin FTR 05–07 applies to 

travel which is impacted by Hurricane 

Rita. 

B. Procedures 

Bulletins regarding Federal travel 

expenses are located on the Internet at 

www.gsa.gov/ftrbulletins as Federal 

Travel Regulation (FTR) bulletins. 

Dated: September 29, 2005. 

Becky Rhodes, 

Deputy Associate Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Administration on Children, Youth and 

Families; Award Announcement 

AGENCY: Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families. 

ACTION: Award announcement. 

SUMMARY: The Administration on 

Children, Youth and Families, Child 

Care Bureau, herein announces an 

urgent grant award to the South Plains 

Community Action Association, Inc. 

(fiscal agent) on behalf of the South 

Plains Early Childhood Council (Local 

Council and Grantee), Levelland, Texas, 

in the amount of $99,999 for a project 

period of 12 months. This urgent grant 

award will assist the Local Council in 

the emergency provision of child care 

and early learning opportunities to 

young children and their families who 

have been evacuated from Mississippi, 

Louisiana, and other parts of Texas due 

to Hurricane Katrina. This service area 

includes 13,575 square miles of the 

following counties: Bailey, Cochran, 

Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, 

Hockley, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, 

Motley, Terry, and Yoakum. 

The South Plains Early Childhood 

Council is well-situated geographically 

to provide the needed emergency 

services, and is well-equipped in terms 

of program activities and cooperating 

agencies to add immediately and 

significantly to the child care and 

related service needs of the evacuee 

families. The Council is unique in that 

it serves such a large multi-county rural 

area that is receiving evacuees and 

because it has the existing 

organizational capacity to take the 

services directly to the rural 

communities using the FROG bus [Fun 

Reading on the Go]. This is especially 

important since the majority of evacuees 

have no personal form of transportation 

and public transportation is limited in 

this rural area. 

This emergency grant award will 

provide early learning opportunities, 

early literacy activities, and mental 

health support to children under the age 

of five years, their parents/guardians, 

caregivers, and child care providers. 

Young children currently residing in 

shelters will be given age- and 

culturally-appropriate books and will 

receive supplemental supportive 

educational and social activities from 

staff trained in early childhood. Young 

children and their parents/guardians 

will also be provided with mental 

health supports by appropriately trained 

staff to support the children’s social and 

emotional development, and to promote 

effective parenting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Gage, ELOA Project Officer, at 

(202) 690–6243. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

award will be made pursuant to Pub. L. 

106–554, Early Learning Opportunities 

Act. 

Dated: September 27, 2005. 

Joan E. Ohl, 

Commissioner, Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families. 

[FR Doc. 05–19911 Filed 10–4–05; 8:45 am] 

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