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68553 

Vol. 72, No. 233 

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of Public Information Collection 

Requirements Submitted to OMB for 

Review 

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International 

Development (USAID) has submitted 

the following information collections to 

OMB for review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 30 days of this 

notification. Comments should be sent 

via e-mail to 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov or fax to 

202–395–7285. Copies of submission 

may be obtained by calling (202) 712– 

1365. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Number: OMB 0412–NEW. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Title: Partner Information Form. 

Type of Submission: New Information 

Collection. 

Purpose: The United States Agency 

for International Development (USAID). 

Office of Security, intends to collect 

information from approximately 2000 

individuals and/or officers of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) who 

apply for USAID contracts, grants, 

cooperative agreements, other funding 

from USAID, or who apply for 

registration with USAID as Private and 

Voluntary Organizations (PVO). 

Collection of personally identifiable 

information from these individuals is 

specifically used to conduct screening 

to ensure that neither USAID funds nor 

USAID-funded activities inadvertently 

provide support to entities or 

individuals associated with terrorism. 

Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 2000. 

Total annual responses: 2000. 

Total annual hours requested: 500 

hours. 

Dated: November 27, 2007. 

Joanne Paskar, 

Chief, Information and Records Division 

Office of Administrative Services Bureau for 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 07–5935 Filed 12–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–TM–07–0126; TM–07–13] 

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) 

Inviting Applications for the FederalState Marketing Improvement Program 

(FSMIP) 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) announces the 

availability of approximately $1.3 

million in competitive grant funds for 

fiscal year 2008 to enable States to 

explore new market opportunities for 

U.S. food and agricultural products and 

to encourage research and innovation 

aimed at improving the efficiency and 

performance of the U.S. marketing 

system. Eligible applicants include State 

departments of agriculture, State 

agricultural experiment stations, and 

other appropriate State Agencies. 

Applicants are encouraged to involve 

industry groups, academia, communitybased organizations, and other 

stakeholders in developing proposals 

and conducting projects. In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, the information collection 

requirements have been previously 

approved by OMB under 0581–0240, 

Federal-State Marketing Improvement 

Program (FSMIP). 

DATES: Proposals will be accepted 

through February 11, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit proposals and other 

required documents to: FSMIP Staff 

Officer, Transportation and Marketing 

Programs, Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS), U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 4009 South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250; 

telephone (202) 720–8043; e-mail 

janise.zygmont@usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janise Zygmont, FSMIP Staff Officer; 

telephone (202) 720–8043; fax (202) 

690–4948; or e-mail 

janise.zygmont@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FSMIP is 

authorized under Section 204(b) of the 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

U.S.C. 1621 et seq.). FSMIP provides 

matching grants on a competitive basis 

to enable States to explore new market 

opportunities for U.S. food and 

agricultural products and to encourage 

research and innovation aimed at 

improving the efficiency and 

performance of the U.S. marketing 

system. Eligible applicants include State 

departments of agriculture, State 

agricultural experiment stations, and 

other appropriate State Agencies. Other 

organizations interested in participating 

in this program should contact their 

State Department of Agriculture’s 

Marketing Division. State agencies 

specifically named under the 

authorizing legislation should assume 

the lead role in FSMIP projects, and use 

cooperative or contractual linkages with 

other agencies, universities, institutions, 

and producer, industry or communitybased organizations as appropriate. 

Multi-State projects are encouraged as 

long as one State assumes the 

coordinating role, using appropriate 

cooperative arrangements with the other 

States involved. Applicants other than 

State Departments of Agriculture and 

State agricultural experiment stations 

may wish to include with their 

applications an explanation of how they 

meet the definition of ‘‘other 

appropriate State agency.’’ 

Proposals must be accompanied by 

completed Standard Forms (SF) 424 and 

424A. AMS will not approve the use of 

FSMIP funds for advertising or, with 

limited exceptions, for the purchase of 

equipment. Detailed program guidelines 

may be obtained from the contact listed 

above, and are available at the FSMIP 

Web site: http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

tmd/fsmip.htm. 

Background 

FSMIP funds a wide range of applied 

research projects that address barriers, 

challenges, and opportunities in 

marketing, transportation, and 

distribution of U.S. food and 

agricultural products domestically and 

internationally. 

Eligible agricultural categories 

include livestock, livestock products, 

food and feed crops, fish and shellfish, 

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