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4. Interim Federal

Telecommunications Standards are nonmandatory.

5. LMR standards, also called Project

25, is a joint effort that includes state

governments, represented by the

National-Association of State

Telecommunications Directors

(NASTD), and local governments

represented by the Association of

Public-safety Communications Officials,

(APCO) to develop common standards

for (LMR).

6. Proposed Interim Federal Standard

001101 will adopt Telecommunication

Industry Association (TIA) TSB 102.

Proposed Interim Federal Standard

001102 will adopt TIA TSB 102BAAA

and TIA TSB 102BAAB (now in draft).

Proposed Interim Federal Standard

001104 will adopt TIA Interim Standard

102AAAA and National Security

Agency Specification V23–94–1 (for the

encryption of classified information).

Proposed Interim Federal Standard

001107 will adopt TIA TSB 102CAAA

and TSB 102CAAB (now in draft).

Proposed Interim Federal Standard

001108 will adopt TIA Interim Standard

102BABA.

7. Requests for copies of the proposed

Interim Federal Standard 001101,

001102, 001104, 001107, and 001108

should be directed to the National

Communications System. Office of

Technology and Standards, Attn: NT,

701 South Court House Road, Arlington,

VA 22204–2198.

Dated: May 22, 1996

G. Martin Wagner,

Associate Administrator, Office of Policy,

Planning and Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 96–13895 Filed 6–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–25–M

[GSA Bulletin FTR 19]

Federal Travel Regulation;

Reimbursement of Higher Actual

Subsistence Expenses for Official

Travel to Per Diem Localities Impacted

by the Atlanta, Georgia, 1996 Olympic

Games

AGENCY: Office of Policy, Planning and

Evaluation, GSA.

ACTION: Notice of bulletin.

SUMMARY: The attached bulletin informs

agencies of the establishment of a

special actual subsistence expense

ceiling for official travel to locations in

the state of Georgia, and other proposed

surrounding areas, due to the escalation

of lodging rates during the 1996

Olympic Games. it is anticipated that

higher actual subsistence expense

reimbursement rates will be approved

for other localities still in the process of

review which will impact different time

periods.

EFFECTIVE DATES: These special rates are

applicable to claims for reimbursement

covering travel to the Atlanta area in

Georgia during the period June 20

through August 25, 1996; and to the

Peachtree City and Newnan areas of

Georgia during the period June 25

through August 6, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Devoanna R. Reels, General Services

Administration, Travel and

Transportation Management Policy

Division (MTT), Washington, DC 20405,

telephone 202–501–1538.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Administrator of General Services,

pursuant to 41 CFR 301–8.3(c) and at

the request of the Departments of

Commerce and Justice, increased the

maximum daily amount of

reimbursement that agencies may

approve for actual and necessary

subsistence expenses for official travel

to certain Georgia areas impacted by the

1996 Olympic Games. The attached

GSA Bulletin FTR 19 is issued to inform

agencies of the establishment of this

special actual subsistence expense

ceiling.

Dated: May 23, 1996.

Becky Rhodes,

Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of

Transportation and Personal Property.

Attachment

[GSA Bulletin FTR 19]

May 23, 1996

TO: Heads of Federal agencies.

SUBJECT: Reimbursement of higher

actual subsistence expenses for

official travel to per diem localities

impacted by the Atlanta, Georgia,

1996 Olympic Games.

1. Purpose. This bulletin informs

agencies of the establishment of a

special actual subsistence expense

ceiling for official travel to locations in

the state of Georgia, and other proposed

surrounding areas, due to the escalation

of lodging rates during the 1996

Olympic Games. This special rate

applies to claims for reimbursement

covering travel during periods as

specified in paragraph 3, below.

2. Background. The Federal Travel

Regulation (FTR) (41 CFR chapters 301–

304) part 308–8 permits the

Administrator of General Services to

establish a higher maximum daily rate

for the reimbursement of actual

subsistence expenses of Federal

employees on official travel to an area

within the continental United States.

The head of an agency may request

establishment of such a rate when

special or unusual circumstances result

in an extreme increase in subsistence

costs for a temporary period. The

Departments of Commerce and Justice

requested establishment of such a rate

for areas impacted by the 1996 Olympic

Games to accommodate employees who

perform temporary duty there and

experience a temporary but significant

increase in lodging costs due to the

escalation of lodging prices. These

circumstances justify the need for

higher subsistence expense

reimbursement for designated localities

as specified in paragraph 3, below.

3. Maximum rate, effective date, and

affected localities. The Administrator of

General Services, pursuant to 41 CFR

301–8.3(c), has increased the maximum

daily amount of reimbursement that

may be approved for actual and

necessary subsistence expenses for

official travel to some Georgia localities

as sites for the 1996 Olympic Games.

This special reimbursement rate applied

for travel to the following areas of

Georgia:

Atlanta Area

Counties of Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb,

Fulton, and Gwinnett; a higher actual

subsistence expense reimbursement rate

not to exceed $357 ($323 maximum for

lodging and a $34 allowance for meals

and incidental expenses (M&IE)) for

Federal employee travel during the

period June 20 through August 25, 1996.

Peachtree City and Newnan Areas

Counties of Fayette and Coweta,

respectively; a higher actual subsistence

expense reimbursement rate not to

exceed $151 ($125 maximum for

lodging and a $26 allowance) for

Federal employee travel during the

period June 25 through August 6, 1996.

4. Other proposed localities. The

General Services Administration (GSA)

has received a number of inquiries

concerning extraordinary expenses that

will be incurred by Federal employees

required to perform official travel

during the 1996 Olympic Games. Other

Federal agencies have identified

differing localities and time frames for

consideration. Because of the

extraordinary nature created by these

unusual circumstances, it is anticipated

that higher actual subsistence expense

reimbursement rates will be approved

for other localities which will impact

different time periods. In order to keep

Federal agencies apprised, GSA will

issue supplements, as necessary, to this

bulletin.

5. Expiration date. This bulletin

expires on December 31, 1996.
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6. For further information contact.

Devoanna R. Reels, General Services

Administration, Travel and

Transportation Management Policy

Division (MTT), Washington, DC 20405,

telephone 202–501–1538.

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BILLING CODE 6820–24–M

Change in Solicitation Procedures

Under the Small Business

Competitiveness Demonstration

Program

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy,

GSA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Title VII of the ‘‘Business

Opportunity Development Reform Act

of 1988’’ (Public Law 100–656)

established the Small Business

Competitiveness Demonstration

Program and designated nine (9)

agencies, including GSA, to conduct the

program over a four (4) year period from

January 1, 1989 to December 31, 1992.

The Small Business Opportunity

Enhancement Act of 1992 (Public Law

102–366) extended the demonstration

program until September 1996 and

made certain changes in the procedures

for operation of the demonstration

program. The law designated four (4)

industry groups for testing whether the

competitive capabilities of the specified

industry groups will enable them to

successfully compete on an unrestricted

basis. The four (4) industry groups are:

construction (except dredging);

architectural and engineering (A&E)

services (including surveying and

mapping); refuse systems and related

services (limited to trash/garbage

collection); and non-nuclear ship repair.

Under the program, when a

participating agency misses its small

business participation goal, restricted

competition is reinstituted only for

those contracting activities that failed to

attain the goal. The small business goal

is 40 percent of the total contract dollars

awarded for construction, trash/garbage

collection services, and non-nuclear

ship repair and 35 percent of the total

contract dollars awarded for architectengineer services. This notice

announces modifications to GSA’s

solicitation practices under the

demonstration program based on a

review of the agency’s performance

during the period from April 1, 1995 to

March 31, 1996. Modifications to

solicitation practices are outlined in the

Supplementary Information section

below and apply to solicitations issued

on or after July 1, 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Wisnowski, Office of GSA Acquisition

Policy, (202) 501–1224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Procurements of construction or trash/

garbage collection with an estimated

value of $25,000 or less will be reserved

for emerging small business concerns in

accordance with the procedures

outlined in the interim policy directive

issued by the Office of Federal

Procurement Policy (58 FR 13513,

March 11, 1993).

Procurement of construction or trash/

garbage collection with an estimated

value that exceeds $25,000 by GSA

contracting activities will be made in

accordance with the following

procedures;

Construction Services in Groups 15, 16,

and 17:

Procurement for all construction

services (except solicitations issued by

GSA contracting activities in Regions 1,

3, 5, 6, and 9 in SIC Group 15) shall be

conducted on an unrestricted basis.

Procurements for construction

services in SIC Group 15 issued by GSA

contracting activities in Regions 1, 3, 5,

6, and 9 shall be set aside for small

business when there is a reasonable

expectation of obtaining competition

from two or more small businesses. If no

expectation exists, the procurements

will be conducted on an unrestricted

basis.

Region 1 encompasses the states of

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,

New Hampshire, Rhode Island and

Vermont.

Region 3 encompasses the states of

Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia,

Maryland (except Montgomery and

Prince Georges counties), and Virginia

(except the city of Alexandria and the

counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun,

and Prince William).

Region 5 encompasses the states of

Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan,

Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Region 6 encompasses the states of

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.

Region 9 encompasses the states of

Arizona, California, Hawaii, and

Nevada.

Trash/garbage collection services in PSC

S205:

Procurement for trash/garbage

collection services in PSC S205 will be

conducted on an unrestricted basis.

Architect-Engineer services (all PSC

codes under the Demonstration

Program):

Procurements for all architectengineer services (except procurements

issued by contracting activities in GSA

Regions 3, 4, 5, 9, and the National

Capital Region) shall be conducted on

an unrestricted basis.

Procurements for architect-engineer

services issued by contracting activities

in Regions 3, 4, 5, 9, and the National

Capital Region shall be set aside for

small business when there is a

reasonable expectation of obtaining

competition from two or more small

businesses. If no expectation exists, the

procurements may be conducted on an

unrestricted basis.

Region 3 encompasses the states of

Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia,

Maryland (except Montgomery and

Prince Georges counties), and Virginia

(except the city of Alexandria and the

counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun,

and Prince William).

Region 4 encompasses the states of

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,

North Carolina, South Carolina,

Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Region 5 encompasses the states of

Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan,

Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Region 9 encompasses the states of

Arizona, California, Hawaii, and

Nevada.

The National Capital Region

encompasses the District of Columbia,

Montgomery and Prince Georges

counties in Maryland, and the city of

Alexandria and the counties of

Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince

William in Virginia.

Non-nuclear ship repair:

GSA does not procure non-nuclear

ship repairs.

Dated: May 24, 1996.

Ida M. Ustad,

Deputy Associate Administrator for

Acquisition Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Title: Job Opportunity Basic Skills

(JOBS) Participation Rate Quarterly

Report.

OMB No.: 0970–0112.

Description: Jobs participants data

collection form ACF–108. States are

required to report participants’

characteristics on a monthly basis. The

information received from this

collection will provide the data base to

analyze and evaluate the JOBS program

relevant to the degree in which States