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* Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

* Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

* Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

Type of Review: extension without 

changes. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Title: Workforce Investment Act, Title 

1B. 

OMB Number: 1205–0420. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Forms: ETA–9090, ETA 9091. 

Total Respondents: 53 States and 

Territories. 

Frequency: Quarterly and Annual. 

Total Responses Annually: 265. 

Average Time per Response: See 

Tables: 

I. WIASRD Record 

Record type Hrs. per job 

seeker record 

PY 02 annual 

national 

counts 

Annual national burden 

hours 

Adult, DW, NEG Exiters .............................................................................................................. 0.6 435,355 276,450 

Youth Exiters ............................................................................................................................... 2.0 164,266 328,532 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... ........................ 599,621 604,982 

II. Quarterly and Annual Summary 

Reports 

Program Hrs. per year 

per state 

Number of reporting states Annual national hours 

Quarterly Report ETA 9090 ......................................................................................................... 640 53 33,920 

Annual Report ETA 9091 ............................................................................................................ 400 53 21,200 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 1,040 53 55,120 

III. Customer Satisfaction Survey 

Survey task Number of 

states 

Hours per state 

per task/yr 

Total national 

burden hours/ 

yr 

Respondents .............................................................................................................................. 53 83 .3 4,417 

Survey Administration ................................................................................................................ 53 688 36,464 

Survey Prep and Overhead ....................................................................................................... 53 154 8,162 

Total .................................................................................................................................... 53 925 .3 49,043 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

709,145. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): 0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this comment request will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval of the information 

collection request; they will also 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated: July 25, 2008. 

John R. Beverly, 

Administrator, Office of Performance and 

Technology, Employment and Training 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–17651 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service 

Fiscal Years (FYs) 2008 Through 2010 

Stand Down Grant Award Requests 

AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service (VETS), U.S. 

Department of Labor (USDOL). 

ACTION: Initial announcement of 

available FY 2008, FY–2009, and FY–

2010 funds under the Homeless 

Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) 

to Support Local Stand Down Events. 

Funding Opportunity No.: 17–805. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor 

(USDOL), Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service (VETS) continues to 

support local Stand Down events that 

assist homeless veterans and is now 

accepting applications for Stand Down 

grant awards. A Stand Down is an event 

held in a local community where 

homeless veterans are provided with a 

wide variety of social services. Under 

this announcement, VETS anticipates 

that up to $400,000 will be available in 

each of the three fiscal years for grant 

awards of up to a maximum of $10,000 

per multi-day event (more than one 

day), and a maximum of $7,000 for a 

one (1) day event. VETS expects to 

award approximately forty-five (45) 

grants each fiscal year. Availability of 

Fiscal Year 2009, and Fiscal Year 2010 

funds will be dependent upon 

Congressional appropriations. 

Applications for Stand Down funds will 

be accepted from State Workforce 

Agencies and State and local Workforce 

Investment Boards, Veterans Service 

Organizations (VSO), local public 

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agencies, and non-profit organizations, 

including community and faith-based 

organizations. USDOL is not authorized 

to award grant funds to organizations 

that are registered with Internal 

Revenue Service (IRS) as a 501(c)(4) 

organization. 

Application for Stand Down grant 

funding are to be submitted to the 

appropriate State Director of Veterans 

Employment and Training/ Grant 

Officer Technical Representative 

(DVET/GOTR). Address and contact 

information for each State DVET/GOTR 

can be found at Web site address: 

http://www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/ 

contacts/main.htm. 

To be considered for FY–2008 

funding, applications must be received 

within thirty (30) days of this 

announcement. This will allow for 

obligation of funds prior to 9/30/08. 

Any events approved in Fiscal Year 

2008 must be held prior to 12/31/08. 

Applications for other events planned 

in Fiscal Year 2009 must be received at 

least sixty (60) days prior to the event 

and no later than July 30, 2009. 

Applications for events planned in 

Fiscal Year 2010 must be received at 

least sixty (60) days prior to the event 

and no later than July 30, 2010. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Stand Down is a military term 

referring to an opportunity to achieve a 

brief respite from combat. Troops would 

assemble in a base camp to receive new 

clothing, hot food, and a relative degree 

of safety before returning to the front. 

Today more than 160 organizations 

across the country partner with local 

businesses, government agencies, and 

community- and faith-based service 

providers to hold Stand Down events for 

homeless veterans and their families in 

the local community. 

Each year, the Assistant Secretary for 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

awards Homeless Veterans’

Reintegration Program (HVRP) grants to 

programs that enhance employment and 

training opportunities and/or promote 

self-sufficiency for homeless veterans. 

Residual HVRP funds can be awarded as 

grants to organizations sponsoring Stand 

Down events for homeless veterans. 

The critical services provided at a 

Stand Down are often the catalyst that 

enables homeless veterans to reenter 

mainstream society. Typically, some of 

the services available at these events 

include temporary shelter, showers, 

haircuts, meals, clothing, hygiene kits, 

medical examinations, immunizations, 

legal advice, State identification cards, 

veterans benefit information, training 

program information, employment 

services, and referral to other supportive 

services. For the purpose of this Stand 

Down grant award, applicants must plan 

(and indicate in writing in their grant 

application package) to provide the 

following minimum services to 

homeless veteran participants: 

Department of Veterans Affairs 

medical and mental health services; 

Department of Labor—State 

Workforce Agency employment and 

training services to include Disabled 

Veterans’ Outreach Program and Local 

Veterans’ Employment Representatives 

participation where available; 

An assortment of hot and/or cold 

foods to provide to homeless veteran 

participants; 

An assortment of clothing appropriate 

for the local climate to provide to 

homeless veteran participants; and 

Referral services to secure emergency 

housing on-the-spot for homeless 

veteran participants. 

II. Allowable Costs 

Stand Down grant funds must be used 

to enhance employment and training 

opportunities or to promote selfsufficiency for homeless veterans. The 

funds may be used to support Stand 

Down activities such as: 

The purchase of food, bottled water, 

clothing, sleeping bags, one-person 

tents, backpacks filled with nonperishable foods, and hygiene care kits; 

Rental of facilities and/or tents for the 

duration of the Stand Down event; 

Payment for special one-time 

electricity costs, equipment rentals, 

advertising, event posters, portable 

toilets, janitorial/kitchen supplies, and 

communications/Internet access for the 

duration of the Stand Down event; 

The hiring of security personnel for 

the duration of the event; 

Rental of transportation equipment 

(bus, van, car, taxi, etc.) and/or actual 

gasoline expenses of volunteer drivers 

to provide transportation of homeless 

veterans to and from the Stand Down 

event; and 

Other pertinent items and services for 

homeless veteran participants as 

deemed appropriate by USDOL—VETS. 

III. Funding Restrictions 

Stand Down grant funds may not be 

used to pay for administrative costs and 

administrative and/or programmatic 

staff, because these events are usually 

an all ‘‘volunteer’’ effort. Stand Down 

grant funds may not be used to purchase 

special monogrammed tee shirts, pen 

sets, specialty hats (unless for cold 

weather use), military and veteran type 

patches, memento gifts for staff 

members/visitors/volunteers, and any 

other supplementary/replacement 

item(s) that has not been approved by 

the DVET/GOTR. 

IV. Award Information 

The maximum amount that can be 

awarded to support a local Stand Down 

event is $10,000 per applicant per year. 

If the event is held for one (1) day, the 

maximum amount that can be awarded 

is $7,000. 

V. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants 

Eligible applicants will generally fall 

into one of the following categories: 

State and local Workforce Boards, 

Veteran Service Organizations, local 

public agencies, and non-profit 

organizations including community and 

faith-based organizations. Organizations 

registered with the Internal Revenue 

Service as a 501 (c) (4) organizations are 

not eligible to apply for this funding 

opportunity. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching 

Cost Sharing and matching funds are 

not required. However, we strongly 

encourage applicants to maximize the 

resources available to the Stand Down 

event and its homeless veteran 

participants. 

3. Other Eligibility Requirements 

Applicant Registration Requirements: 

All applicants for Federal funding are 

required to include a Dun and 

Bradstreet Number (DUNS) with their 

application. Applicants can obtain a 

DUNS number through the following 

Web site: http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com/ or by 

phone at 1–866–705–5711. 

A. After receiving a DUNS number, all 

grant applicants must also register as a 

vendor with the Central Contractor 

Registration (CCR) through the 

following Web site: http://www.ccr.gov 

or by phone at 1–888–227–2423. CCR 

registration should become active 

within 24 hours of completion. If grant 

applicants have questions regarding 

registration, please contact the CCR 

Assistance Center at 1–888–227–2423. 

After registration, grant applicants 

will receive a confirmation number. 

Grantee listed point of Contact will 

receive a Trader Partnership 

Identification Number (TPIN) via mail. 

The TPIN is, and should remain, a 

confidential password. 

VI. Application Content 

To be considered responsive, all 

applications for Stand Down funding 

must include: 

Applicant letter requesting Stand 

Down funds (original signed in blue 

ink); 

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1. Application for Federal Assistance, 

Standard Form (SF) 424 (OMB No. 

4040–0004) (original signed in blue ink). 

Also Note: The 02 version of the SF–424 

which expires on 1/31/2009 must now 

be used. The Grant Officer will not 

accept previously issued versions of the 

SF–424. 

2. SF–424A, Budget Information 

(OMB No. 4040–0006)—NonConstruction Programs (SF–424 and SF–

424A forms can be downloaded from 

the following Web site: 

www.grants.gov); 

Budget Narrative—a detailed 

description of each planned expenditure 

listed on the SF–424A. The description 

should provide the methodology used in 

determining the cost estimates such as 

quantity and if the item will be 

purchased or rented. Please indicate 

whether the items will be utilized by the 

participants or assist the volunteer(s) at 

the event; 

Complete the Direct Cost Description 

for Applicants and Sub-Applicants (see 

Appendix D); 

Demonstrate and document Stand 

Down Activities and develop a timeline 

for completion of activities. For Stand 

Down events that occur on or after July 

1st, grant applicants must demonstrate 

and document planning activities prior 

to the end of the Fiscal Year (September 

30th); 

Original signed Assurances and 

Certifications Signature Page (see 

Appendix C); 

Complete the Survey on Ensuring 

Equal Opportunity for Applicants (OMB 

No. 1894–0010) (see Appendix E); 

3. A copy of the Central Contractor 

Registration (CCR) confirmation 

number. Please do not send the Trader 

Partnership Identification Number 

(TPIN) (see Section III.3.A.); 

Letters of support, particularly from 

the local One-Stop Career Centers and/ 

or Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program 

Specialists (DVOPs) and Local Veterans’

Employment Representative (LVER) 

staff, the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development (HUD) or the local 

Continuum of Care (COC), Veterans’

Service Organizations (VSO), State and 

local government agencies, local 

businesses, local non-profit 

organizations including communitybased and faith-based organizations, etc; 

when applicable; and 

A copy of the Internal Revenue 

Service documentation indicating 

approval of non-profit status (for 

example: 501(c)(3), 501(c)(19), etc.) as 

required to verify eligibility when 

claiming non-profit status. 

VII. Award Administration Information 

Stand Down funding is a noncompetitive grant awarded on a firstcome, first-served basis until available 

residual funding is exhausted. Funding 

is subject to approval by the Grant 

Officer. If approved, the grantee will 

receive a grant award document and 

financial form to complete in order for 

USDOL Office of Financial Management 

to set-up an account in the Health and 

Human Services, Payment Management 

System (HHS/PMS) to electronically 

draw down funds. 

If awarded funds, the grantee must 

submit the completed HHS/PMS 

financial forms directly to the USDOL, 

Division of Financial Management 

Operations in order to electronically 

draw down funds. The financial forms 

should be sent via FedEx, UPS, or other 

non-U.S. Postal Service provider to 

avoid processing delays. If grantee has 

previously set-up an electronic HHS/ 

PMS account, additional awarded funds 

will be added into that existing bank 

account unless otherwise notified in 

writing. Questions or problems relating 

to the HHS/PMS paperwork or 

processes should be referred to the 

USDOL Office of Financial management 

at (202) 693–4479. 

Upon receipt of grant award financial 

documents, HHS/PMS will forward a 

packet of instructions to the grantee on 

how to set up a payment account. After 

setting up the account, the grantee will 

be able to draw down funds to 

reimburse approved expenses already 

incurred and to cover approved 

expenses that will be paid within three 

(3) days of the draw down. Funds 

requested for draw down through the 

HHS/PMS are directly deposited into 

the account within 24 hours of the 

request. 

Since grantees may draw funds down 

in more than one quarter, up to and after 

the date of the Stand Down event, 

grantees are required to complete a PSC 

Federal Cash Transaction Report (PS 

272) no later than forty-five (45) days 

after the end of each quarter in which 

grantees received all or part of their 

grant award (February 15th, May 15th, 

August 15th, and November 15th). 

Instructions for completing this 

requirement are provided in the HHS/ 

PMS information packet. Grantees are to 

print hard copies of all PSC 272s 

submitted to HHS/PMS and provide 

them with their After Action Activity 

and Expenditure Report submitted to 

their appropriate DVET/GOTR. 

VIII. Required Post-Event Reporting 

No later than forty-five (45) calendar 

days after the Stand Down event, 

grantees must submit the Stand Down 

Report of actual activities and 

expenditures to the appropriate DVET/ 

GOTR and to the USDOL Procurement 

Services. If grantees experience any 

delay in submitting this report, they 

should immediately contact their 

appropriate DVET/GOTR and provide a 

justification to request an extension. 

The following documents are required 

to be submitted by the grantees to their 

appropriate DVET/GOTR, within fortyfive (45) days after completion of the 

Stand Down event: 

An original signed invoice or list of 

all items purchased with USDOL–VETS 

grant funding; 

Original sales receipts of items 

purchased with USDOL–VETS funding; 

Comparison of planned budget items 

(per object class categories listed on the 

SF 424A) vs. actual expenditures. Note, 

some planned expenditure items are 

donated at the last minute for these 

events, therefore, actual expenditures 

are subject to change. If budget revisions 

are needed, grantees are to seek prior 

approval from their appropriate DVET/ 

GOTR; 

• SF 269A, Financial Status Reports 

are to be electronically data entered into 

E-grants and a signed and dated copy 

provided to the appropriate DVET/ 

GOTR. Access to E-grants will be 

provided upon award. SF 269A 

Financial Status Report forms are 

available for download at: 

www.grants.gov); 

The Stand Down After Action Report 

(see Appendix F); and 

Copies of all PSC 272s that were also 

submitted to HHS/PMS. 

Grantees are to submit the Stand 

Down Activity and Expenditure Report 

to the appropriate DVET/GOTR. The 

DVET/GOTR will review the report to 

ensure it is complete and accurate and 

that all expenditures are appropriate, 

and allowable. 

To prevent processing delays and/or 

the need to recoup over payments, 

grantees should wait for notification 

from the DVET/GOTR that the report 

has been reviewed and approved at the 

VETS regional level prior to entering 

financial reports into E-grants, and prior 

to sending the originals to Procurement 

Services. After notification from the 

DVET/GOTR, grantees are to distribute 

the Activity and Expenditure Report as 

follows: 

1. The original SF 269A, signed 

invoice or list of expenditures and the 

Stand Down After Action Report is 

mailed to: U.S. Department of Labor, 

Procurement Services Center, Room 

S–4307, Attn: Cassandra Mitchell, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. 

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Original sales receipts of items 

purchased with USDOL–VETS funding, 

a copy of the signed SF 269A, signed 

invoice or signed list of expenditures, a 

comparison of actual versus planned 

activities and expenditures, Stand Down 

After Action Report, and copies of all 

PSC 272s sent to HHS/PMS are to be 

submitted to the appropriate DVET/ 

GOTR. 

If the DVET/GOTR does not 

recommend approval of a particular 

expenditure, he/she will notify the 

grantee in writing with an explanation 

for the disapproval and instruct grantee 

to electronically return the funds within 

15 calendar days to the HHS/PMS 

account if already drawn down. All FY 

2008 Stand Down awarded funds must 

be electronically drawn down by no 

later than November 30, 2008. If Stand 

Down funds are not electronically 

drawn down by the grantee within 90 

calendar days following the 

commencement of the Stand Down 

event and if practicable, the USDOL 

may reallocate these funds for other 

purposes accordingly. 

Any grantee who fails to comply with 

the guidance set forth in the Stand 

Down Special Grant Provisions and 

reporting requirements will not be 

considered favorably from any future 

funding from U.S. Department of Labor 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service. 

IX. Agency Contacts 

Questions regarding this 

announcement should be directed to the 

DVET/GOTR in your State. Contact 

information for each DVET/GOTR is 

located in the VETS Staff Directory at 

the following Web page: http:// 

www.dol.gov/vets/aboutvets/contacts/ 

main.htm or access the staffing 

directory at Web site address: http:// 

www.dol.gov/vets. 

X. Other Information 

Current competitive HVRP grantees 

are not eligible for a separate noncompetitive Stand Down grant award as 

described in this announcement. 

Current competitive HVRP grantees are 

authorized to utilize existing funds for 

Stand Down purposes. 

Appendices: (Located on U.S. 

Department of Labor, Veterans’

Employment and Training Service Web 

page www.dol.gov/vets follow link for 

2008 Stand Down Grants and Required 

Forms listed under announcements.) 

Appendix A: Application for Federal 

Assistance SF–424 

Appendix B: Budget Information 

Sheet SF–424A 

Appendix C: Certifications and 

Assurances Signature Page 

Appendix D: Direct Cost Description 

for Applicants and Sub-Applicants 

Appendix E: Survey on Ensuring 

Equal Opportunity for Applicants 

Appendix F: Stand Down After 

Action Report 

OMB Information Collection No. 

1205–0458 Expires September 30, 2009 

According to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are 

required to respond to a collection of 

information unless such collection 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 20 hours per response, 

including time for reviewing 

instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the 

data needed, and completing and 

reviewing the collection of information. 

Send comments regarding the burden 

estimated or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including 

suggestions for reducing this burden, to: 

OIRA Desk Officer for VETS/DOL, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Please do not send your completed 

application to the OMB. Send it to the 

sponsoring agency as specified in this 

solicitation. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

July 2008. 

Cassandra Mitchell, 

Grant Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–79–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 08–08] 

Notice of Amendment To Compact 

With the Government of the Republic 

of Madagascar 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

609(i)(2) of the Millennium Challenge 

Act of 2003, as amended (Pub. L. 108–

199, Division D), the Millennium 

Challenge Corporation is publishing a 

summary, justification and the complete 

text of the Amendment to Millennium 

Challenge Compact between the United 

States of America, acting through the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation, and 

the Government of the Republic of 

Madagascar. Representatives of the 

United States Government and the 

Government of the Republic of 

Madagascar executed the Amendment 

documents on July 24, 2008 and July 15, 

2008, respectively. 

Dated: July 29, 2008. 

Henry Pitney, 

Deputy General Counsel, Millennium 

Challenge Corporation. 

Summary of Amendment to Millennium 

Challenge Compact With the 

Government of the Republic of 

Madagascar 

The Board of Directors of the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(MCC) has approved an amendment (the 

Amendment) to the existing 

approximately $109.8 million, four-year 

Millennium Challenge Compact 

between the United States of America, 

acting through MCC, and the 

Government of the Republic of 

Madagascar (the Compact). 

Background 

The Compact was signed April 18, 

2005, entered into force on July 27, 2005 

and, under its original terms, would 

have terminated on July 26, 2009. It is 

the only compact entered into by MCC 

with a four-year rather than a five-year 

term. The main objectives of the 

Compact consist of raising incomes in 

rural areas by increasing land rights 

security and improving land 

administration capacity, expanding the 

financial sector, and increasing 

investment in farms and other rural 

businesses in five high-potential 

geographic zones. The extension of the 

Compact term is intended to allow a 

more complete achievement of the 

Compact’s goals and enhance the 

sustainability of the investments being 

made under the Compact. 

Scope of the Amendment 

The Amendment extends the term of 

the Compact for a single additional year 

without making changes to either the 

scope of program activities or the level 

of funds currently obligated under the 

Compact. The Amendment also 

conforms the Compact’s administrative 

winding up provision to the related 

provision in other compacts that have 

been entered into since the Compact 

was signed. Finally, the Amendment 

updates information with respect to the 

title of the MCC principal representative 

under the Compact. 

Reasons for the Amendment 

The Government of Madagascar is 

unlikely to achieve all of the project 

objectives as defined in the Compact by 

its original termination date in July 

2009. While MCC’s and the Government 

of Madagascar’s efforts continue to keep 

Compact objective realization moving 

forward and are resulting in increased 

disbursement rates, the time allotted for 

implementation of several major 

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