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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal Nos. 08–98] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense 

Security Cooperation Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of a 

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. 

This is published to fulfill the 

requirements of section 155 of Public 

Law 104–164 dated 21 July 1996. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

B. English, DSCAIDBO/CFM, (703) 601–

3740. 

The following is a copy of a letter to 

the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, Transmittals 08–98 

with attached transmittal, policy 

justification, and Sensitivity of 

Technology. 

Dated: August 5, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Fulbright-Hays 

Group Projects Abroad Program 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.021A. 

DATES:

Applications Available: August 15, 

2008. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: September 26, 2008. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: November 25, 2008. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The FulbrightHays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) 

Program supports overseas projects in 

training, research, and curriculum 

development in modern foreign 

languages and area studies for groups of 

teachers, students, and faculty engaged 

in a common endeavor. Projects are 

short-term and include seminars, 

curriculum development, or group 

research or study. 

Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(ii), these priorities are from 

the regulations for this program (34 CFR 

664.31(g) and 664.32). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2009, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Specific geographic regions of the 

world: A group project funded under 

this priority must focus on one or more 

of the following geographic regions of 

the world: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, 

Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the 

Western Hemisphere (Central and South 

America, Mexico, and the Caribbean), 

East Central Europe and Eurasia, and 

the Near East. 

Competitive Preference and 

Invitational Priorities: Within this 

absolute priority, we are establishing the 

following competitive preference and 

invitational priorities. 

Competitive Preference Priority I: For 

FY 2009, this priority is a competitive 

preference priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i) and 664.31(g) we award 

an additional five (5) points to an 

application that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Projects that focus on any of the 

seventy-eight (78) languages deemed 

critical on the U.S. Department of 

Education’s list of Less Commonly 

Taught Languages (LCTLs) found below. 

This list includes the following: Akan 

(Twi-Fante), Albanian, Amharic, Arabic 

(all dialects), Armenian, Azeri 

(Azerbaijani), Balochi, Bamanakan 

(Bamana, Bambara, Mandikan, 

Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula), Belarusian, 

Bengali (Bangla), Berber (all languages), 

Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cebuano 

(Visayan), Chechen, Chinese 

(Cantonese), Chinese (Gan), Chinese 

(Mandarin), Chinese (Min), Chinese 

(Wu), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Georgian, 

Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew (Modern), 

Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, Japanese, 

Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, Kazakh, 

Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz, Korean, 

Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), 

Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or 

Malaysian), Malayalam, Marathi, 

Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi, 

Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, 

Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua, 

Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala 

(Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, 

Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, 

Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukranian, 

Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek, 

Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and 

Zulu. 

Competitive Preference Priority II: For 

FY 2009, this priority is a competitive 

preference priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i) and 664.31(g), we award 

up to an additional five (5) points to a 

short-term project abroad application 

that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Short-term seminars that develop and 

improve foreign language and area 

studies at elementary and secondary 

schools. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2009 this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

This priority is: 

Projects that support increasing 

participation of underrepresented 

minorities in foreign languages and in 

area and international studies are 

encouraged. 

Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The 

regulations for this program in 34 CFR 

part 664. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$13,372,000 for the Overseas programs 

for FY 2009, of which we intend to 

allocate $2,353,370 for new short-term 

projects under the Fulbright-Hays Group 

Projects Abroad Program. The actual 

level of funding, if any, depends on 

final congressional action. However, we 

are inviting applications to allow 

enough time to complete the grant 

process if Congress appropriates funds 

for this program. 

Note: As part of its FY 2009 budget request, 

the Administration proposed to continue to 

allow funds under this program to be used 

to support the participation of individuals 

who plan to apply their language skills and 

knowledge of countries vital to the United 

States’s national security in fields outside 

teaching, including government, the 

professions, or international development. 

Therefore, institutions of higher education 

may propose projects for visits and study in 

foreign countries by individuals in these 

fields, in addition to those planning a 

teaching career. However, authority to use 

funds for participants outside of the field of 

teaching depends on final congressional 

action. Applicants will be given an 

opportunity to amend their applications if 

this authority is not provided. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000–

$90,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$78,446. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 30. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 12 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: (1) Institutions 

of higher education, (2) State 

departments of education, (3) Private 

nonprofit educational organizations, 

and (4) Consortia of these entities. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Michelle Guilfoil, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6088, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–7625 

or by e-mail: michelle.guilfoil@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

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