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Attorney General; the President 

(through the Attorney General); and 

local, State, tribal, and Federal 

policymakers in the executive, 

legislative, and judicial branches. The 

GAC will also advocate for strategies for 

accomplishing a Global information 

sharing capability. 

Interested persons whose registrations 

have been accepted may be permitted to 

participate in the discussions at the 

discretion of the meeting chairman and 

with approval of the DFE. 

J. Patrick McCreary, 

Global DFE, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 

Office of Justice Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23124 Filed 9–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary: Combating 

Exploitative Child Labor by Promoting 

Sustainable Livelihoods and 

Educational Opportunities for Children 

in Egypt and Jordan 

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor 

Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Solicit 

Cooperative Agreement Applications. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor 

(USDOL), Bureau of International Labor 

Affairs (ILAB), intends to award, 

through a competitive and merit-based 

process, two or more cooperative 

agreements to organizations to 

implement projects to combat 

exploitative child labor by promoting 

educational and training opportunities 

for target children and sustainable 

livelihoods for their households. In FY 

2010, ILAB received Congressional 

authority to fund subgrants and 

microfinance activities. 

ILAB intends to obligate up to $9.5 

million for a child labor elimination 

project(s) in Egypt and up to $4 million 

for a child labor elimination project(s) 

in Jordan. Projects to be funded under 

these solicitations will need to address 

the following five goals: 

1. Reducing exploitative child labor, 

especially the worst forms through the 

provision of direct educational services 

and by addressing root causes of child 

labor, including innovative strategies to 

promote sustainable livelihoods of 

target households; 

2. Strengthening policies on child 

labor, education, and sustainable 

livelihoods, and the capacity of national 

institutions to combat child labor, 

address its root causes, and promote 

formal, nonformal and vocational 

education opportunities to provide 

children with alternatives to child labor; 

3. Raising awareness of exploitative 

and hazardous child labor and its root 

causes, and the importance of education 

for all children and mobilizing a wide 

array of actors to improve and expand 

education infrastructures; 

4. Supporting research, evaluation, 

and the collection of reliable data on 

child labor, its root causes, and effective 

strategies, including educational and 

vocational alternatives, microfinance 

and other income generating activities 

to improve household income; and 

5. Ensuring the long-term 

sustainability of these efforts. 

ILAB intends to solicit cooperative 

agreement applications from qualified 

organizations (i.e., any commercial, 

international, educational, or non-profit 

organization, including any faith-based, 

community-based, or public 

international organization(s), capable of 

successfully developing and 

implementing child labor projects) to 

implement these projects. Please refer to 

http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/ 

main.htm for examples of previous 

notices of availability of funds and 

solicitations for cooperative agreement 

applications (SGAs). 

Key Dates: The forthcoming SGAs will 

be published on http://www.grants.gov 

and USDOL/ILAB’s Web site. A brief 

synopsis of the SGA(s), which will 

include Web site links to the full text 

solicitation(s), will be published in the 

Federal Register. The SGA(s) will 

remain open for at least 45 days from 

the date of publication. All cooperative 

agreement awards will be made on or 

before December 31, 2010. 

Submission Information: Applications 

in response to the forthcoming SGAs 

may be submitted electronically via 

http://www.grants.gov or hard copy by 

mail. Hard copy applications must be 

delivered to: U.S. Department of Labor, 

Procurement Services Center, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S– 

4307, Washington, DC 20210, Attention: 

Georgiette Nkpa. Any application sent 

by other delivery methods, including email, telegram, or facsimile (FAX) will 

not be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Georgiette Nkpa. E-mail address: 

nkpa.georgiette@dol.gov. All inquiries 

should make reference to the USDOL 

Combating Exploitative Child Labor by 

Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods and 

Educational Opportunities for Children 

in Egypt and Jordan—Solicitations for 

Cooperative Agreement Applications. 

Information on specific target groups, 

sectors, geographic regions, and funding 

levels for the potential projects in the 

countries listed above will be addressed 

in one or more solicitations for 

cooperative agreement applications to 

be published prior to September 30, 

2010. Potential applicants should not 

submit inquiries to USDOL for further 

information on these award 

opportunities until after USDOL’s 

publication of the solicitation(s). For a 

list of frequently asked questions on 

ILAB’s Solicitations for Cooperative 

Agreement Applications (based on last 

year’s solicitation, SGA 09–06), please 

visit http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/ 

20090624/SGAQandAs.pdf. 

Background Information: Since 1995, 

the U.S. Congress has appropriated over 

$780 million to ILAB for efforts to 

combat exploitative child labor 

internationally. This funding has been 

used to support technical cooperation 

projects to combat exploitative child 

labor, including the worst forms, in 

more than 80 countries around the 

world. Technical cooperation projects 

funded by USDOL range from targeted 

action programs in specific sectors of 

work to more comprehensive programs 

that support national efforts to eliminate 

the worst forms of child labor, as 

defined by International Labor 

Organization (ILO) Convention 182. 

USDOL-funded projects have 

withdrawn or prevented over 1.4 

million children from exploitative child 

labor. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of 

September, 2010. 

Cassandra R. Mitchell, 

Grant Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23081 Filed 9–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request Submitted for Public 

Comment and Recommendations; 

Safety Defects; Examination, 

Correction and Records, 30 CFR 56/ 

57.14100, 56/57.13015, 56/57.13030, 

and 56/57.18002 (Pertains to Metal and 

Nonmetal (M/NM) Surface and 

Underground Mines) 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program 

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