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Pursuant to sections 724(e)(1) of 

Public Law 111–84, Task Force 

members who are members of the 

Armed Forces or a civilian officer or 

employee of the United States shall 

serve on the Task Force without 

compensation (other than compensation 

to which entitled as a member of the 

Armed Forces or an officer or employee 

of the United States, as the case may be). 

Other Task Force members shall be 

appointed under the provisions of 5 

U.S.C. 316, and shall serve as special 

government employees. In addition, 

these special government employees 

shall serve with compensation under 

the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3161. 

All Task Force members shall receive 

travel and per diem when traveling on 

official Task Force business. 

With DoD approval, the Task Force is 

authorized to establish subcommittees, 

as necessary and consistent with its 

mission. These subcommittees or 

working groups shall operate under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the Government 

in the Sunshine Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

552b), and other governing Federal 

regulations. 

Such subcommittees or workgroups 

shall not work independently of the 

chartered Task Force, and shall report 

all their recommendation and advice to 

the Task Force for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees or 

workgroups have no authority to make 

decisions on behalf of the chartered 

Task Force; nor can they report directly 

to the Department of Defense or any 

Federal officers or employees who are 

no Task Force members. 

Subcommittee members, who are not 

Task Force members, shall be appointed 

in the same manner as Task Force 

members. 

The Task Force shall meet at the call 

of the Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the co-chairs. The 

estimated number of Task Force 

meetings is five per year. 

The Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to DoD policy, shall be a fulltime or permanent part-time DoD 

employee, and shall be appointed in 

accordance with established DoD 

policies and procedures. 

In addition, the Designated Federal 

Officer is required to be in attendance 

at all Task Force and subcommittee 

meetings; however, in the absence of the 

Designated Federal Officer, the 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer 

shall attend the meeting. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to the Department of Defense 

Task Force on the Care, Management, 

and Transition of Recovering Wounded, 

Ill, and injured Member of the Armed 

Forces membership about the Task 

Force’s mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of the Department of 

Defense Task Force on the Care, 

Management, and Transition of 

Recovering Wounded, Ill, and injured 

Member of the Armed Forces. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Department of Defense 

Task Force on the Care, Management, 

and Transition of Recovering Wounded, 

Ill, and injured Member of the Armed 

Forces, and this individual will ensure 

that the written statements are provided 

to the membership for their 

consideration. Contact information for 

the Department of Defense Task Force 

on the Care, Management, and 

Transition of Recovering Wounded, Ill, 

and injured Member of the Armed 

Forces Designated Federal Officer can 

be obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. 

The Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150, will 

announce planned meetings of the 

Department of Defense Task Force on 

the Care, Management, and Transition 

of Recovering Wounded, Ill, and injured 

Member of the Armed Forces. The 

Designated Federal Officer, at that time, 

may provide additional guidance on the 

submission of written statements that 

are in response to the stated agenda for 

the planned meeting in question. 

Dated: September 22, 2010. 

Mitchell S. Bryman, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24216 Filed 9–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; Technology and Media 

Services for Individuals With 

Disabilities—The Accessible 

Instructional Materials (AIM) Personnel 

Development Center; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2011 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.327W. 

Dates: Applications Available: 

September 28, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: November 29, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: January 26, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purposes of 

the Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities program is 

to: (1) Improve results for children with 

disabilities by promoting the 

development, demonstration, and use of 

technology; (2) support educational 

media services activities designed to be 

of educational value in the classroom 

setting for children with disabilities; 

and (3) provide support for captioning 

and video description of educational 

materials that are appropriate for use in 

the classroom setting, including 

television programs, videos, and 

programs and materials associated with 

new and emerging technologies, such as 

CDs, DVDs, video streaming, and other 

forms of multimedia. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from 

allowable activities specified in the 

statute (see sections 674 and 681(d) of 

the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. 1400 et 

seq.). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2011 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities—The 

Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) 

Personnel Development Center. 

Background: IDEA requires States to 

provide a free appropriate public 

education (FAPE) to all children with 

disabilities. FAPE includes the 

provision of educational materials in 

accessible formats for children with 

disabilities eligible for services under 

Part B of IDEA, including children with 

visual impairments and with other print 

disabilities (section 674(e)(3)(A) of 

IDEA). 

The 2004 amendments to IDEA added 

provisions to improve the timely 

production and dissemination of 

educational materials in accessible 

formats for students who are blind or 

who have print disabilities (see sections 

612(a)(23) and 674(e) of IDEA). These 

provisions include the following: 

• States must adopt the National 

Instructional Materials Accessibility 

Standard (NIMAS) (section 612(a)(23) of 

IDEA). NIMAS is a technical standard 

used by publishers to produce source 

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multiple specialized formats (such as 

Braille or audio books) for students with 

print disabilities. 

• The Department was directed to 

establish the National Instructional 

Materials Access Center (NIMAC), a 

repository for NIMAS files (section 

674(e) of IDEA). For more information 

about NIMAC, go to http:// 

www.nimac.us. 

• States that choose to coordinate 

with NIMAC must require publishers to 

submit NIMAS files to NIMAC as part 

of State textbook purchase agreements 

(section 612(a)(23) of IDEA). 

These provisions were designed to 

ensure that State educational agencies 

(SEAs) and local educational agencies 

(LEAs) meet the educational needs of all 

students with disabilities by providing 

appropriate instructional materials in 

accessible formats. A major barrier to 

the implementation of the NIMAS 

provisions is that some children with 

disabilities are ineligible to use 

materials rendered from NIMAC files. 

The files obtained from NIMAC may 

only be used for children with 

disabilities who are eligible under IDEA 

and who meet the definition of ‘‘blind or 

other persons with print disabilities’’ 

under the Act to Provide Books for the 

Adult Blind (2 U.S.C. 135a), which 

establishes eligibility criteria for 

individuals served under the Library of 

Congress (LOC) regulations (36 CFR 

701.6(b)(1)). These eligibility criteria 

cover individuals who are blind, have 

other visual disabilities, are unable to 

read or use standard print as a result of 

physical limitations, or have reading 

disabilities resulting from organic 

dysfunction. The regulations 

implementing Part B of IDEA require 

SEAs and LEAs to ensure that children 

with disabilities who need instructional 

materials in accessible formats, but are 

not included under the LOC definition 

of blind or other persons with print 

disabilities or who need materials that 

cannot be produced from NIMAS files 

obtained through NIMAC, receive those 

instructional materials in a timely 

manner (34 CFR 300.172(b)(3) and 

300.210(b)(3)). SEAs have addressed 

these requirements in the systems they 

developed for producing, accessing, and 

distributing AIM. However, teachers 

and administrators in LEAs may be 

reluctant to provide AIM to students 

due to a lack of information and 

understanding about eligibility 

requirements, and due to limited 

knowledge of where, and how, to obtain 

AIM for students who require special 

formats (Etemad & Burdette, 2009). 

In response to concerns from SEAs 

and LEAs regarding the complexity and 

limitations of the provisions relating to 

NIMAS that were added to IDEA in 

2004 (the NIMAS provisions) and the 

difficulties SEAs and LEAs were having 

as they began to implement these 

provisions, the Office of Special 

Education Programs (OSEP) awarded 

two 18-month grants to support States, 

the outlying areas, and freely associated 

States implement the NIMAS 

provisions. These grants included the 

Pacific Consortium for Instructional 

Materials Accessibility Project (Pacific 

CIMAP) and the AIM Consortium. The 

Pacific CIMAP facilitated the 

collaborative commitment of the six 

Pacific Basin entities to build local and 

regional capacity for the 

implementation of the NIMAS and 

NIMAC requirements. The 15–State 

AIM Consortium along with the Center 

for Applied Special Technology (CAST) 

worked together to develop State 

systems for increasing the timely 

provision of AIM for students with print 

disabilities, and ensure that those 

systems for identifying, acquiring, and 

using AIM employed high-quality 

procedures and practices. 

Based on the collective needs and 

challenging experiences of SEAs in 

implementing the NIMAS provisions, 

the consortia’s members developed 

products, training modules, and 

materials. These resources are available 

to all States, the outlying areas, and 

freely associated States on the 

consortia’s respective Web sites: http:// 

www.guamcedders.org/main/ 

index.php?pg=pacific_cimap and http:// 

www.cast.org/research/projects/ 

AIM.html. 

While the Pacific CIMAP and the AIM 

Consortium produced effective 

resources, product usability is more 

effective when personnel development 

is provided in conjunction with product 

availability. Both the Pacific CIMAP and 

the AIM Consortium awards were 18- 

month awards. Most of the time and 

resources of these projects focused on 

determining the needs of the States and 

developing the products and resources 

used in the implementation of the 

NIMAS provisions. States, including 

those that were part of the two 

consortia, continue to face the 

significant challenge of ensuring that all 

staff in the States receive training that 

is delivered with consistency and 

fidelity. (Etemad & Burdette, 2009). 

SEAs are responsible for supporting 

LEAs on implementing NIMAS 

provisions. However, many SEAs lack 

the expertise and resources to 

effectively train LEA personnel on how 

to use the products, training modules, 

and materials developed by the two 

consortia or by other OSEP-funded 

NIMAS-related projects (i.e., NIMAC; 

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic 

(RFB&D); the National Instructional 

Materials Accessibility Standard Center 

(NIMAS Center); the AIM Center; and 

Bookshare for Education at Bookshare 

(B4E)). Therefore, OSEP is establishing 

a priority—the AIM Personnel 

Development Center—to improve State 

capacity for training personnel at the 

LEA level to ensure the effective 

delivery of AIM to children with 

disabilities who have visual 

impairments or print disabilities, 

including children who are not 

included under the LOC definition of 

blind or other persons with print 

disabilities and children who need AIM 

materials that cannot be produced from 

NIMAS files obtained through NIMAC. 

Priority: The purpose of this priority 

is to fund a cooperative agreement to 

support the establishment and operation 

of an AIM Personnel Development 

Center (Center). The Center will support 

and work with 25 States to: (1) Develop 

and implement LEA personnel 

development plans for effectively 

training LEA staff on the eligibility 

requirements regarding AIM and on the 

use of AIM products, training modules, 

and materials currently available 

through OSEP-funded NIMAS-related 

projects; and (2) recruit and select 

qualified personnel who will provide 

in-service training to LEA staff on the 

effective use of these resources. For 

purposes of this priority, the term 

‘‘State’’ refers to a State, outlying area, or 

freely associated State. 

To be considered for funding under 

this absolute priority, applicants must 

meet the application requirements 

contained in this priority. The project 

funded under this absolute priority also 

must meet the programmatic and 

administrative requirements specified in 

the priority. 

Application Requirements. An 

applicant must include in its 

application: 

(a) A logic model that depicts, at a 

minimum, the goals, activities, outputs, 

and outcomes of the proposed project. A 

logic model communicates how a 

project will achieve its outcomes and 

provides a framework for both the 

formative and summative evaluations of 

the project. 

Note: The following Web sites provide 

more information on logic models: http:// 

www.researchutilization.org/matrix/

logicmodel_resource3c.html and www.tadnet.

org/model_and_performance. 

(b) A plan to implement the activities 

described in the Project Activities 

section of this priority. 

(c) A plan, linked to the proposed 

project’s logic model, for a formative 


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evaluation of the proposed project’s 

activities. The plan must describe how 

the formative evaluation will use clear 

performance objectives to ensure 

continuous improvement in the 

operation of the Center, including 

objective measures of progress in 

implementing the activities of the 

Center and ensuring the quality of 

products and services. 

(d) A plan for recruiting and selecting 

25 States to participate in the activities 

of the Center. The selection process 

must be transparent and done in 

conjunction with OSEP. 

(e) A plan for, and description of, how 

the Center will incorporate the work of, 

and resources developed from, OSEPfunded NIMAS-related projects in the 

work of the Center; 

(f) A budget for a summative 

evaluation to be conducted by an 

independent third party. 

(g) A budget for attendance at the 

following: 

(1) A one and one half-day kick-off 

meeting to be held in Washington, DC, 

within four weeks after receipt of the 

award, and an annual planning meeting 

held in Washington, DC, with the OSEP 

Project Officer during each subsequent 

year of the project period. 

(2) A two-day Technical Assistance 

and Dissemination Conference in 

Washington, DC, during each year of the 

project period. 

(3) A two-day Technology Project 

Directors’ Conference in Washington, 

DC, during each year of the project 

period. 

(4) A three-day Project Directors’ 

Conference in Washington, DC, during 

each year of the project period. 

(5) A two-day State Representative 

meeting in Washington, DC, with OSEP 

staff in the second year of the project 

period. The budget for attendance at this 

meeting must include travel and per 

diem support for one representative 

from each selected State to attend the 

meeting. 

Project Activities. To meet the 

requirements of this priority, the Center, 

at a minimum, must conduct the 

following activities: 

(a) Identify and describe currently 

available AIM training products, 

materials, modules, and other training 

resources that are produced by OSEPfunded projects related to the 

implementation of the NIMAS 

provisions in the 2004 amendments of 

IDEA. 

(b) Identify and describe currently 

available AIM training products, 

materials, modules, and other training 

resources that are produced by 

publishers, universities, non-profit 

organizations, other federally funded 

projects, and other NIMAS-related 

entities. 

(c) Develop, and make publicly 

available through the Center’s Web site, 

an electronic database of all currently 

available AIM products that are 

identified and described pursuant to 

paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section. 

(d) Recruit and select 25 States in 

accordance with the plan described in 

response to paragraph (d) of the 

Application Requirements of this 

priority. 

(e) Work with the 25 States selected 

under paragraph (d) of this section to 

determine their LEA personnel 

development needs related to each 

State’s system for providing AIM in a 

timely manner, and to develop their 

respective LEA personnel development 

plans. Support the participating States 

in developing and implementing their 

personnel development plans. The 

personnel development plans must 

include in-service training for LEA level 

staff on— 

(1) How to determine if a child has a 

print disability and will benefit from 

AIM; 

(2) Eligibility requirements for 

children with disabilities under IDEA 

and the LOC regulations; 

(3) How to determine the appropriate 

accessible formats needed for a child 

who requires AIM; 

(4) How to obtain AIM; and 

(5) How to effectively use available 

resources with fidelity, including how 

to incorporate the use of AIM products, 

training modules, and materials made 

available through OSEP-funded NIMASrelated projects and other resources; 

(f) Recruit, select, and train personnel 

from each of the 25 participating States 

to provide in-service training to LEA 

staff in their respective States. 

(g) Maintain a Web site that meets 

government or industry-recognized 

standards for accessibility and that links 

to the Web site operated by the 

Technical Assistance Coordination 

Center (TACC). 

(h) Prepare and disseminate reports, 

documents, and other materials on the 

Center’s training activities. 

(i) Maintain ongoing communication 

with the OSEP Project Officer through 

bi-monthly phone conversations and email communication. 

(j) Conduct a formative evaluation in 

accordance with the plan described in 

response to paragraph (c) of the 

Application Requirements in this 

priority. 

References: 

Etemad, P. & Burdette, P. (2009). The 

National Materials Accessibility 

Standard (NIMAS): State 

Implementation Update. Project 

Forum: Alexandria, VA. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department 

generally offers interested parties the 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

priorities and requirements. Section 

681(d) of IDEA, however, makes the 

public comment requirements of the 

APA inapplicable to the priority in this 

notice. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1474 

and 1481(d). 

Applicable Regulations: 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. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

(IHEs) only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

agreement. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$41,223,000 for the Technology and 

Media Services for Individuals with 

Disabilities program for FY 2011, of 

which we intend to use an estimated 

$3,000,000 for the competition 

announced in this notice. 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. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2012 from this competition. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $3,000,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 24 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs; IHEs; 

other public agencies; private nonprofit 

organizations; outlying areas; freely 

associated States; and for-profit 

organizations. 


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2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

3. Other: General Requirements—(a) 

The projects funded under this 

competition must make positive efforts 

to employ and advance in employment 

qualified individuals with disabilities 

(see section 606 of IDEA). 

(b) Applicants and grant recipients 

funded under this competition must 

involve individuals with disabilities or 

parents of individuals with disabilities 

ages birth through 26 in planning, 

implementing, and evaluating the 

projects (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of 

IDEA). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Education Publications Center 

(ED Pubs), U.S. Department of 

Education, P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, 

VA 22304. Telephone, toll free: 1–877– 

433–7827. FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–576– 

7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.EDPubs.gov or at 

its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application package 

from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.327W. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person or 

team listed under Accessible Format in 

section VIII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. You must limit Part III 

to the equivalent of no more than 50 

pages, using the following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ × 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; Part IV, the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, the 

references, or the letters of support. 

However, the page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative section 

(Part III). 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit; or if you apply 

other standards and exceed the 

equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: September 

28, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: November 29, 2010. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants site, or in paper format by mail 

or hand delivery. For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery, please refer to 

section IV.7. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: January 26, 2011. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

competition. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and Central Contractor 

Registry: To do business with the 

Department of Education, (1) you must 

have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); (2) you 

must register both of those numbers 

with the Central Contractor Registry 

(CCR), the Government’s primary 

registrant database; and (3) you must 

provide those same numbers on your 

application. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one business day. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 

The CCR registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete. 

If you are currently registered with the 

CCR, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your CCR 

registration on an annual basis. This 

may take three or more business days to 

complete. 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically or in paper format by mail 

or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

If you choose to submit your 

application to us electronically, you 

must use e-Application, accessible 

through the Department’s e-Grants Web 

site at: http://e-grants.ed.gov. 

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in e-Application 

is voluntary. 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. EApplication will not accept an 

application for this competition after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the application 

process. 

• The hours of operation of the eGrants Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday 

until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 

a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that, 


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because of maintenance, the system is 

unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on 

Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and 

between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, 

DC time. Any modifications to these 

hours are posted on the e-Grants Web 

site. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you submit your 

application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: The Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

You must attach any narrative sections 

of your application as files in a .DOC 

(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF 

(Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph or 

submit a password protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of System Unavailability: If you 

are prevented from electronically 

submitting your application on the 

application deadline date because eApplication is unavailable, we will 

grant you an extension of one business 

day to enable you to transmit your 

application electronically, by mail, or by 

hand delivery. We will grant this 

extension if— 

(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for 

60 minutes or more between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date; or 

(b) E-Application is unavailable for 

any period of time between 3:30 p.m. 

and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, 

on the application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336– 

8930. If e-Application is unavailable 

due to technical problems with the 

system and, therefore, the application 

deadline is extended, an e-mail will be 

sent to all registered users who have 

initiated an e-Application. 

Extensions referred to in this section 

apply only to the unavailability of eApplication. If e-Application is 

available, and, for any reason, you are 

unable to submit your application 

electronically or you do not receive an 

automatic acknowledgment of your 

submission, you may submit your 

application in paper format by mail or 

hand delivery in accordance with the 

instructions in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier), 

you must mail the original and two 

copies of your application, on or before 

the application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.327W) LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by hand delivery, you (or 

a courier service) must deliver the 

original and two copies of your 

application by hand, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.327W) 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

grant notification within 15 business days 

from the application deadline date, you 

should call the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

75.210 and are listed in the application 

package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: In 

the past, the Department has had 

difficulty finding peer reviewers for 

certain competitions, because so many 

individuals who are eligible to serve as 

peer reviewers have conflicts of interest. 

The Standing Panel requirements under 

IDEA also have placed additional 

constraints on the availability of 

reviewers. Therefore, the Department 

has determined that, for some 

discretionary grant competitions, 

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or more groups and ranked and selected 

for funding within specific groups. This 

procedure will make it easier for the 

Department to find peer reviewers, by 

ensuring that greater numbers of 

individuals who are eligible to serve as 

reviewers for any particular group of 

applicants will not have conflicts of 

interest. It also will increase the quality, 

independence, and fairness of the 

review process, while permitting panel 

members to review applications under 

discretionary grant competitions for 

which they also have submitted 

applications. However, if the 

Department decides to select an equal 

number of applications in each group 

for funding, this may result in different 

cut-off points for fundable applications 

in each group. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has 

established a set of performance 

measures, including long-term 

measures, that are designed to yield 

information on various aspects of the 

effectiveness and quality of the 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities program. 

These measures focus on the extent to 

which projects are of high-quality, are 

relevant to improving outcomes of 

children with disabilities, and 

contribute to improving outcomes for 

children with disabilities. We will 

collect data on these measures from the 

projects funded under this competition. 

Grantees will be required to report 

information on their projects’ 

performance in their annual 

performance reports to the Department 

(34 CFR 75.590). 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Glinda Hill, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 4063, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2550. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7376. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: September 23, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24337 Filed 9–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Management; Performance 

Review Board Membership 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of membership of the 

Performance Review Board. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the 

members of the Performance Review 

Board (PRB) for the Department of 

Education for the Senior Executive 

Service (SES) performance cycle that 

ended September 30, 2010. Under 5 

U.S.C. 4314(c)(1) through (5), each 

agency is required to establish one or 

more PRBs. 

Composition and Duties 

The PRB of the Department of 

Education for 2010 is composed of 

career and non-career senior executives. 

The PRB reviews and evaluates the 

initial appraisal of each senior 

executive’s performance, along with any 

comments by that senior executive and 

by any higher-level executive or 

executives. The PRB makes 

recommendations to the appointing 

authority relative to the performance of 

the senior executive, including 

recommendations on performance 

awards. The Department of Education’s 

PRB also makes recommendations on 

SES pay adjustments for career senior 

executives. 

Membership 

The Secretary has selected the 

following executives of the Department 

of Education for the specified SES 

performance cycle: Chair: Winona H. 

Varnon, Thomas Skelly, Danny Harris, 

James Manning, Linda Stracke, Joe 

Conaty, Sue Betka, Russlyn Ali, and 

Martha Kanter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Beth Pultz, Director, Executive 

Resources Team, Human Resources 

Services, Office of Management, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 2E124, LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4573. 

Telephone: (202) 401–0853. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You may view this document, as well 

as all other Department of Education 


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