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notification. Comments should be sent 

via e-mail to 

Chad_A._Lallemand@omb.eop.gov or 

fax to 202–395–7285. Copies of 

submission may be obtained by calling 

(202) 712–1365. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Number: OMB 0412–0011. 

Form Number: AID 1010–2. 

Title: Application for Assistance— 

American Schools and Hospitals 

Abroad. 

Type of Submission: Renewal of 

Information Collection. 

Purpose: USAID finances grant 

assistance to U.S. founders or sponsors 

who apply for grant assistance from the 

Office of American Schools and 

Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) on behalf of 

their institutions overseas. ASHA is a 

competitive grants program. The Office 

of ASHA is charged with judging which 

applicants may be eligible for 

consideration and receive what amounts 

of funding for what purposes. 

To aid in such determination, the 

Office of ASHA has established 

guidelines as the basis for deciding 

upon the eligibility of the applicants 

and the resolution on annual grant 

awards. These guidelines are published 

in the Federal Register, 79–36221. 

Annual Reporting Burden: 

Respondents: 85. 

Total annual responses: 85. 

Total annual hours requested: 900 

hours. 

Dated: May 7, 2009. 

Sylvia Lankford, 

Acting Chief, Information and Records 

Division, Office of Administrative Services, 

Bureau for Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–11161 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Office of Administration 

[Docket No. 090326470–9472–01] 

Commerce Alternative Personnel 

System 

AGENCY: Office of Administration, Office 

of Human Resources Management, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Modifications to the 

Department of Commerce Alternative 

Personnel System. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

changes made to the provisions of the 

Commerce Alternative Personnel 

System, formerly the Department of 

Commerce Personnel Management 

Demonstration Project, published in the 

Federal Register on December 24, 1997. 

Also, this notice adds a new 

occupational series of 2150, 

Transportation Operations series to the 

system, and moves the Consumer Safety 

696 occupational series in the (ZP) 

Scientific and Engineering career path 

from the Administrative (ZA) career 

path. 

DATES: The changes announced in this 

notice are implemented as of May 14, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Department of Commerce: Sandra 

Thompson, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Room 5004, Washington, 

DC 20230, (202) 482–3725 or Pamela 

Boyland at (202) 482–1068. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

The Office of Personnel Management 

(OPM) approved the Department of 

Commerce (DoC) Demonstration Project 

(project) and published the final plan in 

the Federal Register Wednesday, 

December 24, 1997 (62 FR Pages 67434– 

67463). The project pursued several key 

objectives of the National Performance 

Review. The project was designed to 

simplify current classification systems 

for greater flexibility in: (1) Classifying 

work and paying employees; (2) 

establishing a performance management 

and rewards system for improving 

individual and organizational 

performance; and (3) improving 

recruiting and examining to attract 

highly-qualified candidates. The 

purpose of the project was to strengthen 

the contribution of human resources 

management and test whether the same 

innovations conducted under the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology alternative personnel 

system would produce similarly 

successful results in other DoC 

environments. The project was 

implemented on March 29, 1998. The 

project plan has been modified six times 

to clarify certain DoC Demonstration 

Project authorities, and to extend and 

expand the project (64 FR Pages 52810– 

52812 (September 30, 1999), 68 FR 

Pages 47948–47949 (August 12, 2003), 

68 FR Pages 54505–54507 (September 

17, 2003), 70 FR Pages 38732–38733 

(July 5, 2005), 71 FR Pages 25615–25616 

(May 1, 2006), and 71 FR Pages 50950– 

50952 (August 28, 2006)). With the 

passage of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 

110–161, on December 26, 2007, the 

project was made permanent (extended 

indefinitely) and renamed the 

Commerce Alternative Personnel 

System (CAPS). 

The CAPS provides for modifications 

to be made as experience is gained, 

results are analyzed and conclusions are 

reached on how the system is working. 

This notice announces that the DoC 

modifies CAPS to add a new 

occupational series 2150, 

Transportation Operations series to the 

system, and moves the Consumer Safety 

696 occupational series in the (ZP) 

Scientific and Engineering career path 

from the Administrative (ZA) career 

path. 

The DoC will follow the CAPS plan as 

published in the Federal Register dated 

December 24, 1997, and subsequent 

modifications as listed in the 

Background Section of this notice. 

Deborah A. Jefferson, 

Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer and 

Director for Human Resources Management. 

Table of Contents 

I. Executive Summary 

II. Basis for CAPS Modification 

III. Changes to the Project Plan 

I. Executive Summary 

CAPS is designed to (1) improve 

hiring and allow DoC to compete more 

effectively for high-quality candidates 

through direct hiring, selective use of 

higher entry salaries, and selective use 

of recruitment incentives; (2) motivate 

and retain staff through higher pay 

potential, pay-for-performance, more 

responsive personnel systems, and 

selective use of retention incentives; (3) 

strengthen the manager’s role in 

personnel management through 

delegation of personnel authorities; and 

(4) increase the efficiency of personnel 

systems through the installation of a 

simpler and more flexible classification 

system based on pay banding through 

reduction of guidelines, steps, and 

paperwork in classification, hiring, and 

other personnel systems, and through 

automation. 

II. Basis for CAPS Modification 

CAPS is designed to provide 

managers at the lowest organizational 

level the authority, control and 

flexibility to recruit, retain, develop, 

recognize, and motivate its workforce, 

while ensuring adequate accountability 

and oversight. 

The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Office of Marine and Aviation 

Operations has requested to add the 

Transportation Operations Series, 2150 

to the Administrative (ZA) career path. 

The series covers duties of which are to 

administer, supervise, or perform work 

involving the planning, directing, or 

operating of rail, motor, air, or water 

transportation systems and service, 


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including positions involving 

responsibility for operation of both 

transportation service and terminal 

facilities. 

NOAA has requested that the 696 

Consumer Safety Series be removed 

from the Administrative (ZA) career 

path and placed in the Scientific and 

Engineering (ZP) career path as the 696 

occupational series is a professional and 

scientific position and has its own OPM 

Individual Occupational Requirements 

to be used in conjunction with OPM’s 

Group Coverage Qualification Standards 

for Professional and Scientific Work. 

The change of this series to the (ZP) 

career path will have no impact on the 

pay, series, or pay band classification of 

employees in this series. A copy of this 

approved Federal Register notice will 

be provided to the affected employees 

prior to making the change effective. 

III. Changes to the Project Plan 

The CAPS at DoC, published in 

Federal Register (FR) Volume 62, 

Number 247, on Wednesday, December 

24, 1997 is amended as follows: 

1. The following series is added to 

Table 2 

Administrative (ZA) Career Path, 2150, 

Transportation Operations Series. 

2. The following series is moved from 

the Administrative (ZA) Career Path and 

placed in the 

Scientific and Engineering (ZP) Career 

Path, 696, Consumer Safety Series. 

[FR Doc. E9–11213 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–03–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Sunshine Act Notice 

The Board of Directors of the 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service gives notice of the 

following meeting: 

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, May 20, 

2009, 12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. 

PLACE: The Almas Shriner Center, 1315 

K St., NW., Washington, DC 20005. Call 

in number: (202) 898–1688. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

12:30–1:15 p.m. 

I. Chair’s Opening Remarks. 

II. Consideration of Prior Meeting’s 

Minutes. 

III. CEO Report. 

IV. Committee Reports: Management, 

Audit and Governance Committee; 

Program and Evaluation Committee; 

Strategic Partnerships Committee 

1:15–2:30 p.m. 

V. Public Testimony on the 

Implementation of the Serve 

America Act. 

ACCOMMODATIONS: Anyone who needs 

an interpreter or other accommodation 

should notify the Corporation’s contact 

person by 5 p.m. Monday, February 4, 

2008. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Emily Samose, Office of the CEO, 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service, 10th Floor, Room 

9613C, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20525. Phone (202) 

606–7564. Fax (202) 606–3460. TDD: 

(202) 606–3472. E-mail: 

esamose@cns.gov. 

Dated: May 12, 2009. 

Frank R. Trinity, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E9–11416 Filed 5–12–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6050–$$–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; Vocational Rehabilitation 

Services Projects for American Indians 

with Disabilities; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.250A. 

Applications Available: May 19, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: July 23, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to provide vocational 

rehabilitation (VR) services to American 

Indians with disabilities who reside on 

or near Federal or State reservations, 

consistent with their individual 

strengths, resources, priorities, 

concerns, abilities, capabilities, 

interests, and informed choice, so that 

they may prepare for and engage in 

gainful employment, including selfemployment, telecommuting, or 

business ownership. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

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

section 121(b)(4) of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 

741). 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2009, this priority is a competitive 

preference priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an 

additional 10 points to an application, 

depending on how well the application 

meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Continuation of Previously Funded 

Tribal Programs 

In making new awards under this 

program, we give priority consideration 

to applications for the continuation of 

vocational rehabilitation service 

programs that have been funded under 

the Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects for American Indians with 

Disabilities program. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 741. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 

and 97. (b) The regulations for this 

program in 34 CFR parts 369 and 371. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$6,079,350. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$315,000–$412,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$380,000. 

Maximum Award: For applicants that 

are proposing to continue a program 

that is currently funded under the 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects for American Indians with 

Disabilities program, the maximum 

award amount for the first project year 

is the greater of (a) $365,000 or (b) an 

amount equal to 103 percent of the 

applicant’s approved budget for the 

applicant’s FY 2008 grant (an increase 

of 3 percent). For applicants that are 

proposing to establish a new program 

under the Vocational Rehabilitation 

Services Projects for American Indians 

with Disabilities program, the maximum 

award amount for the first project year 

is $365,000. 

In addition, the Secretary may limit 

any proposed increases in funding for 

project years two through five to the 

annual estimated percentage change in 

the Consumer Price Index for all Urban 

Consumers (CPIU). 

Estimated Number of Awards: 15. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: The governing 

bodies of Indian Tribes (and consortia of 

those governing bodies) located on 

Federal and State reservations. 

Note: Indian Tribe is defined in the 

program regulations at 34 CFR 371.4 as ‘‘any 

Federal or State Indian band, rancheria, 

pueblo, colony, and community, including 

any Alaskan native village or regional village 

corporation (as defined in or established 

pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act).’’ 


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