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where or by whom the materials were 

manufactured. 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–11821 Filed 5–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Information Card 

Foundation 

Notice is hereby given that, on April 

17, 2009, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Information Card 

Foundation has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Google, Inc., Mountain 

View, CA has been added as a party to 

this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and Information 

Card Foundation intends to file 

additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On June 2, 2008, Information Card 

Foundation filed its original notification 

pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The 

Department of Justice published a notice 

in the Federal Register pursuant to 

Section 6(b) of the Act on July 16, 2008 

(73 FR 40883). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on February 11, 2009. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on March 13, 2009 (74 FR 10967). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–11822 Filed 5–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

National Institute of Corrections 

Solicitation for a Cooperative 

Agreement: Green Corrections 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Corrections, Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Solicitation for a cooperative 

agreement. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals 

from organizations, groups, or 

individuals who would like to enter an 

8-month cooperative agreement to write 

a 45–50 page white paper exploring 

implementation strategies to introduce 

and increase awareness of 

environmental and conservation efforts 

to the field of corrections. 

The Research and Evaluation Division 

will use the information from the white 

paper to collaborate with other Institute 

divisions (Prisons, Jails, Community 

Corrections, and Transition and 

Workforce Development) in developing 

and implementing training and 

technical assistance opportunities. The 

final white paper will become available 

to the public domain. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

by 4 p.m. EST on Thursday, June 19, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Mailed applications must be 

sent to Director, National Institute of 

Corrections, 320 First Street, NW., Room 

5007, Washington, DC 20534. 

Applicants are encouraged to use 

Federal Express, UPS, or similar service 

to ensure delivery by the due date. 

Hand delivered applications should 

be brought to 500 First Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20534. At the front 

desk, call (202) 307–3106, extension 0 

for pickup. 

Faxed applications will not be 

accepted. Only electronic applications 

submitted via http://www.grants.gov 

will be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of this announcement and the 

required application forms can be 

downloaded from the NIC Web site at 

http://www.nicic.gov/ 

cooperativeagreements. 

All technical or programmatic 

questions concerning this 

announcement should be directed to 

Sherry Carroll, Correctional Program 

Specialist, National Institute of 

Corrections. She can be reached by 

calling 1–800–995–6423 extension 0378 

or by e-mail at scarroll@bop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: NIC’s interest in this 

project is to contribute to the 

advancement of corrections by 

developing innovative solutions to raise 

the awareness of correctional 

administrators and to help them stay 

abreast of societal issues that are being 

raised in legislative, societal, and 

political forums. Additionally, NIC aims 

to inform correctional administrators of 

new legislation that has been brought 

before Congress addressing energy 

efficiency and renewable energy. 

The Bureau of Justice Statistics found 

that per capita expenditure for each 

justice function increased between 1982 

and 2003, with corrections having the 

largest per capita increase of 423% (BJS, 

2003)—a growth rate higher than both 

law enforcement and the judiciary. With 

agencies competing for performancebased budgets, agencies must show they 

are operating effectively and efficiently. 

This is the beginning of what could be 

a new generation of correctional 

facilities. Facilities may be required to 

enhance their infrastructures by 

implementing self-sustaining and 

environmentally friendly processes for 

day-to-day operations, or as backup 

plans during times of emergency. This 

also increases the potential for facilities 

to create green products and services 

that will reduce costs and improve 

green-collar job skills inside and outside 

of the facility. Reducing operational 

costs will allow more funding to be 

directed to programs designed to 

produce long-term, positive effects on 

offenders re-entering the community. 

Correctional administrators have 

attempted to address workforce 

challenges by introducing skilled trades, 

vocational programs, apprenticeships, 

and college courses to offenders. Still, 

few job assignments are offered to 

offenders. Dr. Raquel Pinderhughes 

(2007) completed a study suggesting 

that there are barriers to employment for 

former offenders with low levels of 

education. 

According to the American Solar 

Energy Society, jobs in renewableenergy and energy-efficiency industries 

could increase to 40 million by 2030 

(MacMillian, 2008). It is believed that 

most firms are not prepared to handle 

the rapid growth of these types of jobs 

and will experience a shortage of 

qualified green-collar workers. There 

will also be a greater need for greencollar jobs as traditional blue-collar jobs 

have become less available and 

competition for them increases (Jones 

and Wyskida 2007). 

New green-collar jobs require less 

licensing than some blue-collar jobs 

(Pinderhughes, 2007). This may increase 

the potential for former offenders to find 

gainful employment after their release. 

Green-collar skills are transferable and 


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