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NIJ–Approved Laboratory Application 

and Agreement: Estimated 8 to 10 

respondents at 1 hour each. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The estimated total public 

burden associated with this information 

is 310 hours in the first year and 100 

hours each subsequent year. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Lynn Bryant, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building, 

Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20530. 

June 25, 2009. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, Department of 

Justice. 

[FR Doc. E9–15501 Filed 6–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

National Institute of Corrections 

Solicitation for a Cooperative 

Agreement—Direct Supervision: 

Curriculum Development 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Corrections, Department of Justice 

ACTION: Solicitation for a Cooperative 

Agreement 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Corrections (NIC), Jails Division, is 

seeking applications for the 

development of two training program 

curricula: one that focuses on the role of 

the housing-unit officer and shift 

supervisor in a direct supervision jail 

and another that focuses on the role of 

the administrator in a direct supervision 

jail. The project will be for an eighteenmonth period, and will be carried out in 

conjunction with the NIC Jails Division. 

NIC Jails Division staff will direct the 

project and will participate in 

curriculum design, lesson plan 

development, and the creation of 

training-related materials. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

by 4 p.m. (EDT) on Friday, July 24, 

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 a similar 

service to ensure delivery by the due 

date. 

Applicants who wish to hand-deliver 

their applications should bring them to 

500 First Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20534 and dial (202) 307–3106, ext. 0 at 

the front desk for pickup. 

Faxed or e-mailed applications will 

not be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: A copy of 

this announcement can be downloaded 

from the NIC Web page at http://

www.nicic.gov/cooperativeagreements. 

All technical or programmatic 

questions concerning this 

announcement should be directed to 

Robbye Braxton-Mintz, Correctional 

Program Specialist, National Institute of 

Corrections. Ms. Braxton-Mintz can 

reached by calling 1–800–995–6423 

ext. 4–4562 or by e-mail at 

rbraxtonmintz@bop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Direct supervision jails 

combine a physical plant design, 

interior fixtures and furnishings, and an 

inmate management philosophy to 

significantly reduce the problems 

commonly associated with jails, such as 

violence, vandalism, inmate rule 

violations, and unsanitary conditions. 

Direct supervision is based on eight 

principles: (1) Effective control, (2) 

effective supervision, (3) competent 

staff, (4) safety of staff and inmates, (5) 

manageable and cost-effective 

operations, (6) effective communication, 

(7) classification and orientation, and (8) 

justice and fairness. 

Although all staff in a direct 

supervision jail must understand the 

principles and their operational 

implications, there are three staff 

positions that are key in the 

implementation of direct supervision: 

the jail administrator, the shift 

supervisors, and the housing-unit staff. 

With the development of these two 

curricula, NIC will be able to offer 

training programs that will better 

prepare staff in each of these positions 

to carry out their duties in support of 

direct supervision. 

The two curricula are: ‘‘The Role of 

the Housing Officer and Supervisor in a 

Direct Supervision Jail’’ and ‘‘The Role 

of the Administrator in a Direct 

Supervision Jail—Commitment, 

Leadership, and Support.’’ 

‘‘The Role of the Housing Officer and 

Supervisor in a Direct Supervision Jail’’ 

curriculum will focus on the role of the 

housing-unit officer and the shift 

supervisor in a direct supervision jail. It 

will be based on the NIC program titled 

‘‘How to Run a Direct Supervision 

Housing Unit: Training for Trainers.’’ 

This program is currently designed to 

familiarize staff trainers in jails with 

‘‘How to Run a Direct Supervision 

Housing Unit,’’ and prepare them to 

conduct this program for staff in their 

own jail. 

Under this cooperative agreement 

project, the ‘‘How to Run a Direct 

Supervision Housing Unit’’, curriculum 

will be updated. Participants will be 

teams of two trainers and two shift 

supervisors from each participating jail. 

This program will consist of two phases. 

At the completion of the first phase, the 

trainers and shift supervisors will split 

up and receive additional instruction. 

For the trainers, the instruction will 

focus on how to conduct this training 

program for staff in their own jail. For 

the supervisors, the instruction will 

focus on their role in supporting the 

officer in effective housing-unit 

management. There should be the 

opportunity for participant teams to 

develop an action plan to conduct ‘‘How 

to Run a Direct Supervision Housing 

Unit’’ for their housing-unit staff. 

‘‘The Role of the Administrator in a 

Direct Supervision Jail—Commitment, 

Leadership, and Support’’ will be a new 

curriculum focusing on the role of the 

administrator in a direct supervision 

jail. It will include, at a minimum, a 

discussion of the direct supervision 

principles; the jail administrator’s 

leadership role related specifically to 

direct supervision; recruiting, hiring, 

promoting, and training staff in support 

of direct supervision; common 

challenges in implementing and 

sustaining direct supervision 

operations; decision making within the 

context of direct supervision; and 

assessing operations and operational 

outcomes within the framework of 

direct supervision. Only administrators 

will be participants in this program. 

Objectives: Two training curricula are 

to be developed. The first will focus on 

the role of the housing-unit officer and 

the shift supervisor in implementing 

and supporting direct supervision. The 

second will focus on the role of the jail 

administrator in providing leadership 

and support for direct supervision. 

Use of Curricula: NIC will use these 

curricula as the basis for its training 

programs on the role of the housing unit 

officer, shift supervisor, and 

administrator in a direct supervision 

jail. 

The curricula will become the sole 

property of NIC, and will not be 

published for general distribution; 

however, curricula materials will be 

made available to training participants. 

Scope of Work: The work will involve 

the production of two complete 

curricula, each of which will include: 

program description (overview); 

detailed narrative lesson plans; 

presentation slides for each lesson plan, 

and; participant manual that follows the 

lesson plans. 

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The curricula will be designed for 

adult learners and will take into account 

the need to accommodate a variety of 

learning styles. Lesson plans will be in 

a format provided by NIC. 

The schedule for the development of 

both curricula will include, at a 

minimum, the following activities: meet 

with NIC project manager for project 

overview and initial planning; review 

materials provided by NIC; meet with 

NIC staff to draft a framework for each 

curriculum, including content topics, 

sequencing, and time frames; meet with 

NIC staff to outline content for each 

module and assign writers (including 

one NIC staff); write lesson plans; 

exchange lessons plans among the 

writers for review; revise lesson plans; 

send lesson plans to advisory committee 

for review and comment (committee is 

composed of five members identified by 

NIC and paid by the awardee); meet 

with NIC staff to review comments and 

agree on revisions; revise lesson plans; 

develop participant manual, 

presentation slides, and program 

overview; submit final draft of all 

materials to NIC for review; revise as 

directed by NIC; and submit final 

curricula in camera-ready hard copy 

and on disk in Word format. 

‘‘The Role of the Housing Officer and 

Supervisor in a Direct Supervision Jail’’ 

is to be developed first. Because of the 

length and complexity of this curricula, 

lesson plans should be grouped into 

thirds for development. Also, this 

curriculum is to be piloted in the 

Washington, DC area. To conduct the 

pilot, the awardee will hire four 

instructors for this nine-day program 

and pay for their fees, travel, lodging, 

meals, and any other related expenses. 

NIC will secure training space and 

equipment, select participants, and pay 

for all costs related to participant 

materials and participant travel, 

lodging, and meals, where necessary. 

The pilot will be conducted after all 

lesson plans, presentation slides, and 

the participant manual are drafted. 

‘‘The Role of the Administrator in a 

Direct Supervision Jail—Commitment, 

Leadership, and Support’’ is to be 

developed second and will be informed, 

at least in part, by the first curriculum. 

This curriculum will not be piloted 

under this cooperative agreement. 

Application Requirements: An 

application package must include OMB 

Standard Form 425, Application for 

Federal Assistance; a cover letter that 

identifies the audit agency responsible 

for the applicant’s financial accounts as 

well as the audit period or fiscal year 

that the applicant operates under (e.g., 

July 1 through June 30); and an outline 

of projected costs. The following 

additional forms must also be included: 

OMB Standard Form 424A, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs; OMB Standard Form 424B, 

Assurances—Non-Construction 

Programs (all OMB Standard Forms are 

available at http://www.grants.gov); 

DOJ/FBOP/NIC Certification Regarding 

Lobbying, Debarment, Suspension and 

Other Responsibility Matters; and the 

Drug-Free Workplace Requirements 

(available at http://www.nicic.org/

Downloads/PDF/certif-frm.pdf.) 

Applications should be concisely 

written, typed double-spaced and 

reference the NIC Opportunity Number 

and Title provided in this 

announcement. 

For applications that are hand 

delivered or submitted via Fed-Ex, 

please include an original and three 

copies of the full proposal (program and 

budget narrative, application forms, 

assurances, and sample curriculum.) 

(Note that sample curriculum may be 

submitted in hard copy or on disk in 

Word or WordPerfect format.) The 

original package should have the 

applicant’s signature in blue ink. 

Electronic submissions will only be 

accepted via http://www.grants.gov. 

The narrative portion of the 

application should include, at a 

minimum, a brief paragraph indicating 

the applicant’s understanding of the 

project’s purpose; brief paragraph that 

summarizes the project goals and 

objectives; clear description of the 

methodology that will be used to 

complete the project and achieve its 

goals; statement or chart of measurable 

project milestones and time lines for the 

completion of each milestone; 

description of the qualifications of the 

applicant organization and a resume for 

the principle and each staff member 

assigned to the project that documents 

relevant knowledge, skills and ability to 

carry out the project; and a budget that 

details all costs for the project, shows 

consideration for all contingencies for 

this project, and notes a commitment to 

work within the proposed budget. 

In addition, a curriculum developed 

by the applicant or primary project-team 

members must be included as a part of 

the application package. This 

curriculum must include lesson plans, 

presentation slides, and a participant 

manual. There must also be a 

description of the role of the applicant 

or project-team member in the 

development of this sample curriculum. 

The curriculum submitted DOES NOT 

have to be related to direct supervision. 

Authority: Public Law 93–415. 

Funds Available: NIC is seeking 

applicants’ best ideas regarding 

accomplishments of the scope of work 

and the related costs for achieving the 

goals of this solicitation. Funds may 

only be used for the activities that are 

linked to the desired outcome of the 

project. 

Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible 

applicant is any State or general unit of 

local government, private agency, 

educational institution, organization, 

individual or team with expertise in the 

described areas. Applicants must have 

demonstrated ability to implement a 

project of this size and scope. 

Review Considerations: Applications 

will be evaluated by a three to five 

member review panel. The criteria for 

the evaluation of each application will 

be as follows: 

Programmatic—16% 

Is there a clear understanding of the 

purpose of the project and scope of 

project activities? Does the applicant 

define all work and related resources 

required? Is there a clear understanding 

of the unique operational elements of a 

direct supervision training? Is there a 

clear understanding of the different 

roles of the administrator, supervisor 

and line staff in a direct supervision 

jail? Is there an innovative aspect to the 

applicant’s approach or design that 

merits special consideration? 

Organization—20% 

Is there a description of the 

background and expertise of all project 

personnel as they relate to this project? 

Do key project team members 

(individually or collectively) have 

experience with and expertise in jails 

generally and direct supervision jails 

specifically; have experience in 

designing, managing, facilitation or 

delivering training on direct 

supervision; have the skill, ability and 

expertise to fulfill the intent and 

purpose of their identified roles? 

Including any sub-awardee relationship 

proposed is the organization capable of 

developing, managing and controlling 

this type of project? Does the staffing 

plan propose sufficient and realistic 

time commitment from key personnel? 

Project Management—18% 

Does the applicant provide a clear, 

complete and precise description of the 

design and methodology for the 

proposed project? Does the applicant 

include measurable goals and specific 

quantifiable objectives? Does the 

application identify reasonable tasks 

and milestones in order to achieve goals 

and objectives? Does the applicant 

describe realistic and reasonable time 

frames to accomplish all project 

activities? 

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Budget—7% 

Does the applicant provide adequate 

project cost detail/narrative to support 

the proposed budget? Is the estimated 

cost reasonable in relation to the 

anticipated results? 

Curricula Review—39% 

Has the applicant provided a sample 

of their curriculum including lesson 

plans, participant manuals or 

presentation slides? Is the curriculum 

design based on Instructional Theory 

Into Practice model? Do lesson plans 

include measurable performance 

objectives and are they well written 

(spelling, grammar)? Is the participant 

manual clear and does it follow the 

lesson plans? Do the presentation slides 

illustrate information from the lesson 

plans and do they have eye appeal? 

Note: NIC will not award a cooperative 

agreement to an applicant who does not have 

a Dun and Bradstreet Database Universal 

Number (DUNS) and is not registered in the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR). 

Applicants can receive a DUNS number at 

no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free 

DUNS number request line at 1–800–333– 

0505 (if you are a sole proprietor, dial 1–866– 

705–5711 and select option 1). 

Applicants may register in the CCR online 

at the CCR Web site: http://www.ccr.gov. A 

CCR handbook and worksheet can also be 

reviewed at the Web site. 

Number of Awards: One. 

NIC Opportunity Number: 09J72. This 

number should appear as a reference 

line in the cover letter, where the 

opportunity number is requested on the 

Standard Form 424, and outside of the 

envelope in which the application is 

sent. 

Questions and Answers: Any 

questions not addressed through this 

announcement can be submitted in 

writing to Robbye Braxton-Mintz via email (rbraxtonmintz@bop.gov). Only 

questions received by 4 p.m. (EDT) on 

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 will be 

answered. Answers will be posted on 

NIC’s Web site by 4 p.m. (EDT) on 

Friday, July 17, 2009. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 16.601. 

Executive Order 12372: This project is 

not subject to the provision of Executive 

Order 12372. 

Morris L. Thigpen, 

Director, National Institute of Corrections. 

[FR Doc. E9–15548 Filed 6–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–36–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. NRC–2009–0243] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to 

submit an information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) and solicitation of public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC invites public 

comment about our intention to request 

the OMB’s approval for renewal of an 

existing information collection that is 

summarized below. We are required to 

publish this notice in the Federal 

Register under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Information pertaining to the 

requirement to be submitted: 

1. The title of the information 

collection: NRC Form 398: ‘‘Personal 

Qualification Statement—Licensee’’. 

2. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0090. 

3. How often the collection is 

required: On occasion and every six 

years (at renewal). 

4. Who is required or asked to report: 

Individuals requiring a license to 

operate the controls at a nuclear reactor. 

5. The number of annual respondents: 

1,410. 

6. The number of hours needed 

annually to complete the requirement or 

request: 3,285 (2.33 hours per response). 

7. Abstract: NRC Form 398 requests 

detailed information that should be 

submitted by a licensing applicant and 

facility licensee when applying for a 

new or renewal license to operate the 

controls at a nuclear reactor facility. 

This information, once collected, would 

be used for licensing actions and for 

generating reports on the Operator 

Licensing Program. 

Submit, by August 31, 2009, 

comments that address the following 

questions: 

1. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the NRC to 

properly perform its functions? Does the 

information have practical utility? 

2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 

3. Is there a way to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

4. How can the burden of the 

information collection be minimized, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology? 

A copy of the draft supporting 

statement may be viewed free of charge 

at the NRC Public Document Room, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD 

20852. OMB clearance requests are 

available at the NRC worldwide Web 

site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/

doc-comment/omb/index.html. The 

document will be available on the NRC 

home page site for 60 days after the 

signature date of this notice. Comments 

submitted in writing or in electronic 

form will be made available for public 

inspection. Because your comments will 

not be edited to remove any identifying 

or contact information, the NRC 

cautions you against including any 

information in your submission that you 

do not want to be publicly disclosed. 

Comments submitted should reference 

Docket No. NRC–2009–0243. You may 

submit your comments by any of the 

following methods. Electronic 

comments: Go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and search for 

Docket No. NRC–2009–0243. Mail 

comments to NRC Clearance Officer, 

Tremaine Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. Questions 

about the information collection 

requirements may be directed to the 

NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine 

Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, by telephone at 301– 

415–6874, or by e-mail to 

INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day 

of June 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Tremaine Donnell, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information 

Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–15520 Filed 6–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. NRC–2009–0136] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of 

information collection and solicitation 

of public comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently 

submitted to OMB for review the 

following proposal for the collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44