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[FR Doc No: 94-12021]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training

 

Announcement of Pending Availability of Funds and a Provisional 
Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) for Program Year 1994; 
Solicitation For Grant Application: Job Training Partnership Act, Title 
IV, Part C, Program Year 1994

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and 
Training, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a competition for Governors, or their 
designated representatives, for grants financed under Part C, Title IV 
of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA IV-C). Initiatives funded 
under this competition will offer eligible veterans access to programs 
designed to prepare them for entry into high skill, high-wage careers. 
These programs are anticipated to start on August 1, 1994.
    It must be emphasized that the requirements for grant applications 
and the availability of funds as set forth in this SGA are strictly 
provisional. Grants will not be awarded based on the criteria 
established by this SGA unless the current JTPA IV-C Regulations are 
removed. A notice of intent to remove the JTPA IV-C regulations was 
announced at 59 FR 10769 on March 8, 1994. Public comments regarding 
this proposed change in rule were due within thirty days after the 
announcement. These comments are currently under review. In the 
interim, copies of this provisional SGA are being mailed to Governors 
in order to provide their States with sufficient time to prepare for 
the pending competition and an August 1 starting date. A final SGA, or 
cancellation of this provisional SGA, should be forthcoming prior to 
the application deadline.

DATES: One ink-signed original, complete grant application plus 2 
copies should be submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of 
Procurement Services, Room S-5220, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210, not later than 4:45 pm EDT, June 13, 1994. Hand 
delivered applications must be received by the Office of Procurement 
Services by that time.
    Any application received at the Office of Procurement Services 
after 4:45 pm EDT will not be considered unless it is received before 
award is made and:
    1. It was sent by registered or certified mail not later than the 
fifth calendar day before June 13, 1994 (i.e., not later than June 8, 
1994);
    2. It was sent by U.S. Postal Service Express Mail Next Day 
Service-Post Office to Addressee, not later than 5:00 pm at the place 
of mailing two working days, excluding weekends and Federal holidays, 
prior to June 13, 1994 (i.e., not later than 5 pm, June 9, 1994).
    The only acceptable evidence to establish the date of mailing of a 
late application sent by registered or certified mail is the U.S. 
Postal Service postmark on the envelope or wrapper and on the original 
receipt from the U.S. Postal Service. If the postmark is not legible, 
an application received after the above closing time and date shall be 
processed as if mailed late. ``Postmark'' means a printed, stamped or 
otherwise placed impression (not a postage meter machine impression) 
that is readily identifiable without further action as having been 
applied and affixed by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service on the 
date of mailing. Therefore applicants shall request that the postal 
clerk place a legible hand cancellation bull's-eye postmark on both the 
receipt and the wrapper or envelope.
    The only acceptable evidence to establish the date of mailing of a 
late application sent by U.S. Postal Service Mail Next Day Service-Post 
Office to Addressee is the date entered by the post office receiving 
clerk on the ``Express Mail Next Day Service-Post Office to Addressee'' 
label and the postmark on the envelope or wrapper and on the original 
receipt from the U.S. Postal Service. ``Postmark'' has the same meaning 
as defined above. Therefore, applicants shall request that the postal 
clerk place a legible hand cancellation bull's-eye postmark on both the 
receipt and the envelope or wrapper.
    The only acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at 
the U.S. Department of Labor is the date/time stamp of the Office of 
Procurement Services on the application wrapper or other documentary 
evidence of receipt maintained by that office.
    Applications sent by telegram or facsimile (FAX) will not be 
accepted.

ADDRESSES: States shall mail their completed applications to: U.S. 
Department of Labor, Office of Procurement Services, Grant Officer, 
Attn: Ms. Lisa Harvey, room S-5220, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Those interested in receiving a copy of SGA 94-01 
shall send their request in writing to this same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING SGA CONTACT: Ms. Lisa Harvey, Office 
of Procurement Services, telephone (202) 219-6445 (this is not a toll-
free number).

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: The State is the eligible applicant for JTPA Title 
IV-C grant awards. Only governors or the administrative entity the 
Governor designates to administer the JTPA IV-C program in the State 
are eligible to receive awards. Only one application will be accepted 
per state.

FUNDING LEVELS: The Department expects the number of awards will be 
anywhere from ten to sixteen (10-16) and are anticipated to be in the 
range of $400,000 to $850,000.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this Ninth day of May 1994.
Lawrence J. Kuss,
Grant Officer, Office of Procurement Services, NCSC.
[FR Doc. 94-12021 Filed 5-17-94; 8:45 am]
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