[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1011]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No. 970109004-7004-01]
RIN 0625-ZA04
Amend Cooperative Program to Establish and Operate ``American
Business Centers'' in the Newly Independent State of the Former Soviet
Union
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Reference 58 FR 36941, July 9, 1993, the International Trade
Administration (ITA) announces that it will accept competitive
proposals from organizations currently managing one, or more, American
Business Center(s) to continue operations at their respective site(s).
Each organization currently working with ITA under a cooperative
agreement may submit competitive proposals for up to $150,000 in
additional Federal support to continue operations for up to an
additional twelve months. Successful Applicants will be funded by
amending existing cooperative agreements. The total amount of award
funds available is $650,000.
DATES: Applications must be received no later than 4:30 pm, E.S.T.,
February 14, 1997. Applications received after that time will not be
reviewed by ITA. Applications will not be accepted via e-mail or
facsimile machine transmission.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be mailed or hand delivered to, and
Application Kits may be obtained from, the U.S. Department of Commerce,
Room 1235, HCHB, Washington, D.C. 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Vivian Spathopoulos, Deputy
Director, Russia/NIS Program Office, U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service,
U.S. Department of Commerce, telephone: (202) 482-2902.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposals will be reviewed competitively
against the following seven criteria: Quality of Work Plan, 30%; U.S.
Trade and Investment Opportunities, 30%; Plan for Self-Sustainability,
10%; Success to Date, 15%; U.S. Small Business Utility, 5%;
Qualifications of Applicant, 5%; and, Reasonableness of Cost, 5%. The
application selection process will be the same as those published in
the July 9, 1993 Federal Register notice referenced above. ITA reserves
the right to reject any or all of the proposals.
This announcement extends the period of time during which an
American Business Center (ABC) operator may receive Federal assistance
from three (03) to four (04) years and postpones the end date of the
program from September 30, 1997 to September 30, 1998. All other terms
and conditions listed in the above referenced Federal Register notice
remain in effect. All eligible Applicants will be sent an Application
Kit via overnight mail or other priority mail.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to nor shall a person be subject to penalty for failure to comply with
a collection of information subject to the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) unless that collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
This action involves collections of information subject to the PRA
and have been approved under control numbers 0348-0040, 0348-0043,
0348-0044, 0348-0046 and 0605-0001.
ITA will accept only those applications submitted by institutions
currently administering one, or more, ABC(s) under the terms of this
program. Incumbent operators may only apply to secure additional
funding to continue operations at the site(s) where the Applicant
already operates an ABC. Applicants must submit separate applications
for each site.
Dated: January 7, 1997.
Lauri J. Fitz-Pegado,
Assistant Secretary and Director General, The Commercial Service.
[FR Doc. 97-1011 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am]
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