[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 15383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8304]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[Docket No. 971202287-8077-02]


Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT)

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This Notice supplements the Federal Register Notice of January 
23, 1998 (63 FR 3540-3543) announcing the availability of funds for the 
Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT), for 
training business executives (also referred to as ``interns'') from the 
Russian Federation. All information in the previous announcement 
remains current, except for the changes to the closing date and the 
amount of financial assistance available for the program, as explained 
herein.

DATES: This Notice extends the closing date of the referenced Federal 
Register Notice for four months to 5 p.m. July 31, 1998 and announces 
the availability of additional funds. All awards are expected to be 
made prior to January 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liesel Duhon, Director, Special 
American Business Internship Training Program, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, phone--(202) 482-0073, 
facsimile--(202) 482-2443. These are not toll free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the SABIT funding notice of January 23, 
1998, FR Doc. 98-1618, on page 63 FR 3540, third column, in the Funding 
Availability paragraph, remove the second and third sentences regarding 
funding and insert the following sentence in its place, ``The maximum 
amount of financial assistance available for the program is 
$675,000.00.'' This amount includes the $175,000 which was previously 
announced. On page 63 FR 3541, first column, remove the sixth and 
seventh full sentences starting on the 21st line and insert the 
following three sentences in their place, ``ITA reserves the right to 
allow an award to exceed this amount in cases of unusually high costs, 
such as airfare from remote regions of Russia, with adequate 
justification in the application and with prior approval of the 
Department of Commerce. However, maximum costs shall not exceed 
$6,000.00 per intern. The total payment cannot exceed the award 
amount.''
Liesel Duhon,
Director, Special American Business Internship Training Program.
[FR Doc. 98-8304 Filed 3-30-98; 8:45 am]
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