[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 32487-32488] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-15448] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA No: 84.200] Office of Postsecondary Education, Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program; Notice of Technical Assistance Workshop for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 Grant Applications SUMMARY: The Secretary announces a technical assistance workshop to assist institutions of higher education in preparing grant applications for the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program for [[Page 32488]] the FY 2000 grant competition. For further information on the GAANN Program please refer to Title VII, Part A, Subpart 2 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and 34 CFR Part 648. This information is also located at the Department of Education's website at: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/iegps. DATES: The technical assistance workshop will be held in the Denver metropolitan area from Sunday, July 18, 1999, through Tuesday, July 20, 1999. ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Doubletree Hotel, 13696 East Iliff Place, Aurora, Colorado. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cosette Ryan, GAANN Program, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Portals Building, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20202- 5247. Inquiries may be sent by e-mail to [email protected] or by Fax to (202) 205-9489. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding paragraph. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The workshop is free to the public. If you attend the workshop, you must pay your own travel and hotel accommodations. The workshop agenda is as follows: Registration: 9:00 a.m-3:00 p.m., Sunday, July 18, 1999 Orientation: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., Sunday, July 18, 1999 Workshop sessions: 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday, July 19, 1999 Workshop sessions: 9:00 a.m.-noon, Tuesday, July 20, 1999 To make reservations for either the workshop or hotel accommodations at the Doubletree Hotel, please contact Marta Quintana or Brien Dunlaney via the Internet at [email protected] or [email protected]. You may also reach them by telephone at (410) 884-9371 or by FAX at (410) 884-9374. Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities at the Technical Assistance Workshop: The technical assistance workshop sites are accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the workshop (e.g., interpreting service, assistive listening device, or materials in an alternate format), notify the contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks before the scheduled workshop date. Although we will attempt to meet a request we receive after that date, we may not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to arrange it. Electronic Access to This Document You may view this document, as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at either of the following sites: http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm http://www.ed.gov/news.html To use the PDF you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you have questions about using the PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC area, at (202) 512-1530. Note: The official version of a document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135-1135ee. Dated: June 14, 1999. David A. Longanecker, Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education. [FR Doc. 99-15448 Filed 6-16-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P