[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 33 (Thursday, February 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 8231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3685]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3225]


Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; Partners in Education 
Program; Notice: Amendment to Original Request for Proposals (RFPs)

SUMMARY: The United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational 
and Cultural Affairs, announces revisions to the original RFP announced 
in the Federal Register on December 15, 1999:
    (1) Due to funding cuts, the overall budget for programming and 
administration has decreased from $1,420,000 to $1,125,000; therefore, 
the number of participants has been lowered correspondingly. The NIS 
teacher/administrator/trainer exchange should now involve approximately 
36 Russian, 25 Ukrainian, 14 Kyrgyz and 10 Uzbek participants. The US 
teacher exchange now involves approximately 20. The NIS directors 
exchange remains at approximately 22 but also involves 4 interpreters. 
The Bureau reserves the right to adjust the budget further in 
accordance with availability of funds.
    (2) The following program costs are corrected from the original 
RFP:
    I. NIS teacher/administrator/trainer component: $6,720 per person 
x  85 participants = $571,200.
    II. US teacher component: $3,000 per person  x  20 participants = 
$60,000.
    III. NIS Directors component: $6,900 per person  x  26 (22 
participants + 4 interpreters) = $179,400.
    IV. General Program Costs: $52,070.
    Total program costs + administrative costs = $1,125,000.
    (3) NIS teacher/administrator/trainer component host site financial 
incentive: $9,000 (originally $5,000). This amount is included in the 
per participant program cost.
    (4) Deadline for proposals has been moved from Monday, February 28 
to Monday, March 20, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested organizations should 
contact Rachel Waldstein, U.S. Department of State, Office of Global 
Educational Programs, Teacher Exchange Branch, 202-619-4568 prior to 
Monday, March 20, 2000.

    Dated: February 7, 2000.
Evelyn S. Lieberman,
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 00-3685 Filed 2-16-00; 8:45 am]
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