[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 52697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22129]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Docket No. 000515143-0245-03]
RIN 0625-XX23


Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT)

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of funding availability for grants under 
the Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT)

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SUMMARY: This Notice supplements the Federal Register Notice of June 7, 
2000, (65 FR No. 110 36117-36120) and July 21, 2000, (65 FR No. 141 
45359) 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 Newly Independent 
States of the former Soviet Union. All information in the previous 
announcement remains the same, except for the changes to the closing 
date and an increase of $700,000 in the amount of funding, bringing the 
available total to $1.5 million. This increase is based on the 
availability of funds.

DATES: This Notice extends the closing date of the referenced Federal 
Register Notice for 3 months to 5 p.m. November 30, 2000. All awards 
are expected to be made prior to January 31, 2001.

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.

    Dated: August 24, 2000.
Liesel Duhon,
Director, SABIT Program.
[FR Doc. 00-22129 Filed 8-29-00; 8:45 am]
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