[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10330-10331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3757]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999; 
Request for Comment; Interim/Draft Plan of Action To Implement Public 
Law 106-107, the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement 
Act of 1999

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice notifies interested parties that the National 
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is participating in the 
joint effort with other Federal grant-making agencies to satisfy the 
provisions of Public Law 106-107, the Federal Financial Assistance 
Management Improvement Act of 1999 (henceforth ``the Act''). The Act 
requires each agency to develop and implement a plan that streamlines 
and simplifies the application, administrative, and reporting 
procedures for Federal financial assistance programs. The Act also 
requires the agencies to consult with representatives of non-Federal 
entities during the development and implementation of their plans. 
NARA's National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) 
makes grants to state and local archives, colleges and universities, 
libraries, historical societies, other nonprofit organizations, and 
individuals in the

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U.S. to help identify, preserve, and provide public access to records, 
photographs, and other materials that document American history.
    Accordingly, NARA seeks public comment on the interim/draft plan of 
action published jointly by 23 Federal grant-making agencies in the 
January 17, 2001 Federal Register (66 FR 4584). NARA requests your 
comments on the Federal grantmaking process and the objectives outlined 
in this plan, particularly on the questions contained in the notice 
under the heading ``Desired Focus of Comments''. The notice may be 
accessed through GPO Access or on NARA's web site at http://www.nara.gov/nara/grant-plan-notice.html. Further information about the 
NHPRC grant program is available on NARA's web site at http://www.nara.gov/nhprc/.

DATES: Comments in response to this notice must be received on or 
before March 19, 2001. Each Federal agency will submit an 
implementation plan to OMB and Congress before May 20, 2001 and report 
annually thereafter.

ADDRESSES: General comments on this notice, and those relating to more 
than one Federal agency, should be addressed to: Attn: PL 106-107 
Comments, Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Room 517-D, Washington, DC 20201. Comments may also be 
transmitted by email ([email protected]) or by fax, (202) 690-8772.
    Comments that are specific to NARA and the NHPRC grant program 
should be addressed to: Regulation Comment Desk (NPOL), National 
Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Rd., Room 4100, 
College Park, MD 20740-6001. Comments may also be transmitted by email 
to [email protected], with the subject heading PL106-107, or by fax to 
(301) 713-7270.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions regarding this 
notice, please contact Rodd Clay, Office of Grants Management, 
Department of Health and Human Services by email ([email protected]) or 
phone at (202) 690-8723; for the hearing impaired only: TDD 202-690-
6415. For NHPRC-specific issues, please contact Nancy Allard by email 
at [email protected] or by phone at 301-713-7360 ext. 226. 
Additional information regarding the agencies' reform efforts may be 
found at the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Council's Grants Management 
Committee home page (http://www.financenet.gov/fed/cfo/grants/grants.html).

    Dated: February 8, 2001.
John W. Carlin,
Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 01-3757 Filed 2-13-01; 8:45 am]
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