[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45579-45580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17108]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Federal and State Technology Partnership Program to Provide 
Outreach and Technical Assistance to Small Technology-Based Businesses 
Interested in Becoming Involved or Presently Involved in Federal R & D 
Programs

AGENCY: Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Program Announcement No. FAST-02-R-0002 technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: A technical amendment to the U.S. Small Business 
Administration (SBA) Program Announcement No. FAST-02-0002. The 
amendment is being issued to address errors in the original document. 
Corrections pertain to the cover letter to prospective applicants; 
Section V, Glossary of Terms; Section VI, Program Overview, Items L, P 
and S; Section VII, Organization and Staff Qualifications.

Letter to Prospective Applicants

    Current: Federal and State Technology Transfer Partnership Program.
    Correction: Delete the word Transfer in the Subject line.

Section V--Glossary of Terms--Page 7

    Current: Socially and economically disadvantaged.
    Correction: Socially and economically disadvantaged (minority-
owned).

Section VI--Item L--Page 10

    Current: XXXXXXX.
    Correction: Delete and replace XXXXX * * * with July 25, 2002.

Section VI--Item P--Page 12

    Current: Applicants receiving scores of 70 or greater will than be 
submitted to the second tier Committee for final review and selection. 
Applications for new and incumbent applicants will undergo a second 
level ``joint'' review by program officials representing the SBA, 
Department of Defense and National Science Foundation.
    Correction: Delete current sentences and replace with--(Last 
sentence, first paragraph) Scores for both new and incumbent applicants 
will then be compiled and ranked. (First sentence, second paragraph) 
Proposals that meet the baseline score of 90 will be forwarded to the 
second tier evaluation panel for review and funding recommendation.
    Applications for new and incumbent applicants with a score of 90 or 
above will undergo a second level ``joint'' review by program officials 
representing

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the SBA, Department of Defense and National Science Foundation.

Section VII--Organizational and Staff Qualifications (New and Incumbent 
Applicants Pages 18 and 22 Paras. 4 and 2 Respectively)

    Current: This position must be created/assigned to a qualified 
individual within or to be hired by the recipient organization and a 
minimum of 60% of this individual's time must be committed solely to 
the oversight and administration of the FAST project.
    Correction: Delete 60% and replace with'This position must be 
created/assigned to a qualified individual within or to be hired by the 
recipient organization and the applicant must specify the amount of 
time this individual will commit to the oversight and administration of 
the FAST project. The applicant must also justify the adequacy of such 
time commitment to the proper administration of the FAST grant/award.

Section VI, Item S--Page 13. Para. 1 and 2

    Current: The Project Director must be a full-time employee of the 
recipient and must devote a minimum of 60% of his/her time to the 
conduct and management of this project.
    Correction: Delete current sentence and replace with--The Project 
Director must be a full/part-time employee of the recipient. The 
applicant must specify the amount of time this individual will commit 
to the project including project oversight and administration thereof. 
The applicant must also justify the adequacy of such time commitment to 
the proper administration of the FAST grant/award.
    Current: The recipient should do 51% of the work required for this 
effort. A minimum of 51% of the proposed time and effort in terms of 
project cost shall be conducted through use of the applicant's internal 
resources. An applicant must document that at least 51% of both 
qualified staff and systems necessary to perform the proposed work 
effort are in-residence at the time of award.
    Correction: The recipient should do 51% of the work required for 
this effort. A minimum of 51% of the proposed time and effort in terms 
of project cost should be conducted through use of the applicants 
internal resources. To facilitate more effective geographic coverage 
for the proposed project, the applicant may need to subcontract more 
than 49% of the work required for this effort. If the applicant finds 
that more than 49% of the project needs to be subcontracted, excluding 
project oversight and administration, to better provide services to the 
target community, the applicant must provide a narrative justification 
substantiating the need to subcontract more than 49% of the project in 
both the technical and cost portions of the FAST proposal. In any case, 
no more than 70% of the project may be subcontracted, and the applicant 
must document that adequate and qualified staff and systems in-
residence are in place at the time of award to perform the proposed 
work effort.
    All other terms and conditions in this announcement remain the 
same.

DATES: The application period will be from June 10, 2002 until July 25, 
2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cherina Hunter, (202) 205-7344 or Mina 
Bookhard (202) 205-7080.

Maurice Swinton,
Assistant Administrator, SBA Office of Technology.
[FR Doc. 02-17108 Filed 7-8-02; 8:45 am]
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