[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48656-48657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20750]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)

[Public Notice 4442]


Notice: Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System 
(DUNS) Requirement for all FY-2004 ECA Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements

SUMMARY: This announcement applies to all ECA Requests for Grant 
Proposals (RFGP) currently published in the Federal Register. An Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) policy directive published in the 
Federal Register on Friday, June 27, 2003, requires that all 
organizations applying for Federal grants or cooperative agreements 
must provide a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System 
(DUNS) number when applying for all Federal grants or cooperative 
agreements on or after October 1, 2003. This identifier will be used 
for tracking purposes and to validate address and point of contract 
information. Organizations can receive a DUNS number at no cost by 
calling the dedicated toll-free DUNS Number request line at 1-866-705-
5711 or by applying online at this address: http://www.dnb.com/us/duns_update/.
    To comply with this directive, the Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs (ECA) requests that all organizations submitting 
proposals for grants with a start date on or after October 1, 2003 
include a DUNS number with each grant application. Please write in the 
DUNS number in box number five, next to the Employer Identification 
Number (EIN) on the ECA ``Assistance Award Proposal Cover Sheet'' 
contained in the Bureau's

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Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI) application package.
    OMB is currently in the process of revising the Application for 
Federal Assistance Form (SF-424) to include a space for inclusion of 
the applicant's DUNS number. This revised SF-424 will eventually 
replace ECA's current ``Assistance Award Proposal Cover Sheet'' and 
will be incorporated into the PSI.

Additional Information:  For a list of currently published grant 
announcements, please visit ECA's Web site at http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/. The complete OMB policy directive 
can be referenced at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/062703_grant_identifier.pdf.

    Dated: August 7, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-20750 Filed 8-13-03; 8:45 am]
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