[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 40 (Monday, March 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 9568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4594]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service


Decision Support, Education, and Workforce Development Through 
Geospatial Extension Specialists Program: Amendment to the Fiscal Year 
2004 Request for Applications and Request for Input

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
USDA.

ACTION: Notice of fiscal year 2004 request for applications; and 
request for input; correction and extension of deadline.

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SUMMARY: This notice corrects the fiscal year (FY) 2004 Request for 
Applications and Request for Input for the Decision Support, Education, 
and Workforce Development through Geospatial Extension Specialists 
(GES) Program published at 68 FR 67133, December 1, 2003. This 
correction removes Ohio from the list of states that have already 
established GES Programs permitting eligible entities to receive GES 
Program funds to establish new GES positions in Ohio. Furthermore, this 
notice extends the deadline for receipt of applications to April 1, 
2004.

DATES: This amendment extends the original deadline for receipt of 
applications as set forth previously in the RFA published on December 
1, 2003 (68 FR 67133). Applications submitted in response to the FY 
2004 RFA for the GES Program must be received by close of business on 
April 1, 2004 (5 p.m. eastern standard time). Applications received 
after this deadline will not be considered for funding.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Crosby; National Program Leader; 
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; U.S. 
Department of Agriculture; STOP 2210; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.; 
Washington, DC 20250-2210; Telephone: (202) 401-6050; Fax: (202) 401-
1706; E-mail: [email protected].

Correction

    1. In the Federal Register of December 1, 2003, in FR Doc. 03-
29761, on page 67135, in the third column, correct the paragraph 
entitled ``New Position'' to read:
1. New Position
    This is an application from a state where a new Geospatial 
Extension Specialist position has been created (a state other than the 
ten listed in the Program Description portion of this notice). New 
Position applications may request a maximum of $100,000 per year for up 
to three (3) years.
    2. On page 67136, in the second column, correct the first paragraph 
to read:
    GES programs have been established in ten states over the last 
three years. These programs, in Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, 
Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah and 
Virginia, are partnerships between land-grant institutions and the NASA 
SGC within the states. Geospatial Extension Specialist positions are 
located within the regular Cooperative Extension Service (CES) 
structure in each participating state, and provide technical support to 
CES agents and clients (as do other extension specialists). They are 
eligible for tenure or other comparable professional appointment, and 
are expected to draw on existing expertise available through the land-
grant system, SGC, and the network of NASA Principal Investigators.

    Done at Washington, DC, this 25th day of February 2004.
Colien Hefferan,
Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 
Service.
[FR Doc. 04-4594 Filed 2-27-04; 8:45 am]
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