[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54315-54316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20314]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Intent to Fund the International Rescue Committee (IRC)

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to award up to $500,000 to the International 
Rescue Committee (IRC) under cooperative agreement E-9-K-2-
0118.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International 
Labor Affairs (ILAB), intends to add up to $500,000 to cooperative 
agreement E-9-K-2-0118 with the International Rescue Committee 
(IRC) to continue implementing a job skills and micro-enterprise 
development training project in Afghanistan. The activities that will 
be implemented with the additional funds will commence no later than 
September 30, 2004 and continue for a period of one year until 
September 29, 2005. USDOL/ILAB intends to award this cooperative 
agreement on or after September 6, 2004. USDOL awarded the original $3 
million grant to the IRC in September 2002 for a three-year project

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that was set to run through September 2005. An unexpected shortfall of 
funds, however, and a critical examination of the budget and 
implementation context led the IRC and USDOL to conclude that $3 
million was sufficient for only two years of project operations. The 
purpose of the additional funds is to continue implementation of the 
project for one additional year and fulfill the Department's original 
plan for a three-year project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Harvey, Grant Officer. U.S. 
Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, 200 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Room N-5416, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-
4570. E-mail address: [email protected]. All inquiries should make 
reference to the USDOL cooperative agreement E-9-K-2-0118.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 31st day of August, 2004.
Valerie Veatch,
Director, Procurement Services Center.
[FR Doc. 04-20314 Filed 9-7-04; 8:45 am]
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