[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 11623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4589]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Policy Change Regarding the Publication of Notices of Funding 
Availability

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service 
(Corporation) no longer publishes Notices of Funding Availability 
(NOFAs) in the Federal Register. Instead, all Corporation NOFAs are 
synopsized and posted at the government-wide Internet site, http://
http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov, in accordance with the policy directive issued by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The full NOFA associated with a 
synopsis posted at http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov may be accessed by following the 
universal resource locator (URL) link included in the synopsis, or by 
visiting the Corporation's Web site.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 9, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene Zakai, Director, Office of 
Grants Policy and Operations, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC, 20525, (202) 606-5000 ext. 536 or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 8, 2003, OMB issued a policy 
directive entitled ``Requirement to Post Funding Opportunity 
Announcement Synopses at Grant.gov and Related Data Elements/Format'' 
[68 FR 58146, October 8, 2003]. The directive requires every Federal 
agency that awards discretionary grants and cooperative agreements to 
post synopses of its funding opportunity announcements in standard 
format on the Internet at http://Grants.gov or such Web site/Internet 
address that may be identified by OMB. A key purpose for establishing a 
single government-wide Web site is to provide prospective grant 
applicants the opportunity to locate funding opportunities in one place 
rather than having to search for announcements in multiple locations. 
Shortly after OMB issued the directive, the Corporation began posting 
synopses of its NOFAs at http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov. Each Corporation synopsis includes 
information on how to obtain the full NOFA, as well as a ULR link to 
the full NOFA posted on the Corporation's own Web site. The Corporation 
has determined that posting its funding announcements at http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov and 
on its own Web site is both effective and efficient. Therefore, the 
Corporation has discontinued the policy of publishing NOFAs in the 
Federal Register.

    Dated: March 3, 2005.
Marlene Zakai,
Director, Office of Grants Policy and Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-4589 Filed 3-8-05; 8:45 am]
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