[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53634-53635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17777]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Minority Business Development Agency

[Docket No. 980901228-5236-05]


Solicitation of Applications for the Minority Business 
Opportunity Center (MBOC) Program

AGENCY: Minority Business Development Agency, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Minority Business Development Agency publishes this notice 
to make a correction to the Eligibility section in the Solicitation of 
Applications for the Minority Business Opportunity Center (MBOC) 
Program originally announced in the Federal Register on August 30, 
2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please visit MBDA's Minority Business 
Internet Portal at http://www.mbda.gov. Paper applications and Standard 
Forms may be obtained by contacting the MBDA National Enterprise Center 
(NEC) for the area in which the Applicant is located (See Agency 
Contacts section) or visiting MBDA's Portal at http://www.mbda.gov. 
Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B, and SF-LLL can also be obtained at 
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants, or http://Grants.gov. Forms CD-
511, and CD-346 may be obtained at http://www.doc.gov/forms.
    Responsibility for ensuring that applications are complete and 
received by MBDA on time is the sole responsibility of the applicant.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 30, 2005, MBDA published a 
solicitation of applications for the MBOC Program. 70 FR 51338. In that 
notice, MBDA inadvertently included federal agencies as an entity 
eligible for grants under the MBOC program. This notice corrects the 
eligibility criteria to remove federal agencies as an eligible entity. 
Federal agencies are not eligible to apply to the MBOC program because 
financial assistance awards in the form of Cooperative Agreements will 
be used to fund the MBOC Program and federal agencies are not eligible 
to receive Cooperative Agreements. The correct eligibility criteria is 
stated below.
    Eligibility: For-profit entities (including sole-proprietorships, 
partnerships, and corporations), non-profit organizations, State and 
local government entities, American Indian tribes, and Educational 
institutions are eligible to operate MBOCs.
    All other requirements stated in the August 30, 2005 solicitation 
remain the same.

Intergovernmental Review

    Applications under this program are not subject to Executive Order 
12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.''

Limitation of Liability

    Applicants are hereby given notice that funds have not yet been 
appropriated for this program. In no event will MBDA or the department 
of Commerce be responsible for proposal preparation costs if this 
program fails to receive funding or is cancelled because of other 
agency priorities. Publication of this announcement does not oblige 
MBDA or the Department of Commerce to award any specific project or to 
obligate any available funds.

Universal Identifier

    Applicant should be aware that they may be required to provide a 
Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering system (DUNS) number during 
the application process. See the June 27, 2003 (68 FR 38402) Federal 
Register notice for additional information. Organization can receive a 
DUNS number at no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free DUNS Number 
request line at 1-866-705-5711 or on MBDA's Web site at http://www.mbda.gov.

Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for Grants 
and Cooperative Agreements

    The Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for 
Grants and Cooperative Agreements contained in the Federal Register 
notice of December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78389) are applicable to this 
solicitation.

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Executive Order 12866

    This notice has been determined to be not significant for purposes 
of Executive Order 12866.

Administrative Procedure Act/ Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Prior notice and an opportunity for public comment are not required 
by the Administrative Procedure Act or any other law for rules 
concerning public property, loans, grants, benefits, and contracts (5 
U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because notice and opportunity for comment are not 
required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other law, the analytical 
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
are inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory flexibility analysis has not 
been prepared.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This document contains collection-of information requirements 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) the use of standard forms 
424, 424A, 424B, CD-346, and SF-LLL have been approved by OMB under the 
respective control numbers 0348-0043, 0348-0044, 0348-0040, 0605-0001, 
and 0348-0046. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person 
is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty 
for failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection displays a currently 
valid OMB control Number.

    Dated: September 2, 2005.
Ronald J. Marin,
Financial Management Officer, Minority Business Development Agency.
[FR Doc. 05-17777 Filed 9-8-05; 8:45 am]
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