[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 236 (Friday, December 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73212-73214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7119]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services National 
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research--Disability and 
Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Advanced 
Rehabilitation Research Training Projects

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year 
(FY) 2006; correction.

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SUMMARY: On November 15, 2005, we published in the Federal Register (70 
FR 69321) a notice inviting applications for new awards for FY 2006 for 
the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers 
Program--Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Projects 
Competition. The notice contained incorrect information about the 
submission of applications. The information on page 69323, column one, 
last paragraph, through the second column on page 69234, is corrected 
to read as follows:

    ``Applications for grants under this competition may be 
submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site 
(Grants.gov), or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. For 
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your 
application electronically, or by mail or hand delivery, please 
refer to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements in this 
notice.
    We do not consider an application that does not comply with the 
deadline requirements.
    4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is not subject to 
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
    5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining 
funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this 
notice.
    6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under 
this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format 
by mail or hand delivery.

a. Electronic Submission of Applications

    We have been accepting applications electronically through the 
Department's e-Application system since FY 2000. In order to expand 
on those efforts and comply with the President's Management Agenda, 
we are continuing to participate as a partner in the new government 
wide Grants.gov Apply site in FY 2006. Advanced Rehabilitation 
Research Training Projects--CFDA Number 84.133P is one of the 
programs included in this project. We request your participation in 
Grants.gov.
    If you choose to submit your application electronically, you 
must use the Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through 
this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application 
package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your 
application. You may not e-mail

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an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
    You may access the electronic grant application for Advanced 
Rehabilitation Research Training Projects at: http://www.grants.gov. 
You must search for the downloadable application package for this 
program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha 
suffix in your search.
    Please note the following:
     Your participation in Grants.gov is voluntary.
     When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find 
information about submitting an application electronically through 
the site, as well as the hours of operation.
     Applications received by Grants.gov are time and date 
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and 
must be date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 
4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. 
Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your 
application if it is date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system 
later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application 
deadline date. When we retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we 
will notify you if we are rejecting your application because it was 
date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., 
Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
     The amount of time it can take to upload an application 
will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of 
the application and the speed of your Internet connection. 
Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the 
application deadline date to begin the application process through 
Grants.gov.
     You should review and follow the Education Submission 
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are 
included in the application package for this competition to ensure 
that you submit your application in a timely manner to the 
Grants.gov system. You can also find the Education Submission 
Procedures pertaining to Grants.gov at http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
     To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must 
complete all of the steps in the Grants.gov registration process 
(see http://www.Grants.gov/GetStarted). These steps include (1) 
registering your organization, (2) registering yourself as an 
Authorized Organization Representative (AOR), and (3) getting 
authorized as an AOR by your organization. Details on these steps 
are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see http://www.grants.gov/assets/GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf). You also 
must provide on your application the same D-U-N-S Number used with 
this registration. Please note that the registration process may 
take five or more business days to complete, and you must have 
completed all registration steps to allow you to successfully submit 
an application via Grants.gov.
     You will not receive additional point value because you 
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize 
you if you submit your application in paper format.
     You may submit all documents electronically, including 
all information typically included on the Application for Federal 
Education Assistance (ED 424), Budget Information--Non-Construction 
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. 
If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must 
attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a .DOC 
(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If 
you upload a file type other than the three file types specified 
above or submit a password protected file, we will not review that 
material.
     Your electronic application must comply with any page 
limit requirements described in this notice.
     After you electronically submit your application, you 
will receive an automatic acknowledgment from Grants.gov that 
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. The Department will retrieve 
your application from Grants.gov and send you a second confirmation 
by e-mail that will include a PR/Award number (an ED-specified 
identifying number unique to your application).
     We may request that you provide us original signatures 
on forms at a later date.

Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of System 
Unavailability

    If you are prevented from electronically submitting your 
application on the application deadline date because of technical 
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension 
until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to 
enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by hand 
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the 
mailing instructions as described elsewhere in this notice. If you 
submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 
deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in this 
notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, and provide an 
explanation of the technical problem you experienced with 
Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number (if 
available). We will accept your application if we can confirm that a 
technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that 
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30 
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The 
Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether 
your application will be accepted.


    Note: Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the 
unavailability of or technical problems with the Grants.gov system. 
We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register 
to submit your application to Grants.gov before the deadline date 
and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to 
the Grants.gov system.

b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail

    If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through 
the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), you must mail the 
original and two copies of your application, on or before the 
application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable 
following address:
    By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of 
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 
84.133P), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260,
or

    By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of 
Education, Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA 
Number 84.133P), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506.
    Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of 
mailing consisting of one of the following:
    (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,
    (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by 
the U.S. Postal Service,
    (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a 
commercial carrier, or
    (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of 
the U.S. Department of Education.
    If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we 
do not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
    (1) A private metered postmark, or
    (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
    If your application is postmarked after the application deadline 
date, we will not consider your application.


    Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated 
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your 
local post office.

c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery

    If you submit your application in paper format by hand delivery, 
you (or a courier service) must deliver the original and two copies 
of your application by hand, on or before the application deadline 
date, to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of 
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 
84.133P), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, 
Washington, DC 20202-4260.
    The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily 
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, 
Sundays and Federal holidays.
    Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you 
mail or hand deliver your application to the Department:
    (1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by 
the Department--In Item 4 of the Application for Federal Education 
Assistance (ED 424) the CFDA number--and suffix letter, if any--of 
the competition under which you are submitting your application.
    (2) The Application Control Center will mail a grant application 
receipt acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive

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the grant application receipt acknowledgment within 15 business days 
from the application deadline date, you should call the U.S. 
Department of Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-
6288.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 6030, Potomac Center Plaza, 
Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: (202) 245-7462 or by e-mail: 
[email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may 
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request by contacting the following office: The Grants and 
Contracts Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland 
Avenue, SW., Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550. 
Telephone: (202) 245-7363.
    Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as 
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal 
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the 
Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
    To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available 
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. 
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in 
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.


    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the 
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal 
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.


    Dated: December 5, 2005.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. E5-7119 Filed 12-8-05; 8:45 am]
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