[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45063-45064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6769]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5030-C-31A]


Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Notice of Funding 
Availability, Policy Requirements and General Section to SuperNOFA for 
HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs; Additional Information Regarding 
Applicant Registration

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD 
Discretionary Grant Programs; Additional Information Regarding 
Applicant Registration.

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SUMMARY: On January 20, 2006, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, 
Notice of Funding Availability Policy Requirements and General Section 
(General Section) to the SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Programs. On 
March 8, 2006, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, SuperNOFA, for 
HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. This notice announces a change made 
to how the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) will capture and use 
applicant identification data and extends the due date for the Resident 
Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Family-Homeownership NOFA. The 
change contained in this notice does not affect the application 
packages on Grants.gov.

DATES: The application submission dates for the Resident Opportunity 
and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Family-Homeownership has been extended from 
August 8, 2006 to September 8, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the General 
Section of January 20, 2006, should be directed to the NOFA Information 
Center between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time at (800) 
HUD-8929. Hearing-impaired persons may call 800-HUD-2209. For the 
programs listed in this notice, please contact the office or individual 
listed under Section VII of the individual program sections of the 
SuperNOFA, published on March 8, 2006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 20, 2006 (71 FR 3382), HUD 
published its FY2006 General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD's 
Discretionary Programs. Early publication of the General Section was 
intended to provide prospective applicants with additional time to 
become familiar with and address those provisions in the General 
Section that constitute part of almost every application. On March 8, 
2006 (71 FR 11712), HUD published its Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 
2006, SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Grant Programs. The FY2006 
SuperNOFA announced the availability of approximately $2.2 billion in 
HUD assistance. This notice published in today's Federal Register 
announces one change that may affect applicants that have not completed 
their CCR registration. As this change was recently implemented by CCR, 
HUD is extending the deadline date for the Resident Opportunity and 
Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Family-Homeownership NOFA. The due date for 
this program has been extended 30 days the ROSS Family-Homeownership 
applications are due on September 8, 2006.
    HUD is extending the due date because of a governmentwide policy 
change that is being implemented by CCR. Effective August 1, 2006, 
instead of obtaining name and address information directly from the 
registrant, CCR will obtain the following data fields from Dun and 
Bradstreet (D&B): Legal Business Name; Doing Business Name (DBA); 
Physical Address; Postal Code/ZIP+4. Once implemented, CCR registrants 
will not be able to enter or modify these fields in CCR because they 
will be pre-populated using D&B Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 
record data. During a new registration or when updating a record, the 
registrant will have a choice to accept or reject the information 
provided from D&B.
    Under this revised system, if the CCR registrant agrees with the 
D&B supplied information, the D&B data will be accepted into the CCR 
registrant record. If the CCR registrant disagrees with the D&B 
supplied information, the registrant will need to go to the D&B Web 
site http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform to modify the information contained 
in the D&B record before proceeding with its CCR registration. When D&B 
confirms the modification has been made, the registrant must then 
revisit the Web site, www.ccr.gov and ``accept'' D&B's changes. Once 
accepted, the D&B data will be entered into the CCR record. CCR advises 
that it may take up to two business days for D&B to send the modified 
data to CCR and that timeframe may be longer in some cases. Registrants 
may contact D&B Government Helpdesk at: [email protected]. For additional 
information about the CCR policy change, see the ``frequently asked 
questions at http://www.ccr.gov/newsdetail.asp?id=55&type=N or the CCR 
Assistance Center Web site at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/cust.asp.
    Applicants with a current registration are not affected. The CCR 
policy change affects only those applicants that have

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not yet registered, have not completed registrations, or applicants 
updating their registration after July 28, 2006. Applicants that have 
already submitted their application do not need to resubmit unless they 
want to revise their application. In such instances, applicants must 
resubmit the entire application, including any faxes sent using the 
form HUD-96011 as the cover page to the fax. HUD will review the last 
application received and validated by Grants.gov by the deadline date 
and time.

    Dated: August 2, 2006.
Keith Nelson,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 06-6769 Filed 8-3-06; 3:28 pm]
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