[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 140 (Monday, July 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40169-40170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14128]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Research on Children Working in the Carpet Industry of India, 
Nepal and Pakistan Amendment

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

ACTION: Correction. Amendment to SGA 07-11.

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SUMMARY: On June 21, 2007, the Department of Labor published a Notice 
of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement 
Applications. That document, appearing in the Federal Register, Vol. 
72, No. 119, on pages 34279 to 34299, is hereby amended.

Amendments

    A. On page 34283, Section III. Eligibility Information, 1. Eligible 
Applicants, column 2, delete the sentence:
    ``However, the Grantee (or Lead Grantee, in the case of an 
Association) is not allowed to charge a fee (profit).''
    Replace with the following sentence:
    ``However, the Grantee (or Lead or Non-Lead Grantees, in the case 
of an Association) is not allowed to charge a fee (profit).''
    B. On page 34283, Section III. Eligibility Information, 2. Other 
Eligibility Requirements, column 3, delete the following sentence:
    ``If no DUNS number is provided in the application, and the 
Applicant does not provide evidence of an OMB exemption from the DUNS 
number requirement, then the application will be considered non-
responsive.''
    Replace with the following sentence:
    ``Unless the Applicant provides evidence of an OMB exception from 
the DUNS number requirement, it must provide either its DUNS number in 
the application or evidence of having submitted an application for a 
DUNS number prior to the deadline for this SGA, in order for the 
application to be considered responsive.
    C. On page 34284, Section IV. Application and Submission 
Information, 2. Content and Form of Application Submission, column 2, 
following the sentence ``Part II, the Technical Proposal, demonstrates 
the Applicant's capabilities to plan and implement the proposed 
research project in accordance with the provisions of this 
solicitation'', insert the language: ``Section V.1(A-F) comprises the 
Technical Proposal.''
    D. On page 34284, Section IV. Application and Submission 
Information, 2. Content and Form of

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Application Submission, column 2, delete the following sentence:
    ``A research project description as specified in the Application 
Evaluation Criteria found in Section V.1. of this solicitation (maximum 
45 pages);''
    Replace with the following sentence, which drops the reference to 
the ``maximum 45 pages'':
    ``A research project description as specified in the Application 
Evaluation Criteria found in Section V.1. of this solicitation;''
    E. On page 34284, Section IV. Application and Submission 
Information, 2. Content and Form of Application Submission, column 2, 
following the sentence ``Please note that the abstract, table of 
contents, bibliography, and Work Plan are not included in the 45-page 
limit for the research project description'', insert the language:
    ``In addition, the following information does not count toward the 
45 page limit:
     For Key Personnel--letters of agreement and resumes 
(please note, applicants are no longer required to submit an SF 1420 
for key personnel);
     Outputs-Based Budget; and
     Audit attachments.
    F. On Page 34286, Section G. Inherently Religious Activities, 
column 2, after the sentence, ``In addition, Grantees must take steps 
to ensure that inherently religious activities are clearly separated in 
time or physical space from those funded by USDOL under the Cooperative 
Agreement,'' the following sentence is added:
    ``Grantees will be expected to segregate from federal and matching 
funds (neither of which may be used to fund inherently religious 
activities), and to account for separately, any non-federal and 
nonmatching funds (or allocable portion of those funds) used for such 
inherently religious activities.''
    G. On page 34287, Section V. Application Review Information, 1. 
Application Evaluation Criteria, column 2, change the points allocated 
to Organizational Capacity to 15 points.
    H. On page 34288, Section C. Key Personnel/Management Plan/
Staffing, i. Key Personnel, column 2, delete the following paragraph 
regarding the SF 1420:
    ``Applicants must also include a completed salary history form SF 
1420 for each key personnel candidate in their application. This form 
is available from the U.S. Agency for International Development's Web 
site at: http://www.usaid.gov/forms/AID1420-17.doc. A link to this form 
is also available on USDOL's Web site: http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/ilab/grants/.''
    I. On page 34288, Section C. Key Personnel/Management Plan/
Staffing, i. Key Personnel, column 2, delete the following sentence:
    ``The letters of agreement, resumes, and salary history forms (SF 
1420) must be submitted as attachments to the application and will not 
count toward the page limit.''
    Replace with the following sentence:
    ``The letters of agreement and resumes must be submitted as 
attachments to the application and will not count toward the page 
limit. Applicants must also submit information on salary history for 
key personnel covering their last 10 years of employment and for the 
various positions held during that period. This information may be 
included within resumes submitted as part of the application.''

Agency Contacts

    All inquiries regarding SGA 07-11 or this Amendment to SGA 07-11 
should be directed to: Ms. Lisa Harvey, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Procurement Services Center, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-4307, 
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-4570 (please note that this 
is not a toll-free-number) or e-mail: [email protected].
    For a list of frequently asked questions on USDOL's Solicitation 
for Cooperative Agreements, please visit http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/faqs.htm.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 17th day of July, 2007.
Lisa Harvey,
Grant Officer.
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