[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 73059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29990]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Discretionary Grant Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice announcing additional requirement for applicants and 
grantees.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Education announces an additional 
requirement affecting applicants and grantees. We are taking this 
action to conform our requirements with final guidance issued by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on September 14, 2010 (Financial 
Assistance Use of Universal Identifier and Central Contractor 
Registration). The new guidance affects an applicant's or grantee's 
registration of its Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System 
(DUNS) Number and its Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) with the 
Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Vick, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-0170. 
Telephone: (202) 245-6147 or by e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In each notice inviting applications for 
grant awards, we include requirements governing an applicant's DUNS 
Number and TIN and specify that to do business with the Department, an 
applicant must register those numbers with the CCR, the Government's 
primary registrant database.
    In its final guidance issued under 2 CFR Part 25 and published in 
the Federal Register on September 14, 2010 (75 FR 55671), OMB added a 
requirement that an entity doing business with the Department must 
maintain an active CCR registration with current information while its 
application is under review and, if it is awarded a grant, during the 
project period.
    The final guidance took effect on October 1, 2010, which made it 
applicable to every grant competition with an application deadline date 
on or after October 1, 2010. However, on or before the effective date, 
we had published a number of notices inviting applications that had 
application deadline dates on or after October 1, 2010, but that did 
not include the new requirement with regard to maintaining an active 
CCR registration.
    This notice serves to inform applicants and potential applicants 
under those affected competitions that the new requirement applies to 
them, and each such potential applicant must, therefore, maintain an 
active CCR registration during the time its application is under review 
and, if funded, during the project period. However, this requirement 
does not affect the submission of their applications and does not 
require any applicant to amend, withdraw, or resubmit its application.
    The affected competitions and the publication date in the Federal 
Register of each notice inviting applications are shown below in order 
of Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number. Questions 
about the applicability of this notice to any application submitted 
under these programs should be directed to the program contact 
identified for each program.
    CFDA No. 84.019A--Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview 
Information; Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program; 
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. 
Published October 1, 2010 (75 FR 60740). Program contact: Cynthia 
Dudzinski, 202-502-7589.
    CFDA No. 84.021A--Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview 
Information; Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program; Notice 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. 
Published September 24, 2010 (75 FR 59051). Program contact: Michelle 
Guilfoil, 202-502-7625.
    CFDA No. 84.022A--Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview 
Information; Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad 
(DDRA) Fellowship Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards 
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. Published September 17, 2010 (75 FR 57000). 
Program contact: Amy Wilson, 202-502-7689.
    CFDA No. 84.327J--Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services; Overview Information; Technology and Media Services for 
Individuals with Disabilities--Video Description Research and 
Development Center; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. Published August 12, 2010 (75 FR 48957). Program 
contact: Jo Ann McCann, 202-245-7434.
    CFDA No. 84.327W--Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services; Overview Information; Technology and Media Services for 
Individuals with Disabilities--The Accessible Instructional Materials 
(AIM) Personnel Development Center; Notice Inviting Applications for 
New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. Published September 28, 2010 (75 
FR 59699). Program contact: Glinda Hill, 202-245-7376.
    CFDA No. 84.330B--Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; 
Overview Information; Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee Program; Notice 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. 
Published September 1, 2010 (75 FR 53681). Program contact: Francisco 
Ramirez, 202-260-1541.
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    Dated: November 23, 2010.
Thomas P. Skelly,
Delegated Authority to Perform the Functions of the Chief Financial 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-29990 Filed 11-26-10; 8:45 am]
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