[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 83 (Monday, April 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25469-25470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10373]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Applications for New Awards; Investing in Innovation Fund, 
Validation

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.411B 
(Validation grants).

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice; extension of deadline date and correction.

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SUMMARY: On March 27, 2012, the Office of Innovation and Improvement in 
the U.S. Department of Education published in the Federal Register (77 
FR 18229) a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year 
2012 for the Investing in Innovation (i3) Validation grant competition 
(March 27 i3 Validation NIA). This notice extends the deadline date and 
date for intergovernmental review announced in, and corrects an error 
in the March 27 i3 Validation NIA.

DATES: 
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 30, 2012.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 26, 2012.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Deadline Date Extension

    In the March 27 i3 Validation NIA the Department announced the 2012 
i3 Validation grant competition and indicated that the Deadline for 
Transmittal of Applications was May 29, 2012. Applicants under this 
competition are required to use Grants.gov. Since publishing the March 
27 i3 Validation NIA, it has come to the Department's attention that 
the Grants.gov help desk will be closed in observance of Memorial Day 
on Monday, May 28--the day before the original Deadline for the 
Transmittal of Applications that was announced in the March 27 i3 
Validation NIA. The Department extends the deadline date for this 
competition to May 30, 2012 so that applicants will have sufficient

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access to the Grants.gov help desk to address any technical issues 
related to application submission that may arise the day before the 
deadline date. As a result of the change in the deadline date, we are 
also extending the Date for Intergovernmental Review by one day--to 
July 26, 2012.

Correction

    An error appears in the Electronic Submission of Applications 
section of the March 27 i3 Validation NIA. In seven places within that 
section, the notice indicates that applications must be fully uploaded 
and submitted and must be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov 
system no later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application 
deadline date. These references to ``4:30 p.m.'' should be references 
to ``4:30:00 p.m.'' For this reason, we correct the March 27 i3 
Validation NIA as follows:
    On page 18238, second column, second bulleted paragraph, correct 
the three references to ``4:30 p.m.'' to read ``4:30:00 p.m.''.
    On page 18238, third column, sixth paragraph, correct the reference 
to ``4:30 p.m.'' to read ``4:30:00 p.m.''.
    On page 18238, third column, seventh paragraph, correct the two 
references to ``4:30 p.m.'' to read ``4:30:00 p.m.''.
    On page 18239, second column, fifth full paragraph, correct the 
reference to ``4:30 p.m.'' to read ``4:30:00 p.m.''.

    Program Authority:  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009, Division A, Section 14007, Public Law 111-5.

VIII. Agency Contact

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Lyons, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 4W203, Washington, DC 20202-
5930. Fax: (202) 205-5631. Telephone: (202) 453-7122 or by email: 
[email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format 
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to 
the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
in this notice.
    Electronic Access to This Document: 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 via the Federal Digital System 
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as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal 
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    Dated: April 25, 2012.
James H. Shelton, III,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement.
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