[Federal Register: December 7, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 236)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Talent Search Program
AGENCY: Department of Education.
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ACTION: Notice reopening competition and establishing a new application
deadline date for fiscal year (FY) 2002.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (we) announces the reopening of
the competition for new awards under the Talent Search Program for FY
2002. We also establish a new deadline date for the transmittal of
applications. We are taking these actions because recent disruptions in
the U.S. Postal Service may have interfered with our receipt of many
applications. The reopening is intended to help potential applicants
compete fairly under this competition.
DATES: The new deadline date for transmitting applications is December
17, 2001. The previous date was October 19, 2001. The new deadline date
for the transmittal of State process recommendations by State Single
Points of Contact (SPOCs) and comments by other interested parties
under Executive Order 12372 is February 15, 2002. The previous date was
December 19, 2001.
ADDRESSES: The addresses and telephone numbers for obtaining
applications for, or information about, this competition were in the
original application notice published in the Federal Register on June
11, 2001 (66 FR 31338-31339).
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the TDD number, if any, listed in the individual application
notice. If we have not listed a TDD number, you may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
If you want to transmit a recommendation or comment under Executive
Order 12372, you can find the latest list and addresses of individual
SPOCs on the Web site of the Office of Management and Budget at the
following address: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 11, 2001, we published in the
Federal Register a notice inviting applications for new awards under
this program for FY 2002 and establishing a deadline date for the
transmittal of applications.
In the application package, which hundreds of potential applicants
requested, we stated that if you send your application by mail or if
you or your courier deliver it by hand, our Application Control Center
will mail a Grant Application Receipt Acknowledgment to you.
We further stated that if you do not receive the notification of
application receipt within 15 days from the date of mailing the
application, you should call the U.S. Department of Education
Application Control Center at (202) 708-9493.
In recent weeks numerous applicants have called to say that they
did not get a notification that we had received their respective
applications even though they had proof of having mailed the
applications. Through a search of our records, we determined that we
had not received those applications. In addition, we determined that we
had received far fewer applications for new awards under this program
than we had received in previous years and far fewer than we had
expected for the FY 2002 competition.
We have concluded that many applications may be delayed because of
the recent disruptions of normal mail service, particularly in the
Washington, DC area. Because we do not know when delayed applications
may be delivered, we have decided to reopen this competition to give
all applicants a chance to transmit their applications to us. This
reopening and new deadline date for transmittal of applications apply
to the entire country, as well as to eligible Territories.
Please note that there are alternative methods of transmittal
besides the U.S. Postal Service. These include commercial carriers and
courier services, as well as hand delivery. If you use a commercial
carrier, please make sure to get a dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from the carrier. If you use one of these alternative means of
transmittal, we will mail a Grant Application Receipt Acknowledgment to
you.
Note: If you have already submitted an application by mail and
have not received a notification of application receipt from us by
now, we urge you to resubmit your application and to indicate on the
application that this is a resubmission. You may also wish to
consider an alternative means of transmittal. Otherwise, we may not
receive your application in time to consider it.
Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities
If you are an individual with a disability, you may obtain a copy
of this notice in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the contact person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in the application notice.
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Dated: December 3, 2001.
Maureen A. McLaughlin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Innovation, Office
of Postsecondary Education.
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