[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 250 (Thursday, December 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 82317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33208]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Guidelines for State Plans of Work for the Agricultural Research and
Extension Formula Funds
AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
ACTION: Final notice.
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SUMMARY: The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service (CSREES) published Guidelines for the State Plans of Work for
Agricultural Research and Extension Formula Funds on July 1, 1999 [64
FR 35910-35919]. The guidelines prescribe the procedures to be followed
by the eligible institutions receiving Federal agricultural research
and extension formula funds under the Hatch Act of 1887, as amended (7
U.S.C. 361a et seq.); sections 3(b)(1) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act
of 1914, as amended (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(1) and (c)); and sections 1444 and
1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222). The recipients
of these funds are commonly referred to as the 1862 land-grant
institutions and the 1890 land-grant institutions, including Tuskegee
University. CSREES is publishing this notice to inform these
institutions that the due date for the Annual Report of Accomplishments
and Results is changed from December 31 to March 1.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. George Cooper; Deputy
Administrator, Partnerships; Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Washington, DC
20250; at 202-720-5285 or 202-720-5369, 202-720-4924 (fax); or via
electronic mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Guidelines for State Plans of Work
provide guidance for the submission of a 5-Year Plan of Work for the
use of the agricultural research and extension formula funds described
above. The first 5-Year Plan of Work was due July 15, 1999, for the
period covering October 1, 1999, through September 30, 2004. In
addition, the Guidelines prescribe procedures for updating the 5-Year
Plan of Work, if necessary, and for reporting annually on the
accomplishments and results of the plan. The latter report is referred
to as the Annual Report of Accomplishments and Results. CSREES has
decided, in consultation with the land-grant institutions, to change
the due date for the Annual Report of Accomplishments and Results from
December 31 to March 1. Therefore, the first report will be due March
1, 2001, and not December 31, 2000. It is anticipated that the
additional two months will provide the institutions more time each year
to report on their accomplishments and results for the fiscal year
ending September 30.
Done at Washington, DC, this 21st day of December 2000.
Colien Hefferan,
Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service.
[FR Doc. 00-33208 Filed 12-27-00; 8:45 am]
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