[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 4240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2071]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

[Docket Number: 981203295-2010-07; CFDA: 11.552]
RIN 0660-ZA06


Technology Opportunities Program

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

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SUMMARY: On December 6, 2001, the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration (NTIA) announced the Solicitation of Grant 
Applications for the Technology Opportunities Program (TOP). At the 
time the Notice of Solicitation of Grant Applications appeared in the 
Federal Register, TOP had not been appropriated funds through the 
fiscal year. TOP is publishing this Notice of Availability of Funds to 
announce the fiscal year 2002 appropriation amount for TOP grants.

DATES: Complete applications for the Fiscal Year 2002 TOP grant program 
must be mailed or hand-carried to the address indicated below and 
received by NTIA no later than 8 P.M. EST, March 21, 2002. NTIA 
anticipates the processing and selection of applications for funding 
will require 6 months. NTIA expects to announce FY 2002 awards prior to 
September 30, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Completed applications must be mailed, shipped, or sent 
overnight express to: Technology Opportunities Program, National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., HCHB, Room 4092, Washington, 
DC 20230.

or hand-delivered to: Technology Opportunities Program, National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, HCHB, Room 1874, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20230.
    Room 1874 is located at entrance #10 on 15th Street NW., between 
Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Stephen J. Downs, Director of the 
Technology Opportunities Program. Telephone: 202-482-2048; fax: 202-
501-5136; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

    Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, Public Law 107-77.

Funding Availability

    On December 6, 2001, NTIA announced in the Federal Register, 66 FR 
235, that TOP was soliciting grant applications. The Notice of 
Solicitation of Grant Applications did not announce the amount of 
available funds because, at the time the Notice was drafted, a final 
appropriation for TOP was enacted into law. On November 28, 2001, by 
enactment of Public Law 107-77, TOP was appropriated approximately 
$12.4 million for grants in FY 2002.
    Except to note that funding for TOP is approximately $12.4 million 
for grants in FY 2002, all other information announced in the Notice of 
Solicitation of Grant Applications remains in effect. In addition, the 
Guidelines for Preparing Applications--Fiscal Year 2002 were unchanged 
by the appropriations legislation and should now be considered final.

Other Information

    For further information on the TOP, please refer to the program's 
Notice of Solicitation of Grant Applications, 66 FR 235 (December 6, 
2001). Materials needed to complete an application can be obtained 
electronically via TOP's web site at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/top or by 
contacting the TOP office at 202-482-2048.

Nancy J. Victory,
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information.
[FR Doc. 02-2071 Filed 1-28-02; 8:45 am]
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