[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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