[Federal Register: February 14, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 31)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999;
Request for Comment; Interim/Draft Plan of Action To Implement Public
Law 106-107, the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement
Act of 1999
AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice; request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice notifies interested parties that the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is participating in the
joint effort with other Federal grant-making agencies to satisfy the
provisions of Public Law 106-107, the Federal Financial Assistance
Management Improvement Act of 1999 (henceforth ``the Act''). The Act
requires each agency to develop and implement a plan that streamlines
and simplifies the application, administrative, and reporting
procedures for Federal financial assistance programs. The Act also
requires the agencies to consult with representatives of non-Federal
entities during the development and implementation of their plans.
NARA's National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
makes grants to state and local archives, colleges and universities,
libraries, historical societies, other nonprofit organizations, and
individuals in the
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U.S. to help identify, preserve, and provide public access to records,
photographs, and other materials that document American history.
Accordingly, NARA seeks public comment on the interim/draft plan of
action published jointly by 23 Federal grant-making agencies in the
January 17, 2001 Federal Register (66 FR 4584). NARA requests your
comments on the Federal grantmaking process and the objectives outlined
in this plan, particularly on the questions contained in the notice
under the heading ``Desired Focus of Comments''. The notice may be
accessed through GPO Access or on NARA's web site at http://
www.nara.gov/nara/grant-plan-notice.html. Further information about the
NHPRC grant program is available on NARA's web site at http://
www.nara.gov/nhprc/.
DATES: Comments in response to this notice must be received on or
before March 19, 2001. Each Federal agency will submit an
implementation plan to OMB and Congress before May 20, 2001 and report
annually thereafter.
ADDRESSES: General comments on this notice, and those relating to more
than one Federal agency, should be addressed to: Attn: PL 106-107
Comments, Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 517-D, Washington, DC 20201. Comments may also be
transmitted by email (PL106107@os.dhhs.gov) or by fax, (202) 690-8772.
Comments that are specific to NARA and the NHPRC grant program
should be addressed to: Regulation Comment Desk (NPOL), National
Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Rd., Room 4100,
College Park, MD 20740-6001. Comments may also be transmitted by email
to comments@nara.gov, with the subject heading PL106-107, or by fax to
(301) 713-7270.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions regarding this
notice, please contact Rodd Clay, Office of Grants Management,
Department of Health and Human Services by email (rclay@os.dhhs.gov) or
phone at (202) 690-8723; for the hearing impaired only: TDD 202-690-
6415. For NHPRC-specific issues, please contact Nancy Allard by email
at nancy.allard@nara.gov or by phone at 301-713-7360 ext. 226.
Additional information regarding the agencies' reform efforts may be
found at the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Council's Grants Management
Committee home page (http://www.financenet.gov/fed/cfo/grants/
grants.html).
Dated: February 8, 2001.
John W. Carlin,
Archivist of the United States.
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