Dear Colleagues,

Today, November 19, 2007, the Corporation published a proposed rule for AmeriCorps State and National in the Federal Register. This proposed rule includes technical fixes to, minor changes in, or codification of long-standing policies pertaining to member evaluations, performance measurement, national service insignia, false or misleading statements, Inspector General access to grantee records, state service plans, the definition of participant, prohibited activities, living allowance disbursement, living allowance waiver, civil rights, state commission membership, prohibition of split funded project, and the small state minimum and timeframe for formula requests.

• Click here to read the proposed rule in the Federal Register (PDF).

We benefited greatly from the input we received in developing the proposed rule. The Corporation is keenly interested in your views concerning this proposed rule, so I encourage you to closely review its substance, and if you decide to submit any comment(s), please clearly identify the specific section or sections of the proposed rule that your comment addresses. The publication of this proposed rule begins a 60-day public comment period, which ends on January 19, 2008. The proposed rule contains specific information concerning the procedures for submitting comments.

In addition, please be advised that the Corporation has scheduled two conference calls that will be held on Tuesday, November 27 and Thursday, November 29, at 3:00 p.m. EST. You will find the call in information for each of these calls below.

NOV-27-2007 (Tuesday)

• CALL TIME: 03:00 PM EASTERN TIME
• DURATION: 1 hr
• PARTICIPANT PASSCODE: BORGSTROM
• Toll Free Number: 800-369-1891

For security reasons, the passcode and the leader's name will be required to join your call.  Restrictions may exist when accessing toll free numbers using a mobile telephone.

• INSTANT REPLAY PLUS INFORMATION:

Replays are generally available one hour after a call ends. 
END DATE: DEC-11-07 10:59 PM (CT)
Toll Free Number (Replay): 866-419-5473

NOV-29-2007 (Thursday)

• CALL TIME: 03:00 PM EASTERN TIME
• DURATION: 1 hr
• PARTICIPANT PASSCODE: AMY
• Toll Free Number: 800-369-1891

For security reasons, the passcode and the leader's name will be required to join your call.  Restrictions may exist when accessing toll free numbers using a mobile telephone.

• INSTANT REPLAY PLUS INFORMATION:

Replays are generally available one hour after a call ends.
END DATE: DEC-13-07 10:59 PM (CT)
Toll Free Number (Replay): 800-469-5424