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/Vol. 67, No. 103/Wednesday, May 29, 2002/Notices

Secretary of the Navy and is availablefor licensing by the Department of theNavy. U.S. Patent No. 5,958,701 entitled

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Method for Measuring IntramolecularForces by Atomic Force

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, Navy Case No.79,257.

ADDRESSES

Requests for copies of thepatent cited should be directed to theNaval Research Laboratory, Code 1004,4555 Overlook Avenue, SW.,Washington, DC 20375

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5320, and mustinclude the Navy Case number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Catherine M. Cotell, Ph.D., Head,Technology Transfer Office, NRL Code1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW.,Washington, DC 20375

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5320, telephone(202) 767

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7230. Due to temporary U.S.Postal Service delays, please fax (202)404

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7920, E-Mail:

cotell@nrl.navy.mil

or use courier delivery to expediteresponse.

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404)Dated: May 22, 2002.

R.E. Vincent II,

Lieutenant Commander, Judge AdvocateGeneral

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s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3810

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEDepartment of the NavyPrivacy Act of 1974; System ofRecords

AGENCY

Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION

Notice to delete recordssystems.

SUMMARY

The Department of the Navyproposes to delete three systems of records notices from its inventory of records systems subject to the PrivacyAct of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

DATES

The deletions will be effective on June 28, 2002 unless comments arereceived that would result in a contrarydetermination.

ADDRESSES

Send comments toDepartment of the Navy, PA/FOIAPolicy Branch, Chief of NavalOperations, DNS10, 2000 NavyPentagon, Washington, DC 20350

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2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Mrs.Doris Lama at (202) 685

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6545 or DSN325

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6545.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

TheDepartment of the Navy

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s record systemnotices for records systems subject tothe Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a),as amended, have been published in the

Federal Register

and are available fromthe address above.These deletions are not within thepurview of subsection (r) of the PrivacyAct of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended,which requires the submission of newor altered systems report.

Dated: May 21, 2002.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register LiaisonOfficer, Department of Defense.,

N01001

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SYSTEM NAME

MSC Masters/Chief EngineersBiographical Data File (April 28, 1999,64 FR 22840).

Reason:

The Command no longertracks or updates biographies. Recordsno longer necessary and have beendestroyed.

N04050

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SYSTEM NAME

Personal Property Program (February22, 1993, 58 FR 10734).

Reason:

The Department of the Navyis deleting this system of records fromits inventory because the Department of the Army, as the executive agency forDoD

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s surface passenger and personalproperty program, has an establishedDoD-wide system of records for themaintenance of these records (A0055

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355 MTMC, entitled

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Personal PropertyMovement and Storage Records

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N05800

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SYSTEM NAME

Legal Records System (February 22,1993, 58 FR 10770).

Reason:

As a result of realignment,Navy hospitals no longer report to theBureau of Medicine and Surgery.Accordingly, their legal office recordsare covered under a variety of otherNavy legal systems. Hence, a separatedistinct system for BUMED and thehospitals is no longer needed.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA NO: 84.349A]

Early Childhood Educator ProfessionalDevelopment Program; Notice InvitingApplications for New Awards for FiscalYear (FY) 2002

Purpose of Program

: The purpose of the Early Childhood EducatorProfessional Development Program,authorized by section 2151(e) of theElementary and Secondary EducationAct (ESEA) as added by the No ChildLeft Behind Act, Public Law 107

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110, isto enhance the school readiness of young children, particularlydisadvantaged young children, and toprevent them from encounteringdifficulties once they enter school. Theprogram is designed to improve theknowledge and skills of early childhoodeducators who work in communitiesthat have high concentrations of children living in poverty.Projects funded under the EarlyChildhood Educator ProfessionalDevelopment Program will providehigh-quality, sustained, and intensiveprofessional development for these earlychildhood educators in how to providedevelopmentally appropriate school-readiness services for preschool-agechildren that are based on the bestavailable research on early childhoodpedagogy and on child developmentand learning. These grants complementthe President

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s Early ChildhoodInitiative and early learning programs,such as Early Reading First, by helpingStates and local communities strengthenearly learning for young children. TheDepartment intends to disseminateinformation about the funded projectsthat prove to be effective professionaldevelopment models to child care andearly childhood education programs.

Eligible Applicants

: A

partnership

consisting of

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(i) One or more institutions of highereducation, or other public or privateentities (including faith-basedorganizations), that provide professionaldevelopment for early childhoodeducators who work with children fromlow-income families in high-needcommunities;

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(ii) One or more public agencies(including local educational agencies,State educational agencies, State humanservices agencies, and State and localagencies administering programs underthe Child Care and Development BlockGrant Act of 1990), Head Start agencies,or private organizations (including faith- based organization);

and

(iii) If feasible, an entity withdemonstrated experience in providingtraining to educators in early childhoodeducation programs concerningidentifying and preventing behaviorproblems or working with childrenidentified as or suspected to be victimsof abuse. This entity may be one of thepartners described above, if appropriate.

Applications Available

: May 28, 2002.

Deadline For Receipt of Applications

:The Department

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s Application ControlCenter must

receive

the application by July 5, 2002 (by 4:30 p.m., EasternStandard Time, if hand-delivered).

Deadline for Intergovernmental Review

: September 3, 2002.

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Estimated Available Funds

:$15,000,000 (for FY 2002).

Estimated Range of Awards

:$600,000

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$1,400,000 per year.

Estimated Average Size of Awards

:$1,000,000 per year (based on 15awards).

Estimated Number of Awards

: 10

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25.

Note:

The Department is not bound by anyestimates in this notice.

Project Period

: Up to 2 years.

Applicable Regulations:

Thefollowing provisions of the EducationDepartment General AdministrativeRegulations (EDGAR) apply to theseEarly Childhood Educator ProfessionalDevelopment program grants: 34 CFRparts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, 86,97, 98, and 99.

Matching and Use of FundsRequirements

Cost-sharing

: Each partnershipcarrying out a project through an EarlyChildhood Educator ProfessionalDevelopment Program grant under thisprogram must provide a cost share of (1)at least 50 percent of the total cost of theproject for the entire grant period; and(2) at least 20 percent of the project costfor each year. The project may providethis cost share from any source otherthan funds under this program,including other Federal sources. Thepartnership may provide the project costshare through contributions of cash orin-kind, fairly evaluated, includingplant, equipment, and services.

Indirect Costs:

For purposes of indirect cost charges, the Secretaryconsiders all Early Childhood EducatorProfessional Development Programgrants to be

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educational traininggrants

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within the meaning of 34 CFR75.562(a). Therefore, consistent with 34CFR 75.562, except for costs incurred byfiscal agents that are State agencies oragencies of local governments (such aslocal educational agencies), a recipient

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sindirect cost rate is limited to themaximum of eight percent or theamount permitted by its negotiatedindirect cost rate agreement, whicheveris less.

Pre-award Costs:

The Department

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sregulations authorize grant recipients toincur allowable pre-award costs up to90 calendar days before the grant award(34 CFR 75.263 and 74.25(e)(1)). Pre-award costs, in this case, may includethe necessary and reasonable costs of aneeds assessment that the statuterequires applicants to conduct, beforesubmitting their applications, todetermine the most critical professionaldevelopment needs of the earlychildhood educators to be served by theproject and in the broader community.Applicants incur any pre-award costs attheir own risk. That is, the Secretary isunder no obligation to reimburse thesecosts if for any reason the applicantdoes not receive an award or if theaward is less than anticipated andinadequate to cover these costs.

Background

These Early Childhood EducatorProfessional Development Programgrants will provide a small butsignificant base of high-quality,intensive, replicable, professionaldevelopment programs for earlychildhood educators. These programswill be based upon the best availableresearch on early childhood pedagogyand on child development and learning,including early language and literacydevelopment. The grants areparticularly important because high-quality, intensive, research-basedprofessional development is critical forimplementing effective early childhoodprograms that enhance the schoolreadiness of young children.These grants will fund projects thatcarry out activities to improve theknowledge and skills of early childhoodeducators working in early childhoodprograms that are located in high-needcommunities and serve concentrationsof children from low-income families.The specific activities for whichrecipients may use grant funds areidentified in the application package.The Secretary will expect fundedprojects to use rigorous methodologiesto measure progress toward attainmentof project objectives and of theachievement indicators in this noticeunder

Achievement Indicators

. Thestatute requires applicants to reportannually on their progress towardattaining these achievement indicators.

Definitions

The following terms used in theabsolute priority, the competitivepreference, and the selection criteria forthis grant competition have specificstatutory meanings that are included inthe application package:

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earlychildhood educator,

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high-needcommunity,

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low-income family,

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poverty line,

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professionaldevelopment,

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and

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scientifically basedresearch.

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The Secretary stronglyencourages applicants to review thestatutory definitions of these terms before preparing their grantapplications.

Applications

Early Childhood EducatorProfessional Development Programgrants for FY 2002 will be awardedthrough a competitive process. Thestatute requires each applicant to submitan application that contains specificinformation and assurances that aredescribed in the application package.The application narrative (addressingthe absolute priority, the competitivepreference, the EDGAR selectioncriteria, and other informationidentified in the application package) islimited to 30 double-spaced, typedpages. In addition, the budget narrativeis limited to 5 double-spaced, typedpages. Other application materials arelimited to the specific materialsindicated in the application package,and may not include any video or othernon-print materials.

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking

It is the Secretary

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s practice, inaccordance with the AdministrativeProcedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553), to offerinterested parties the opportunity tocomment on proposed priorities andother program requirements that are nottaken directly from statute. Ordinarily,this practice would have applied to thepriorities, achievement indicators, andapplication requirements in this notice.Section 437(d)(1) of the GeneralEducation Provisions Act (GEPA),however, exempts from this requirementrules that apply to the first competitionunder a new or substantially revisedprogram. The Secretary, in accordancewith section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, hasdecided to forgo public comment withrespect to the rules in this grantcompetition in order to ensure timelyawards. The rules in this notice willapply only to the FY 2002 grantcompetition.

Achievement Indicators

The Secretary announces thefollowing achievement indicators forthese grants as required by section2151(e)(6) of the ESEA:

Indicator 1

Increasing numbers of hours of highquality professional development will be offered. High-quality professionaldevelopment must be ongoing,intensive, classroom-focused, and basedon scientific research on cognitive andsocial development in early childhoodand effective pedagogy for youngchildren.

Indicator 2

Early childhood educators who workin early childhood programs servinglow-income children will participate ingreater numbers, and increasingnumbers of hours, in high-qualityprofessional development.