Federal Funding and Rules Notification Summary

Week Ending August 6, 2010
 

  Dept/Agency Date Notice Title Type of Notice Deadline Funding  
  Education 8/5 Secretary's Priorities for Discretionary Grant Programs Comments -
Notice of Priorities		 9/7/10    
  Education -
Office of Vocational and Adult Education		 8/6 Promoting Rigorous Career and Technical Education Programs of Study NOFA -
Cooperative
Agreement		 Notice of Intent:
8/16/10;
Applications due:
9/7/10		 $240,000 - $260,000   
  Energy -
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC)		 8/6 Demand Response Compensation in Organized Wholesale Energy Markets - Supplemental Proposed Rule -
Supplemental Notice and Technical Conference		 To be announced; conference within 45 days and comments due 30 days after conference    
  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 8/3 Determination of Attainment for PM10 for the Las Vegas Valley Nonattainment Area, NV Final Rule -
Direct Final Rule		 Effective 10/4/10;
Comments due
9/2/10		    
  8/6 Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Particulate Matter Review Panel Meetings -
Public
Teleconference		 8/25/10;
10:00 am - 1:00 pm ET		    
  Environmental Protection Agency -
Office of Research and Development		 8/3 Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of One New Equivalent Method Notice 8/3/10    
  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 8/3 Implementation of Section 224 of the Act; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Correction Proposed Rule -
Correction		 8/3/10    
  8/4 Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Amateur Radio Service Communications During Government Disaster Drills  Final Rule 9/3/10    
  8/4 Review of Personal Radio Services Rules Proposed Rule 9/3/10    
  Health & Human Services (HHS) 8/3 Delayed Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines for the Remainder of 2010 Notice 8/3/10    
  Health & Human Services -
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)		 8/5 New Clinical Preventive Health Topics To Be Considered for Review by the United States Preventive Services Task Force Comments -
Solicitation of Topics		 8/27/10    
  Heath & Human Services -
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)		 8/3 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Building and Strengthening Epidemiology, Laboratory and Health Information Systems Capacity in State and Local Health Departments NOFA Letter of Intent –
8/9/10
Application
8/25/10		 Average:
$ 309,483 		  
  8/3 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) State Supplemental Funding for Healthy Communities, Tobacco Prevention and Control, Diabetes Prevention and Control, and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System  NOFA 9/5/10,
5:00 pm ET		 Average:
$78,960		  
  8/3 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) PS08-802,
“HIV/AIDS Surveillance: Enhancing Laboratory Reporting"		 NOFA 9/2/10,
5:00 pm ET
 		 $25,000 - $400,000   
  Health & Human Services -
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)		 8/3 Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2011 Payment Rates; Proposed Changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2011 Payment Rates; Proposed Changes to Payments to Hospitals for Certain Inpatient Hospital Services and for Graduate Medical Education Costs; and Proposed Changes to Physician Self-Referral Rules and Related Changes to Provider Agreement Regulations Proposed Rule 8/31/10;
5:00 pm ET		    
  8/3 Planning Grant: The Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program  NOFA   NA
CMS may negotiate amounts.		  
  8/4 Medicare Program; Listening Session Regarding Confidential Feedback Reports and the Implementation of a Value-Based Payment Modifier for Physicians Meeting -
Teleconference		 9/24/10;
10:00 am - 4:00 pm ET		    
  Health & Human Services -
Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight		 8/3 Planning and Establishment of State-Level Exchanges; Request for Comments Regarding Exchange-Related Provisions in Title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Comments 10/4/10    
  Health & Human Services -
Office of Public Health & Science (OPHS)		 8/5 FY11 Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants (Carson City, Nevada area)  NOFA 3/29/11,
5:00 pm ET		 Up to $200,400  
  Housing & Urban Development -
Office of Policy Development & Research		 8/4 Proposed Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program Fiscal Year 2011 Comments 9/3/10    
  Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) 8/2 Conservation Project Support  NOFA 10/1/10 Up to $150,00  
  Interior -
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)		 8/2 Development and Coordination of Wild Turkey and Upland Bird Habitat  NOFA 8/31/10 $16,000  
  Justice -
National Institute of Corrections (NIC)		 8/2 Strategies for Women Executives in Corrections  NOFA 8/20/10,
2:00 pm ET		 Up to $100,000  
  8/6 NIC Cost Containment Online Resource Center Project  NOFA 8/30/10 Up to $150,000  
  Labor -
Employment & Training Administration (ETA)		 8/6 Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) to Fund Cooperative Agreements under the Disability Employment Initiative (DEI)  NOFA TBA NA  
  Labor -
Office of Disability Employment Policy 		 8/2 Add Us In  NOFA 9/1/10,
5:00 pm ET		 $500,000 - $625,000  
  Legal Services Corporation 8/6 Income Level for Individuals Eligible for Assistance Final Rule 8/6/10    
  National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) 8/5 NEH/DFG Symposia and Workshops Program  NOFA 11/16/10 $20,000 - $100,000  
  8/5 NEH/DFG Enriching Digital Collections  NOFA 11/16/10 $100,000 - $350,000  
  8/5 Digital Humanities Start-up Grants  NOFA 10/5/10 Level I: $5,000 - $25,000
Level II: $25,001 - $50,000 		  
  National Science Foundation (NSF) 8/4 Nano and Bio Mechanics  NOFA 9/1/10 -
10/1/10		 NA  
  8/4 Dynamical Systems  NOFA 9/1/10 -
10/1/10		 NA  
  8/4 Operations Research  NOFA 9/1/10 -
10/1/10		 NA  
  8/4 Solid State and Materials Chemistry  NOFA 9/1/10 -
10/1/10		 NA  
  8/4 Sensors and Sensing Systems  NOFA 9/1/10 -
10/1/10		 NA  
  8/4 Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events  NOFA 9/1/10 -
10/1/10		 NA  
  8/4 Hazard Mitigation and Structural Engineering  NOFA 9/1/10 -
10/1/10		 NA  
  8/4 Geotechnical Engineering  NOFA 9/1/10 -
10/1/10		 NA  
  8/4 Structural Materials and Mechanics  NOFA 9/1/10 -
10/1/10		 NA  
  8/4 Materials and Surface Engineering  NOFA 9/1/10 -
10/1/10		 NA  
  8/4 Civil Infrastructure Systems  NOFA 9/1/10 -
10/1/10		 NA  
  State Department 8/3 Visas: Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended Final Rule   8/3/10    
  Treasury 8/5 Draft Strategic Plan for FY 2010-2015 Comments 8/13/10    
  US Department of Agriculture -
National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA)		 8/4 Solicitation of Input From Stakeholders Regarding Assessments Focused on Improving Food Aid and Providing Safe Water Comments 9/3/10;
5:00 pm ET		    
  8/5 Children, Youth & Families at Risk 4-H Military Partnership Program  NOFA 9/1/10,
5:00 pm ET		 Up to $500,000 per year  
  US Department of Agriculture -
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)		 8/2 Nominations to the Agricultural Air Quality Task Force Notice -
Request for Nominations		 9/16/10    
  8/4 Notice of Proposed Changes to the National Handbook of Conservation Practices for the Natural Resources Conservation Service Comments Effective 8/4/10;
Comments due 9/3/10		    
  US Department of Agriculture -
Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS)		 8/4 Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives (REIC) NOFA 9/1/10 $300,000