>From ALA Selected Sources for Grants http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/washfunding/grants/grants.htm
The purpose of the CTC program is to assist eligible applicants to create or expand community technology centers that provide disadvantaged residents of economically distressed urban and rural communities with access to information technology and related training. In order to reach additional needy communities, the Assistant Secretary has determined that the best policy for the Department in FY 2005 is to fund additional high-quality applications and that a sufficient number of high-quality 2004 applications remain available for funding. July 13, 2005 Department of Education: Community Technology Centers Program [re-printed from the Department of Education] AGENCY: Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice of final changes to requirements. SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education announces changes to certain requirements governing the Community Technology Centers (CTC) program that the Department established in 2004 and used for the fiscal year (FY) 2004 CTC competition. Specifically, the Assistant Secretary is removing the following two requirements: That novice and non-novice applicants in CTC competitions be ranked and funded separately, and that at least 75 percent of the funds be set aside for non-novice applicants and up to 25 percent of the funds be set aside for novice applicants. The Assistant Secretary will abide by the revised requirements in making awards in FY 2005 from the list of unfunded applicants from the FY 2004 CTC competition. DATES: This notice of final changes to requirements is effective August 11, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Holliday, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center Plaza, Room 11089, Washington, DC 20202-7241. Telephone: (202) 245-7708 or via e- mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please type ``CTC Notice Correspondence'' as the subject line of your electronic message. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339. Note: This notice does not solicit applications. Full-Text: [http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gp o.gov/2005/05-13688.htm] or http://tinyurl.com/cs25t Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS Community Outreach Liaison National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital Divide Network Profile) _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
