3768 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 30 / Wednesday, February 13, 2019 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Application Deadline Data Extension in requirements and limitations in the Case of Technical Issues with the competition NIA. Common Instructions for Applicants to Grants.gov System, we are changing, in 4. Data Universal Numbering System Department of Education Discretionary three places, the time of the application Number, Taxpayer Identification Grant Programs deadline from 4:30:00 p.m., Eastern Number, and System for Award Time, to 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time. Management: To do business with the AGENCY: Office for Planning, Evaluation We are making these changes so that Department, and to submit your and Policy Development, Department of applicants not located in the Eastern application electronically using Education. Time will have a full business day to Grants.gov, you must— ACTION: Notice; revised common submit their applications before the a. Have a Data Universal Numbering instructions. deadline passes. We are also adding a System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN); SUMMARY: On February 12, 2018, the sentence notifying applicants that b. Register both your DUNS number Department of Education (Department) assistance from Principal Office staff is and TIN with the System for Award published a set of common instructions available until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time Management (SAM.gov), the for applicants seeking funds under a on the application deadline date. Government’s primary registrant Department discretionary grant Lastly, we are revising the database; competition as part of a broader effort to instructions for submitting an c. Provide your DUNS number and reduce barriers for applicants. These application electronically, under section TIN on your application; and common instructions are referenced in 5, Other Submission Requirements, so d. Maintain an active SAM individual competition notices inviting that applications can be submitted using registration with current information applications (NIAs). In this notice, we Microsoft Word. We are making this while your application is under review are publishing a revised version of the change to provide greater flexibility for by the Department and, if you are common instructions that supersedes applicants to submit an acceptable awarded a grant, during the project the version published on February 12, application for review; however, we period. 2018. recommend that applicants submit all documents as read-only flattened PDFs. You can obtain a DUNS number from FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The revised common instructions are Dun and Bradstreet at the following Ronald B. Petracca, U.S. Department of set forth as follows: website: http://fedgov.dnb.com/ Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Common Set of Instructions for webform. A DUNS number can be Room 6E306, Washington, DC 20202. Applicants: Application and created within one to two business days. Telephone: (202) 401–6008. Email: Submission Information. If you are a corporate entity, agency, [email protected]. 1. Address to Request Application institution, or organization, you can If you use a telecommunications Package: You can obtain an application obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue device for the deaf (TDD) or a text package from the Department’s website Service (IRS). If you are an individual, telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay or Grants.gov. you can obtain a TIN from the IRS or the Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1–800–877– To obtain a copy via the Department’s Social Security Administration. If you 8339. website, use the following address: need a new TIN, please allow two to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ five weeks for your TIN to become Background: This document provides grantapps/index.html. active. applicants with a centralized and up-to- 2. Content and Form of Application The SAM registration process can take date set of instructions for applying to Submission: Requirements concerning approximately seven business days, but the Department’s discretionary grant the content and form of an application, may take upwards of several weeks, programs. Future NIAs will reference together with the forms you must depending on the completeness and this document in lieu of providing this submit, are in the application package accuracy of the data you enter into the series of instructions within each NIA. for the program. SAM.gov database. Thus, if you think Rarely, exceptions will need to be made 3. Submission Dates and Times: you might want to apply for Federal to these instructions and will be noted Submit applications for grants under the financial assistance under a program in an individual competition NIA. program electronically using Grants.gov. administered by the Department, please Revised Common Instructions: The For information (including dates and allow sufficient time to obtain and Department is making several changes times) about how to submit your register your DUNS number and TIN. to the common instructions for application electronically, please refer We recommend that you register early. applicants provided in the notice to Other Submission Requirements in If you are unable to submit an published in the Federal Register on section 5 of these instructions. application on Grants.gov by the February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6003). First, in We do not consider an application application deadline because you do not section four, Data Universal Numbering that does not comply with the deadline have an active SAM registration, you System Number, Taxpayer requirements. will not be considered for funding. Identification Number, and System for Individuals with disabilities who Note: Once your SAM.gov registration is Award Management, we are adding a need an accommodation or auxiliary aid active, it may be 24 to 48 hours before you sentence above the Note that clarifies in connection with the application can access the information in, and submit an that applicants who are unable to process should contact the person listed application through, Grants.gov. submit an application via Grants.gov by in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION If you are currently registered with the application deadline, because their CONTACT section in the competition NIA. SAM.gov, you may not need to make System for Award Management (SAM) If the Department provides an any changes. However, please make registration is not active, will not be accommodation or auxiliary aid to an certain that the TIN associated with considered for funding. individual with a disability in your DUNS number is correct. Note: Second, in section 5(a), under Other connection with the application You must update your SAM registration Submission Requirements—Electronic process, the individual’s application annually. This may take three or more Submission of Applicants and— remains subject to all other business days. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:22 Feb 12, 2019 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13FEN1.SGM 13FEN1 khammond on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 30 / Wednesday, February 13, 2019 / Notices 3769 Information about SAM is available at the person listed in the FOR FURTHER attachments to your application as files www.SAM.gov. To further assist you INFORMATION CONTACT section in the in either Portable Document Format with obtaining and registering your competition NIA during normal (PDF) or Microsoft Word. Although DUNS number and TIN in SAM.gov or business hours and no later than 5:00 applicants have the option of uploading updating your existing SAM account, p.m., Eastern Time, on the application any narrative sections and all other we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet, deadline date. attachments to their application in which you can find at: http:// • The amount of time it can take to either PDF or Microsoft Word, we www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/sam- upload an application will vary recommend applicants submit all faqs.html. depending on a variety of factors, documents as read-only flattened PDFs, In addition, in order to submit your including the size of the application and meaning any fillable PDF files must be application via Grants.gov, you must (1) the speed of your internet connection. saved and submitted as non-fillable PDF register as an applicant using your Therefore, we recommend that you files and not as interactive or fillable DUNS number and (2) be designated by leave yourself plenty of time to PDF files, to better ensure applications your organization’s E-Biz Point of complete your submission. are processed in a more timely, Contact as an Authorized Organization • Applications received by accurate, and efficient manner. If you Representative (AOR). Details on these Grants.gov are date- and time-stamped choose to submit your application in steps are outlined at the following upon submission. Your application Microsoft Word, you may do so using Grants.gov web page: https:// must be fully uploaded and submitted any version of Microsoft Word (i.e., a www.grants.gov/web/grants/ and must be date- and time-stamped by document ending in a .doc or .docx register.html. the Grants.gov system no later than extension). If you upload a file type 5. Other Submission Requirements: 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the other than PDF or Microsoft Word or if a. Electronic Submission of application deadline date. Except as you submit a password-protected file, Applications. otherwise noted in this section, we will we will be unable to review that We are participating as a partner in not accept your application if it is material. Please note that this will likely the Government-wide Grants.gov site. received—that is, date- and time- result in your application not being Submit applications electronically using stamped by the Grants.gov system—after considered for funding. The Department Grants.gov and do not email them 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on the will not convert material from other unless explicitly allowed in a application deadline date.