[Federal Register: February 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 27)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

 
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) 
Opportunities in the Workforce System Initiative; Solicitation for 
Grant Applications (SGA) SGA/DFA PY 07-03, Amendment Number 1

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration published a 
document in the Federal Register of January 15, 2008, announcing the 
availability of funds and solicitation for grant applications for the 
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Opportunities 
in the Workforce System Initiative. This amendment will make changes to 
the January 15 document by clarifying and correcting this Solicitation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marsha Daniels, Grants Management 
Specialist, Telephone (202) 693-3504.

Amendment

    In the Federal Register of January 15, 2008, in FR Volume 73, 
Number 10, the

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solicitation is hereby amended with the following:
    1. This amendment is to clarify the type of Workforce Investment 
Board that is an Eligible Applicant for this Solicitation. Where an 
individual Workforce Investment Board is cited in the Solicitation it 
will be defined as a State or Local Workforce Investment Board.
    2. On page 2533, Part I.C. Use of Funds/Allowable Activities, 
remove the following text: Activities funded under this Solicitation 
must be focused on developing skills and competencies related to fields 
identified in the Attachment.
    Replace with the following text: Activities funded under this 
Solicitation must be focused on developing skills and competencies 
related to the H-1B industries and occupations identified in the 
Attachment and further limited by the list of NSF-defined STEM fields 
on page 2531, center column.
    3. On page 2542, the Attachment: H-1B Industry Sectors and 
Occupations, add the following text under the header: For the purposes 
of this Solicitation, this list is further limited by the NSF-defined 
STEM fields on page 2531.
    4. A virtual Prospective Applicant Conference was held via webinar 
for this grant competition on January 25, 2008. A recorded version can 
be viewed at: http://www.workforce3one.org/view.cfm?id=4776&info=1


    Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of February 2008.
Eric Luetkenhaus,
Grant Officer, Employment & Training Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-2336 Filed 2-7-08; 8:45 am]

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