ML20196J314
| ML20196J314 | |
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| Issue date: | 06/18/1999 |
| From: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Leblanc C EDUCATION, DEPT. OF |
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| NUDOCS 9907070228 | |
| Download: ML20196J314 (12) | |
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CHAMMAN June 18, 1999 Ms. Catherine W. LeB!anc Executive Director, White House initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities U.S. Department of Education Washington, D.C. 20202-5120
Dear Ms. LeBlanc:
Enclosed is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Fiscal Year 1999 Annual Federal j Performance Report on Executive Agency Actions to Assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). The enclosed report reflects our agency's continuing efforts to assist HBCUs through our Faculty and Student Resea,'ch Participation Program. 1
- If you have any questions regarding this report or the agency's HBCU Program, please contact Mrs. Irene P. Little, Director, Office of Small Business and Civil Rights, at (301) 415 7380.
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t A. Executive Summary i l '
l The Nuclear Regulatory Comndssion's (NRC) Faculty / Student Research Participation Program is designed to introduce students and faculty members from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to research and development activities related to the mission of the NRC. The Agency's program is conducted under a cooperative agreement with Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. Participants
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perform research and development activities associated with (1) NRC's technical assistance projects that '
are conducted at Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories, and (2) other projects conducted at DOE i laboratories where the subject matter and outcomes are NRC-mission related. !
The goals of the Agency's program include the following:
e Assist faculty and students in becoming familiar with research areas related to the Agency's mission; l
e Continue support of technical research for HBCU college faculty and student education; ;
e Strengthen the educational capacity of HBCUs; and e Encourage students to seek employment in scientific fields.
A primary objective of the Agency's program is to provide opportunities for faculty and students to participate in research and development studies at schools where more advanced equipment and technology are applied. l The Fiscal Year 20h0 President's Budget contains $170,000 for the agency's HBCU program. This represents a 20 percent decrease from $213,740 expended in 1999. This decrease is attributed to a decline in the Agency's resources for Fiscal Year 2000. The agency is in the process of formulating its Fiscal Year 2001 - Fiscal Year 2002 budget request to OMB. Currently, total dollars awarded to HBCUs is approximately 4 percent of total dollars awards to all Institutes of Higher Education.
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- - B. Summary of Planned Awards to HBCUs by Catenorv
- FY 2000 i
- 1. U S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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- 2. Shirlev Ann Jackson .,_ Chairman NAME/ SIGNATURE OF REPRESENTATIVE TillE
- 3. TOTAL UNIVERSE OF FUNDS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (IIiEs)
$4.195.000 CA*EGORY AWARDS TO AWARDS TO Awards to IIE+ IMCUse IECUs as % ;
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' Awards to IIE
- 1. Research & Development $4,025,000 $170,000 4.2%
- 2. Program Evaluation
- 3. Training
- 4. Facilities and Equipment
- 5. Fellowships, Traineeships, Internships, Recruitment, and IPAs
- 6. Student Tuition Assistance, Scholarships, and Other Aid
- 7. Direct Institutional Subsidies
- 8. Third Party Awards
- 9. Private Sector l Involvement 1
- 10. Admmistrative Infrastructure l, 11, Other Total $4,025,000 $170,000 4.2%
. Shiriev Ana Jackson. Chairman Agency Head (Typed) AGENCY HEAD SIGNATURE
+IHE = Institutions of Higher Education
'HBCUs = Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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C. Table of Planned FY 2000 Agency Awards to HBCUs by Institution and Category I l
I The total amount of $170,000 (planned Fiscal Year 2000 awards) will be awarded in the Research and i Development category. Solicitations will go out to undergraduate and graduate students and faculty at I HBCUs. All applicants will be considered for these awards. Final award decisions will be based on applicant capability, avail dility, interest, and availability ofprojects that are NRC-mission related. For l
on-campus research projects, assignments will_ be based on the capabilities of the HBCU for performing on-campus research work that is NRC-mission related. .
D. Planned Awards to HBCUs and Narrative Information Fiscal Year 2000 activities will involve projects that support the Agency's mission. Pnority of assignments will be as follows: (1) NRC's technical assistance projects that are conducted at DOE laboratories, and (2) l other projects conducted at DOE laboratories where the subject matter and outcomes are NRC-mission ;
related. Assignments will involve areas of study in fields such as nuclear engineering, health physics, human factors, corwuter science, and risk and performance assessment. Students and faculty at all HBCUs will be considered for these awards. 1 1
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE FISCAL YEAR 2000 -
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ANNUAL FEDERAL PLAN ON EXECUTIVE AGENCY ACTIONS TO ASSIST t
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Prepared by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Under Executive Order 12876 t-
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Fiscal Year 2000 annual Federal Plan on EFecutive Agency Actions to Assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities I INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARh: Develop a one or two-page summary of your agency's performance during FY 2000 regarding:
1). Goals and measurable objectives your agency will seek to achieve d uring FY 2000; 2) k
. Total planned awards to HBCUs during FY 2000; *1- 1
- 3) The planned amount of increase in awards to HBCUs during FY 2000 over the total awards to these institutions during FY 1999, if applicable, the amount of decrease in total awards to HBCUs during FY 2000 under awards to HBCUs during FY 1999, including the reason for the deuease; B. Summary of Total Agency Awards, by Categorv This form is provided for' reporting total planned awards, by category, that will result in {
agency initiatives to strengthen HBCUs. Report only those categories your agency will support duringFY 2000.
These categories are:
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(1) Research and Development (2) Program Evaluation l
(3) Training '
(4) Facilities and Equipment (5) Fellowships, Internships Traineeships, Recruitment, and Arrangements under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPAs)
(6) Student Tuition Assistance, Scholarships, and Other Aid (7) DirectInstitutionalSubsides (8) Third-Party Awards (9) Private-SectorInvolvement s (10) AdministrativeInfrastructure
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c- , (11) Other Activitics To evoid duplic: tion, information you give on funding amounts for any one program i
should be reported in only one program category. In cases of interagency transfers of funds, all agencies that are contributing to the Interagency agreement should report in section (11) under "other activities."
C. Table of Planned FY 2000 Agency Awards to HBCUs, by Institution and by Categorv l tgk Part C, is a Table for listing HBCUs and the amount your agency plans to award to these
!# institutions. This table should be used to record the total planned award to each HBCU, by institution and by category. A diskette is enclosed.
D. Planned Awards to HBCUs, and Narrative Information For each of the 11 program categories named in Part I, briefly list activities that will be carried out during FY 2000. List program / activity, amount of planned award, and HBCU recipient. ; :
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na Summary of Planned Awards TO HBCUs. by Catenory: FY 2000 1
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NAME/ SIGNATURE OF REPRESENTATIVE TITLE .
- 3. TOTAL UNIVERSE OF FUNDS FOR ~
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (IHEs) $
CATEGORY AWARDS TO AWARDS TO Awards to lilE+ 11BCUs* IIBCUs as %
of total Awards to IIIE
- 1. Research & Development
- 2. Program Evaluation
- 3. Training
- 4. Facilities and Equipment
- 5. Fellowships, Traineeships, Internships, ..
Recruitment. and IPAs
- 6. Student Tuition Assistance,
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- 7. Direct Institutional Subsidies
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- 8. Third Party Awards
- 9. Private Sector involvement
- 10. Administrative Infrastructure
- 11. Other Total Agency Head (Typed) AGbNCY HEAD SIGNATURE l
+IHE = Institutions of Higher Education ;
- HBCUs = Historically Black Colleges and Universities d
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L). Planncd FY 2000 Awards To HBCUs CATEGORY 1: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT l List each program or activity, HBCU recipient and award below:
1 CATEGORY 2:' PROGRAM F, VALUATION List each program or activity, HBCU recipient and award below:
CATEGORY 3: TRAINING List each program or activity, HBCU recipient and award below:
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CATEGORY 4: FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT I List each program or activity, HBCU recipient and award below:
CATEGORY 5: FELLOWSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, TRAINEESHIPS, ;
RECRUITMENT, AND IPAs I .ist each program or activity, HBCU recipient and award below:
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CATEGORY 6: STUDENT TUITION ASSISTANCE, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND OTHER AlD List each program or activity, HBCU recipient and award below:
CATEGORY 7: DIRECT INSTITUTIONAL SUBSIDIES List each program or activity, HBCU recipient and award below:
CATEGORY 8: THIRD PARTY AWARDS List each program or activity, HBCU recipient and award below. ;
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CATEGORY 9: PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT I List each program or activity, HBCU recipient and award below:
CATEGORY 10: ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE List each program or activity, HBCU recipient and award below:
I CATEGORY 11: OTHER List each program or activity, HBCU recipient and award below:
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By Mrrch 31,1999, a copy of your performance report should be received in the following offices:
Ms. Catherine W. LeBI nc - Ms.Jennifer Kron
- Executive Director Program Examiner White House Initiative)on HBCUs Office of Management & Budget
' U.S. Department of Education 72517th Street, N.W.
600 Independence Av nue,S.W. Room 8236 The Portals Building, com 605 Washington, D.C. 20503 Washington, D.C. 20 02-5120 .
Tel: 202/708-8667 Tel: 202/395-7767 Fax: 202/708-78 - Fax: 202/395-4875 t,fhnuevtyttadai.1:-./SClknyt5l99ju.c (J.2.6Lc. %);cJ .syhd mw w n i u m .. / L J f t i
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Definition of Terms The followine definitions should apply for the purpose of reportine the FY 2000 Annual Federal Plan Administrative Infrastmetum: The management and administrative framework of an institution of higher education.
Acency: All executive departments, establishments and agencies of the federal government.
Award: Funds that an agency provides to an institution of higher education under a grant, contract, or other assistance. -
Contract: A legal instrument reflecting a relationship between a federal agency and an institution of higher education where the principal purpose is to acquire -- by purchase, lease, or barter --
goods or services.
Direct Institutional Subsidies: Federal financial support to institutions of higher education for education and general expenses where the federal government e '.her places no restrictions on the uses to which the funds may be put or where the federal government provides a broad range of allowable activitie.< /ithin which the institution has discretion to use the funds.
Facilities and Eouinment: Stmetures, works, fixed equipment, major repairs, or alterations to:
structures, works, fixed equipment, facilities, on iand for use by an institution of higher education.
Also included in this category are major repairs and alterations to these sites.
Fellowships. Internships. Recruitment.Traineeships.and Arraneementsundertheintercovernmental I Eersonnel t Act GPAs): Cooperative education, student and faulty internships, visiting professorships, and personnel and student recruitment at institutions of higher education.
Grant: The method of transferring property, money, services, or anything of value to a recipient in order to accomplish a public purpose authorized by statute when the agency is not anticipated to be substantially involved in performing the activity. 1 Historically Black Colleces and Universities (HBCUs): The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, defines an HBCU as: "...any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose prin-ipal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accre<'iting agency or association determined by the Secretary (of Education] to $e a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or asso iation, making reasonable progress toward accreditation."
Institution of Higher Education OHE): Any postsecondary education institution in the United States or its territories that offers at least two years ofcollege-level studies. Qualified institutions are listed in the Education Directory: Colleges and Universities, published by the National Center for Edu' cation Statistics.
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Measurable Obiectives: Agency activities orsupp6rt for HBCUs that can be quantitatively measured in dollar amounts or in discrete, non-financial units of measure.
- Program Evaluation: Actions to assess the effectiveness ofinstitutional programs and activities, as well as the effectiveness of federal programs and activities. In many cases, program evaluation (activities are conducted on a continuous basis and are frequently included as salaries or other budgetary expenses.
Research and Development (R&D_): Studies, observations, and other activities concerned with the identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of social, physical, and behavioral phenomena.' Implementation activities are also included in R&D.
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Student Tuition Assistance. Scholarships. and'Other Aid: Federal funds awarded to an institution 3 of higher education for students or' awarded directly to students for payment of such charges as tuition and room and board. ,
I Technical Assistance: Direct help or services to institutions of higher education in key areas such as writing proposals, negotiating awards, managing programs and finances.
Third-Party Awards: Organizations or other entities receiving federal awards on behalf of one or more historically black colleges or universities. Examples of such entities include: the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO); The College Fund /UNCF; National Laboratories, such as Los Alamos or Lawrence Livermore; and various foundations and associations.
Training: Using profession'al personnel (federal and non-federal) to acquire or enhance knowledge or skills at an HBCU.
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