🚆Funding Opportunity Notice for Intercity Rail Projects - FY 2024
On October 2, 2024, FRA published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) in the Federal Register announcing the availability of funding and procedures to obtain grant funding for eligible projects located off the Northeast Corridor for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (FSP- National). The full text of the October 2, 2024, NOFO can be found at www.Grants.gov using the funding opportunity ID FR-FSP-24-003. In order to comply with subsequent Executive Orders and to incorporate additional funding, FRA is withdrawing the full text of the October 2, 2024, notice and re-issuing a notice for FSP-National. The full text of the reissued NOFO can be found using the funding opportunity ID FR-FSP- 23-004. The total funding available for awards under the reissued NOFO is up to $5,070,784,989.
Learn More💼NIH Announces Closed Meetings for Grant Applications Review
The National Institutes of Health has announced closed meetings for various special emphasis panels focused on reviewing and evaluating grant applications. These sessions are integral to the funding process for research in health and human services, specifically targeting projects related to behavioral sciences, medicine, and bioengineering.
Learn More🌊Ocean Research Advisory Panel Meeting
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a meeting of the Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP). The members will discuss issues outlined in the section on Matters to be Considered.
Learn More💼NIH Center for Scientific Review
The NIH announces several closed meetings for grant evaluations by the Center for Scientific Review. These sessions are scheduled to assess various grant applications relevant to health and neuroscience. The meetings will occur virtually, ensuring engagement in the review process while safeguarding sensitive information. Contact details for specific committees and officers are provided for further inquiries.
Learn More🛠️Public Meeting on Employment Opportunities via AbilityOne Program
The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled announces a public meeting to discuss emerging service capabilities and employment opportunities for people who are blind or have significant disabilities. The session aims to involve public input and explore strategies for future job markets relevant to the AbilityOne Program.
Learn More🏙️HUD 30-Day Notice
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comments from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 30 days of public comment.
Learn More🚁FAA Announces eVTOL and AAM Integration Pilot Program Proposals
The Department of Transportation (DOT), through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), announces a new eVTOL and AAM Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) that will accelerate the deployment of safe and lawful eVTOL and other AAM aircraft operations in the United States. The eIPP requests that State, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments, in partnership with a private sector partner(s) with demonstrated experience in eVTOL or other AAM development, manufacturing, and operations, or new supporting technologies enabling AAM operations integration into the NAS, submit proposals. The eIPP continues the DOT's efforts to integrate eVTOL and other AAM aircraft developed or offered by a United States-based entity into the National Airspace System (NAS) by identifying the most effective partnerships to test and validate operational concepts that can be scaled to national and international applications. SLTT governments and their private sector partner(s) will propose and define these operational concepts under the safety oversight role of the FAA.
Learn More🏞️Business Implications of Improving Visitor Services in National Parks
The National Park Service (NPS) seeks comments and information to identify improvements that could be made to visitor services in parks, including more efficient ways to deliver and manage those services. This RFI is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior's implementation of Executive Order (E.O.) 14314, which directs the Secretary of the Interior to take steps to improve services for U.S. residents visiting national parks.
Learn More🖼️Determinations on Cultural Objects for Gabriele Münter Exhibition
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "Gabriele M[uuml]nter: Contours of a World" at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.
Learn More🏛️National Register of Historic Places
The National Park Service is soliciting electronic comments on the significance of properties nominated before July 19, 2025, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
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