[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 51564] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-25814] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Minority Business Development Agency [Docket No. 980901228-8228-01] RIN 0640-ZA04 Solicitation of Applications for the Minority Business Opportunity Committee (MBOC) Program AGENCY: Miniority Business Development Agency, Commerce. ACTION: Notice; extension of closing date. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Minority Business Development Agency is extending the closing date for responses to its announcement to solicit competitive applications under its Minority Business Opportunity Committee program which was announced in the Federal Register on September 8, 1998. All other information in the prior notice remains the same. DATES: Complete applications for the MBOC program must be mailed (USPS postmark) or received by MBDA at the address below no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 16, 1998. ADDRESSES: Applicants must submit one signed original plus two copies of the application, including all information required by the Competitive Application Package. Complete application packages must be submitted to: Minority Business Opportunity Committee Program Manager, Office of Executive Secretariat, HCHB, Room 5073, Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. If the application is hand-delivered by the applicant or its representative, it must be delivered to Room 1874, which is located at Entrance #10, 15th Street NW, between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues. Unsigned applications will be considered non-responsive and will be returned to the applicant. Failure to submit other required information may result in points being deducted from an applicant's score. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and a Competitive Application Package contact Stephen Boykin, the MBOC Program Manager, at (202) 482-1712. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 8, 1998, (63 FR 47480) the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) published a notice soliciting competitive applications from organizations seeking to operate Minority Business Opportunity Committees (MBOCs). All information required to submit a cooperative agreement application by eligible applicants is contained in that announcement and in the Competitive Application Package. By this notice, the MBDA is extending the date to receive applications from October 8, 1998, to October 16, 1998. Authority: Executive Order 11625 and 15 U.S.C. 1512. Dated: September 22, 1998. Juanita E. Berry, Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 98-25814 Filed 9-25-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-21-M