Discretionary Cooperative Agreements To Support Innovative Programs To Increase Booster Seat and Seat Belt Use Among Children

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35245-35249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16356]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Discretionary Cooperative Agreements To Support Innovative 
Programs To Increase Booster Seat and Seat Belt Use Among Children

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability--discretionary cooperative agreements.

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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 
announces a discretionary cooperative agreement program to demonstrate 
and evaluate innovative programs designed to increase booster seat use 
among children, ages 4 to 8, who have outgrown their child safety seats 
but do not fit into adult seat belts, and to increase seat belt use 
among older children, ages 8 through 15.

DATES: Applications must be received at the office designated below 
before 2:00 p.m. (EST), on August 30, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to the DOT/National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Contracts and Procurement 
(NAD-30), ATTN: Debra J. Crites, 400 7th Street S.W., Room 5301, 
Washington, D.C., 20590. All applications submitted must include a 
reference to NHTSA Cooperative Agreement Program Number DTNH22-99-H-
05138.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General administrative questions may 
be directed to Debra J. Crites, Office of Contracts and Procurement at 
(202) 366-9547, or by e-mail at dcrites@nhtsa.dot.gov. Programmatic 
questions relating to this cooperative agreement program should be 
directed to Lori A. Miller, Contracting Officer's Technical 
Representative (COTR), Occupant Protection Division (NTS-12), NHTSA, 
400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., 20590, by e-mail at 
lmiller@nhtsa.dot.gov, or by phone at (202) 366-9835. Interested 
applicants are advised that no separate application package exists 
beyond the content of this announcement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death to American children 
of every age from 5 through15 years old. Restraint use and proper 
restraint use decreases as children get older. While restraint use for 
infants is 85 percent, restraint use for children ages 5 through 15 
decreases to 64 percent. NHTSA's 1997 Fatal Analysis Reporting System 
shows that 52.6 percent of fatally injured 4 through 7 year-old 
passenger vehicle occupants were totally unrestrained and 65.7 percent 
of fatally injured 8 through 15 year-olds were unrestrained.
    Studies also reveal that of the 4 to 8 year-olds who are 
restrained, most are in safety belts, not booster seats. In addition, a 
NHTSA observational study showed that, of the children who had outgrown 
their child seat, at about age 4 and 40 pounds, only 6 percent were in 
booster seats. Because of their size, children do not fit properly into 
adult seat belts until they are approximately eight years old and 
between 60 and 80 pounds. Booster seats help prevent injuries by 
helping to position lap and shoulder belts properly across the pelvis 
and shoulder. Booster seats also may help make safety belts more 
comfortable for children, decreasing the likelihood that children will 
place the shoulder belt under their arm, put it behind their back, or 
remove the safety belt altogether.
    Despite targeted program and marketing efforts, many parents and 
caregivers of 4 through 15 year-olds continue to let children ride 
unrestrained or in inappropriate restraints or seating positions. 
Research studies, focus group testing, and low usage rates suggest that 
many parents, even those who have secured younger children in child 
safety seats, do not know what a booster seat is. Therefore, parents 
move their children, when they have outgrown their child safety seat, 
into safety belts or leave them totally unrestrained. Many 8 to 12 
year-olds continue to ride unrestrained and in the front seat, even in 
airbag-equipped vehicles.
    Low usage rates and lack of booster seat use may in part be 
attributed to gaps in child passenger safety laws and seat belt laws 
which often leave children ages 4 through 15 unprotected. Under most 
states' provisions, a 10 year-old can ride legally in the back seat 
unrestrained because laws only apply to front seat occupants. Many 
states fail to address the issue of children as passengers in the cargo 
area of pickup trucks. Other gaps, such as exemptions for out-of-state 
vehicles and overcrowded vehicles (car pooling from school) and 
exemptions if the driver is not the child's legal guardian, make it 
even more difficult to reduce injuries.

Programs Addressing Older Child Passengers

    The Standardized Child Passenger Safety Training Program, developed 
by NHTSA in 1997, a program aimed at increasing booster seat and seat 
belt use among children, is currently being delivered nationwide. This 
technical training program provides child passenger safety 
professionals essential information and skills necessary to educate the 
public and to participate in child safety seat clinics. The program 
includes hands-on installations and educational information regarding 
all child restraints, including booster seats and seat belts. To date, 
over 2,500 technicians across the country have been certified. New 
classes are available on a regular basis.
    The National SAFE KIDS Campaign, in partnership with NHTSA, 
developed and implemented a grassroots program known as Give Kids a 
Boost. This program offers educational information regarding booster 
seats, and in some cases, issues booster seats to parents with age-
appropriate children. The delivery system was coordinated through 
health clinics. When families visit the clinics to receive 
immunizations and booster shots for their children, parents are 
provided with the information or the booster seats necessary to protect 
the children as passengers in a motor vehicle.
    Programs addressing the older child passenger have been developed 
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national and local organizations across the country. For example, the 
National Peer Helpers Association (NPHA) and the National Federation of 
State High School Associations (NFHS), with assistance from NHTSA, 
successfully piloted a cross-age mentoring program in four states. 
Research has shown that peer education is a particularly effective tool 
for communicating traffic safety messages to youth. In this 
nontraditional program, high school student leaders send prevention 
messages to junior high school and middle high school students, as well 
as their own peers. The prevention messages include: avoiding alcohol, 
tobacco and other drugs; not riding with a driver who has been drinking 
alcohol, or using other drugs; and always wearing safety belts.
    Many other new and innovative approaches exist to increase booster 
seat use and seat belt use among children. To make an impact on the 
occupant protection problem, it is necessary to identify both 
innovative and effective strategies and make this information available 
to those interested in increasing the use of and the proper use of 
child restraints and/or seat belts.

Purpose and Objectives

    The purpose of this cooperative agreement program is to support the 
development, implementation, and evaluation of up to six (6) projects 
designed to reduce injuries and fatalities among children ages 4 though 
15, due to failure to use booster seats or seat belts. Projects may 
include increasing booster seat use among children, ages 4 to 8, who 
have outgrown their child safety seat but do not yet fit into an adult 
seat belt, and/or innovative approaches to increase seat belt use among 
older children, ages 8 through 15.
    Specific objectives for this cooperative agreement program are as 
follows:
    1. Identify communities that demonstrate the potential for 
successful implementation and evaluation of innovative approaches to 
increase booster seat use among children, ages 4 to 8, who have 
outgrown their child safety seat but do not yet fit into an adult seat 
belt, and/or innovative approaches to increase seat belt use among 
older children, ages 8 through 15.
    2. Use community data to define the problem, as appropriate. These 
data are to extend beyond police crash reports, to the extent possible.
    3. Actively engage the community to define the problem and 
potential solutions to the problem. The community may include, but 
should not be limited to, parents, caregivers, children, law 
enforcement officials, legislators, traffic safety officials, and 
health care and injury prevention professionals. The grantee shall 
develop strategies for ensuring community involvement in the process.
    4. Implement a program to increase the use of booster seats among 
children ages 4 to 8 and/or seat belts among children ages 8 through 
15. The intervention should be creative, based on data and citizen 
input, and comprehensive in nature. The intervention should be designed 
to allow for easy implementation and replication.
    5. Evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. The evaluation 
plan should include process and outcome measures. The evaluation may 
include, but should not be limited to, the following: what works, what 
does not work, how to engage partners, methods of overcoming barriers 
or challenges, and ways to turn challenges into opportunities.

NHTSA Involvement

    NHTSA will be involved in all activities undertaken as part of the 
cooperative agreement program and will:
    1. Provide a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) 
to participate in the planning and management of the cooperative 
agreement and to coordinate activities between the Grantee and NHTSA.
    2. Provide information and technical assistance from government 
sources within available resources and as determined appropriate by the 
COTR.
    3. Serve as a liaison between NHTSA Headquarters, Regional Offices, 
and others (Federal, state and local) interested in increasing 
restraint use and the activities of the grantee.
    4. Review and provide comments on program content, materials, and 
evaluation activities.
    5. Stimulate the transfer of information among grant recipients and 
others engaged in child and youth occupant protection activities.

Period of Support

    Up to six (6) cooperative agreements will be awarded for an initial 
project period of twelve (12) months. Contingent on the availability of 
funds and satisfactory performance, each cooperative agreement may be 
extended for an additional twelve (12) months. A total of approximately 
$500,000 is available for all awarded cooperative agreements for up to 
a two (2) year period. It is anticipated that individual award amounts, 
based on demonstrated need, may range between $50,000 and $100,000. 
Given the amount of funds available for this effort, applicants are 
strongly encouraged to seek other funding opportunities to supplement 
the Federal funds. Preference may be given to applicants with cost 
sharing proposals. At the discretion of the government, funds may be 
obligated fully at the time of award of the cooperative agreement or 
incrementally over the period of the cooperative agreement.

Eligibility Requirements

    Applications may be submitted by public and private, nonprofit and 
not-for-profit organizations, and governments and their agencies or a 
consortium of the above. Thus, universities, colleges, research 
institutions, hospitals, other public and private (non- or not-for-
profit) organizations, and State and local governments are eligible to 
apply. Interested applicants are advised that no fee or profit will be 
allowed under this cooperative agreement program. Preference may be 
given to applicants that have proposed cost-sharing strategies and/or 
other proposed funding sources in addition to those in this 
announcement.

Application Procedure

    Each applicant must submit one (1) original and two (2) copies of 
the application package to: NHTSA, Office of Contracts and Procurement 
(NAD-30), ATTN: Debra J. Crites, 400 7th Street S.W., Room 5301, 
Washington, D.C. 20590. Applications must include a completed 
Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424--Revised 4/88). 
An additional three (3) copies will facilitate the review process, but 
are not required.
    Only complete packages postmarked on or before 2:00 p.m. (EST) on 
August 30, 1999, will be considered. No facsimile transmissions will be 
accepted. Applications must be typed on one side of the page only and a 
reference to NHTSA Cooperative Agreement Number DTNH22-99-H-05138 must 
be included. Unnecessarily elaborate applications beyond what is 
sufficient to present a complete and effective response to this 
invitation are not desired. Please direct questions regarding the 
application process to Debra J. Crites, at (202) 366-9547, or by e-mail 
dcrites@nhtsa.dot.gov. Programmatic questions should be directed to 
Lori A. Miller, by e-mail at lmiller@nhtsa.dot.gov or by phone at (202) 
366-9835.

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Application Contents

    1. The application package must be submitted with OMB Standard Form 
424, (REV. 4-88, including 424A and 424B), Application for Federal 
Assistance, with the required information filled in and the assurances 
signed (SF 424B). The OMB Standard Forms (SF) 424, SF 424 A, and SF 424 
B may be downloaded directly from the OMB Internet web site 
www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OMB/grants/. While the Form 424-A deals with 
budget information, and Section B identifies Budget Categories, the 
available space does not permit a level of detail which is sufficient 
to provide for a meaningful evaluation of the proposed total costs. A 
supplemental sheet shall be provided which presents a detailed 
breakdown of the proposed costs (detail labor, including labor 
categories, level of effort, and rate; direct materials, including 
itemized equipment; travel and transportation, including projected 
trips and number of people traveling; subcontractors/subgrants, with 
similar detail, if known; and overhead), as well as any costs the 
applicant proposes to contribute or obtain from other sources in 
support of the projects in the innovative project plan. The estimated 
budget should be separated and proposed on the basis of a twelve (12) 
month effort with submission of a second twelve (12) month effort to 
cover the possible continuation for an additional year.
    2. Funding sources other than the funds being provided through this 
cooperative agreement are encouraged. Since activities may be performed 
with a variety of financial resources, applicants need to fully 
identify all project costs and their funding sources in the proposed 
budget. The proposed budget must identify all funding sources in 
sufficient detail to demonstrate that the overall objectives of the 
project will be met.
    3. Program Narrative Statement: In no more than 20 pages, the 
program narrative statement must fully describe the scope of the 
project, detailing the activities and costs for which funding is being 
requested. Also, applications for this program must include the 
following information in the program narrative statement:
    a. A table of contents including page number references.
    b. A description of the community in which the grantee proposes to 
implement a program to increase booster seat use among children ages 4 
to 8 and/or to increase seat belt use for children in the age group 8 
through 15. For the purpose of this program, a community includes a 
city, town or county, small metropolitan area or a group of cities, 
towns or counties in a particular region. It should be large enough so 
that the program can have a demonstrable effect on booster seat and/or 
seat belt usage among the applicable age group. The description of the 
community should include, at a minimum, community demographics 
including population of children and youth, the community's child and/
or youth restraint use problem, data sources available, existing 
traffic safety programs, occupant protection programs and community 
resources.
    c. A description of the program's goals and how the grantee plans 
to establish a booster seat and/or youth occupant protection program in 
the proposed site. How will the grantee solicit the assistance of and 
seek partnerships with local organizations, such as law enforcement 
agencies and other safety and health groups? How will children, parents 
and/or youth become part of the process of problem identification and 
proposed solutions?
    d. An implementation plan including a description of the 
interventions or specific activities proposed to achieve the objectives 
of the program. What actions will be undertaken to increase booster 
seat use and/or seat belt use? How will parents, children, youth, 
teachers, etc., be involved with these activities? What groups are 
needed to ensure program success? To what degree has the buy-in of 
these groups been secured? How will the interventions be delivered? How 
will delivery be monitored? What are the expected results of the 
intervention?
    e. A description of the process and outcome evaluation plan 
including the types of data that will be collected and all data 
collection procedures. A description of the data analysis procedures 
that will be conducted should be included.
    f. A staffing plan that describes how the project will be managed, 
both at the grantee-level and at the community level. The application 
shall identify the proposed project manager and other personnel 
considered critical to the successful accomplishment of this project, 
including a brief description of their qualifications and respective 
organizational responsibilities. The roles and responsibilities of the 
grantee, the community and any others included in the application 
package shall be specified. The proposed level of effort in performing 
the various activities shall also be identified.
    g. A detailed explanation of time schedules, milestones, and 
product deliverables, including quarterly reports and draft and final 
reports. (See Terms and Conditions of Award section of this 
announcement.)
    4. Commitment and Support: A complete set of letters (form letters 
are not acceptable) from major partners, organizations, and groups 
proposed for involvement with this project shall detail what each 
partner is willing to do over the course of the project period. A 
written endorsement/support for the project from the State Highway 
Safety Agency shall also be included.

Evaluation Criteria and Review Process

    1. Each application package will be reviewed initially to confirm 
that the applicant is an eligible recipient, and has complied with the 
Application Procedures section of this announcement. Each complete 
application from an eligible recipient will then be evaluated by an 
Evaluation Committee. The applications will be evaluated using the 
following criteria:
    a. Program Concept and Innovation (30 percent).
    The extent to which the applicant is knowledgeable about child 
passenger safety and/or youth occupant protection programs. The extent 
to which the applicant clearly identifies and explains creative 
approaches to address booster seat use and/or youth occupant 
protection. If building on an existing approach or program, what are 
the innovative, new, or creative features that make this project 
different from what has been tried in the past?
    Has the applicant identified potential barriers associated with 
developing and implementing the new, creative approach? Has the 
applicant offered solutions for addressing the barriers? Has the 
applicant involved child and/or youth organizations, traditional 
traffic safety partners, and new non-traditional highway safety 
partners in the project? Has the applicant involved media outreach 
efforts? Has the applicant demonstrated how the project is adaptable to 
other jurisdictions at a reasonable cost? Has the applicant obtained 
written endorsement/support from the State Highway Safety Agency to 
insure coordination with the State's overall Highway Safety Plan?
    b. Goals, Objectives, and Work Plan (30 percent).
    The extent to which the applicant's goals are clearly articulated 
and the objectives are time-phased, specific, action-oriented, 
measurable, and achievable. The extent to which the work plan will 
achieve an outcome-oriented result that will increase booster seat use 
among 4 to 8 year-olds and/or seat belt use among the 8 through 15 year 
old age group. The work plan must

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address what the applicant proposes to develop and implement; how this 
will be accomplished; and must include the major tasks/milestones 
necessary to complete the project. This involves identification of, and 
solutions to, potential technical problems and critical issues related 
to successful completion of the project. This also involves the extent 
to which the applicant has demonstrated an understanding of the 
proposed community, including the community's demographics, traffic 
safety problem, and resources (including data). Data sources must 
include local data sets and should (to the degree possible) extend 
beyond police crash reports to include booster seat and seat belt use, 
non-use, and injury data. The work plan will be evaluated with respect 
to its feasibility, realism, and ability to achieve desired outcomes.
    c. Project Management and Staffing (20 percent).
    The extent to which the proposed staff are clearly described, 
appropriately assigned, and have adequate skills and experience. The 
extent to which the applicant has the capacity and facilities to 
design, implement, and evaluate the proposed project. The extent to 
which the applicant has provided details regarding the level of effort 
and allocation of time for each staff position. The applicant must 
furnish an organizational chart and resume of each proposed staff 
member. Is the applicant's staffing plan reasonable for accomplishing 
the objectives of the project within the time frame set forth in the 
announcement? Has the applicant's financial budget provided sufficient 
detail to allow NHTSA to determine that the estimated costs are 
reasonable and necessary to perform the proposed effort? Has financial 
or in-kind commitment of resources by the applicant's organization or 
other supporting organizations to support the project been clearly 
identified?
    d. Evaluation Plan (20 percent).
    The extent to which the evaluation plan clearly articulates the 
project's potential to make a significant impact on increasing booster 
seat use among 4 to 8 year-olds and/or seat belt use among older 
children, and on decreasing motor vehicle fatalities and injuries. The 
extent to which the evaluation plan will measure the effectiveness of 
the innovative, creative project. The extent to which the evaluation 
plan will synthesize, summarize, and report results which are useable 
and decision-oriented. Has the applicant described the proposed 
evaluation design and the methods for measuring the outcomes of the 
proposed interventions (countermeasures)? Are there sufficient data 
sources and is access ensured from appropriate owners or collectors of 
data to collect and appropriately analyze quantitative and qualitative 
data to measure the effectiveness of the innovative project?
    2. Depending upon the results of the evaluation process, NHTSA may 
suggest revisions to applications as a condition of further 
consideration to ensure the most efficient and effective performance 
consistent with the objectives of increased booster seat use, and 
increased seat belt use among older children.

Special Award Selection Factors

    While not a requirement of this announcement, applicants are 
strongly urged to seek funds from other Federal, state, local, and 
private sources to augment those available under this announcement. For 
those applications that are evaluated as meritorious for consideration 
for award, preference may be given to those that have proposed cost-
sharing strategies and/or other proposed funding sources in addition to 
those in this announcement.

Terms and Conditions of Award

    1. Prior to award, each grantee must comply with the certification 
requirements of 49 CFR part 20, Department of Transportation New 
Restrictions on Lobbying, and 49 CFR part 29, Department of 
Transportation government-wide Debarment and Suspension (Non-
procurement) and Government-wide Requirement for Drug Free Work Place 
(Grants).
    2. Reporting Requirements and Deliverables:
    a. Quarterly Progress Reports must include a summary of the 
previous quarter's activities and accomplishments, as well as the 
proposed activities for the upcoming quarter. Any decisions and actions 
required in the upcoming quarter shall be included in the report. Any 
problems and issues that may arise and need the attention of the 
Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) or Contracting 
Officer (CO) shall be clearly identified in the quarterly report in a 
specific, identified section. The grantee shall supply the progress 
report to the COTR every ninety (90) days, following date of award.
    b. Initial and Subsequent Meetings with COTR: The grantee shall 
meet with the COTR and appropriate NHTSA staff in Washington, D.C. at 
NHTSA's offices or as part of a COTR site visit to discuss and refine 
the development, implementation, and evaluation of the project. The 
grantee will prepare a 20 to 30 minute presentation describing the 
project and must be prepared to answer questions from the COTR and 
others present at the briefing. After this initial meeting with the 
COTR, the grantee shall meet at least once a year with the COTR in 
Washington, D.C. at NHTSA's offices to discuss the project's progress 
and results. These meetings will be a minimum of 4 hours in length.
    c. Revised Implementation and Evaluation Plan: The grantee will 
submit a revised program implementation and evaluation plan 
incorporating verbal and written comments from the COTR. This revised 
plan is due no more than one (1) month from date of the initial meeting 
with the COTR.
    d. Draft Final Report: The grantee will prepare a Draft Final 
Report that includes a description of the innovative project, 
intervention strategies, program implementation, evaluation 
methodology, and findings from the program evaluation. With regard to 
technology transfer, it is important to know what worked and what did 
not work, under what circumstances, and what can be done to enhance 
replication in similar communities and what can be done to avoid 
potential problems for future replication of the project. The grantee 
will submit Draft Final Report to the COTR 60 days prior to the end of 
the performance period. The COTR will review the draft report and 
provide comments to the grantee within 30 days of receipt of the 
document.
    e. Final Report: The grantee will revise the Draft Final Report to 
reflect the COTR's comments. The revised final report will be delivered 
to the COTR along with the following:
    The print materials shall be provided to NHTSA in both camera ready 
and appropriate media formats (disk, CD-rom) with graphics and printing 
specifications to guide NHTSA's printing office and any outside 
organization implementing the program. Printing Specifications follow:
    •  Digital artwork for printing shall be provided to NHTSA on 
diskette (100MG Zip disk or 1GB Jaz disk). Files should be in current 
desktop design and publication programs, for example, Adobe 
Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Pagemaker, Macromedia Freehand, 
QuarkXPress. The grantee shall provide all supporting files and fonts 
(both screen and printers) needed for successful output, black and 
white laser separations of all pages, disk directory(s) with printing 
specifications provided to the Government Printing Office (GPO) on GPO 
Form 952 to guide NHTSA's printing office, GPO, and any outside 
organizations assisting with

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program production. The grantee shall confer with the COTR to verify 
all media format and language.
    •  Additionally, the program materials shall be submitted in 
the following format for placement on NHTSA's website on the world wide 
web;

--Cooperative agreement number
--Original application format, for example, *pm5; *.doc; *.ppt; etc
--HTML level 3.2 or later
--A PDF file for viewing with Adobe Acrobat

    All HTML deliverables must be delivered on either a standard 3.5'' 
floppy disk or on a Windows 95 compatible formatted Iomega zip disk and 
labeled with the following information:

--Cooperative Agreement Number
--Grantee's name and phone number
--Names of relevant files
--Application program and version used to create the file(s).

    If the files exceed the capacity of a high density floppy, a 
Windows 95 compatible formatted Iomega zip disk is acceptable.
    Graphics must be saved in Graphic Interchange Format (GIF) or Joint 
Photographic Expert Group (JPEG). Graphics should be prepared in the 
smallest size possible, without reducing the usefulness or the 
readability of the figure on the screen. Use GIF for solid color or 
black and white images, such as bar charts, maps, or diagrams. Use JPEG 
(highest resolution and lowest compression) for photographic images 
having a wider range of color or grey-scale tones. When in doubt, try 
both formats and use the one that gives the best image quality for the 
smallest file size. Graphic files can be embedded in the body of the 
text or linked form the body text in their own files: the latter is 
preferable when a figure needs to be viewed full screen (640 X 480 
pixels) to be readable.
    Tabular data must be displayed in HTML table format.
    List data must be displayed in HTML list format.
    Pre-formatted text is not acceptable.
    Currently, frames are not acceptable.
    JAVA, if used, must not affect the readability or usefulness of the 
document, only enhance it.
    Table background colors may be used, but must not be relied upon 
(for example, a white document background with a table with colored 
background may look nice with white text, but the colored background 
doesn't show up on the user's browser the text shall be white against 
white and unreadable.)
    All HTML documents must be saved in PC format and tested on a PC 
before delivery.
    f. Final project briefing to NHTSA and a presentation to a national 
meeting: The grantee will deliver a briefing in Washington, D.C. at 
NHTSA's offices to the COTR and appropriate NHTSA staff to review the 
project implementation, evaluation, and results. This presentation 
shall last no less than 30 minutes and the grantee shall be prepared to 
answer questions from the briefing's attendees.
    In consultation with the COTR, the grantee will select a national 
meeting to deliver a presentation of the project and it effectiveness.
    g. An electronic Microsoft PowerPoint (97) presentation that NHTSA 
staff shall be able to use to brief senior staff or traffic safety 
partners at various meetings and conference.
    3. During the effective performance period of the cooperative 
agreements awarded as a result of this announcement, the agreement as 
applicable to the grantee, shall be subject to the NHTSA's General 
Provisions for Assistance Agreement, dated July 1995.

    Issued on: June 22, 1999.
R.E. Engle,
Acting Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-16356 Filed 6-29-99; 8:45 am]
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