ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 8, Number 123 December 13, 1999 In this issue: Teleconference on Literacy/Civic Grants on Wednesday, December 15; Library Literacy Providers Encouraged to Tune In Note: The following is a reposting from the U.S. Department of Education, who recently announced the availability of seven million dollars for English Literacy and Civics Education Demonstration Grants (see the November 24 ALAWON at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon/alwn8120.html ). For further information check the November 17 Federal Register, v. 64, no. 221, pp. 62919-62941, or contact Rebecca Moak or Ursula Lord at the English Literacy/Civics Education Program at 202-260-9279. -- Mary Costabile English Literacy and Civics Education Demonstration Grants Program Teleconference The Office of Vocational and Adult Education is hosting a free one hour teleconference on Wednesday December 15, 1999 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST. Please join us. To register for free on-line: http://stm.xpandcorp.com/ TELECONFERENCE DESCRIPTION: The Office of Vocational and Adult Education in the U.S. Department of Education is initiating a new discretionary grant program to support demonstration projects in English literacy (EL) and civics education. This program will help states and communities provide limited English proficient adults with expanded access to high quality English literacy programs that are linked to civics and life skills instruction. Please fax questions you wish addressed on the teleconference to 202/205- 8973, ATTN: EL/Civics Education Teleconference by December 13, 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). Approximately 20-25 three-year grants will be awarded ranging from $180,000 - $350,000. The deadline for submitting grant applications is January 18, 2000. Eligible applicants include postsecondary education institutions and public or private organizations and agencies as well as eligible entities such as a consortium. To assist potential applicants in understanding the purpose and requirements of the new grant program, the Office of Vocational and Adult Education is hosting a satellite teleconference on December 15 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EST. QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM: Questions about the EL/Civics Education program should be directed to Rebecca Moak at 202-260-9279, or Ursula Lord, 202-205-9233. E- mail: rebecca_moak@ed.gov; ursula_lord@ed.gov. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELEPHONE: Downlink sites experiencing reception difficulties may call 202- 708-0614 ext. 5651 for technical assistance on the day of the broadcast--December 15. OVAE WEB ADDRESS: More detailed information on the EL/Civics Education program teleconference and the grants is available at: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/ELCIVICS WEBCAST ADDRESS: The EL/Civics Education program teleconference will be broadcast live over the Internet. To view the teleconference broadcast applicants should go SATELLITE COORDINATES: C-Band GE-1 Transponder C-1 Downlink Freq.--3720 MHz Horizontal Orbit--103 degrees West Ku Band SBS-5 Transponder K-10 Downlink Freq.--12166 MHz Horizontal Orbit--123 degrees West Broadcast Footprint the 48 States, Alaska and Puerto Rico. ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash@alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff; Editor: Deirdre Herman. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Mary Costabile, Peter Kaplan, Miriam Nisbet and Claudette Tennant. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Carrie Russell and Saundra Shirley.