Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Docket No. 980930252-9012-02]

Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT)

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of funding availability for grants under

the Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT).

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SUMMARY: This Notice supplements the Federal Register Notice of

November 6, 1998 (63 FR 59938-59941) announcing the availability of

funds for the Special American Business Internship Training Program

(SABIT), for training business executives (also referred to as

``interns'') from the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet

Union. All information in the previous announcement remains current,

except for the changes to the closing date.

DATES: This Notice extends the closing date of the referenced Federal

Register Notice for two months to 5 p.m. March 31, 1999. All awards are

expected to be made prior to June 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liesel Duhon, Director, Special

American Business Internship Training Program, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, phone--(202) 482-0073,

facsimile--(202) 482-2443. These are not toll free numbers.

Dated: January 21, 1999.

Liesel Duhon,

Director, SABIT Program.

[FR Doc. 99-2023 Filed 1-27-99; 8:45 am]

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