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(b)
post-secondary
telecommunications
and
information
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technology-related education, development, planning and management
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programs; and
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(c) a training program for telecommunications employees;
(3) provide assistance to students who (a) participate in telecommnnications or information technology
work study programs;
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(b) are enrolled in a full-time graduate or undergraduate program
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in telecommunications-related education, development, planning,
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or management.
(D) Treatment. - A training and technical assistance grant to an entity shall be in
addition to any block grant provided to the entity.
(E) Provision of Technical Assistance by the Commission.
- The Commission
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may provide technical assistance, directly or through contracts, to - (1) eligible entities;
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and (2) persons or entities that assist ICC/IP organizations.
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SECTION 8. Compliance. -
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(A) Audit by the Commission on Audit (COA). -
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(1) In General. - The COA may audit any financial transaction involving
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grant funds carried out by a block grant recipient or training and technical
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assistance grant recipient.
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(2) Scope of Authority.
- In
conducting an audit under paragraph (l), the
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COA shall have access to all books, acconnts, records, reports, files, papers,
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things, or property belonging to or in use by the grant recipient that relate to the
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financial transaction and are necessary to facilitate the audit.
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(B) Environmental Protection and Indigenous Peoples Rights. -
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(1) In General. - After consultation with rural communities, the Council
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may promulgate regulations to - (a) ensure that the policies of the Indigenous
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Peoples Rights Act of 1997 and other laws furtber the purposes of that Act (as
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