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Assistance Use of Universal Identifier and Central Contractor Registration,
Final guidance, 75 Fed. Reg. 55671, September 14, 2010.
SUMMARY: OMB is issuing guidance to Federal agencies concerning two
requirements for financial assistance applicants and recipients, and one
requirement for first-tier subrecipients. An agency under the guidance must
require applicants other than individuals, with some specific exceptions, to
have Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) numbers and
maintain current registrations in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR)
database. An agency must require applicants and recipients of grants and
cooperative agreements to comply with the DUNS number and CCR requirements by
October 1, 2010 and require applicants and recipients of all other financial
assistance types to comply by October 1, 2011. The guidance provides standard
wording for a new award term that each agency must include in its financial
assistance awards to require recipients to maintain current CCR registrations,
which requires that they also have DUNS numbers. The guidance also specifies
that each recipient may make subawards only to entities that have DUNS numbers.
Dates: Effective September 14, 2010.
OMB-Requirements
for Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Implementation, Interim
final guidance, 75 Fed. Reg. 55663, September 14, 2010.
SUMMARY: OMB is issuing interim final guidance to agencies to
establish requirements for Federal financial assistance applicants, recipients,
and subrecipients that are necessary for the implementation of the Federal
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, hereafter referred to as
“the Transparency Act” or “the Act”. This interim final
guidance provides standard wording for an award term that each agency must
include in grant and cooperative agreement awards it makes on or after October
1, 2010, to require recipients to report information about first-tier subawards
and executive compensation under only those awards. This implementation of the
requirement for reporting of subawards and executive compensation under Federal
assistance awards parallels the implementation for subcontracts and executive
compensation under Federal procurement contracts, which is in the Federal
Acquisition Regulation.
Dates: The effective date for this interim final guidance is
September 14, 2010. Comments on the interim final guidance must be received by
no later than October 14, 2010.
OMB-Guidance for Reporting and Use of Information Concerning Recipient Integrity and Performance, Proposed guidance, 75 Fed. Reg. 7316, February 18, 2010.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing guidance to Federal agencies to implement Section 872 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub. L. 110-417) (hereafter referred to as “section 872”), as it relates to grants. Section 872 requires: establishment of a Governmentwide data system to contain specified information related to the integrity and performance of certain entities awarded Federal grants and contracts; and use of the information by Federal officials making awards. The proposed implementing guidance for grants also would apply to cooperative agreements, as a matter of Governmentwide policy.
Dates: Comments are due on or before
April 19, 2010.
Department of Homeland Security Implementation of OMB
Guidance on Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension, Interim rule,
74 Fed. Reg. 34495, July 16, 2009.
SUMMARY: The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing this interim final rule
to establish a new part 3000 on nonprocurement debarment and suspension
in Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This new part is
the Department’s implementation of the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) guidance on nonprocurement debarment and suspension. This
rulemaking is consistent with OMB’s initiative to streamline and
consolidate Federal regulations, and brings all DHS components under a
DHS-wide nonprocurement debarment and suspension system.
Dates: This interim final rule is effective August 17, 2009.
Comments and related material must be received on or before August 17,
2009.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Assistance Regulations, Proposed
rule; reopening of comment period, 74 Fed. Reg. 20427, May 04,2009.
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) published on May
16, 2008, a proposed rule concerning its financial assistance
regulation. That proposed rule included a recodification of 10 CFR part
600. However, DOE inadvertently omitted one phrase from the existing
part 600. This action will afford interested members of the public the
opportunity to comment on the continued inclusion of this phrase in
DOE’s financial assistance regulations.
Dates: Comments may be submitted on
or before May 19, 2009
OMB-Requirements for Implementing Sections 1512, 1605,
and 1606 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for
Financial Assistance Awards, Interim guidance, 74 Fed. Reg. 18449,
April 23, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Office of Federal Financial
Management (OFFM) is establishing Governmentwide guidance and standard
award terms for agencies to include in financial assistance awards
(namely, grants, cooperative agreements, and loans) as part of their
implementation of sections 1512, and 1605, and 1606 of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5). This guidance
does not cover all award terms that may be needed on financial
assistance awards funded directly or assisted by the Federal Government
under the Recovery Act. The focus of this guidance is on implementing
Recovery Act provisions that may require greater clarification in order
to foster consistent application across the Federal Government. Under
the interim final guidance, agencies would use the standard award terms
in their financial assistance awards to require recipients and
subrecipients (first-tier that are not individuals) to maintain current
registrations in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database; to
require recipients to report quarterly on project or activity status,
subgrant and subcontract information; to notify recipients of the
domestic sourcing (“Buy American”) requirements that apply to certain
iron, steel and manufactured goods; to notify recipients of the wage
rate requirements that apply to certain projects; and to ensure proper
accounting and reporting of Recovery Act expenditures in single audits.
Dates: This document is effective April 23, 2009. To be
considered in preparation of the final guidance, comments on the interim
final guidance must be received by no later than June 22, 2009.
State Justice Institute, Proposed Grant Guideline for
2009., 73 Fed. Reg. 63262, October 23, 2008.
SUMMARY:
This Guideline sets forth the administrative, programmatic, and
financial requirements attendant to Fiscal Year 2009 State Justice
Institute grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.
Dates: October 23, 2008
OMB-Guidance for Drug-Free Workplace Requirements
(Financial Assistance, 76 Fed. Reg. 55776, September 26, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is
proposing guidance on drug-free workplace requirements for financial
assistance. The guidance conforms with the common rule that 31 Federal
agencies published on November 26, 2003 and therefore makes no
substantive change to Federal policies and procedures in this area. The
agencies issued that common rule after resolving public comments
received in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
OMB is proposing to issue this guidance as an
administrative simplification that will streamline the policy framework
for drug-free workplace requirements in two ways. First, the guidance is
in a form suitable for Federal agency adoption, which will reduce the
volume of Federal regulations on drug-free workplace, make it easier for
the affected public to use them, and make it easier and less expensive
for the Federal Government to maintain them. Second, the guidance is
located in the recently established Title 2 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (2 CFR). Locating the OMB guidance in 2 CFR will make it
easier to find. It also is the first step toward colocating in the same
CFR title the agencies’ regulations that implement the guidance, a
further simplification for the public.
This notice also proposes a minor change to
the previously issued 2 CFR part 1, to conform that part with the
guidance published today.
Dates: Comments are due on or
before October 27, 2008.
NASA Grant
and Cooperative Agreement Handbook-C.A.S.E. Reporting and Property
Delegations. Final rule, 73 Fed. Reg. 33670, Jun 13, 2008.
SUMMARY: This final rule amends the NASA Grant and
Cooperative Agreement Handbook regulations to remove NASA Form 1356,
Committee on Academic Science and Engineering (C.A.S.E.) Report. This
final rule also makes an amendment to clarify the general preference for
internal administration of grants and cooperative agreements with no
Governmentfurnished property.
Dates: Effective Date: This final rule is
effective June 13, 2008
OMB-
Requirements for Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
Implementation, Proposed guidance to agencies, 73 Fed. Reg. 32417,
June 06, 2008.
SUMMARY: OMB proposes to issue guidance to
agencies to establish requirements for federal financial assistance
applicants, recipients, and subrecipients that are necessary for the
implementation of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency
Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109Ð282, hereafter referred to as “the
Transparency Act” or “the Act”). An agency under the
proposed guidance would require applicants other than individuals, with
some specific exceptions, to have Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS) numbers and maintain current registrations in
the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. The guidance also
provides standard wording for an award term that each agency would
include in its financial assistance awards. The award term would require
recipients and subrecipients that are subject to the policy to have DUNS
numbers, maintain current CCR registrations, and report subaward data
that the implementation of the Transparency Act requires. This proposed
implementation of the requirement for reporting of subawards under
federal financial assistance awards parallels the Federal Acquisition
Regulation implementation of that Transparency Act reporting requirement
for subcontracts under federal procurement contracts (72 FR 51306,
September 6, 2007).
Dates: Comments are due on or before August 5, 2008.
DOE-
Assistance Regulations, Notice of proposed rulemaking, 73 Fed. Reg.
23385, May 16, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy
(DOE) is proposing to amend its Assistance Regulations to make changes
to streamline and simplify its procedures for soliciting, awarding, and
administering its financial assistance agreements. These changes are
being made to make technical corrections, to revise sections affected by
the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and to further DOE’s implementation
of the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999.
DOE is also proposing to remove Part 1024, Procedures for Financial
Assistance Appeals, in its entirety.
Dates: Interested parties should submit written comments
on or before July 15, 2008.
HUD-Implementation
of OMB Guidance on Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension, Final
rule, 72 Fed. Reg. 73484, December 27, 2007.
SUMMARY:
Following publication of a March 23, 2007, proposed rule, this final
rule relocates HUD’s regulations governing nonprocurement debarment and
suspension to a new part in title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR). The relocation is part of a governmentwide initiative to create
one location where the public can access both the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) guidance for grants and agreements and the associated
Federal agency implementing regulations. The new part adopts the OMB
guidance on nonprocurement debarment and suspension and supplements it
with HUD-specific clarifications and additions. The rule also makes
conforming changes to HUD regulations referencing the nonprocurement
debarment and suspension regulations. This regulatory action is an
administrative simplification that would make no substantive change in
HUD policy or procedures for nonprocurement debarment and suspension.
This final rule takes into consideration the one public comment received
on the March 23, 2007, proposed rule. To conform the rule to reflect the
establishment of HUD’s Office of Hearings and Appeals and more closely
track the language of the OMB guidelines, this final rule adopts the
proposed rule with minor changes.
DATES: Effective Date: January 28, 2008.
OMB-Trafficking in Persons: Grants
and Cooperative Agreements, Interim final guidance, 72 Fed. Reg.
63783, November 13, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Office of Federal
Financial Management (OFFM) is
establishing a government-wide award term for agencies to include in
grants and cooperative agreements as part of their implementation of
paragraph (g) of section 106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
of 2000, as amended (22 U.S.C. 7104). In each award under which funding
is provided to a private entity, the statute requires the awarding
agency to include a condition authorizing termination of the award if
the recipient or a subrecipient engages in certain activities related to
trafficking in persons.
DATES: The effective date for
this interim final guidance is December 13, 2007. To be considered in
preparation of the final guidance, comments on the interim final
guidance must be received by January 14, 2008.
Social Security Administration-SSA Implementation of OMB Guidance
on Nonprocurement Debarment and
Suspension, Final rule, 72 Fed. Reg. 46139, August 17, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Social Security Administration (SSA) is moving its
regulations on nonprocurement debarment and suspension from title 20 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR), chapter III, part 436, to title 2 of the CFR,
subtitle B, chapter 23, part 2336. In 2 CFR part 180, the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) provides guidance for Federal agencies on the government-wide
debarment and suspension system for nonprocurement programs and activities. SSA
is implementing regulations covering policies and procedures for nonprocurement
debarment and suspension by adopting OMB’s guidance in 2 CFR part 180 and
adding some provisions that are specific to SSA. The new part in 2 CFR will be
substantively the same as the prior nonprocurement debarment and suspension
regulations that set forth common policies and procedures that Federal Executive
branch agencies use in taking suspension and debarment actions (the common
rule). However, 2 CFR will consolidate all of the Executive agencies’
regulations in one location so that they are easier to find. This regulatory
action is an administrative simplification that makes no substantive change in
SSA policies or procedures for nonprocurement debarment and suspension.
Dates: his final rule is effective August 17, 2007.
OMB-Audits of States, Local
Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations, Revisions to OMB Circular A-133, 72 Fed. Reg. 35080, June 26, 2007.
SUMMARY: This
Notice revises Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133,
“Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit
Organizations,” by (1) Updating the internal control terminology
and related definitions used in the Circular; and (2) simplifying the
auditee reporting package submission requirement to the Federal Audit
Clearinghouse (FAC).
DATES: All comments on this revision
should be in writing, and must be received by August 27, 2007. The
revisions shall apply to audits of fiscal years ending on or after
December 15, 2006.
DOD-Nonprocurement Debarment and
Suspension, Final rule, 72 Fed. Reg. 34983, June 26, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) is revising the DoD Grant
and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs) to adopt and implement Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on nonprocurement suspension and
debarment and to make needed technical corrections. DoD is adopting and
implementing the OMB guidance in a new part in title 2 of the CFR, the
Governmentwide title recently established for OMB guidance and agencies’
implementing regulations on grants and agreements. The Department also
is removing the common rule on nonprocurement suspension and debarment
that is in 32 CFR, Chapter I, Subchapter C, since the common rule is
superseded by the new part implementing the OMB guidance. Adopting and
implementing the OMB guidance and removing the common rule completes the
DoD actions that the OMB guidance specifies. This regulatory action also
is the first step toward relocating all of the DoDGARs to 2 CFR.
DATES: This final rule is effective on August 27, 2007
without further action. Submit comments by July 26, 2007 on any
unintended changes this action makes in DoD policies and procedures for
nonprocurement debarment and suspension. All comments on unintended
changes will be considered and, if warranted, DoD will revise the rule.
OMB-Audits of States, Local
Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations; Circular A-133 Compliance
Supplement, Notice of availability of the 2007 Circular AÐ133 Compliance
Supplement., 72 Fed. Reg. 32144, June 11, 2007.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the 2007
Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement. The notice also offered interested
parties an opportunity to comment on the 2007 Circular A-133 Compliance
Supplement. The 2007 Supplement adds three programs, as well as,
includes seven existing programs combined into two existing clusters. It
also deletes two programs, updates for program changes, and makes
technical corrections. A list of changes to the 2007 Supplement can be
found at Appendix V. Due to its length, the 2007 Supplement is not
included in this Notice. See Addresses for information about how to
obtain a copy.
Dates: The 2007 Supplement will apply to audits of
fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2006 and supersedes the 2006
Supplement. All comments on the 2007 Supplement must be in writing and
received by October 31, 2007. Late comments will be considered to the
extent practicable. See OMB circulars.
Department of Veterans Affairs,
Implementation of OMB Guidance on Nonprocurement Debarment and
Suspension, Final rule, 72 Fed. Reg. 30239, May 31, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is moving
its regulations on nonprocurement debarment and suspension from title
38, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), to title 2 of the CFR, and is
adopting the format established by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) in its interim final guidance on nonprocurement debarment and
suspension, and OMB’s final guidance on those matters.
Accordingly, in this final rule, VA adopts OMB’s guidance and
consolidates it with VA’s supplemental nonprocurement debarment
and suspension provisions, which are codified at 38 CFR part 44. This
rule removes part 44 and makes conforming changes to other 38 CFR
provisions. This regulatory action is a governmentwide administrative
initiative for purposes of simplification and clarity, and makes no
substantive changes to VA’s policy or procedures for
nonprocurement debarment and suspension.
Dates: Effective Date: This final rule is
effective May 31, 2007.
OMB-Guidance for Governmentwide
Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement), Final rule, 71 Fed. Reg.
66431, November 15, 2006.
SUMMARY: OMB is revising its
Governmentwide guidance on nonprocurement debarment and suspension and
issuing it in final form. The guidance, as implemented by Federal agency
regulations, will replace the current common rule as the source of
uniform agency policies and procedures related to nonprocurement
debarment and suspension. Replacing the common rule with the guidance
will reduce the volume of Federal regulations in this area and make them
simpler to use.
Dates: The effective date for this final guidance is
November 15, 2006.
NASA Grant and
Cooperative Agreement Handbook-Resource Sharing Requirements, Final
rule, 71 Fed. Reg. 51713, August 31, 2006.
SUMMARY:
This final rule amends the NASA Grant Handbook section, “Resource
Sharing Requirements” to add the word percent behind the blanks
and add a place to identify the share dollars for the funding and
non-cash contributions by both parties.
DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is
effective August 31, 2006
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES—HHS Managing Partner Grants.gov EGovernment Initiative;
Governmentwide Notice of Opportunity to Register Early for Electronic
Submission of Grant Applications for Federal Funding Opportunities;
Early Registration With Grants.gov, Notice, 71 Fed. Reg. 2549, January 17, 2006.
SUMMARY: Federal grant applicants must complete a three-step
registration process before applying for a federal grant opportunity
through Grants.gov. Grants.gov is the federal government’s free, single,
and secure site for finding and submitting applications electronically
for federal grant funding. It is part of the ongoing implementation of
Electronic Government (EGovernment) and a key component of the
President’s Management Agenda. Expanding electronic government makes it
simpler for the public to receive highquality services from the federal
government in addition to improving the federal government’s efficiency
in the delivery of its services. To protect the applicant and the
applicant’s information, and to assure federal agencies that they are
interacting with officials authorized to submit applications for funding
on behalf of applicant entities, an applicant must register with
Grants.gov.
In fiscal year 2005, 20 out of 26 federal grant making
departments and agencies achieved their goals, set through OMB guidance,
of making 25 percent of their discretionary funding opportunities
available for the electronic submission of applications on Grants.gov
and over 15,000 applications were received. Per OMB milestones, in
fiscal year 2006 the percentage of discretionary funding opportunities
available for electronic submission will increase to 75 percent and then
to 100 percent in fiscal year 2007. This planned increase in utilization
of the Grants.gov system is indicative of a governmentwide transition to
electronic grant processes.
The twenty-six federal grant making
departments and agencies participating in Grants.gov are: The
Departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development,
Transportation, Education, Agriculture, Justice, Labor, Homeland
Security, Defense, Commerce, Veterans Affairs, State, Treasury,
Interior, and Energy, and the National Science Foundation, Environmental
Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
National Endowment of the Arts, National Endowment of Humanities,
Corporation for National & Community Service, U.S. Agency for
International Development, National Archives and Records Administration,
Small Business Administration, Institute of Museum and Library Services,
and Social Security Administration.
Each of the federal grant-making
departments and agencies listed above are posting funding opportunities
and grant application materials on Grants.gov. To facilitate the federal
grant application process, this notice encourages prospective applicants
to register early. Registering in advance of agencies posting their
grant opportunities will eliminate many of the issues that applicants
have faced by not meeting registration requirements in time to meet
application deadlines. Registering early will allow the Federal agencies
and Grants.gov sufficient time to address questions applicants may have
in completing the registration process.
HHS-Simplification of the Grant Appeals
Process, Final rule. 70 FR 76174, December 23, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is
amending regulations to remove the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) from the list of agencies which require grantees
to utilize an informal appeals procedure for grant related disputes
subject to the departmental appeal procedures. In doing so, HRSA will
simplify the appeals procedure for aggrieved HRSA grantees by permitting
them direct access to the Departmental Grant Appeals Board.
DATES: This final rule is effective 30 days after December
23, 2005.
Department of Energy-Assistance Regulations,
Interim final rule, 70 FR 69250, November 15, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is adding a new part to
the DOE assistance regulations to establish policies and procedures to
implement the “other transaction authority” granted to the
Secretary of Energy by section 1007 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. DOE
has decided to implement other transaction authority through the award and
administration of technology investment agreements (TIAs). TIAs are a new
class of assistance instrument for DOE, but they have been used by the
Department of Defense (DoD) for many years to support or stimulate defense
research projects involving for-profit firms, especially commercial firms
that do business primarily in the commercial marketplace. The new part 603
is similar to the DoD regulation; both provide contracting officers greater
flexibility to negotiate award provisions in areas that can present
barriers to those commercial firms (e.g., intellectual property, audits,
and cost principles). DOE also is revising 10 CFR part 600, subpart A, to
conform it with the new part.
DATES: Effective Date: This interim final
rule is effective on March 15, 2006.
Comment Date: Written comments must
be received by December 15, 2005.
OMB-Grants Policy Streamlining Overview
on Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension and Cost Principles
Guidance, 70 FR 51862, August 31, 2005.
SUMMARY: This
document and the four Federal Register documents following it in this
issue of the Federal Register are related to a broad initiative that
established Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as the
single location where the public can find both OMB guidance for grants
and agreements and the associated Federal agency implementing
regulations. The Federal Register document that established Title 2 CFR
(see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section) describes this broad
initiative. The initiative provides a good foundation for streamlining
and simplifying the policy framework for grants and agreements, which is
one objective of OMB and the Federal agencies in implementing the
Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L.
106-107). The Federal Register documents following this one publish four
additional parts in subtitle A, 2 CFR. These four parts contain guidance
to Federal agencies that presently is in three separate OMB circulars
and one other OMB policy document. The four documents following this one
are discussed further in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
document. This first document provides an overview for the sequence of
the five Federal Register documents published by OMB in this issue of
the Federal Register. It also makes changes to 2 CFR part 1, the part in
2 CFR that provides general information about the title. The changes
conform part 1 with the four parts of OMB guidance added by the
documents following this one.
DATES: The amendments this document makesvto 2 CFR part 1 are effective on August 31, 2005.
OMB-Cost Principles for Non-Profit
Organizations (OMB Circular A-122), 70 FR 51927, August 31, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is relocating
Circular A-122, "Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations," to Title 2
in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), subtitle A, chapter II, part 230.
This relocation is part of our broader initiative to create 2 CFR as a
single location where the public can find both OMB guidance for grants and
agreements and the associated Federal agency implementing regulations. The
broader initiative provides a good foundation for streamlining and
simplifying the policy framework for grants and agreements, one objective
of OMB and Federal agency efforts to implement the Federal Financial
Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106- 107).
DATES: Part 230 is effective August 31, 2005. This document
republishes the existing OMB Circular
OMB-Cost Principles for State, Local, and
Indian Tribal Governments (OMB Circular A-87), 70 FR 5190, August 31,
2005.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is
relocating Circular A-87, "Cost Principles for State, Local, and Indian
Tribal Governments," to Title 2 in the Code of Federal Regulations (2 CFR),
Subtitle A, Chapter II, part 225 as part of an initiative to provide the
public with a central location for Federal government policies on grants
and other financial assistance and nonprocurement agreements. Consolidating
the OMB guidance and co-locating the agency regulations provides a good
foundation for streamlining and simplifying the policy framework for grants
and agreements as part of the efforts to implement the Federal Financial
Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106-107).
DATES: This document is effective
August 31, 2005. This document
republishes the existing OMB Circular
A-87, which already is in effect.
OMB-Cost Principles for Educational
Institutions (OMB Circular A-21), 70 FR 51880, August 31, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is relocating
OMB Circular A-21, "Cost Principles for Educational Institutions," to Title
2 in the Code of Federal Regulations (2 CFR), subtitle A, chapter II, part
220. This relocation is part of our broader initiative to create 2 CFR as a
single location where the public can find both OMB guidance for grants and
agreements and the associated Federal agency implementing regulations. The
broader initiative provides a good foundation for streamlining and
simplifying the policy framework for grants and agreements, one objective
of OMB and Federal agency efforts to implement the Federal Financial
Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106-107).
Furthermore, this document makes changes to 2 CFR part 215, Uniform
Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of
Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations (OMB
Circular A-110). The changes will add to part 215 new references to 2 CFR
parts 220, 225, and 230 for the cost principles in OMB Circulars A-21,
A-87, and A-122, respectively; will update part 215 to include a citation
for the Social Security Administration’s grant regulation; and will correct
part 215 to add the amendatory language of A-110 published on October 8,
1999, and to correct a typographic error.
DATES: This document is effective
August 31, 2005. This document
republishes the existing OMB Circular
A-21, which already is in effect.
OMB-Guidance for Governmentwide Debarment and
Suspension (Nonprocurement), 70 FR 51863, August 31, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is updating
its guidance on nonprocurement debarment and suspension to conform to the
common rule that 33 Federal agencies published on November 26, 2003. The
agencies issued that common rule after resolving public comments received
in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. In updating the guidance,
the OMB is making two improvements to streamline the policy framework in
this area. First, we are issuing the guidance in a format that is suitable
for Federal agency adoption. Agency adoption of the guidance will reduce
the volume of Federal regulations on nonprocurement debarment and
suspension, making it easier for the affected public to use, and easier and
less expensive for the Federal Government to maintain. Second, we are
publishing the guidance in the recently established Title 2 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (2 CFR). Locating it in 2 CFR will make it easier to
find. Also, the OMB guidance will be co-located in the same title of the
CFR as Federal agencies’ implementing regulations that adopt the guidance.
That is, consistent with the framework put in place when OMB established
Title 2, each Federal agency will issue its implementing regulation in its
chapter in Subtitle B of 2 CFR. This notice also makes minor changes to the
previously issued 2 CFR part 215, to conform that part with the guidance
published today.
DATES: The effective date for this interim
final guidance is September 30, 2005. To be considered in preparation of
the final guidance, comments on the interim final guidance must be received
by October 31, 2005.
DoD Grant and Agreement
Regulations, Final rule, 70 FR 49640, August 23, 2005.
SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) is revising the DoD
Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs) to implement four Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) policy directives, to conform the DoDGARs
with several statutory and regulatory revisions, and to make other
administrative changes. The four OMB directives that are being
implemented: require Federal agencies to use a new standard format for
announcements of funding opportunities; require Federal agencies to
electronically post synopses of those announcements at a Governmentwide
Internet site; require Governmentwide use of the Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS) number as the universal identifier for recipient
organizations; and amend OMB Circular A-B3 to raise the threshold of
Federal funding at which recipients must obtain single audits. The
statutory and regulatory changes with which the DoDGARs are being
conformed concern matters such as nonprocurement debarment and
suspension, drug-free workplace requirements for grants, and campus
access for military recruiters and Reserve Officer Training Corps.
DATES: These final rules are effective on September 22, 2005.
OMB-Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations;
Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement, Notice of availability of the 2005
Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement, 70 FR 41242, July 18, 2005.
Summary: This notice announces the availability of the
Compliance Supplement (Supplement) for 2005. The Single Audit Act
Amendments of 1996 and OMB Circular A-133 provide for the Office of
Management and Budget to issue a compliance supplement to assist
auditors in performing the required audits under Circular A-133, Audits
of States, Local Governments, and Non- Profit Organizations. Annually,
OMB works with the Federal agencies to update the program objectives,
procedures and key compliance requirements which the Federal Government
expects to be considered in single audits of federal programs. For 2005,
the updates include new or significantly changed programs in Parts 4,
those parts of the Supplement that relate to the Part 4 changes and
updated appendices. The 2005 Supplement updates amend the 2004
Supplement and should be used in conjunction with the 2004 Supplement to
perform audits for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2004. In
summary, the 2005 Supplement updates include the following:
•
Updated Table of Contents.
• Updated Parts 1 and 2.
• Six new programs.
• A re-write of 10 programs with
significant changes.
• Two deleted programs.
•
Updated appendices III, IV and V.
• A listing of minor
changes for 28 programs (Appendix V).
A complete list of changes
from the 2004 Supplement can be found at Appendix V of the 2005
Supplement. Due to its length, the 2005 Supplement updates are not
included in this notice but are available on the OMB Web site at (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a133-compliance/05/
05toc.html) [This URL does not appear to work at this time. Try http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/ - jaw ] or in hard copy from the Government Printing Office (see
ADDRESSES for information about how to obtain a copy). This notice also
offers interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 2005
Supplement updates.
DATES: The 2005 Supplement will apply
to audits performed under OMB Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local
Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations, for fiscal years beginning
after June 30, 2004 and amends the 2004 Supplement. All comments on the
2005 Supplement must be in writing and received by October 30, 2005.
Late comments will be considered to the extent practicable.
HHS-Simplification of the Grant Appeals
Process, Notice of proposed rulemaking 70 FR 33053, June 07, 2005.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to 42 CFR part 50, subpart D, the
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), has provided an informal level of
appeal on those grant related disputes subject to the departmental
appeal procedures codified at 45 CFR Part 16. HHS is proposing to amend
42 CFR part 50, subpart D, to remove HRSA from the list of agencies to
which these informal appeal procedures apply. This would permit
aggrieved HRSA grantees direct access to the Departmental Grant Appeals
Board and that Board’s original
jurisdiction.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before August 8, 2005.
GAO Report-Grants Management-Additional Actions Needed to Streamline and Simplify Processes GAO Report 05-335, April 18, 2005.
What GAO Found-More than 5 years after passage of P.L. 106-107, grant agencies have made
progress in some areas of grant administration, but in other areas,
particularly the development of common reporting systems, progress is just
beginning. Grant-making agencies together developed a common plan for
streamlining processes. Several cross-agency teams identified changes that
should be made, and these plans are in various stages of completion. For
example, a Web-based system, Grants.gov, is now available to help potential
grantees identify grant opportunities and apply for them electronically.
Common forms are being developed to eliminate duplication and
unnecessary differences among agencies. However, efforts toward common
electronic systems for reporting financial and performance information have
not been developed, although the law requiring them sunsets in 2007.
Further, individual agencies have not all reported on their progress annually,
as required.
DOJ-Government-Wide Debarment and Suspension
(Nonprocurement) and Government-Wide Requirements for Drug-Free
Workplace Grants, Final rule, 70 FR 12141 , March 11, 2005.
Summary: The Department of Justice is finalizing without
change the interim final rule with request for comments published at 68
FR 66534, on November 26, 2003. The interim final rule implemented
changes to the government-wide nonprocurement debarment and suspension
common rule (NCR) and the associated rule on drug-free workplace
requirements. The NCR sets forth the common policies and procedures that
Federal Executive branch agencies must use in taking suspension or
debarment actions. It also establishes procedures for participants and
Federal agencies in entering covered transactions.
DATES:
This final rule is effective April 11, 2005.
Recent Grants Law Cases National Grants Management Association Training Luncheon, February 10, 2005. A presentation by Jana Gagner, Edward Sharp and Edward Levin.
Public Availability of Fiscal Year 2004
Agency Inventories Under the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of
1998 (Public Law 105-270) (“FAIR Act”), 70 FR
12024-12025, March 10, 2005
SUMMARY:
Notice of public availability of agency inventory of activities that are
not inherently governmental and of activities that are inherently
governmental.
Grants Management: EPA Needs to Strengthen Efforts to Provide the
Public with Complete and Accurate Information on Grant Opportunities, GAO Report 05-149r, February 3, 2005.
SUMMARY: We are making recommendations to address EPA’s continuing problems on providing
complete and accurate information to the public in the Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA). We are further
recommending that EPA conduct a comprehensive, systemwide data quality review
of the Integrated Grants Management System
(IGMS).
DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations, Proposed rule, 69 FR 44990, July 28, 2004.
SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) proposes to amend the DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations
(DoDGARs) to implement four Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policy
directives, to conform the DoDGARs with several statutory and regulatory
revisions, and to make other administrative changes. The four OMB
directives that are being implemented: Require Federal agencies to use a
new standard format for announcements of funding opportunities; require
Federal agencies to electronically post synopses of those announcements
at a government-wide Internet site; require government-wide use of the
Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number as the universal
identifier for recipient organizations; and amend OMB Circular A-133 to
raise the threshold of Federal funding at which recipients must obtain
single audits. The statutory and regulatory changes with which the
DoDGARs are being conformed concern matters such as nonprocurement
debarment and suspension, drug-free workplace requirements for grants,
and campus access for military recruiters and Reserve Officer Training
Corps.
DATES: Comments are due on or before September 27, 2004.
EPA Continues to Have Problems Linking Grants to Environmental Results, GAO Testimony No. 04-983T, July 20, 2004. This testimony describes persistent problems EPA has faced in addressing grants’ environmental results and the extent to which EPA has made progress in addressing problems in achieving environmental results from its grants. It summarizes and updates two reports GAO issued on EPA’s grant management in August 2003 and March 2004.
OMB Memandum for Chief Financal Officers and Chief Infromation Officers, FY 2004 Grants.gov Funding and Advance Planning Guidance for FY 2005 - FY 2006, M-04-14, June 18, 2004. Through the Presidential E-Government initiative, Grants.gov, individuals, businesses, and other organizations are able to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from Federal grant-making agencies. These capabilities were built on behalf of all Federal grant-making agencies, thereby eliminating redundant investments by multiple Federal agencies which would otherwise have to build their own sites to perform this common government-wide business function.
FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION-Government Contracts Section-Federal Grants Committee SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN FEDERAL GRANTS LAW IN THE PAST YEAR National Grants Management Association 25th Annual Training Conference Washington, D.C. April 2004.
OMB-Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher
Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations (OMB Circular
A-110, 69 FR 26280, May 11, 2004.
SUMMARY: The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) is relocating Circular A-110 to title 2
in the Code of Federal Regulations (2 CFR), subtitle A, chapter II,
subchapter B, part 215 as part of an initiative to provide the public
with a central location for Federal government policies on grants and
other financial assistance and nonprocurement agreements. This document
relates to the previous document in today’s Federal Register which
established 2 CFR as that central location. Consolidating the OMB
guidance and co-locating the agency regulations provides a good
foundation for streamlining and simplifying the policy framework for
grants and agreements as part of the efforts to implement the Federal
Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L.
106-107).
DATES: Part 215 is effective May 11, 2004. This document
republishes the existing OMB Circular A-110, which already is in effect.
OMB-Governmentwide Guidance for Grants and Agreements;
Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements, 69 FR 22275, May 11, 2004.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) is establishing title 2 in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) for grants and other financial assistance and
nonprocurement agreements. Title 2 consists of two subtitles, subtitles
A and B. In subtitle A, OMB is publishing government-wide guidance to
Federal agencies for grants and agreementsÑguidance that currently is in
seven separate OMB Circulars and other OMB policy documents. (The
document in today’s Federal Register immediately following this document
publishes one of those circulars in subtitle A.) In subtitle B, Federal
agencies that implement the OMB guidance through regulation will publish
their agency-wide implementing regulations. Consolidating the OMB
guidance and co-locating the agency regulations provides a good
foundation for streamlining and simplifying the policy framework for
grants and agreements as part of the efforts to implement the Federal
Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L.
106-107).
DATES: Effective May 11, 2004.
OMB-Cost Principles for
Educational Institutions; State, Local, and Indian Tribal Governments;
and Non-Profit Organizations, Revisions to Circulars Circulars A-21,
A-87 and A-122., 69 FR 25969, May 10, 2004.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) amends the cost
principles in OMB Circulars A-21, A- 87 and A-122. These changes are
intended to further the objectives of Public Law 106-107, the Federal
Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act, (“the Act”). One of
the actions taken by the agencies under the Act was to simplify the cost
principles, making the descriptions of similar cost items consistent
across the Circulars where possible, and reducing the possibility of
misinterpretation.
DATES: These final cost principles are
effective June 9, 2004.
Grants Management: EPA Needs to Strengthen Efforts to Address Management Challenges, by John B. Stephenson, director, natural resources and environment, before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. GAO-04-510T, March 3. 2004
NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook--Property Reporting, Interim rule, 69 FR 5016, February 03, 2004. PDF Version.
SUMMARY: This interim rule amends the NASA Grant and Cooperative
Agreement Handbook to require earlier submission of annual property
inventory reports. This will allow NASA to meet the revised Agency
financial statement completion date.
DATES: Effective Date: This interim rule is effective February 3, 2004.
Comment Date: Comments should be submitted to NASA at the address
below on or before April 5, 2004.
NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook--Synopses
Requirements, Final Rule, 69 FR 5015, February 03, 2004. PDF Version.
SUMMARY:
This final rule amends the NASA Grant and Cooperative
Agreement Handbook (Handbook) by requiring that all NASA announcements
of grant and cooperative agreement funding opportunities be
electronically posted to: http://www.Fedgrants.gov, using a standard
set of data elements, no later than three business days after release
of the full announcement. This change implements Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) policy directive: “Use of Grants.Gov FIND.”
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 3, 2004.
NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook--Research and Development Abstracts, 68 FR 62031, October 31, 2003. PDF version.
SUMMARY: This is a proposed rule to amend the NASA Grant & Cooperative
Agreement Handbook to include a requirement for the electronic
submission of abstracts of the planned research to be conducted under
grants and cooperative agreements containing research and development
(R&D) effort valued at over $25,000. This requirement is being
established to support NASA's implementation of the E-Government Act of
2002 that mandates the development and maintenance of a repository that
integrates information on research and development funded by the
Federal Government. This proposed rule would help improve access to
information on NASA-funded research and development activities, thus
providing public and private research managers improved capability for
R&D program planning.
DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before December 30, 2003.
OMB-Office of Federal Financial Management, Final Policy Directive on Use of
Grants.Gov FIND, 68 FR 58146, October 09, 2003. PDF version.
SUMMARY: The Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM) is issuing a
policy directive requiring Federal agencies to use the Grants.gov FIND
module to electronically post synopses of funding opportunities under
Federal financial assistance programs that award discretionary grants
and cooperative agreements. The policy directive includes an attachment
which contains the government-wide standard set of data elements to be
used by Federal agencies when posting synopses at http://www.Grants.gov
or such Web site/Internet address designated by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The purpose of the Grants.gov FIND module
is to provide potential applicants with (1) enough information about
any funding opportunity to decide whether they are interested in
viewing the full announcement; (2) information on one or more ways to
obtain the full announcement (e.g., an Internet site, e-mail address or
telephone number); and (3) one common Web site for all Federal grant
opportunities searchable by key word, date, Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) number or specific agency name. The Federal agencies
jointly developed the standard data elements to be used for posting the
synopses information as part of their grant streamlining efforts to
implement the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act
of 1999 (Public Law 106-107).
Use of Federal Financial Assistance for Religious Activities Under the Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Provisions of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; Proposed Rule, 68 FR 56385, September 30, 2003. PDF Version.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor is proposing to amend the interim
final regulations that implement the equal opportunity and
nondiscrimination provisions of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(WIA). Today's proposal would revise a provision in the interim final
regulations that prohibits the use of all types of WIA Title I
financial assistance for the employment or training of participants in
religious activities. Further, the Department of Labor is proposing to
amend the regulations that implement the general provisions of WIA, to
conform those regulations to the proposed changes to the interim final
regulations implementing the equal opportunity and nondiscrimination
provisions of WIA.
DATES: To be assured of consideration, comments must be in writing and
must be received on or before December 1, 2003.
NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook--Format and Numbering-Final Rule, 68 FR 54654, September 18, 2003. PDF version.
SUMMARY: This final rule amends the NASA Grant and Cooperative
Agreement Handbook by revising the format and numbering scheme used to
identify NASA's grants and cooperative agreements. This change is
required to maintain the traditional alignment between NASA's grant and
contract numbering schemes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2003.
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin,
Handicap, or Age in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial
Assistance; Final Rule, 68 FR 51333, August 26, 2003. PDF Version.
SUMMARY: The Agencies amend their regulations implementing Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VI”), section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1972 (“section 504”), and the Age
Discrimination Act of 1975 (“Age Discrimination Act”).
Together, these statutes prohibit discrimination on the basis of race,
color, national origin, disability, and age in programs or activities
that receive federal financial assistance. In 1988, the Civil Rights
Restoration Act (“CRRA”) added definitions of “program
or activity” and “program” to Title VI and added a
definition of “program or activity” to section 504 and the
Age Discrimination Act. The added definitions were designed to clarify
the broad scope of coverage of recipients' programs or activities under
these statutes. These amendments incorporate the CRRA's definitions of
“program or activity” and “program” into Title
VI, section 504, and Age Discrimination Act regulations of the Agencies,
and promote consistent and adequate enforcement of these statutes by the
Agencies.
DATES: Effective September 25, 2003.
GSA-Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons, Notice of interim final policy guidance document. 68 FR 43519, July 23, 2003. PDF Version.
SUMMARY: The General Services Administration (GSA) is publishing for
public comment interim final policy guidance on Title VI's prohibition
against national origin discrimination as it affects limited English
proficient (LEP) persons. This guidance will become final after a 30-
day comment period unless GSA determines that the comments require
further modification to the guidance. Once final, this policy guidance
will supplant the policy guidance published on January 17, 2001.
DATES: Submit comments on or before August 22, 2003. GSA will review
all comments and will determine what modifications, if any, to this
policy guidance are necessary. Because this guidance must adhere to the
Federal-wide compliance standards and framework detailed in the model
U.S. Department of Justice's LEP guidance, GSA specifically solicits
comments on the nature, scope, and appropriateness of the GSA-specific
examples set out in this guidance explaining and/or highlighting how
those consistent Federal-wide compliance standards are applicable to
recipients of Federal financial assistance through GSA.
OMB, Use of a Universal Identifier by Grant Applicants, Final Policy Notice, 68 FR 38402, June 27, 2003. PDF Version.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is issuing a policy
directive to implement the requirement for grant applicants to provide
a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)
number when applying for Federal grants or cooperative agreements on or
after October 1, 2003.
OMB has determined that there is a need for improved statistical
reporting of Federal grants and cooperative agreements. Use of the DUNS
number government-wide will provide a means to identify entities
receiving those awards and their business relationships. The identifier
will be used for tracking purposes, and to validate address and point
of contact information. The DUNS number already is in use by the
Federal government generally to identify entities receiving Federal
contracts and by some agencies in their grant and cooperative agreement
processes. Among existing numbering systems, the DUNS is the only one
that provides the Federal government the ability to determine
hierarchical and family-tree data for related organizations.
The DUNS number will be required whether an applicant is submitting
a paper application or using the government-wide electronic portal
(Grants.gov). By using the Grants.gov portal, entities will be able to
store in a central repository organizational information that does not
change from application to application. The DUNS number will be one of
those stored elements.
The DUNS number will supplement other identifiers required by
statute or regulation, such as tax identification numbers. It is our
intent over time to use the DUNS number throughout the grants life
cycle.
Organizations should verify that they have a DUNS number or take
the steps needed to obtain one as soon as possible if there is a
possibility that they will be applying for Federal grants or
cooperative agreements on or after October 1, 2003. Organizations can
receive a DUNS number at no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free
DUNS Number request line at 1-866-705-5711. Individuals who would
personally receive a grant or cooperative agreement award from the
Federal government apart from any business or non-profit organization
they may operate are exempt from this requirement.
DATES: A DUNS number must be included in every application for a new
award or renewal of an award, including applications or plans under
mandatory grant programs, submitted on or after October 1, 2003.
OMB, Revision of OMB Circular No. A-133, 68 FR 38401, June 27, 2003. PDF Version.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is issuing final
revisions to Circular A-133, “Audits of States, Local Governments, and
Non-Profit Organizations.” The purpose of these revisions is to (1)
increase the threshold for audit from $300,000 to $500,000, (2)
increase the threshold for cognizant agency for audit from $25 million
to $50 million, and (3) make related technical changes to facilitate
the determination of cognizant agency for audit and provide for Federal
agency reassignment of oversight agency for audit.
DATES: The final revisions are effective for fiscal years ending after
December 31, 2003, and early implementation will not be permitted with
the exception of the amendment to the definition of oversight agency
for audit in Circular A-133, section --.105. The amendment to the
definition of oversight agency for audit is effective July 28, 2003.
Cost Sharing in Department of Defense Research Programs Using
Assistance Instruments, 68 FR 38314, June 27, 2003. PDF Version.
SUMMARY: SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) proposes to issue a DoD
Instruction on the use of cost sharing in basic, applied, and advanced
research projects carried out through grants and other assistance
instruments. The purposes of the DoD Instruction are to ensure that
cost sharing is used appropriately and to make awarding offices' cost
sharing policies and practices clear to potential proposers. The DoD
Instruction will provide consistent policies and procedures for
assistance instruments awarded under the many research programs of the
Army, Navy, Air Force, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and
other Defense Agencies. The draft DoD Instruction is available on the
Director of Defense Research and Engineering Web site located at
http://www.acq.osd.mil/ddre/research/draftcostsharing.pdf
.
DATES: Comments must be received by August 26, 2003.
Office of Federal Financial Management; Notice of Proposed Guidance-Government-Wide Guidance for Use of Grants.gov FIND To Post Funding Opportunity Announcement Synopses, 68 FR 37385, June 23, 2003. PDF Version.
SUMMARY: OMB proposes to issue a policy directive requiring Federal
agencies to use the Grants.gov FIND module to electronically post
synopses of funding opportunities under Federal financial assistance
programs that award discretionary grants and cooperative agreements.
DATES: All comments on this proposal should be in writing, and must be
received by July 23, 2003.
Office of Federal Financial Management, Notice-Standard Data Elements for Electronically Posting Synopses of Federal Agencies' Financial Assistance Program Announcements at Grants.gov FIND, 68 FR 373798, June 23, 2003. PDF Version.
SUMMARY: The Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM) is
establishing a government-wide standard set of data elements for
Federal agencies to use to electronically post, at Grants.gov FIND,
synopses of announcements of funding opportunities under programs that
award discretionary grants or cooperative agreements. The data elements
are designed to give potential applicants: (1) Enough information about
each funding opportunity to decide whether they are interested enough
to look at the full announcement, which contains the detailed
information they need to decide whether they wish to apply; and (2) a
way to get the full announcement electronically (either directly at
Grants.gov FIND or through an electronic link to another Internet
site). The Federal awarding agencies jointly developed these Grants.gov
FIND data elements as one part of the interagency grants streamlining
effort under the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement
Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106-107).
Office of Federal Financial Management; Final Policy Directive on Financial Assistance Program Announcements; Standard Data Elements and Government-Wide Guidance for Electronically Posting Synopses at
Grants.gov FIND; Notices, 68 FR 37369, June 23, 2003. PDF Version.
SUMMARY: The Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM) is issuing a
policy directive to establish a standard format for Federal agency
announcements of funding opportunities under programs that award
discretionary grants or cooperative agreements. The purpose of the
standard format is to have information organized in a consistent way in
announcements for the hundreds of Federal programs that make financial
assistance awards. A government-wide format will help potential
applicants more easily and quickly find the information they need about
Federal opportunities. The Federal awarding agencies jointly developed
this format as part of their grant streamlining efforts to implement
the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999.
Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Department of Transportation Financial Assistance Programs. Final Rule, 68 FR 35542, June 16, 2003. PDF Version.
SUMMARY: This final rule revises the Department of Transportation's
(DOT or Department) regulations for its Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBE) program. It makes several changes to the DBE program,
concerning such subjects as uniform application and reporting forms;
implementing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Small
Business Administration (SBA); substantive amendments to provisions
concerning personal net worth, retainage, size standard, proof of
ethnicity, confidentiality, proof of economic disadvantage, DBE credit
for trucking firms, and eligibility of firms owned by Alaska Native
Corporations (ANCs); and clarifications concerning multi-year project
goals and the use of the new North American Industrial Classification
System (“NAICS”). In addition, this document addresses comments
received in response to both an interim final rule (IFR) issued in
November 2000 and a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) issued in May
2001 (RIN 2105-AC88).
DATES: This final rule is effective July 16, 2003.
Office of Federal Financial Management; Government-wide Guidance for Grants and Agreements, 68 FR 33883, June 06, 2003. PDF version.
SUMMARY: OMB proposes two changes to the framework of Federal
government policies for grants and other financial assistance and
nonprocurement agreements that will make it easier for applicants and
recipients to use the policies.
First, OMB proposes to publish in a single title in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) its guidance to Federal agencies for grants
and agreements that is currently located in seven separate OMB
circulars and other policy documents.
Second, OMB proposes to create in the same new title of the CFR a
subtitle in which Federal agencies will co-locate their regulations for
the award and administration of grants and agreements.
DATES: All comments on this proposal should be in writing, and must be
received by July 7, 2003.
Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement; Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations, 68 FR 19038, April 17, 2003.
SUMMARY: On April 4, 2002 (67 FR 16138), the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) issued a notice of availability of the 2002 Circular A-133
Compliance Supplement. The notice also offered interested parties an
opportunity to comment on the 2002 Circular A-133 Compliance
Supplement. The 2003 Supplement adds four additional programs, updates
for program changes, and makes technical corrections. A list of changes
to the 2003 Supplement can be found at Appendix V of the supplement.
Due to its length, the 2003 Supplement is not included in this Notice.
See Addresses for information about how to obtain a copy. This Notice
also offers interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 2003
Supplement.
DATES: The 2003 Supplement will apply to audits of fiscal years
beginning after June 30, 2002 and supersedes the 2002 Supplement. All
comments on the 2003 Supplement must be in writing and received by
October 31, 2003. Late comments will be considered to the extent
practicable.