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Post-Election 2013:What Can We Expect from Washington, DC
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David Kennedy, Council on Governmental RelationsJennifer Poulakidas, Association of Public and Land-grant
Universities
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Proposed OMB Guidance
•What did OMB put out there?
•Quick Orientation on the FULL TEXT, Table of Contents (TOC)
•COGR Preliminary Assessment
•Next Steps
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Federal Register, Feb. 1, 2013
•Federal Register Notice (15 pages)
•FULL TEXT: Proposed OMB Uniform Guidance
•241 pages (or 244 for the eager ones)
•Crosswalks to “Old Circular” docs
•Plus definition crosswalks
•http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_docs#proposed
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FULL TEXT, TOC
•Subchapter A – General Provisions•Subchapter B – Pre-award Requirements•Subchapter C – Federal Award Notice•Subchapter D – Inclusion of T&Cs•Subchapter E – Post Federal Awards Reqs
(Subrecipient Monitoring and Cost Sharing)
•Subchapter F – Cost Principles (Effort Reporting, old section J, etc.)
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FULL TEXT, TOC
• Subchapter G – Audit Requirements• Subchapter H – Appendices
I – DefinitionsII – Notice of Funding OpportunityIII – Contract ProvisionsIV and V – Indirect Costs (Universities)VI, VII, VIII – State and LocalIX – Nonprofit OrganizationsX – Hospital Cost Principles (TBD)XI – Audit Data Collection FormXII – Compliance Supplement
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Subchapter B
__ .204(b)(B) – Funding announcements that include Limits on the Negotiated F&A rate require approval by the Agency head and OMB (also see .616(c)(1)).
COMMENT: More transparency still needed, role of OMB/enforcement needs clarified, and .616(c)(1) consistency
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Subchapter E
__ .501(b)(3) – Clarifies Subrecipient vs. Contractor definitions/relationship and confirms the institution is the best to make the judgment in classifying the relationship.
COMMENT: Positive
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Subchapter E
__ .501(c)(1)(D) – Negotiated F&A rate should be passed through from the Pass-through to the Sub, or a de-minimis rate of 10%.
COMMENT: Positive, but 20% may be more appropriate
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Subchapter E
__ .501(c)(5) – Monitor the activities of Subrecipients. While we support effective oversight practices for Subs, the new guidance is overly prescriptive. Also, the guidance needs to address relief when the Sub is covered by the Single Audit.
COMMENT: Significant revision is needed to reduce new burdens – also, consistency with Single Audit guidance is needed
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Subchapter E
__ .502(a) – Require recipients to relate Financial data to Performance accomplishments whenever practicable.
COMMENT: This will lead to new and unrealistic reporting burdens
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Subchapter E
__ .502(f)(1) – Voluntary Committed Cost Sharing is not expected and is not to be used as a factor in the review of applications.
COMMENT: Positive
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Subchapter F
__ .602(b) – CAS and DS-2 Requirements are eliminated, though if Federal contracts awarded exceed $25 million in a year, DS-2 still is applicable.
COMMENT: Positive for most
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Subchapter F
__ .615(d) – Salaries of Administrative or Clerical staff allowable as a Direct Charge when integral to the project.
COMMENT: Positive, though review “explicitly budgeted” requirement
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Subchapter F
__ .616(e) – A cost item may be excluded from MTDC (and application of F&A rate) when cognizant or awarding agency determines it is necessary to avoid serious inequity.
COMMENT: Needs to be addressed; if not, keeps open the door to more “Genomic Array” situations
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Subchapter F
__ .616(e) – Entities may apply for One-time, 4-year Extension of Negotiated F&A rate.
COMMENT: Positive
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Subchapter F
__ .621(C-10 and C-11) – Compensation-Personal Services (aka, Effort Reporting) and Fringe Benefits; significantly updates Circular A-21, J.10.
COMMENT: 1) Elimination of “examples”, allowable compliance activities, and flexibilities (e.g., 1-year certification cycle, responsible person can certify, reports may be integrated with payroll system) are positive; 2) more prescriptive language (e.g., def-inition of full-time workload, review budget estimate quarterly) is of concern; 3) fringe benefit language (pensions, worker’s comp, leave) has been updated.
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Subchapter F
__ .621(C-31(4)) – Computing Devices less than $5,000 allowable as a direct charge when essential and allocable (and even if not solely dedicated) to the project.
COMMENT: Positive
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Subchapter H
__ Appendix IV.(B.4.c) – Sub-building Metering or an “Effective Square Footage” factor (i.e., weighted research space via an energy use index) replaces the 1.3% UCA (per A-21, F.4.c).
COMMENT: F&A rate may be more fair, assuming methods are not overly complex
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Next Steps
•Request 30-day Extension; to be determined
•Collaborate with Associations (AAU, APLU, AAMC, AIRI, Council of Nonprofits, States, etc.)
•COGR Workgroups and COGR Membership
•April 19th COGR Draft - approximately
• June 1st, COGR Final - if Extension granted
•OMB Final Guidance - end of 2013?
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Federal Budget & Sequestration:Impacts for Universities
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Defense Discretionary
$74
[Defense R&D]$8
Nondefense Discretionary
$31
[Nondefense R&D]$7
Social Security$30
Medicare$6
Medicaid$3
Other Mandatory$23
Net Interest$14
Composition of the FY 1970 Budgetoutlays in billions of dollars
Source: Budget of the United States Government FY 2013.© 2012 AAAS
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Defense Discretionary
$515[Defense R&D]
$66
Nondefense Discretionary
$517
[Nondefense R&D]$63
Social Security$1,026
Medicare$633
Medicaid$423
Other Mandatory$714
Net Interest$566
Composition of the FY 2017 Budget?outlays in billions of dollars
Source: Budget of the United States Government FY 2013.© 2012 AAAS
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The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation: Eroding Our Foundation – September 2012
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AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Programhttp://www.aaas.org/spp/rd
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STUDENT AID ALLIANCE Impact of Sequester on Students with the Most Need
Program Increased Cost
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
$204.00
Federal Work-Study $504.00
Federal Loans Origination Fee Increase $57.00
TOTAL $765.00
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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 20210.90
0.95
1.00
1.05
1.10
1.15
1.20
1.25
Spending Ceiling Amountlowered amount
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http://scienceworksforus.org/