ARRA Reporting Workshop Sponsored Programs Office Sponsored Programs Accounting September 24, 2009

ARRA Reporting Workshop

Sponsored Programs OfficeSponsored Programs Accounting

September 24, 2009

Committee Members

Sponsored Programs Office: 487-2226• Kellie Buss, kellie@mtu.edu• Kim Codere, kmcodere@mtu.edu

Sponsored Programs Accounting: 487-2244• Kelly Kallio, kmkallio@mtu.edu• Tammy LaBissoniere, tklabiss@mtu.edu

Workshop Goals and Objectives

• Overview of ARRA Stimulus Reporting requirements/process.

• Roles and Responsibilities– Sponsored Programs Accounting’s (SPA)– Principal Investigator's– Sponsored Programs Office’s (SPO)

• Answer specific questions

What is Different About ARRA Funds?

• Unprecedented levels of transparency, oversight and accountability

• Aggressive expenditure requirements (ARRA funds must be used consistently)

• No co-mingling of ARRA funds and non-ARRA funds

What is Different About ARRA Funds? (con’t)

• Quarterly projects reporting of ARRA fund expenditures, job creation and retention statistics

• Funds should be spent in a timely fashion and reported quarterly

ARRA Funding

Federal Agencies (NSF, NIH, Etc.)

Recovery.GovInformational website

ReportsPublished

Agency

Progra

m Plans

Weekly Fi

n/Acct

Reports

Review/Correction

Requests to Michigan Tech

ARRA Reporting 1512 “FederalReporting.gov”

Michigan Tech

submits reports

including sub-

recipient data to

the Federal

Government’s

website “FederalReport

ing.gov”

Federal Agencies review

data submitted

and Michigan

Tech revises data, if

needed.

Michigan Tech’s

reports are

published on

Recovery.gov for

the public.

1-10 days after the end of a

quarter:

11-21 days after the end of a

quarter:

22-29 days after the end of a

quarter:

30 days after the end of a

quarter:

ARRA Reporting Process At Michigan Tech

SPONSORED

PROGRAMS ACCOUNTIN

G-ARRA REPORTING

SUB-RECIPIENT INFORMATION-

SPO

FINANCIAL INFORMATION-

SPAPI INFORMATION

SPA’s Role and Responsibility

• Initiate appropriate data collection and reporting procedures to assure ARRA requirements are met in a timely and effective manner

• Review all data collected and correct if necessary

• Submit quarterly reports to FederalRecovery.gov

PI’s Role and ResponsibilityReport on Two Data Elements Each Quarter:1. The percentage of project completion

Not Started Less than 50% Completed Completed 50% or More Fully Completed

2. Description of quarterly activities/milestones• Grants: Overall purpose and expected outcomes for the award

and for first-tier sub-awards• Contracts: Significant services performed and/or supplies

delivered

SPO’s Role and Responsibility

Michigan Tech will do the federal reporting• Collect information on a standard sub-recipient

data form provided to each sub-recipient• Sub-recipient must send reporting elements to

Michigan Tech by the 5th day of the reporting month

• Notify Michigan Tech PI if sub-recipient report is late; in addition, SPO will contact sub-recipient

Additional Topics• Vender Information

Any Questions?