GRANTS MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

ARLENE SIMPSON PORTER, DIRECTOR GRANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION

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Grants Management Division

Division Director’s Office Arlene Simpson Porter

Admin Assistant Tina Stevens

OAR, NWS, NESDIS, External

Debbie Chen

Kadija Baffoe-Harding Nicola Bell

Joan Gibson Donald Gooding Peggy Henson Frederick Isaac

Andrew Nobleman Janet Russell

Heather Cooper (C) Bathsheba Cross (C)

Halima Turner (C) Grants Specialist (C)

NOS, NMFS, Policy, Audits

Alan Conway

Naabia Bannerman Marianne Eggers

Tracy Jackson Nadia Musa

Evelyn Nabbah Craig Reid

Lamar Revis Susan Cook (C) Andrea Mack (C)

ARRA

Larry Jenkins (Term) William Ball (C) – R

Gordon Fletcher (C) – R Jeffrey Kulnis (C) – R Darius Porter (C) – R Travis Powers (C) - R

DRA/Hurricane Sandy

Stacy Tedder Raishan Peterson (C)

Ashlee Brown(C) Brandi Franklin (C) Erica Crawley (C)

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FY 2014 Financial Assistance Activity

NOAA Line Office/Client

Awarded by GMD

Number Dollars (M) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and

Information Services (NESDIS) 122 $37.27 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 695 $309.73

National Ocean Service (NOS) 261 $160.00 National Weather Service (NWS) 69 $26.77

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) 880 $297.84 USEC 25 $15.29

NOAA TOTAL 2052 $846.90 International Trade Administration (ITA) 15 $7.44

Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) 57 $14.36 External Client Total 72 $21.80

Overall Total Funded Actions 2124 $868.70

Unfunded Actions 1929 $0.00

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Session Overview

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2 CFR Part 200: Uniform Guidance ─ Implemented December 26, 2014

─ Supersedes and Streamlines Policies into

─ Applies to:

─ New awards on or after 12/26/2014

─ Funding increments on or after

12/26/2014

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Grants Life Cycle

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Budget and Grant Proposal Review

Complete Application Packages Submission of Required Federal

Forms Detailed Budget Justifications Detailed Project Descriptions and

Narratives

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ASAP: Automated Standard Application for Payments

─ An all-electronic payment and information system developed jointly by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service and the Federal Reserve Bank. The latter, in its capacity as Treasury's fiscal agent, operates the system.

─ ASAP is a system through which grantee organizations receiving federal funds can draw from accounts pre-authorized by federal agencies.

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Risk Assessment

• Do Not Pay – Effective July 1, 2014 – U.S. Treasury manages list of grantees – Prevents improper payments by NOAA

• System for Award Management (SAM) – Effective July 2012 – Access Central Contractor Registry (CCR) for vendor

profile – Replaces Excluded Parties List System (EPLS)

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Into The Current: Noteworthy Topics

─ Department of Commerce Standard Terms and Conditions - Change implementations pursuant to 2 CFR Part 200

─ Indirect Cost Rate Deviations ─ Grants.gov Find and Apply

─ Audit Requirements – 2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F:

─ Increases audit threshold from $500,000 to $750,000 ─ Increases the threshold of questioned costs from $10,000 to $25,000 ─ Requires identification of repeat prior year audit findings ─ Increases oversight and focus on where there is greatest risk of waste,

fraud and abuse

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Program Initiative Highlights

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Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Hurricane Sandy)

─ Total Awarded: 115 awards ─ 29 Grant Recipients ─ Total Federal funding awarded: $57.8M

─ Enhanced Monitoring ─ Quarterly Financial and Progress Reporting ─ Site Visits ─ Conference Calls

─ Currently in the monitoring and closeout phase

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Broadband Technology Opportunities Program

─ Funded in 2009, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

─ Total Awarded: 123 awards for $3.4 billion

─ Program Achievements - Deployed broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas ─ Enhanced public technology centers ─ Provided internet connectivity and staffed resources

nationwide

─ Monitoring and Closeout Phase

─ Program ends: September 30, 2015

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OIG: Investigations

WASTE

FRAUD

ABUSE The OIG Office of Investigations investigates alleged or suspected fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct by Commerce employees, contractors, recipients of financial assistance, and others involved in the Department's programs and operations.

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OIG: Audits

The OIG Office of Audit and Evaluation supervises and conducts independent and objective audits and other reviews of Commerce programs and activities to ensure they operate:

Economically … Efficiently and ... Effectively

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DOC: Ethics The DOC office of Ethics Law and Programs, oversees Government Ethics Rules for Grants Administrators and Grantees, ensuring a Grants Management ethical way of funding, project management and compliance.

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