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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The OMB Proposed Guidance to “Reform Policies Relating to Grants and Cooperative Agreements” should be published in the Federal Register (FR) tomorrow, Friday, February 1st.

 The Proposed Guidance, at this point, will be open for a 90-day public comment period and comments can be submitted at

<u>regulations.gov</u> under docket number OMB-2013-0001.<br>

<a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR">http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR</a>

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While the official FR posting is not until tomorrow, the Proposed Guidance is NOW AVAILABLE at the link below.<br>

<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_docs#proposed">http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_docs#proposed</a><br>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">These changes are “proposed,” not established. You may want to review for your own planning and perhaps a response.

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<span style="color:#1F497D">W</span>e encourage you to follow the OMB WEBINAR on <u>

Friday, February 8th at 11:00AM EST. We will keep the membership posted on all developments.

<br>

 <br>

David Kennedy<br>

Director, Cost Policy - COGR<br>

1200 New York Ave. NW, #750<br>

Washington, DC  20005<br>

(202) 289-6655, ext. 112<br>

<a href="mailto:dkennedy@cogr.edu">dkennedy@cogr.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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