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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">The attached document addresses the various assistance and contract-related policy and systems issues that may arise in the event
of a shutdown of the Federal Government. NSF is providing this information as a service to our proposer and awardee communities in the hopes that it will address most of the questions you may have during this time period.
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respond to your inquiries as soon as practicable after normal operations have resumed. We also will issue follow-on guidance once the Federal Government resumes normal operations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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