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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Here is more information from NSF and NIH about how to function on grant funded projects if/when the federal government shuts down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dr. Linda Mason<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Coordinator of Grant Writing
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="mailto:lmason@osrhe.edu">lmason@osrhe.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Smith, Debbie L [mailto:dsmith@uthsc.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 30, 2013 3:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mason, Linda<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Government Shut Down Questions?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Yes!! That money is already committed . . .
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">See below info from COGR:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> The links below are to the DHHS and NSF written procedures for shutting down. Same as in 2011, from what I can tell - no actions taken on reviewing or issuing new awards. The third link below
is to a government executive.com article with links to other agency procedures.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Key section on NSF:</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Notice to Awardees </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As part of the shutdown activity, a notice will be sent to the Foundation$B!G(Bs off$B!>(Bsite awardees informing them that work may continue on all awards to the extent that doing so will not require federal staff intervention
and that funds are available. The notice will inform awardees that no payments will be made during the funding hiatus. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">Key section on HHS/NIH:</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">HHS, Program Support Center (PSC), Financial Management Service (FMS), Division of Payment Management (DPM) will be operational and retain minimal necessary staffing in an excepted status to ensure
delivery of grant payments for excepted programs during a possible appropriations hiatus. The DPM will follow specific processes to ensure payment of permissible disbursements. Additionally, grant payments will continue be processed following the existing,
robust internal controls – as long as the drawdown requests do not trigger the Payment Management System (PMS) edit checks and awarding entity drawdown limit controls. DPM is</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">poised to issue specific guidance to its customers, including information about how payment requests that trigger any one of the PMS drawdown controls will be handled.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">HHS will maintain Grants.gov system in an operational status, but with reduced federal support staff presence, should a lapse in appropriations occur. In addition, the Grants.gov Contact Center
will remain available, and provide assistance to callers. HHS, as Managing Partner, in collaboration with OMB and the Grants.gov Program Management Office, will keep the federal grantor community updated as to the status of the Grants.gov system as plans evolve
in the event of a government shutdown. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.hhs.gov/budget/fy2014/fy2014contingency_staffing_plan-rev2.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://www.hhs.gov/budget/fy2014/fy2014contingency_staffing_plan-rev2.pdf
Cmd+Click to follow link">http://www.hhs.gov/budget/fy2014/fy2014contingency_staffing_plan-rev2.pdf</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/contingencyplans/2013/nsf-shutdown2013.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/contingencyplans/2013/nsf-shutdown2013.pdf
Cmd+Click to follow link">http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/contingencyplans/2013/nsf-shutdown2013.pdf</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/09/agencies-post-shutdown-plans-online/70976/?oref=govexec_today_nl" target="_blank" title="http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/09/agencies-post-shutdown-plans-online/70976/?oref=govexec_today_nl
Cmd+Click to follow link">http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/09/agencies-post-shutdown-plans-online/70976/?oref=govexec_today_nl</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Debbie</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Deborah (Debbie) L. Smith, Ed.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Associate Vice Chancellor for Research</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UTHSC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">910 Madison, Suite 823</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">901 448-4823 voice</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">901 448-7600 fax</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:dsmith@uthsc.edu">dsmith@uthsc.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Research Administration List [<a href="mailto:RESADM-L@lists.healthresearch.org">mailto:RESADM-L@lists.healthresearch.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mason, Linda<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 30, 2013 2:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:RESADM-L@lists.healthresearch.org">RESADM-L@lists.healthresearch.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RESADM-L] Government Shut Down Questions?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If an institution holds a federal grant, then employees paid by the grant supposed to continue working and salaries continue to be paid?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D">Dr. Linda Mason</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Coordinator of Grant Writing
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma City, OK 73104</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-225-9486 desk</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-706-8757 cell</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:lmason@osrhe.edu">lmason@osrhe.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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