[Okgrantsmanship] Government Shut Down Questions?

[Mason, Linda]

Here is more information from NSF and NIH about how to function on grant funded projects if/when the federal government shuts down.

Dr. Linda Mason
Coordinator of Grant Writing
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
655 Research Parkway, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
405-225-9486 desk
405-706-8757 cell
405-225-9230 FAX
lmason at osrhe.edu<mailto:lmason at osrhe.edu>
www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/<http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/>

From: Smith, Debbie L [mailto:dsmith at uthsc.edu]
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 3:11 PM
To: Mason, Linda
Subject: FW: Government Shut Down Questions?

Yes!!  That money is already committed . . .

See below info from COGR:


 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.

Key section on NSF:

Notice to Awardees
As part of the shutdown activity, a notice will be sent to the Foundation’s off‐site 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.

Key section on HHS/NIH:

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
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.

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.


http://www.hhs.gov/budget/fy2014/fy2014contingency_staffing_plan-rev2.pdf

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/contingencyplans/2013/nsf-shutdown2013.pdf

http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/09/agencies-post-shutdown-plans-online/70976/?oref=govexec_today_nl


Debbie

Deborah (Debbie) L. Smith, Ed.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
UTHSC
910 Madison, Suite 823
Memphis, TN  38163
901 448-4823 voice
901 448-7600 fax
dsmith at uthsc.edu<mailto:dsmith at uthsc.edu>
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From: Research Administration List [mailto:RESADM-L at lists.healthresearch.org] On Behalf Of Mason, Linda
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:30 PM
To: RESADM-L at lists.healthresearch.org<mailto:RESADM-L at lists.healthresearch.org>
Subject: [RESADM-L] Government Shut Down Questions?

If an institution holds a federal grant, then employees paid by the grant supposed to continue working and salaries continue to be paid?

Dr. Linda Mason
Coordinator of Grant Writing
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
655 Research Parkway, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
405-225-9486 desk
405-706-8757 cell
405-225-9230 FAX
lmason at osrhe.edu<mailto:lmason at osrhe.edu>
www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/<http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/>

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