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Uniform guidance update#
Uniform guidance code#

March 24, 2015: The Department of Education has created a new webpage dedicated to the Uniform Guidance regulations that took effect in December. These FAQs are available on the NSF DIAS/Policy Office website. Subpart F - Audit Requirements Agency UpdatesĪpril 8, 2015: NSF has issued a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the Foundation's implementation of 2 CFR § 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards(Uniform Guidance). The preamble also provides a useful framework and discussion of how certain guidelines were ultimately determined. The Uniform Guidance is broken down into Subparts. Our plan is to work together across all campuses on this initiative.

Uniform guidance update#

We will modify our policies and procedures as necessary and use this new regulation as an opportunity to update our existing practices. The University of Illinois System must adopt the new regulations and agency policies, and therefore must review its current policies and procedures to ensure they are consistent with the new guidance. Once the Uniform Guidance goes into effect, it will apply to awards or funding increments issued on or after that date. Existing federal awards will continue to be governed by their original terms and conditions. of Energy, etc.) must develop their own agency-specific policies that conform to the Uniform Guidance. The implementation date for this regulation is Decemfor all parts except for those relative to audit requirements. On December 26, 2013, OMB released its final rule of "Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards" (2 CFR Chapters I, II, Part 200, et al).

Their activities include providing recommendations to OMB on actions necessary to effectively deliver and oversee grants and cooperative agreements. This is an interagency group which includes OMB, HHS, NSF, COGR, and others. In October 2011, OMB created the Council on Financial Assistance Reform ("COFAR").

The UG came about as a result of President Obama's February 2011, directive to OMB to reduce unnecessary regulatory and administrative burdens. It combines those circulars for Institutions of Higher Education-A-110 (Administrative requirements), A-21 (Cost principles), and A-133 (Audit requirements)-with those companion circulars applying to state and local governments, Indian tribal governments, and non-profits. This guidance to federal agencies consolidates and replaces eight Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars. The Uniform Guidance ("UG") is the single biggest regulatory change in the last 50 years of research administration.

UG Proposals and Budgeting Reference Guide.

The audit provisions are effective for fiscal years beginning on or after Dec. The standards that affect the administration of grants and cooperative agreements issued by federal agencies are effective for awards or increments of awards issued on or after Dec. These are only briefly addressed in this overview.

Subpart F includes the reforms to single audit requirements that were previously found in Circulars A-133 and A-50.

Subpart E includes reforms to the cost principles previously found in Circulars A-21, A-87 and A-122.

Subpart D includes many of the administrative requirements that will be areas of focus for recipients including procurement, internal control, and subrecipient monitoring.

Subpart C covers administrative requirements directed primarily at federal agencies, including pre-award activities and requirements for the contents of federal awards.

Subpart B discusses general provisions, including the purpose of the Guidance, its applicability and effective date.

Subpart A contains acronyms and definitions used throughout the Guidance.

Uniform guidance code#

The Uniform Guidance is available online at the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations website.

Focus grant policies on areas that emphasize the achievement of better grant outcomes at lower costs.

Strengthen oversight over federal funds to reduce risks of fraud, waste and abuse.

Streamline guidance for federal awards to ease administrative burdens.

OMB’s goals for the Uniform Grant Guidance are to: The federal Uniform Grant Guidance outlines the requirements agencies must use when applying for and receiving federal grant money.

Medicaid Supplemental Payment & Directed Payment Programs.