[IP] OMB directs agencies to post grants
OMB directs agencies to post grants
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By Jason Miller
GCN Staff
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Starting Nov. 7, agencies will post all grant opportunity announcements on
<http://www.grants.gov>www.grants.gov, the Office of Management and Budget
directed today.
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In a
<http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/03-25488.htm>memo
to agency executives, Linda Springer, OMB comptroller, finalized the policy
guidance outlining the data elements that agencies must include in their
grant announcements and instructing departments to use only the portal.
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The Health and Human Services Department developed grants.gov under the
E-Grants project.
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The directive is part of OMBs implementation of the Federal Financial
Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999, Springer said.
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OMB issued the initial guidance in June and received comments from seven
agencies. The final directive requires agencies to provide potential
applicants with enough information about any funding opportunity to decide
whether to view the full announcement, with multiple ways to obtain the
full announcement and with one Web site that is searchable by keyword,
date, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance or agency name.
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Agencies must include 27 standard data elements, including federal agency
name, agency contact name, phone number and e-mail, type of funding
opportunity and expected number of awards, on all announcements, OMB said.
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