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Final Notices | Proposed Policies
Final Notices
- Guidance for Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (Financial Assistance) (June 15, 2009) (6 pages, 92 kb)
- Requirements for Implementing Sections 1512, 1605, and 1606 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Federal Financial Assistance Awards (April 23, 2009) (15 pages, 144 kb)
- Standard Data Elements for Electronic Summary Reports of Inventions (October 9, 2008) (6 pages, 97 kb)
- M-08-19, Authority to Collect DUNS Number to Meet Requirements of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (May 30, 2008) (2 pages, 68 kb)
- Notice (June 6, 2008) (2 pages, 91 kb)
- M-08-03, Implementation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act; Grants and Cooperative Agreements (November 5, 2007) (13 pages, 76 kb)
- Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations, Revisions to Circular A-133 (June 26, 2007) (2 pages, 78 kb)
- Guidance for Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) (November 15, 2006) (2 pages, 73 kb)
- Full Text of the Guidance for Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) PDF (32 pages, 179 kb) or Word
- M-06-26, Suspension and Debarment, Administrative Agreements, and Compelling Reason Determinations (August 31, 2006) (1 page, 32 kb)
- Grants Policy Streamlining Overview on Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension and Cost Principles Guidance (August 31, 2005) (3 pages, 125 kb)
- M-04-14, FY 2004 Grants.gov Funding and Advance Planning Guidance for FY 2005 – FY 2006 (June 18, 2004) (5 pages, 60 kb)
- Governmentwide Guidance for Grants and Agreements; Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements; Final Rule (May 11, 2004) (18 pages, 162 kb)
- Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations (OMB Circular A–110) (May 11, 2004) (18 pages, 190 kb)
- Comments and Responses - Final Cost Revisions (May 10, 2004)
- Cost Revisions Comparison Chart (May 10, 2004) (63 pages, 306 kb)
- Cost Principles for Educational Institutions; State, Local, and Indian Tribal Governments; and Non-Profit Organizations (May 10, 2004) (27 pages, 386 kb)
- OMB Circular A–133 Information Collection Under OMB Review (March 12, 2004) (3 pages, 62 kb)
- M-04-05, Clarification of Passback Language to Grant-Making Agencies (January 7, 2004)
- Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement), and Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants); Rules (Final and Interim Final) (November 26, 2003) (14 pages, 1,205 kb)
- M-04-01, OMB Issues Grants.gov FIND Policy (October 15, 2003)
- Office of Federal Financial Management Policy Directive on Use of Grants.Gov FIND (October 8, 2003) (7 pages, 103 kb)
- M-03-16, OMB Issues Grants Management Policies (July 15, 2003) (1 page, 91 kb)
- Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations (Revision of Circular No. A-133) (June 27, 2003) [68 FR 38401] (2 pages, 65 kb)
- Use of a Universal Identifier by Grant Applicants (June 27, 2003) [68 FR 38402] (4 pages, 80 kb)
- Final Policy Directive on Financial Assistance Program Announcements (June 23, 2003) [68 FR 37370] (11 pages, 193 kb)
- Standard Data Elements for Electronically Posting Synopses of Federal Agencies' Financial Assistance Announcements at Grants.gov FIND (June 23, 2003) [68 FR 37379] (7 pages, 91 kb)
- OMB Guidance on Project Labor Agreement Executive Order (October 18, 2002)
- Standardizing Grant Announcements (September 11, 2002)
- Notice about Pooled Payments Under OMB Circular A-110, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Organizations (August 12, 2002) [67 FR 52547]
- Exemption for Public Law 106-107 (March 7, 2001)
- M-01-06, Clarification of OMB A-21 Treatment of Voluntary Uncommitted Cost Sharing and Tuition Remission Costs (January 5, 2001) HTML or PDF (4 pages, 13 kb)
- Governmentwide Guidance for New Restrictions on Lobbying
Proposed Policies