[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14824-14829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7317]
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) invites the general
public and Federal agencies to comment on the standard data elements
that are being reviewed under emergency review procedures for use in
complying with reporting requirements under section 1512 of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)
(``Recovery Act''). The title of the standard data element set is
``Standard Data Elements for Reports under Section 1512 of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5 (Grants,
Cooperative Agreements and Loans).'' Once the standard data elements
are approved, each federal agency must require its recipients of
grants, cooperative agreements and loans made under the Recovery Act to
report the information and data electronically through a central
Governmentwide portal or through an agency information collection
process. Information on the reporting procedures will be posted to
http://www.federalreporting.gov once available. Recipients of Recovery
Act funded grants, cooperative agreements and loans may collect the
data and information approved under this approved information
collection from their subrecipients and subcontractors. A standard
information collection for recipients of Recovery Act funded contracts
directly awarded by the Federal government is being reviewed under a
separate information collection process.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 1, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of
mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, we encourage respondents to
submit comments electronically to ensure timely receipt. We cannot
guarantee that comments mailed will be received before the comment
closing date.
Comments may be sent via http://www.regulations.gov--a Federal E-
Government Web site that allows the public to find, review, and submit
comments on documents that agencies have published in the Federal
Register and that are open for comment. Simply type a key term in the
information collection title such as ``section 1512'' in quotes in the
Comment or Submission search box, click Go, and follow the instructions
for submitting comments. Comments received by the date specified above
will be included as part of the official record.
Comments may be e-mailed to: [email protected]. Please include
``section 1512'' in the subject line of your e-mail message. Also,
please include the full body of your comments in the text of the
electronic message, as well as in an attachment. Please include your
name, title, organization, postal address, telephone number, and e-mail
address in the text of the message. Comments may also be submitted via
facsimile to (202) 395-3952.
Comments may be mailed to Marguerite Pridgen, Office of Federal
Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget, Room 6025, New
Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marguerite Pridgen, Office of Federal
Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget, telephone (202)
395-7844 (direct) or (202) 395-3993 (main office) and e-mail:
[email protected]. The proposed data elements can be downloaded from
the OMB Grants Management Web page at (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_standard_report_forms/).
OMB Control No.: TBD.
Title: Standard Data Elements for Reports under Section 1512 of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5
(Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Loans)
Form No.: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Emergency clearance.
Respondents: States, local governments, Universities, non-profit
organizations, commercial organizations, subrecipients and
subcontractors under grants, cooperative agreements and loans.
Number of Responses: 993,100.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1.50 hours.
Needs and Uses: The ``Standard Data Elements for Reports under
Section
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1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law
111-5'' was developed to serve as a government-wide standard data set
for agencies to use in collecting information required under section
1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (``Recovery
Act'') from recipients of Federal grant, cooperative agreement and loan
funds. The data and information will be collected within ten days after
each calendar quarter from each recipient unless the data has been pre-
filled from a prior reporting period and is still accurate and current.
Danny Werfel,
Deputy Controller.
Standard Data Elements for Reports Under Section 1512 of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5
[Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Loans]
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Item Data elements Instruction
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General Section--Award and Award Recipient Information
Please provide requested information regarding the award and award
recipient.
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ARRA-A................... Awarding Federal Provide the name of the
agency and awarding Federal agency
Organizational and organizational
Element to Which element identified in
Report is the award document or
Submitted. otherwise instructed by
the agency. The
organizational element
is a subagency within
an awarding Federal
agency.
ARRA-B................... Federal Grant or Provide the grant/award
Other Identifying number contained in the
Number Assigned by award document.
the awarding
Federal agency.
ARRA-C................... DUNS Number........ Provide the prime
recipient
organization's 9 digit
Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS)
number or Central
Contractor Registration
plus 4 extended DUNS
number.
ARRA-D................... EIN................ Provide the recipient
organization's Employer
Identification Number
(EIN) provided by the
Internal Revenue
Service.
ARRA-E................... CFDA............... Provide Catalog of
Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA)
number on the award
document or provided by
the awarding agency. If
this award is being
funded through multiple
programs, provide each
CFDA number.
ARRA-F................... Recipient Provide the legal name
Organization. of recipient
organization and
address, including zip
code. This should be
the same name and
address that appears in
recipient's Central
Contractor Registration
profile.
ARRA-G................... Recipient Account Provide the account
Number or Account number or any other
Number. identifying number
assigned by the
recipient to the award.
This number is strictly
for the recipient's use
only and is not
required by the
awarding Federal
agency.
ARRA-H................... Project/Grant Indicate the project/
Period. grant period
established in the
award document during
which Federal
sponsorship begins and
ends. Note: Some
agencies award multi-
year grants for a
project/grant period
(e.g., 5 years) that
are funded in
increments known as
budget periods or
funding periods. These
are typically annual
increments. Please
provide the total
project/grant period,
not the individual
budget period or
funding period.
ARRA-I................... Reporting Period The frequency of
End Date. required reporting is
quarterly. Provide the
ending date of the
reporting period. For
quarterly reports, the
following calendar
quarter reporting
period end dates shall
be used: 6/30; 9/30; 12/
31; or 3/31. For final
reports, the reporting
period end date shall
be the end date of the
project/grant period.
ARRA-J................... Final Report....... Mark appropriate box.
Check ``yes'' only if
this is the final
report for the project/
grant period specified
in Box 6.
ARRA-K................... Report or Frequency Select ``quarterly'' for
quarterly reports and/
or ``final''.
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Section 1 Project/Activity Information
Please provide requested information for the project or activity for
which Recovery Act funds were awarded.
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ARRA-1-01................ Name of Project or Provide a brief
Activity. descriptive title of
the project or activity
funded in whole or in
part with Recovery Act
funds. If this award
funds multiple projects
or activities, provide
a descriptive title
that captures the
general focus area,
e.g., ``community
development,''
``comprehensive
community mental health
services to adults with
a serious mental
illness,'' etc.
ARRA-1-02................ Total Amount of Provide the cumulative
Recovery Funds amount of actual cash
Received from received from the
Federal Agency Federal agency as of
Indentified in the reporting period
Item ARRA-A. end date.
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ARRA-1-03................ Amount of recovery Provide the cumulative
funds received total for the amount of
that were expended Federal fund
to projects or expenditures. For
activities reports prepared on a
(``Federal Share cash basis,
of Expenditures''). expenditures are the
sum of cash
disbursements for
direct charges for
property and services;
the amount of indirect
expense charged; the
value of third-party in-
kind contributions
applied; and the amount
of cash advance
payments and payments
made to subcontractors
and subawardees. For
reports prepared on an
accrual basis,
expenditures are the
sum of cash
disbursements for
direct charges for
property and services;
the amount of indirect
expense incurred; the
value of in-kind
contributions applied;
and the net increase or
decrease in the amounts
owed by the recipient
for (1) goods and other
property received; (2)
services performed by
employees, contractors,
subcontractors,
subawardees, and other
payees; and (3)
programs for which no
current services or
performance are
required. Do not
include program income
expended.
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Section 2 Project/Activity Information
Please provide requested information for the project or activity for
which Recovery Act funds were awarded.
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ARRA-2-01................ Description of For awards primarily
Project or funding infrastructure
Activity (code(s)). projects or activities,
as defined by the
awarding agency,
provide the North
American Industry
Classification System
(NAICS) code(s) that
describe the Recovery
Act projects or
activities under this
award. A searchable
code list is at http://www.census.gov/naics/.
For all other awards,
provide the National
Center for Charitable
Statistics ``NTEE-NPC''
code(s) that describe
the Recovery Act
projects or activities
under this award. A
searchable code list is
at http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/PubApps/nteeSearch.php?gQry=all-core&codeType=NPC.
ARRA-2-02................ Description of A description of the
Project or overall purpose and
Activity (brief expected outputs and
narrative). outcomes or results of
the award and first-
tier subaward(s),
including significant
deliverables and, if
appropriate, units of
measure. For an award
that funds multiple
projects or activities,
such as a formula block
grant, the purpose and
outcomes or results may
be stated in broad
terms.
ARRA-2-03................ Evaluation of Evaluate the status of
completion status the work that has been
of the project or completed. This
activity. evaluation should be
based on performance
progress reports and
other relevant non-
financial performance
information. For awards
funding a single
project or activity,
please choose one of
the following options:
Not started; Less than
50% completed;
Completed 50% or more;
Fully Completed. For
awards funding multiple
projects or activities,
such as formula block
grants, provide your
best estimate of
completion of all
projects and/or
activities based on any
aggregate data and
information.
ARRA-2-04................ A narrative Provide a narrative
description of the description of the
employment impact employment impact of
of the Recovery the Recovery Act funded
Act funded work. work. This narrative
should be cumulative
for each calendar
quarter and at a
minimum, address the
impact on the
recipient's workforce,
and if known, the
impact on the
workforces of
subrecipients. At a
minimum, the recipient
shall provide--
(i) A brief
description of the
types of jobs
created and jobs
retained in the
United States and
outlying areas.
``Jobs or positions
created'' means
those new positions
created and filled,
or previously
existing unfilled
positions that are
filled, as a result
of Recovery Act
funding. ``Jobs or
positions retained''
means those
previously existing
filled positions
that are retained as
a result of Recovery
Act funding. This
description may rely
on job titles,
broader labor
categories, or the
contractor's
existing practice
for describing jobs
as long as the terms
used are widely
understood and
describe the general
nature of the work;
and
(ii) An estimate of
the number of jobs
created and jobs
retained in the
United States and
outlying areas. At a
minimum, this
estimate shall
include any new
positions created
and any existing
filled positions
that were retained
to support or carry
out Recovery Act
projects or
activities managed
directly by the
recipient, and if
known, by
subrecipients. The
number shall be
expressed as ``full-
time equivalent''
(FTE), calculated
cumulatively as all
hours worked divided
by the total number
of hours in a full-
time schedule, as
defined by the
recipient. For
instance, two full-
time employees and
one part-time
employee working
half days would be
reported as 2.5 FTE
in each calendar
quarter.
(iii) A job cannot be
reported as both
created and
retained. As used in
this instruction,
United States means
the 50 States and
the District of
Columbia, and
outlying areas
means--
(1) Commonwealths.
(i) Puerto Rico.
(ii) The Northern
Mariana Islands;
(2) Territories.
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(i) American Samoa.
(ii) Guam.
(iii) U.S. Virgin
Islands; and
(3) Minor outlying
islands.
(i) Baker Island.
(ii) Howland Island.
(iii) Jarvis Island.
(iv) Johnston Atoll.
(v) Kingman Reef.
(vi) Midway Islands.
(vii) Navassa Island.
(viii) Palmyra Atoll.
(ix) Wake Atoll.
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ARRA-2-05................ For infrastructure Provide the cumulative
investments made total cost of
by State and local investment. This amount
governments: Total should include the
cost of total cumulative
infrastructure federal expenditures
investment made by and non-federal
State and Local expenditures for the
governments. infrastructure
investment:
Federal (Recovery Act
funds):
$----------------.
Federal (non-Recovery
Act funds):
$----------------.
NonFederal: $------------
----.
ARRA-2-06................ For infrastructure Explain how the
investments made infrastructure
by State and local investment will
governments: What contribute to one or
is the rationale more purposes of the
of the Award Recovery Act:
Recipient for ........................
funding the Purposes:
infrastructure (1) To preserve and
investment with create jobs and promote
funds made economic recovery.
available under (2) To assist those most
the Recovery Act? impacted by the
recession.
(3) To provide
investments needed to
increase economic
efficiency by spurring
technological advances
in science and health.
(4) To invest in
transportation,
environmental
protection, and other
infrastructure that
will provide long-term
economic benefits.
(5) To stabilize State
and local government
budgets, in order to
minimize and avoid
reductions in essential
services and
counterproductive state
and local tax
increases.
ARRA-2-07................ For infrastructure Provide name, phone
investments made number, address and
by State and local email address of the
governments: Who appropriate contact in
should we contact the state/local
if we have government.
concerns about
this
infrastructure
investment?
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Section 3 Subrecipient Information
For any first-tier subcontract or subaward funded in whole or in part
under the Recovery Act, that is over $25,000 and not subject to
aggregate reporting under Section 4, the recipient shall provide
detailed information as follows:
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ARRA-3-01................ Subrecipient DUNS Provide the subrecipient
Number. organization's 9 digit
Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS)
number or Central
Contractor Registration
plus 4 extended DUNS
number.
ARRA-3-02................ Award Number or Provide the grant/award
Other Identifying number (if any)
Number Assigned by assigned to the
the Recipient subrecipient award by
Entity. the recipient.
ARRA-3-03................ Subrecipient Name.. Provide the legal name
of subrecipient as
registered in the
Central Contractor
Registration
(www.ccr.gov).
ARRA-3-04................ Subrecipient Physical location as
Location. listed in the Central
Contractor
Registration. For
congressional district,
use the format: 2
characters State
Abbreviation--3
characters District
Number, e.g., CA-005
for California 5th
district, CA-012 for
California 12th
district, NC-13 for
North Carolina's 13rd
district. If the
program/project is
outside the US, enter
00-000.
ARRA-3-05................ Subrecipient Type.. Select primary category
from the list of
categories below.
A. State Government.
B. County Government.
C. City or Township
Government.
D. Special District
Government.
E. Regional
Organization.
F. U.S. Territory or
Possession.
G. Independent School
District.
H. Public/State
Controlled Institution
of Higher Education.
I. Indian/Native
American Tribal
Government (Federally
Recognized).
J. Indian/Native
American Tribal
Government (Other than
Federally Recognized).
K. Indian/Native
American Tribally
Designated
Organization.
L. Public/Indian Housing
Authority.
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M. Nonprofit with 501C3
IRS Status (Other than
Institution of Higher
Education).
N. Nonprofit without
501C3 IRS Status (Other
than Institution of
Higher Education).
O. Private Institution
of Higher Education.
P. Individual.
Q. For-Profit
Organization (Other
than Small Business).
R. Small Business.
S. Hispanic-serving
Institution.
T. Historically Black
Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs).
U. Tribally Controlled
Colleges and
Universities (TCCUs).
V. Alaska Native and
Native Hawaiian Serving
Institutions.
W. Non-domestic (non-US)
Entity.
X. Other.
ARRA-3-06................ Amount of Provide the cumulative
Subcontract or amount of cash
Subaward Disbursed. disbursed to the
subawardee or
subcontractor as of the
reporting period end
date.
ARRA-3-07................ Total Amount of Provide the anticipated
Subcontract or total amount of cash to
Subaward (Ultimate be disbursed to the
Contract/Award subawardee or
Value). subcontractor by the
expiration date of the
subaward or
subcontract,
respectively.
ARRA-3-08................ Subaward Date...... Provide the date the
subcontract or subaward
was signed (mm/dd/
yyyy).
ARRA-3-09................ Subaward Project/ Indicate the project/
Grant Period. grant period
established in the
subaward document
during which
sponsorship begins and
ends. For multi-year
awards for a project/
grant period (e.g., 5
years) that are funded
in increments known as
budget periods or
funding periods, please
provide the total
project/grant period,
not the individual
budget period or
funding period.
ARRA-3-10................ Primary Performance Provide physical
Location. location of primary
place of performance.
ARRA-3-11................ For the five most Provide the names and
highly compensated total compensation of
officers of the the five most highly
entity: the names compensated officers of
and total the subrecipient entity
compensation. if--
(1) the recipient in its
preceding fiscal year
received--
(a) 80 percent or
more of its annual
gross revenues in
Federal awards; and
(b) $25,000,000 or
more in annual gross
revenues from
Federal awards; and
(2) the public does not
have access to
information about the
compensation of the
senior executives of
the entity through
periodic reports filed
under section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78m(a),
78o(d)) or section 6104
of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 [26 USC
Sec. 6104].
``Total compensation''
means the cash and
noncash dollar value
earned by the executive
during the
subrecipient's past
fiscal year of the
following (for more
information see 17 CFR
229.402(c)(2)):
(i). Salary and
bonus.
(ii). Awards of
stock, stock
options, and stock
appreciation rights.
Use the dollar
amount recognized
for financial
statement reporting
purposes with
respect to the
fiscal year in
accordance with FAS
123R.
(iii). Earnings for
services under non-
equity incentive
plans. Does not
include group life,
health,
hospitalization or
medical
reimbursement plans
that do not
discriminate in
favor of executives,
and are available
generally to all
salaried employees.
(iv). Change in
pension value. This
is the change in
present value of
defined benefit and
actuarial pension
plans.
(v). Above-market
earnings on deferred
compensation which
are not tax-
qualified.
(vi). Other
compensation. For
example, severance,
termination
payments, value of
life insurance paid
on behalf of the
employee,
perquisites or
property if the
value for the
executive exceeds
$10,000.
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Section 4 Subawardee or Subcontract Award Information--Aggregated
For subcontracts or subawards valued at less than $25,000 or any
subcontracts or subawards awarded to an individual, or subcontracts or
subawards awarded to an entity other than an individual which in the
previous tax year had gross income under $300,000, the recipient shall
only report the aggregate number of such first tier subawards and
subcontracts awarded in the quarter and their aggregate total dollar
amount.
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ARRA-4-01................ Total Number of Self-explanatory.
Subcontracts and
Subawards less
than $25,000/award
and awarded to
individuals.
ARRA-4-02................ Total Amount of Provide the total
Subcontracts and cumulative amount of
Subawards less cash disbursed to
than $25,000/award subawardees and
and awarded to subcontractors. This
individuals. aggregate amount should
be cumulative as of the
reporting period end
date.
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