Post-Award Administration: A Brief Overview of OMB Circular A110

1. Post-Award Administration: A Brief Overview of OMB Circular A110 Alicia Brossette Interim Director of Research Administration & Technology Management Southern Methodist University (Presentation was given at NCURA Spring 2007 Meeting with Jan Madole- OSU, Lee Boozer-UoH, and Ivy Guice-Houston Advance Research Center)

2. Post-Award Administration: A Brief Overview of OMB Circular A21 • OMB Circular A-110 (2 CFR 215) • Comprehensive list of all circulars at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/ index.html

3. OMB Circular Issues: • OMB A-110: • Purpose and Application • Other A-110 Contents • Post- and After-Award Requirements: • Financial Management Systems • Cost Sharing / Matching • Program Income • Agency Approvals • Property Standards / Management ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ • http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a110/a110.html • Also relocated to: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/2005/083105_debarment.pdf

4. OMB A-110 Purpose Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants & Agreements “This circular sets forth standards for obtaining consistency and uniformity among Federal agencies in the administration of grants to and agreements with institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations.”

5. OMB A-110 – Other Contents (Subparts A & B) • Definitions • Important to review (examples: program income, subawards, unrecovered F&A) • Effects on other issuances • Circular supersedes unless by statute or deviation • Deviations • OMB may grant exceptions in very unusual circumstances • Subawards • Applicable regulations flow-down • Pre-award Requirements • Grant/CA/or Contract, forms, debarment/suspension, special conditions • Metric System, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Certifications & Representations